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2018-11-16, 02:28
(This post was last modified: 2018-11-16, 02:33 by FoxADRIANO.)
Don't worry, I understand you! Anyway Kodi is working strangely with my devices. Today I wanted to watch a UHD video and I saw a cold and purple dominant on my video. I closed Kodi and opened it again and everything was ok. Now I have only to solve my little problem with the audio. The Kodi audio doesn't fascinate me at all.
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2018-11-18, 00:50
(This post was last modified: 2018-11-18, 00:51 by FoxADRIANO.)
I still don't know if my Shield is faulty or not. I have these problems:
1) Every 10 times that I turn on Shield, 6 times I get a black screen on the TV with a writing: the signal doesn't pass, change HDMI position. Every time I have to turn off the TV and turn on it again and then the signal goes and it's all OK.
I'm still in time to get it out and buy a new one.
2) I don'tt know if it is a Kodi problem or Shield problem. Anyway I have configured perfectly Shield with rec709: when I open Kodi to watch a video, it once gives nicecolors and perfect exposure. But sometimes I get the overexposed video back.
Does this ever happen to you?
I'm going crazy with Shield.
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2018-11-18, 02:09
(This post was last modified: 2018-11-18, 02:12 by wrxtasy.)
Android media players that can play copy protected video content from Netflix, Prime Video etc do a HDMI and HDCP handshake upon boot up.
If that HDCP handshake fails you end up with a black screen to prevent video from those Apps just mention from being copied.
It's the same with all modern, Netflix capable media players.
Welcome to the world of HDCP.
Either your display needs a Firmware update or you need Premium Certified HDMI 2.0b - 18Gbps capable cables. You may simply just have to turn the TV On seperately before the Shield.
The decent cables include the High Speed - Amazon Basics, Premium Certified Monoprice and Belkin brands. Cable lengths should not be excessively long either.
Media players running OSMC / LibreELEC / CoreELEC Kodi do not have HDCP to worry about. They are Kodi optimised devices.