Folks i know this was asked a few months back but was there ever a solution, ie is there anyway to control the volume in xbmc on AFTV, either by on remote itself or highlighting ivolume icon on screen, thanks
paulsavo said:
Folks i know this was asked a few months back but was there ever a solution, ie is there anyway to control the volume in xbmc on AFTV, either by on remote itself or highlighting ivolume icon on screen, thanks
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Map VolumeAmplification to your Up and Down keys. It's not volume, but it works half decent...
Code:
<keyboard>
<up>volampup</up>
<down>volampdown</down>
</keyboard>
thanks for reply, also can this be down for a 3rd party remote ie mele f10 pro?
Not sure.. The ideal solution is something like a Harmony and Flirc on the FIRE TV. I've had no luck with Flirc but I haven't tried in a while. The new keymap in XBMC has been good enough. I don't miss the TV remote with CEC happening between the FireTV and my TV. True volume I don't thing is possible on the FTV, i it only outputs over HDMI or Optical, so I think it's up to the TV or receiver to do true volume.
I may be wrong though...
Is this possible? Seems it was previously but I have had no luck so far. Its a Bluetooth controller and should in theory, have no problems, yet its not.
Could this be something resolved in Marshmallow? Or is it a non starter altogether?
Just want some multiplayer action, have a shield controller already and had a fire TV 4k with pad as well.
Thanks in advance
Well that was easy. Turns out the fire controller 2 is WiFi and not Bluetooth. It connects like a charm as a Shield accessory and plays games as it should.
So if anyone, like me reads this and has been struggling like a fool (that was me the past hour) to connect it, its WIFI not Bluetooth. Connect this and a FireTV 2 remote as a shield accessory and away you go.
Edit - voice search also works, which I had seen people stating you most it, or couldn't pair the AFTV voice remote with the Shield TV because of it. Just press and hold and works as it does on the fire box.
Unitedinred said:
Well that was easy. Turns out the fire controller 2 is WiFi and not Bluetooth. It connects like a charm as a Shield accessory and plays games as it should.
So if anyone, like me reads this and has been struggling like a fool (that was me the past hour) to connect it, its WIFI not Bluetooth. Connect this and a FireTV 2 remote as a shield accessory and away you go.
Edit - voice search also works, which I had seen people stating you most it, or couldn't pair the AFTV voice remote with the Shield TV because of it. Just press and hold and works as it does on the fire box.
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Thats actually pretty dope to learn! i havent played with a fire tv controller 2 yet but just seeing the images online it looks like a high quality, sturdy controller. Would be interesting to see how well it performs, and the fact that it works natively with the shield is even more interesting and better. wonder if nvidia just updated the firmware to allow it to work or if they just so happen to use the same protocols?
couple of questions: is the button layout the same? does headphone jack work as well?
unvaluablespace said:
Thats actually pretty dope to learn! i havent played with a fire tv controller 2 yet but just seeing the images online it looks like a high quality, sturdy controller. Would be interesting to see how well it performs, and the fact that it works natively with the shield is even more interesting and better. wonder if nvidia just updated the firmware to allow it to work or if they just so happen to use the same protocols?
couple of questions: is the button layout the same? does headphone jack work as well?
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The headphone jack doesn't work. Just tried with Borderlands and it works, though with some lag on the Shield controller but not the Fire 2 controller.
Every other button functions perfectly though, including clicking in the anologues. As a second player pad, and with the useful voice search function, its pretty cool that I got it connected. Could not find any help online at all.
Unitedinred said:
The headphone jack doesn't work. Just tried with Borderlands and it works, though with some lag on the Shield controller but not the Fire 2 controller.
Every other button functions perfectly though, including clicking in the anologues. As a second player pad, and with the useful voice search function, its pretty cool that I got it connected. Could not find any help online at all.
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Thats awesome man. Thanks for the heads up! Would love to see anyone else chime in to confirm before i consider the plunge on a controller, but its always nice to have another type of gamepad available. Wonder if latency is the same, but I assume since its wifi, it shoudl be at least as good as the shield controller.
