[VelvetKevorkian]

Is anyone using an external player on the Shield with Kodi?
I tried using VLC, but when i try to play a file, i only get a popup "External player active/click OK when playback has ended" without the file playing.
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my playercorefactory.xml:

Code:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="VLCPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>org.videolan.vlc</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
</playercorefactory>

[Alcarimon]

Hello,

I always had a htpc with a really big case and now i would like to change and i gonna try to use a Nvidia Shield pro but.. i need help for the following doubs:
- does shield tv pro work well with kodi 19?
- does shield tv work well with external storage nas?

Sorry for my bad english! And tks for any support!

another doubt... Can i use an UnRaid as per external storage??

[Undivide]

Hello,

I always had a htpc with a really big case and now i would like to change and i gonna try to use a Nvidia Shield pro but.. i need help for the following doubs:
- does shield tv pro work well with kodi 19?
- does shield tv work well with external storage nas?

Sorry for my bad english! And tks for any support!

another doubt... Can i use an UnRaid as per external storage??

I don't see why not.  I am able to code in my local NFS directories just fine to the config file in kodi from my linux mint box.  Not sure what kind of file sharing unraid supports but I'm sure its very robust once properly configured.  Also kodi v19 RC running fine and without issue on all of my files through my shield pro

[Hitcher]

Can i use an UnRaid as per external storage??

Yes, I use it myself.

[noggin]

another doubt... Can i use an UnRaid as per external storage??

Yes - I use unRAID via SMB with a Shield TV Pro with no problem.

[KrispyKreme]

Does the Nvidia Shield support 10bit output because I have never seen it in the display output options?

[averylinden]

Does the Nvidia Shield support 10bit output because I have never seen it in the display output options?

When hooked up to a LG C9 TV, mine offers YUV 420 10-bit Rec. 709 and YUV 420 10-bit Rec. 2020 HDR options.

[noggin]

Does the Nvidia Shield support 10bit output because I have never seen it in the display output options?

The Shield TV supports 8, 10 and 12-bit output I believe. (12-bit is required because at 4:2:2 2160p50 and above 12-bit is used for 10-bit content, as there is no 10-bit 4:2:2 option in the HDMI specs)

[KrispyKreme]

Does the Nvidia Shield support 10bit output because I have never seen it in the display output options?

The Shield TV supports 8, 10 and 12-bit output I believe. (12-bit is required because at 4:2:2 2160p50 and above 12-bit is used for 10-bit content, as there is no 10-bit 4:2:2 option in the HDMI specs)

I’m trying to do 10-bit 23.976 but I don’t see that option. Only 12-bit

[noggin]

Does the Nvidia Shield support 10bit output because I have never seen it in the display output options?

The Shield TV supports 8, 10 and 12-bit output I believe. (12-bit is required because at 4:2:2 2160p50 and above 12-bit is used for 10-bit content, as there is no 10-bit 4:2:2 option in the HDMI specs)

I’m trying to do 10-bit 23.976 but I don’t see that option. Only 12-bit

There's no major issues with outputting 8-bit SDR and 10-bit HDR video in 12-bit - you're just padding the LSBs with 0000 or 00 respectively usually (rather than dithering).

4:2:2 subsampling only supports 12-bit depth video at 2160p23.976-60 - there are no 8, 10 or 16-bit depth options - just 12-bit - at that resolution in HDMI 2.0

4:4:4/RGB supports 8,10,12 & 16-bit depth video at 2160p30 and below, but only supports 8-bit at 2160p50 and above.
4:2:2 supports 8,10,12 and 16-bit depth video at 2160p50 and above, but is not part of the spec. for 2160p30 and below.

4:2:2 12-bit is the only subsampling that supports HDR (i.e. >8-bit depth) at all frame rates in 2160p.  

