Just got my Shield, is there an app similar to WDTV?

[sauron4]

Just got my Shield

Hi all,

I have just got my Shield yesterday and I'm liking what I have used so far but I have come from the WDTV Live and I'm wondering if there's any app that I can get that are similar to the WDTV as I still have a lot of films/tv shows stored on external drives that I like to watch.

I would like to get an app that has a clean layout but also get all the content info about the films/tv shows.

Thanks

 

[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

Does anyone have any suggestions ?

 

[D Android]

Re: Just got my Shield

I use Kodi. It's simple, customisable, plays all known formats and very easy to use. The only thing it doesn't do at the moment is pass through HD audio, but apparently they are working on it.

 

[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

Thanks D Android.

I've got Kodi installed but it's not the same as how the WDTV displays videos. Are there any apps that work like the WDTV?

 

[D Android]

Re: Just got my Shield

Are there any apps that work like the WDTV?

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

Not that I'm aware of.

That's a shame, would be good to have one like that as I do like to have all the artwork and info.

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[D Android]

Re: Just got my Shield

That's a shame, would be good to have one like that as I do like to have all the artwork and info.

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Artwork and other info is supported in Kodi too and works very well IMO. The only thing I miss in Kodi right now is HD audio passthrough which should be introduced in v.17 (according to their forum).

 

[sauron4]

Artwork and other info is supported in Kodi too and works very well IMO. The only thing I miss in Kodi right now is HD audio passthrough which should be introduced in v.17 (according to their forum).

How do you enable artwork and other info on Kodi as it's not doing it for me?

So HD Audio shouldn't be too long then as v16 Beta 2 is out as I can see from the RSS feed.

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[D Android]

Re: Just got my Shield

How do you enable artwork and other info on Kodi as it's not doing it for me?

So HD Audio shouldn't be too long then as v16 Beta 2 is out as I can see from the RSS feed.

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It may look a bit complicated but it's fairly straight forward.

I hope to see HD audio support in Kodi within a few months.

 

[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

It may look a bit complicated but it's fairly straight forward.

I hope to see HD audio support in Kodi within a few months.

Thanks seems like that is for streaming content instead of USB playback

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[D Android]

Re: Just got my Shield

Thanks seems like that is for streaming content instead of USB playback

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The same applies to USB playback (or any kind of storage attached to the Shield).

 

[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

The same applies to USB playback (or any kind or storage attached to the Shield).

Oh! Awesome!

I'll definitely try it out in a sec

Thanks for all your help D Android.

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[D Android]

Re: Just got my Shield

Oh! Awesome!

I'll definitely try it out in a sec

Thanks for all your help D Android.

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Glad I could help!

 

[Ryaan Johnson]

Re: Just got my Shield

Hi all,

I have just got my Shield yesterday and I'm liking what I have used so far but I have come from the WDTV Live and I'm wondering if there's any app that I can get that are similar to the WDTV as I still have a lot of films/tv shows stored on external drives that I like to watch.

I would like to get an app that has a clean layout but also get all the content info about the films/tv shows.

Thanks

Custom romm'd mine so it thinks its the shield tablet. Allows me to do all the apps the lean back locks you out of

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[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

Custom romm'd mine so it thinks its the shield tablet. Allows me to do all the apps the lean back locks you out of

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I did notice that there's not a lot of apps to choose from when searching on the Play Store.

How does custom romm work? Does it make the Shield a lot better?

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[Ryaan Johnson]

Re: Just got my Shield

I did notice that there's not a lot of apps to choose from when searching on the Play Store.

How does custom romm work? Does it make the Shield a lot better?

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Yes it's great loving it. Get a airmouse and your off and running ..

https://youtu.be/ehwj46lueCw

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[sauron4]

Re: Just got my Shield

Yes it's great loving it. Get a airmouse and your off and running ..

https://youtu.be/ehwj46lueCw

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Does look good but at the moment the stock FW does exactly what I need it to with Kodi.

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[Ryaan Johnson]

Re: Just got my Shield

Does look good but at the moment the stock FW does exactly what I need it to with Kodi.

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I am not a fan of the lean back interface and I can't load the apps I want..have amazon prime but I can't have my prime movies? The full OS rom is the tablet rom.. So you have all the nvidia goodies and your freedom of normal Android

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[kaustik]

Kodi is awesome, but you might also be interested in checking out Plex. They are both forked from a common source long ago but have evolved to be quite different.

Plex will install as a media server probably on your home Desktop. This is where the media database is maintained and you can access the content via clients like your Shield or even a mobile device while you are away from home.

 

[sauron4]

Kodi is awesome, but you might also be interested in checking out Plex. They are both forked from a common source long ago but have evolved to be quite different.

Plex will install as a media server probably on your home Desktop. This is where the media database is maintained and you can access the content via clients like your Shield or even a mobile device while you are away from home.

Yeah Plex is great as well but I do personally think Kodi is much better. The only thing I can't get to work on Kodi is setup SMB on Kodi to read the files from my computer

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