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[Q] Export setting from pc kodi

Hey ya all,
I have kodi on my PC (it's my test subject). I have it all set up the way I want it on my PC and want to movie the settings to my amazon fire tv (the hockey puck one). Is there a way to do this?
Thanks again.

pieman16 said:
Hey ya all,
I have kodi on my PC (it's my test subject). I have it all set up the way I want it on my PC and want to movie the settings to my amazon fire tv (the hockey puck one). Is there a way to do this?
Thanks again.
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Copy the userdata of kodi onto your firetv /android... kodi folder. I am not close to the firetv to tell you the exact folder location but i don't know why it wouldn't work.

I would also suggest to copy addons foder

How To Use NvidiaShield Stream to play Ps1 Games on AFTV with bluetooth controller

This will only work if you have a NVidia compatible card and the NVidia GeForce Exp App. on PC This guide will also show you how to make the quality of the games excellent.
First get newest copy of PCSXR
Download the Natural Vision Shader plugin
Download Pete's OpenGL2 PSX GPU Version 2.9
Download the newest Pokopom XInput Pad Plugin
Unzip PCSXR to a place on your PC where u intend to keep it to use , do not use it from the desktop just find a place my docs etc..
Unzip the Natural Shader zip and place the Natural folder into the directory of PCSXR
Unzip the OpenGL2 PSX GPU Version 2.9 and place the contents into the plugins folder in PCSXR
Open PCSXR and go to configuration, then to plugins&bios
Under graphics use the drop down to select Petes OpenGl2 driver 2.9,
Under that select configure heres where you will tweak the settings to have the best effects
Click the drop down under Full screen Filters and select ARB program(gpuPeteOGL2.vp/fp) Then
click the browse button directly to the right of that drop down and browse to where you placed the Natural folder and select it.
Click ok to save these options , back at the plugins and bios screen under graphics you will see
first controller use the drop down to select Pokopom Xinput Pad Plugin click ok to save options for
now.
Open the NVidia GeForce exp and go to Preference then on the left side select SHIELD make sure
there is a check mark in the box where it says Allow this PC to stream to SHIELD devices then on the
right click the + sign and browse to the folder where u have PCSXR and select the PCSX exe and add it
to your list of shield games.
On fire tv install the moonlight apk I got this from the amazon app store on my kindle then transferred to the fire tv
Open the moonlight app on the fire tv it will scan and should find your PC select your PC and you will
see a list of games, select PCSX and run it, at this point it should pop up the NVidia exp window on
your PC this is where we will configure the controller. Get Your Bluetooth controller amazon or
otherwise and hop over to Your PC making sure it is in range with your amazon Fire tv .
On PCSXR select configuration plugins and bios, then under First controller select configure and
configure Your controller as you would if it was connected yes this part has to be done on the PC but
once its configured its saved, after that load Your game and in a few seconds it should be on Your tv
screen in full screen nice quality and have a wireless controller to use with it.
EDIT-- My son informs me that the sound on some of his games is not that great, this plugin spupeopsdsound109 from Petes plugin site corrects that, just place it into the plugins folder of Psxcr and choose it from the plugins and bios config
I have my fire tv hard wired to my net but I tested doing this with my wireless and a Bluetooth
controller and I had no controller or game lag whatsoever
This method also works with PcSX2 for ps2 games to stream to amazon ftv but all you have to do is
add the PCSX2 exe to the NVidia shield games list and configure controller all necessary plugins are
already set up in the newest version
screenshots at bottom are of the plugins and bios section and my settings for op quality i would provide links to the programs used here but google can also do that

How to use spectrum TV for Fire TV, Firesticks, Android boxes/Tvs, Nvidia Shield

Playstore app to apk converter & copy playstore links (Google search)
Download spectrum TV apk
Firetv/Fire TV Sticks:
Sideload
(Google hint: adb fire -pc- or app 2 fire -Android app-)
Install:
Mouse toggle apk
Spectrum tv apk
Android tv & Android Boxes:
Place apk on flash drive
Plug in
Get file manager
Navigate to USB drive install apk
Use mouse (USB) or get remote with mouse
A little annoying to use but works
Shield should be the same
But if you have the full playstore
Can someone get a root file manager
Copy the base apk for stectrum tv app for the shield
I want to test it on a firestick and see if it fixes the landscape issue when picking channels
Use ultimate rotation app to fix landscape problem

Dbzfan said:
Playstore app to apk converter & copy playstore links (Google search)
Download spectrum TV apk
Firetv/Fire TV Sticks:
Sideload
(Google hint: adb fire -pc- or app 2 fire -Android app-)
Install:
Mouse toggle apk
Spectrum tv apk
Android tv & Android Boxes:
Place apk on flash drive
Plug in
Get file manager
Navigate to USB drive install apk
Use mouse (USB) or get remote with mouse
A little annoying to use but works
Shield should be the same
But if you have the full playstore
Can someone get a root file manager
Copy the base apk for stectrum tv app for the shield
I want to test it on a firestick and see if it fixes the landscape issue when picking channels
Use ultimate rotation app to fix landscape problem
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I downloaded apkpure to my networked HTPC, connected my 2015 ShieldTV to my network then moved the apk for apkpure to the internal memory of the ShieldTV using FileES. I then used apkpure to download the Spectrum TV app as well as Rotation Locker to keep things in Landscape.
RotationLocker works great.
SpectrumTV, as well as all other sideloaded apps, show in Settings > apps but not the app bar on the Home Screen on the ShieldTV.
How to get it on the app bar?
Additionally, I see available content in the app but cannot select it for playback. Not sure how to fix this.
TIA
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For those who get an error about the device their using ... turn off USB debugging in settings and it should work