This is why most consumer devices that support UHD/4K - UHD Blu-ray players, Satellite set top boxes etc. - often run at 4:2:2 12-bit output in 2160p modes - so that they can run the same subsampling for all frame rates - whether SDR 8-bit or HDR 10-bit sources, and whether outputting at 23.976fps or 50/59.94fps.

Now if you're trying to fix your output at 2160p23.976 then RGB/4:4:4 options should allow you 8-bit, 10-bit and 12-bit and 4:2:2 should allow you 12-bit only.  However the Shield TV and/or your display and/or your AVR may not support all of these - or it may be that the Shield will still prefer an option that will also work at 2160p50 and above (which after all, Kodi can still request a switch to, even when the system settings are set at one frame rate)

[ozkhan1]

Is shield the go to device for Kodi use these days?
A while back I heard some updates had messed up either the refresh rate switching or something and it wasn’t working well.

[noggin]

Is shield the go to device for Kodi use these days?
A while back I heard some updates had messed up either the refresh rate switching or something and it wasn’t working well.

There were some issues around Rec 709 vs Rec 2020 a while back, but they were resolved.  Frame rate switching within Kodi appears to still work well - though you don't get fully automatic frame rate switching on Streaming Apps like Netflix, Prime etc. outside of Kodi.

There are also some question marks about the Dolby Vision output being a bit 'off' on DV content.  However - it does tick a lot of boxes for people, and has support for 4K DRM Streaming content that the otherwise excellent S922X and S905X3 AMLogic boxes running CoreElec don't.

At the moment I usually watch DRM streaming content on my Apple TV 4K, and use my S905X3/S922X boxes for Kodi (running CoreElec) - but I do fire up the Shield TV now and again.

[movie78]

My Shield just updated to Kodi 19 in the release note it stated that Kodi 19 support Dolby vision, has any tried it yet on their compatible system as I am debating on pulling the trigger on lg oled TV

[noggin]

My Shield just updated to Kodi 19 in the release note it stated that Kodi 19 support Dolby vision, has any tried it yet on their compatible system as I am debating on pulling the trigger on lg oled TV

DV support is complicated - it depends what your sources are.

There are lots of different varieties of DV - and the format used on DV UHD BDs (known as dual layer - which has an HDR10 Base Layer, an Enhancement Layer - which expands the 10-bit HDR10 to 12-bit - and Dolby RPU metadata which provides far more data to your display about the content for optimal rendering than static HDR10 metadata) isn't the format that the nVidia Shield TV plays back (which is single layer DV).  

It's possible to create a sort-of single-layer DV file with some UHD BD backup software - but that only appears to mix the UHD BD HDR10 base layer with the RPU metadata, and doesn't do anything with the Enhancement Layer (though many discs don't use this much AIUI?) and this format is non-standard though most players do support it. (You should get the benefit of DV metadata). Single layer DV is used by Netflix, Prime, Disney etc. where backwards compatibility with HDR10 and SDR doesn't have to be implemented in every stream (the OTT provider just sends a different stream to do that instead) - which is why most boxes designed for DV streaming, rather than DV disc, support don't support dual-layer DV playback natively.

Also - worth knowing that latest iPhones shoot in yet another flavour of DV (they use HLG HDR rather than HDR10 as their base layer, along with Dolby Vision RPU metadata I think) and I don't know what the Shield TV does with those (I don't think the Shield TV is HLG compatible)

[jjd-uk]

My Shield just updated to Kodi 19 in the release note it stated that Kodi 19 support Dolby vision, has any tried it yet on their compatible system as I am debating on pulling the trigger on lg oled TV

On the official v19 builds DV is only available via addons for streaming services which supports it so Netflix, Amazon Prime & Disney+ are the main ones I'm aware of. DV support from files is restricted to MP4 on the official builds so mkv/iso is not possible, however there has been unofficial work to get DV playback from mkv (not sure on iso state in the unofficial builds)) working and for that you need the builds discussed at https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=360018 but hopefully that work will make it's way into the official builds for v20 but there still a lot of work to be done before it's in a state that can be accepted in the official builds.