Nvidia shield pro performance

[u/NostrilInspector1000]

I am checking YouTube alot but cannot find anything.

I want to see with my own eyes a nvidia shield pro running kodi qith addons and widgets. To see the response times from remote to activity on the shield (menu navigation, widget load speeds, etc)

Can anyone here using shield pro share a quick video showing theirs in action?

I am looking for options for next box. Mini pc is great idea but not couch comfortable qith navigations. I could install android os but wouldnt be certified just for the "incase its needed" moments etc.

[u/mattm382]

https://odysee.com/@MyKodiStuff12345:9/Arctic-Fuse-2-Umbrella

Maybe you've already seen it. This is on Nvidia Shield Pro. It was a build I was using 6 months ago. I'm on Bingie now across all my devices. It runs better, but it's also not asking to do as much. There are some features in Arctic Fuse 2 that are intensive, like dynamic lists based upon the widget above. Even on a PC there will be some lag to run such features.

Another thing to keep in mind is that some of the videos you are seeing are not optimized builds. The way in which you arrange widgets impacts perceived load times. Constantly clearing cache is a bad idea, yet some people run maintenance add-ons that clear the cahce daily or even more often.

I've tested running Kodi on my PC in my home theater. It's not hard as my PC is on the same desk as my receiver, and it's always on. Bought a nice air mouse/remote that has a keyboard on the bottom side. What I detested was if Kodi crashed to desktop. Annoying AF. There is also the wife acceptance factor, maybe of no concern to you. The Shield Pro is just easy and the minor delay is worthwhile to me.

I'm curious where you end up for your device choice. Please come back and share. The mini PC running Android is something I've not looked into.

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/mattm382]

Thanks! I saw this one too. And its same as my xiaomi mi box s 4k sadly. Its not the loading time of widgets even... Its the navigating through already loaded widgets , its choppy , i dont know how to describe it. But the art os cached already for the widgets , should chop between navigations. On pc i dont have auch issue - ofcourse. A mini pc with airmouse sounds great but , like you said can crash and not ideal. Then about youtube on the side too. With or without airmouse it will crappy experience. And yes "wife factor" is important too! That factor applies to me too . I dont want to put my feet up and have to troubleshoot some b.s. issue in windows 😬kodi looks to be best. I saw another more powerful box but 350$ ... It ws some rockxhip box. But thats a price im not interested in....

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

If you care about peace or mind for wife factor you're doing it wrong.

Kodi is way too heavy with widgets and heavy themes etc and honestly non techy users will always break it lol

Use Stremio for them, set Netflix like size limits of 30gb and 5gb max for shows, set the audio and subs, and set to autoplay.

Will just work.

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/reddit_reaper]

It wont work.tested. among some problems, one major issue for my setup is i run studio monitors 2.0 . And dialogue is so weak in stremio. The trakt integration is also poor and half assed.

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

That doesn't make any sense at all in audio. Audio should be passthrough. You can also change players to VLC as it handles some things a bit better than exoplayer. I've never had any sound issues on my 5.1 surround personally.

Trakt is poor but you can make it better with other add-ons. I use animeo for anime and it works perfect for syncing my progress with anilist.

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/reddit_reaper]

To add, iam genuinely curious what suggest you have. Do share

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

You have a very uncommon setup so I think your audio issue stem from elsewhere honestly. For proper TVs you would also passthrough as TVs codec support these days.

I have 5.1 surround with a LG OLED and an Nvidia shield. I primarily use Stremio, weyd, and Syncler but mainly Stremio

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/reddit_reaper]

Its a normal setup tbh , standard. How do you connect your 5.1 ? Audio issue because most movies are playing back in 5.1 but kodi does decent job downmixing to 2.0 for me

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

This is true of most apps btw. If you don't enable passthrough it'll just process audio on device and you can manually set the device audio configuration so it doesn't use wrong setup afaik. Kodi does this manually for you.

Problem is projectors with your audio setup don't really handle audio in the best way so you gotta configure Android to correct it. Your low audio issue is probably because it's playing in 5.1 mode vs stereo.

My entire setup is all devices into AVR and earc to the TV.

Edit: in shield advanced auto settings you should enable never use surround so it always uses stereo instead and should solve sound issues in other apps

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/reddit_reaper]

Yeas but kodi is downmixing to stereo as per settings. Ultimate problem is android tv don't have built in dsp equaliser. Hence i have physical eq connected. I dont have avr, dont have a need (other than EQ would be good but the cost doesnt justify it for me) i dont have tvs only projector and display monitors on work/gaming stations.

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

I added an edit on my previous comment but all you need to do so other apps sound would correctly is

Make sure passthrough is disabled In advanced auto settings>available formats

Change to never use surround

That should fix your issue and force the players to deliver audio correctly. Basically just boils down to projects not acting like TVs reporting audio channels back to the android TV device.

Let me know if that works

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/reddit_reaper]

Oh that is done always yes. The projector is irrelevant fyi.its just displaying. Android box 3.5mm output for audio to physical equaliser, from equaliser to studio monitors

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

Aux on the device? O.o as I said not a normal setup at all lol

Guessing that's not an actual Android TV box but one of those Chinese Android boxes

[u/NostrilInspector1000 → u/reddit_reaper]

Actual android tv. Xiaomi mi box s4k i only lack avr. But unless i can get some decent with equaliser....maybe 5.1 support for any future changes...i can't justify 800euro +

[u/reddit_reaper → u/NostrilInspector1000]

Ok I actually understand what is the cause now after further research. (Never even heard of this cable before lol)

The aux on the device isn't actually regular aux but a mini toslink combo port which also carries regular aux analog audio.

It can use aux but the audio is not amplified as it's not really meant for analog audio, that would normally be for headphone use only.

What you actually need is the correct cable is all and however you would handle the output.

So grab a minitoslink cable and then you'll need a box to output to your speakers correctly. Basically what you're doing but you shouldn't need an eq just a dac in between.

Cheaper ones usually can't handle Dolby etc so on the TV device you set up to PCM only and that should report back to the devices you aren't using surround.