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Hey Tinwarble....
Speaking of Harmony Remotes (I use mine instead of the Shield remote also), how did you program the Harmony to have the same function as the Shield Remote (double press the right 'O' button on the Shield Remote) to minimize a running program, and return to the Shield TV's lean-back launcher?
Oh, and a heads up for all you Vizio 4k (E series) TV fans, got an update for the TV, and now the CEC power control works perfectly (put the Shield to Sleep, and the TV turns off). Where previously it would turn the Input connection off, and the TV would stay on and say No Device connected.
This was one more reason I am using the Harmony remote, as it would power off the TV. However, with the new changes to Kodi 18 (being able to use the Voice commands within Kodi), I would like to switch from using the Harmony remote, back to the Shield TV's remote. The fix for the CEC power off, was a big first step in that direction.
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I have set it up following your instructions (Shield + Windows PC), but none of the buttons on the remote (short or long press) will take me back to the Shield TV lean-back launcher. For that, I have to grab the Nvidia remote and double press the 'O' button.
So I was wondering, what button you use on the above remote (same one I am using), that allows you to minimize Kodi, and go back to the main Nvidia Shield display?
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I'm using the Guide button = Home (Shield TV).
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2017-05-11, 18:26
(This post was last modified: 2017-05-11, 18:27 by Tinwarble.)
For Codec info = Blue button.
In Keymap Editor - Edit > Fullscreen Video > Other > Show codec info. ID = 323731
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2017-05-11, 19:10
(This post was last modified: 2017-05-11, 19:10 by Tinwarble.)
You don't do that in Keymap. You just assign the Guide button as HOME ( device Shield TV) in the Harmony app and it will be used to go back to Leanback. You shouldn't have to do anything else.
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Just got the shield (2017) and resolution + colorspaces are becoming a bit of a nightmare. There is no single resolution you can use and every time you have to change it according to what you are viewing be it Netflix,Amazon, SPMC etc. The same thing can be said about the colorspaces. The best setting i have found for 1080p at least is the RGB 8-Bit. When ever i select anything else and i play something with spmc or kodi when i close the app and go back to the display settings of the shield nothing is selected. My video chain is HDMI 2.0 all the way so i dont know what am doing wrong. LG E6 and Denon 4200. I configured SPMC with the recommended settings in the wiki but there are trade offs with those settings as well. Anyway will keep trying to see what fits best.
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Thanks for the reply. I dont know if these problems with the different colorspaces are from within spmc/kodi itself. I have an oppo 203 and i can get an almost identical picture with spmc if the shield its set at RGB 8-bit. Whether its 1080p or 4k does not matter. If i set the colorspace to anything else than RGB colors and especially skin tones are horrible with reddish/pink tint. I have checked both spmc and kodi and they give the same result.