(2016-09-01, 17:11)Soli Wrote: Not sure if SATV supports metadata yet, from the reports I've read on this forum it switches to bt.2020 and outputs YCC 4K, but doesn't send the required metadata to the display. That means you'll have to manually switch to high gamut mode on your telly, and if that is the case it won't pass along the HDR metadata either. Then again I'm not sure. Seems noone is.

(2016-09-01, 11:52)Soli Wrote: Most TVs , including LG, won't accept anything but 2 channel stereo on their HDMI inputs. They will only pass encoded audio from built-in apps.

(2016-09-01, 14:34)jd17 Wrote:

(2016-09-01, 11:52)Soli Wrote: If 4k60 is important to you, then get an additional HDMi 2.0(a) switch with arc or optical output. You won't get HD sound unless that switch is also able to output to 2 HDMi outputs (one of them only for sound).

Do you have an example of an HDMI switch that is actually able to do that?

I would love a box that can do...
- HDMI Output 1: HDMI 2.0a picture stuff (HDR10, BT.2020, 2160p60, 10 Bit, the lot...)
- HDMI Output 2: Just (HD) audio

If you know such a switch, please share!

(2016-08-31, 22:17)iV1n5 Wrote: Hi All,

i finally got my shield at home. I've tried it a little bit but I'm still missing something. I focused a lot on video capabilities being sure that audio somehow would have been there... and now I have my problems.

So, this is what I have:
- LG 55EF950 (v04.25.10)
- Denon AVR-3311 (latest firmware)
- nVidia Shield (v3.2)

not having a HDMI 2.0a + HDCP 2.2 AVR, I would be happy if i could get either of:
- 2160p60 with 5.1 audio
- 1080p with HD Audio

I have tried two possible setups:
1. Shield attached directly to the TV and using ARC to pass audio to the AVR
2. Shield attached to the AVR

In the first case I can get 4K at 60hz but the audio is stuck at just stereo. Still trying to understand if I'm missing something in the configuration (on each device).
In the second case I am stuck with 4K at 30hz but at least I can get multi-channel audio. The problem here is I couldn't get any audio passthrough to work. Only PCM.

Of course I can give you all the settings I have on each device but maybe you can start by telling me if it's just possible:
- to have 5.1 audio passthrough using ARC
- to have the shield pass coded audio to my AVR instead of just PCM

I really appreciate your support. Thanks!

Update: all my test were done using SPMC. I've just tried Plex out of curiosity and ARC works in passthrough! I can see Dolby Digital or DTS on my receiver display. This means I can focus on the shield/SPMC only! Huge step forward!

(2016-09-08, 12:40)Tyler Durden Wrote: For the love of God - How can I manage files on a NSTVs external hard drive!?

I have searched and searched and searched for an answer. I've tried many many different server apps and I cannot make it work.

Is it actually impossible to implement a system that will allow me to copy and paste / delete / create files on the hard drive attached to the NVTV from a PC?

(2016-09-08, 23:35)Tyler Durden Wrote: Yes I've searched and only found that it can't be done. I was hoping to find that it could. It seems not.

I'm in the middle of moving 3TB of UHD material off my external drive so I can format it as adopted storage. Thay should sort it, right?

(2016-09-09, 20:12)FingerLickingGood Wrote: I currently am using an Amazon FireTV2 with Kodi sideloaded. Besides using it for the slew of normal TV streaming apps, one of the main things I use it for is to stream LIve TV from an antenna that is passed to a server I have running NextPVR as a backend. I then stream local channels to the FireTV from the server.

That being said, the quality from the FireTVs MPEG2 decoding has been pretty...meh. Especially since about 70% of the TV watching I do is football. Would the SheildTV be a noticeable upgrade when it comes to MEPG2 LIve TV streams? Especially as it relates to the screen tearing that comes with watching football. I have seen posts placing it in the same category as the FireTV for MPEG2, but also read there have been improvements through updates, so wondering what people are experiencing currently?

(2016-09-09, 21:48)tredman Wrote:

(2016-09-09, 20:12)FingerLickingGood Wrote: I currently am using an Amazon FireTV2 with Kodi sideloaded. Besides using it for the slew of normal TV streaming apps, one of the main things I use it for is to stream LIve TV from an antenna that is passed to a server I have running NextPVR as a backend. I then stream local channels to the FireTV from the server.

That being said, the quality from the FireTVs MPEG2 decoding has been pretty...meh. Especially since about 70% of the TV watching I do is football. Would the SheildTV be a noticeable upgrade when it comes to MEPG2 LIve TV streams? Especially as it relates to the screen tearing that comes with watching football. I have seen posts placing it in the same category as the FireTV for MPEG2, but also read there have been improvements through updates, so wondering what people are experiencing currently?

If would have been a great upgrade - I bought two to replace my fire TVs, for a while it was great.... However then nvidia broke deinterlacing in the latest 3.2 firmware update. Other than one throwaway comment since they have done nothing about it. It's really poor support and really poor testing. Either way definitely do not get one for Live TV