Adding custom GameStream games to the homescreen

Anyone have any insight on how to have custom games added to the android tv home screen under the 'games' section along with the officially supported ones? I looked through some of the nvidia files and made some progress, but haven't been able to achieve this yet.
For example, there is an xml file under appdata/local/nvidia/nvbackend called journalBS.main.xml that lists all the games that appear under the main games page when opening the Geforce Experience app on the pc. As we already know, not all games that appear here support gamestream, and as such these games do not appear on the shield tv. However, there is also this tag inside each game's entry in journalBS.main.xml:
<IsStreamingSupported Type="2">0</IsStreamingSupported>
Setting this tag to 1, like so: <IsStreamingSupported Type="2">1</IsStreamingSupported>, will allow the game to appear on the Shield TV. Launching the game will also generate an entry under the games section on the android tv homescreen.
As an example, Civilization VI, when installed on the pc appears in the geforce experience app on the pc, but not on the shield, because it doesn't support gamestream. Changing the above tag will make it appear on the shield, and also on the homescreen once it's been launched for the first time.
There is also a tag called "StreamingCommandLine" that allows you to change what the entry will launch when launching from the shield. On top of this, there is a folder called StreamingAssetsData in NvBackend that I believe is responsible for displaying portrait boxart images only. These are the images that appear when you open "Nvidia Games>GameStream" on the shield.
I have yet to find out where the landscape boxarts come from. These are images that appear when you open Nvidia Games and see a list of recently played titles. It's probably worth noting that when you launch custom added games from the shield it will display the same image both on the Nvidia Games home page (albeit a cropped version) as well as in Nvidia Games>GameStrean. Games that appear on the main page of Geforce Experience app on the pc, however, have different images for these two locations, one landscape and one portrait. I believe that the shield uses the landscape image to generate the thumbnail for the app on the android tv home screen.
Another thing I noticed is that the shield handles custom added games in an entirely different location under appdata/local/Nvidia Corperation/Shield Apps. Here you will find all of your custom added games as shortcuts, as well as another StreamingAssets folder that houses the boxarts.
Personally, I see one way of having custom added games appear on the android tv homescreen. One is to figure out a way to add new entries in appdata/local/nvidia/nvbackend/journalBS.main.xml. From there we can change the "StreamingCommandLine" and have it launch whatever game (or command) we want. Messing with the data inside the StreamingAssets folder should allow us to set the portrait boxart. However I don't yet know how we could set the landscape image that would appear on the android tv homescreen, since I haven't located these files. One possibility is this: the shield generates an actual android app for each of the gamestream entries on the android tv homescreen. Opening the apk to one of these entries will show a banner.jpg image in the res/mipmap-xhdpi-v4/ folder. Swapping this image out and reinstalling the apk over the old one should change the banner.
Now the roadblock: I tried duplicating an entry inside journalBS.main.xml and changing its Id tag so that it didn't conflict with the orignal entry I copied, and it had no effect. It did not add a new entry on the geforce experience app on the pc, nor did it add an entry under Nvidia Games>GameStream on the shield tv. This leads me to believe that journalBS.main.xml is not responsible for generating these entries, yet does have the ability to change how these entries are handled by the shield tv (such as changing "IsStreamable" and "StreamingCommandLine")
Annnnd that's basically as far as I've gotten. I feel fairly confident that one we figure out how to have new entries appear in the geforce experience app on the pc, it will only be a matter of setting its IsStreamable tag to 1 and setting StreamingCommandLine to launch your app of choice, in order to have it appear on the android tv homescreen.
And Sorry for the wall of text. I've never been good at explaining things briefly haha. Hope you guys find it comprehensible and also helpful. I would really really love to have this issue solved.

Toshiba 50" fire TV edition?

Is there a thread for it?
I use downloader to try and get an apk, but to install, I get a phone screen style popup and option to install or cancel at bottom right, but it acts like a touch screen mouse doesn't move around on screen.

Toshiba 50" fire TV edition?
jpwhre said:
Is there a thread for it?
I use downloader to try and get an apk, but to install, I get a phone screen style popup and option to install or cancel at bottom right, but it acts like a touch screen mouse doesn't move around on screen.
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The last time I did this with a Fire TV, I had to install an app called downloader. It’s in the store. Maybe try that?
My only other suggestion is if they have a remote with a keyboard or a touchpad, that might help you out.
You can also try using the firetv app from a smartphone or tablet.

Simple
Devices & Software -> Install unknown apps - allow
Download X-plore or ES and click permission "allow" to write in storage
Ideal is to have local NAS where you can store all fav apps, but both file managers will give you wifi file transfer in case you want to use your PC.
I guess thats it
Enjoy