(2015-12-17, 19:32)pmlfrew Wrote: Just got a new Denon AVR-X2200W receiver and when I enable pass through in Kodi (Shield TV) all I get is a hissing sound. Video works fine just no sound. If I disable pass through I get sound and the amp detects multi channel audio. This is for all videos, stereo, DD, DTS etc. All worked fine with my previous amp Pioneer VSX-923. Is it a Kodi issue or a Denon one?

(2015-12-17, 19:52)JakeF Wrote: It is a Kodi Android TV version only issue, the receiver is not at fault. It is a work-in-progress, hopefully implemented in v17.

See this thread:

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=228158&pid=2189401#pid2189401

DTS-HD and TrueHD works with Archos, but Archos is bugged in many other ways. Kodi works great on windows, but no mini-pc's can offer HDMI 2.0 like the Shield at this time. IMO Best HTPC small client box would be a Windows or OpenELEC Intel NUC6i3, the new Skylake based mini-pc's, but they cost around 300€ + SSD and RAM, and they don't have HDMI 2.0, but minidp 1.2. Then you would need this too: http://club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/mini-displayport-12-to-hdmi-20-uhd-active-adapter.html

(2015-12-17, 22:20)querty1000 Wrote: Does this Box Full Frame 3D? At now there seems no perfect KODI Box on earth. Some misses 3D, others 4k60.

(2015-12-17, 22:49)abpostelnicu Wrote: guys how can i prevent the console from sleeping?

(2015-12-18, 09:51)datranquil Wrote:

(2015-12-17, 22:49)abpostelnicu Wrote: guys how can i prevent the console from sleeping?

What do you mean? If I don't turn it into sleep mode (touching the soft button or use the ir remot) my Shields does not go into sleepmode automatically.

(2015-12-18, 10:00)abpostelnicu Wrote: Hello guys,

So disregard my last pot, the shield when in it's sleep it keeps the cec connection alive, witch is great. As a previous user opf rpi2 and pi 1 with openelec i have some pros and cons but i think that the cons can definetly be solved. First i want to mention that my setup is:
- Receiver Denon AV-1713 with 2.0 floor standing Heco Price speakers
- TV Panasonic 42GT30 Plasma

PROS:
1. image quality - i don't think it's placebo but image quality is miles better and also the motion it seems to be blurry less.
2. everything is very snappy and the lag that was present on rpis is gone.
3. hdmi-cec works everywhere on the system, so i basically can control the shield only from my remote

CONS:
3. HDMI-CEC is not working as it used two on rpis the only thing that is no longer working is the option key from the remote, it works on other applications such in youtube but in kodi it doesn't work. on rpis when i was pressing option key let's say in the movie list a contextual menu was popping from where i was able to select different action on the current selected title, such as mark as watched, delete from library etc.

Taking all of these into account i think thet shield is the best investment for a htpc, dispite that it doesn't support hd bitstream in kodi, but as i've read though this forum it will be added in the future releases. Regarding my problem what can i do to make cec work with option key, how do i program it. I think that there must be a config file for kodi where the key codes are mapped with actions.

Regards,
Andi

(2015-12-18, 10:46)JakeF Wrote:

(2015-12-18, 10:00)abpostelnicu Wrote: Hello guys,

So disregard my last pot, the shield when in it's sleep it keeps the cec connection alive, witch is great. As a previous user opf rpi2 and pi 1 with openelec i have some pros and cons but i think that the cons can definetly be solved. First i want to mention that my setup is:
- Receiver Denon AV-1713 with 2.0 floor standing Heco Price speakers
- TV Panasonic 42GT30 Plasma

PROS:
1. image quality - i don't think it's placebo but image quality is miles better and also the motion it seems to be blurry less.
2. everything is very snappy and the lag that was present on rpis is gone.
3. hdmi-cec works everywhere on the system, so i basically can control the shield only from my remote

CONS:
3. HDMI-CEC is not working as it used two on rpis the only thing that is no longer working is the option key from the remote, it works on other applications such in youtube but in kodi it doesn't work. on rpis when i was pressing option key let's say in the movie list a contextual menu was popping from where i was able to select different action on the current selected title, such as mark as watched, delete from library etc.

Taking all of these into account i think thet shield is the best investment for a htpc, dispite that it doesn't support hd bitstream in kodi, but as i've read though this forum it will be added in the future releases. Regarding my problem what can i do to make cec work with option key, how do i program it. I think that there must be a config file for kodi where the key codes are mapped with actions.

Regards,
Andi

I agree. The Shield is the best bang for the buck buy ATM. At 167€ incl. VAT in Denmark with the remote, it's a good deal. I got three for the house at black friday.

The infrared support in Shield also allows for me to keymap buttons in the kodi "Keymapper" add-on, so my Sony TV remote can perform common functions like library update, film info, the context menu and codec info. Longpress on the Shield remote should be implemented soon too, I read somewhere, if you would rather use that.

Also, Four player BombSquad is just too awesome!

(2015-10-02, 05:13)wesk05 Wrote: Edit: This doesn't seem to affect Kodi playback.

This is bad... I wouldn't recommend anyone who values picture quality to update to OTA 2.0. Grayscale and colors are all messed up in OTA 2.0. As can be seen from the chart below, there are serious errors in OTA 2.0
The chart shows the RGB bit values of reference test patterns (played on native Android Video Player). It is read directly from the HDMI output of SATV using the color checker function of DVDO AVLab TPG 4K UHD pattern generator.