Do you know if this works with a pc as well? (via usb of course)
unvaluablespace said:
Thats awesome man. Thanks for the heads up! Would love to see anyone else chime in to confirm before i consider the plunge on a controller, but its always nice to have another type of gamepad available. Wonder if latency is the same, but I assume since its wifi, it shoudl be at least as good as the shield controller.
Do you know if this works with a pc as well? (via usb of course)
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Won't work on PC, not with USB anyway as its not there lol. Surprised me too.
Latency seems on par with stock controller. Been playing Fifa 16 UT for a while and won every game, so no issues with the pad.
I too would like others to test this as I couldn't get any help online and cane across it by chance.
has anyone tried the new apple r emoe does it work?
how do you past the settings menu on the fifq 16 android on the shiled. do you need mouse input?
My problem is that once it connects I lose all audio.
The headphone Jack not working is a real bummer too.
Fifa 16 UT does this game even work? i cant get past main menu
Has anyone tested it on the new 6.0 Marshmallow build?
Unitedinred said:
Well that was easy. Turns out the fire controller 2 is WiFi and not Bluetooth. It connects like a charm as a Shield accessory and plays games as it should.
So if anyone, like me reads this and has been struggling like a fool (that was me the past hour) to connect it, its WIFI not Bluetooth. Connect this and a FireTV 2 remote as a shield accessory and away you go.
Edit - voice search also works, which I had seen people stating you most it, or couldn't pair the AFTV voice remote with the Shield TV because of it. Just press and hold and works as it does on the fire box.
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I managed to connect the Fire TV game controller on StockRestyle Marshmallow, but I cannot get the Fire TV 4K remote to work.
Which version of the Shield TV firmware are you using?
Do you need to press a specific button on the Fire TV remote? I tried Home and the OK buttons (I indeed tried all of them), removing the batteries without any success.
EDIT: I tried a second Fire TV 4K, first try: press Home -> success Thanks
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Zacharybinx34 said:
Has anyone tested it on the new 6.0 Marshmallow build?
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I'm running StockRestyle and I got the Fire TV game controller and the Fire TV 4K remote to work without any issue using the SHIELD accessories tool
JulienPr said:
I managed to connect the Fire TV game controller on StockRestyle Marshmallow, but I cannot get the Fire TV 4K remote to work.
Which version of the Shield TV firmware are you using?
Do you need to press a specific button on the Fire TV remote? I tried Home and the OK buttons (I indeed tried all of them), removing the batteries without any success.
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I'm running StockRestyle and I got the Fire TV game controller to work without any issue using the SHIELD accessories tool, but not yet the Fire TV 4K remote.
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So it's for sure the Amazon Fire TV 2 controller, the newest one right? Did you make sure audio works right? Does the headset function work?
Thanks!!!
Zacharybinx34 said:
So it's for sure the Amazon Fire TV 2 controller, the newest one right? Did you make sure audio works right? Does the headset function work?
Thanks!!!
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Now it's OK, I've just edited my post in the meantime.
Haven't tried yet the headset plug, but the mic is working.
Thanks
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Did anyone try it on full Android Marshmallow?
If that would be working, including the voice search function, that would be great because shield game controllers aren't working wireless on full Android.
JulienPr said:
Now it's OK, I've just edited my post in the meantime.
Haven't tried yet the headset plug, but the mic is working.
Thanks
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Let me know when you get a chance to test it.
Did anyone test it?
i got the 4k remote working, its a bit tricky but eventually worked although at times buggy and need to press repeatedly so its actions changes.
on the previous firmware it was perfect and fast
wakkaday said:
i got the 4k remote working, its a bit tricky but eventually worked although at times buggy and need to press repeatedly so its actions changes.
on the previous firmware it was perfect and fast
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are you talking about the FireTV stick voice remote? as of now i cant get the fireTV stick voice remote to work.... be it as shield accessories or using bluetooth
anyone know how to do it? if yes, how to do it?
I'm having major problems connecting my Amazon Controller 2 to my Shield K1 Tablet.
I go to the app and open it up. The 3 or 4 lights flash on the controller and then solidify. At which point the mouse cursor appears and I can move it around and - if I press home, the app closes.
