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I have been unable to find any information here on the best method of installing kodi on shield. Can anybody please point me in the right direction?
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Think the headline for me for the nVidia shield is HDMI 2.0 2160/60p output support and HDCP 2.2 which will allow Netflix 4K output. 4K/60p and 4K/50p output is something many of us want as it allows a single upscale for non-1080p content (until now 720p an SD content has been scaled to 1080p in Kodi and then 2160p in 4K displays - unless you manually alter the output resolution or want to be limited to 4K/24-30p output)
It looks as if the Shield supports PCM multichannel output, so like the Pi 2 it should support HD Audio by decoding within Kodi to PCM multichannel? You won't get bitstreaming (and Dolby Atmos) but will get lossless decoding of DTS-HD / Dolby True HD tracks if the HD Audio decoding stuff is folded into mainline (which I believe it is?)
An nVidia Shield dual-booting between OpenElec and Android would be amazing - though it will be interesting to see what the non-Android support is like?
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Does it support HDMI 2.0a (HDR)?
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Enjoy a home theater experience with rich Dolby 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound pass-through. Listen to high-resolution audio up to 24-bit/192 kHz over USB or HDMI.
-> A bit double, still no hd audio i assume?
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Does this still mean no native 24p support?
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If they have a fix for pulldown, does that mean blu rays encode in 23,98 will play smoothly? The adjust refresh rate is the most important thing for me, don't care about HD audio..