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Not sure anymore lol. But I did notice they changed the recommended video settings. I need to update to the recommended settings and test some more.
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I did not use it at length without Amber since that's the skin my family is used to using and is comfortable with. If it can't handle Amber then what's the point. It still failed regardless of add-ons (some "special", some not, sometimes none installed other than Trakt). It failed anytime I tried to back it up or copy the .kodi folder and occasionally just because it felt like it.
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2017-03-26, 23:12
(This post was last modified: 2017-03-26, 23:55 by hoppel118.)
Ok, I never had problems to copy the complete "org.xbmc.kodi" folder to my sd-card and use it as a backup.
Did you also try spmc with amber on your shield?
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2017-03-27, 00:15
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Yeah, I suspected it was the skin, but honestly if I tried to use Estuary it wouldn't have gone down well since we're used to the one skin for the last few years. Not worth the headaches.
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Nope, I've been using the player under XP and later, Win7, since the XBMC days. Some issues here and there but nothing I couldn't get to the bottom of. I'm probably going to move to a NUC machine (Mini-PC). Like I said, this is a straight-up unitasker, with Plex as a backup in case Kodi goes pointy-ends up. The other big problems with the Shield were the fact it could not be controlled remotely and my VPN client would not work. Let's just say not having a VPN was as big an issue as the skin and leave it at that.
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finally pulled the trigger on an LG Oled 4k tv and i've never used my shield with a 4k tv thus far. can the shield playback 2160p 10bit x265 files? i wasn't sure about this since i never had the need to try in the past