But at that stage the controller starts searching again, the lights flash.
I've tried holding down the home button, I've tried putting the batteries in only once the apps open. No luck.
The controller works beautfully with my amazon fire tv box.
Anyone want to give me step by step instructions?
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I'm having major problems connecting my Amazon Controller 2 to my Shield K1 Tablet.
I go to the app and open it up. The 3 or 4 lights flash on the controller and then solidify. At which point the mouse cursor appears and I can move it around and - if I press home, the app closes.
But at that stage the controller starts searching again, the lights flash.
I've tried holding down the home button, I've tried putting the batteries in only once the apps open. No luck.
The controller works beautfully with my amazon fire tv box.
Anyone want to give me step by step instructions?
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Hey boomhaueruk,
did you solve the problem? I also want to buy an amazon controller 2 to use it with my atv and nvidia shield tablet. Does it work for you in the end with the tablet?
Zacharybinx34 said:
My problem is that once it connects I lose all audio.
The headphone Jack not working is a real bummer too.
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Did anybody solved this issue!?
Hi all,
I'm trying to setup RetroArch on my Fire TV Stick with an Ouya controller, and have the controller keymap working properly. Now I am running into an issue that the left trigger is always mapped to Home on the Fire Stick, and am unable to get around it. This is problematic as I can't map the trigger to anything else, and inadvertantly pressing the trigger while in RetroArch causes the game to pause and the Ouya controller is no longer recognized after resuming.
I can see the keylayout file in /system/usr/keylayout for the Ouya controller, but can't comment out the line mapping the left trigger to home. (Not rooted).
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Why not root?
When I press the home button while the firetv is asleep it will fire off a tv-on hdmi CEC command.
Anyway to send volup/voldown/tv off commands ?
I was gonna make the same post a few days ago, but then I realized my TV remote does everything the other way through CEC. Arrows, OK, Play, Pause, Next, Skip, Exit all work through CEC on the Fire Stick in all apps. Just no voice.
Still interested in this too tho, just in case.
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I was gonna make the same post a few days ago, but then I realized my TV remote does everything the other way through CEC. Arrows, OK, Play, Pause, Next, Skip, Exit all work through CEC on the Fire Stick in all apps. Just no voice.
Still interested in this too tho, just in case.
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My fire remote is way more responsive. This way would be preferable for me
I understand. I was just trying to give you the best response I could. If I could use the FireTV remote like this, I would do it too. (makes an ok controller for SNES RPGS)
There is the sideclick which I think amazon makes too. Attaches to you remote and gives you ir tv control
Hi,
I just got a Fire TV Cube 2nd generation and I was trying to pair it with a game controller to use Steam Link, Shadow and Geforce Now. I've been able to pair both a Xbox One and a PS4 controllers via bluetooth but both end up having the same problem; the home button doesn't work as expected and the start button doesn't work at all.
With the Xbox One controller the home button takes you back to the Fire TV launcher while the start button doesn't do anything. The select button seem to do what the home button should do as by pressing it the Steam overlay pops up but it takes it quite many seconds to realise I have pressed it.
So apparently Amazon has dropped support for game controllers, even theirs, but I don't get how the option is still available, controllers can be paired but then there is no way to configure them to fix these issues.
Does anyone know if there is any way to fix this problem?
Thanks.
Sepharat said:
Hi,
I just got a Fire TV Cube 2nd generation and I was trying to pair it with a game controller to use Steam Link, Shadow and Geforce Now. I've been able to pair both a Xbox One and a PS4 controllers via bluetooth but both end up having the same problem; the home button doesn't work as expected and the start button doesn't work at all.
With the Xbox One controller the home button takes you back to the Fire TV launcher while the start button doesn't do anything. The select button seem to do what the home button should do as by pressing it the Steam overlay pops up but it takes it quite many seconds to realise I have pressed it.
So apparently Amazon has dropped support for game controllers, even theirs, but I don't get how the option is still available, controllers can be paired but then there is no way to configure them to fix these issues.
Does anyone know if there is any way to fix this problem?
Thanks.
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You can use button mapper app.