I have the FireTV 2 and the only two apps that switch the screen to 4K are Netflix and Amazon. The Youtube app plays everthing in 1080p even if its a 4K video. This means that the Netflix and Amazon apps are sending some command to the Fire TV OS to switch from 1080p to 2160p.
Can someone explain that - also are there any side loaded apps that will display 4K videos or 4K photos in 4K ?
So Ive looked around for apps providing true 4k content at 3840 X 2160 resolution. I know there used to be an addon from the pipccan repo but it appears to have lost support and no longer links to any actual content. I finally have a 4K TV and replaced my 1st gen FTV with a 2nd gen, so im pretty bummed out about not finding any UHD Kodi content yet. Prime video doesnt offer alot, and Transparent isnt really my cup of tea.
Am I missing something guys? Are there other apps that stream UHD content? web searches turn up nothing but the one app. Thanks for any suggestions!
Amazon still has not opened up their APK for other developer apps to play 4K content .. Will need to wait a little longer.
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/186635/no-4k-support-on-plex-for-fire-tv-4k
Anyone have suggestions for 4K Video streaming services or purchased downloads on this device? I've read that PlayStation Video has 4K content but believe it's only for TV's.
augie7107 said:
Anyone have suggestions for 4K Video streaming services or purchased downloads on this device? I've read that PlayStation Video has 4K content but believe it's only for TV's.
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Not until Android supports it, which is when Marshmallow arrives and services like Netflix updates their apps to make 4k viewable on mobile devices (hopefully).
Anybody try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...+4k&pcampaignid=APPU_1_nkS3VpSfJcOSmQGX27P4Aw
I don't have Z5 premium yet so I can't try it myself.
So as you guys know the Shield TV is a solid 4K device sporting support for [email protected] over HDMI 2.0.
nVidia gamestream works by playing the game on your PC and using the GPU to rapidly encode the video stream to H.264 to stream to the shield while redirecting all of the input on the shield back to the PC. This, for the most part, works very well. Up to this point it's been [email protected] in general. The new beta of GeForce Experience has enabled both [email protected] as well as [email protected] streaming to the Shield. Additionally, the new nVidia Network Streaming service no longer kills the game if the monitor is powered off or detatched from the PC. (this is crucial for this to work.)
This generally works out of the box if you already have a 4k monitor connected to your computer. However, most of us probably don't. So here's a relatively easy way to get true 4k gaming in your living room.
Prerequisites:
GeForce Experience Beta Release which you can get here: http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/gfe-beta
nVidia GTX 970 or better (or SLi equivalent.) (My opinion just to be playable.)
Ethernet connected Shield or a really really good MIMO 802.11ac bridge (which is was I use.)
If you already have a 4k monitor attached to your computer and you're already able to play games at 2160p then you're done, just go to your shield, set your game resolution and play and enjoy.
However, if instead you have a field of 1080p monitors and no 4k to speak of here's what you need to do.
Open nVidia Control Panel
Disable nVidia Dynamic Super Resolution
Go to the "Change Resolution" screen and select your monitor.
Click the "Custom" button, then create a custom resolution.
The custom resolution should match that of your TV regardless of what monitor(s) you have attached. In most cases this will be [email protected] If you have an earlier 4k tv model that only supports 30hz on it's HDMI port, then change the refresh to 30hz. This needs to exactly match the current refresh rate that the Shield is running as it's connected to your TV for the best quality and smoothness of the video stream.
Click test, your monitor will go black and you won't be able to see anything. This is key, hit the right arrow on your keyboard TWICE then hit enter. This tells the app that "yeah, that resolution looked ok," even if you didn't see crap.
Repeat this step for EVERY monitor in your setup ensuring that all the settings are exactly the same. This is crucial or your game will NOT be able to see the custom resolution when it's time to turn up the pixel count!!!
Once you've created the custom resolution for your monitors, restart the nVidia Network Streaming service. Then, if you like or you're afraid of breaking your monitors by sending out of range resolutions to them (which unless they're CRT's you shouldn't be worried) you can turn your monitor(s) off. This is the part that matters here. nVidia has made it so that the card can render headless which is huge for this. Potentially opening up to being able to render complete unbeknownst to a user using the workstation physically. That's beside the point.
Head over to your shield, fire up a game, go into the settings and you should see the 4k resolution you configured earlier. Fire it up and you're good to go. Expect to see around 21mbit/s bandwidth used.
Hit me up in this thread if you have issues.
4k gamestream issues
Hi there, I am having issues getting my Nvidia Shield TV to stream games at 4k. I just tried this steps on my (ultra wide 3440x1440) but when I Test it says the test failed and my display does not support the custom resolution. Is there any other way to force 4k into the Shield TV?
MForce22 said:
Hi there, I am having issues getting my Nvidia Shield TV to stream games at 4k. I just tried this steps on my (ultra wide 3440x1440) but when I Test it says the test failed and my display does not support the custom resolution. Is there any other way to force 4k into the Shield TV?
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Same with me. Using the 2017 Shield TV with latest update.
What if I just enable DSR and choose 4k in the game?
DSR works as well. But the aspect ratio is important (should be 16:9)
You no longer need to add a custom resolution or enable DSR, it will allow you to select 4k even if your monitor does not support it or if the monitor is off with the 2017 upgrade.
You *might* have to flag experimental features in the Geforce Settings though, not to sure on that. To activate it, make sure you set resolution to 2160p in the Quality settings on the Nvidia Shield for the PC.
Can someone with a non 4K monitor let me know if GameStream is still working fine?
A few weeks ago I had everything working properly. 4K would stream fine without having to change anything on my monitor. But for some reason it has stopped working. I can't figure it out and it's doing my head in!
The only thing I can think of that has changed recently was the Windows 10 Creators update. But surely that isn't it because I can't seem to find anyone else having issues.
I even tried reinstalling Windows and Geforce Experience from scratch. Still have issues!
When I try loading a game in GameStream, it doesn't change from my monitors resolution (1920x1200)
I've tried turning game optimization on and off, I've set the resolution in the GameStream settings to 2160p (and even tried all the other resolutions)
I've reset the shield to factory settings, I've even tried a different shield. Nothing is working.
Any ideas what is causing this?
Video card is a gtx 1070 (with latest drivers)
Monitor is a Dell 2407wfp-hc (1920x1200)
TV is a Samsung 55KS8000
Shield is the 2017 model (though I have also tried the 2015 model as well)
Mine does not work out of the box
PC = 34" Ultrawide 3440x1440 w/ 980TI
4k = Samsung UN75MU8000F w/ 2017 shield
4k = Vizio p65-c1 w/ 2015 shield
I am messing with Custom Resolution Utility from https://www.monitortests.com now to try to get it to work
Hello !
Few years later... I've got a Nvidia Shield 2019 and I will try those things to play in 4K on my TV while my PC's monitor is 2K.
BUT... I read that, few years agao, Nvidia provide the ability to shutdown PC's monitor w/o turning off the gamestream connexion, right ?
Nowaday, if I turn off my PC's monitor, it stop the gamestream connexion... what am I doing wrong, please ?
Hi,
Since our device comes with Widevine L1 and HDR10 support, I would like to know if it supports HD streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime? Now before you jump on saying I am an idiot for asking such question as the device ships with WVL1, let me tell you that having Widevine L1 is not the only criteria to be able to stream HD contents on Netflix and Amazon Prime. They have their own set of criteria and every device has to be whitelisted from their end in order to support HD streaming. This is the reason my last device Poco F1 can not stream HD contents as Netflix is not ready to whitelist the device. So I would like to know what is the case with Realme X as I am thinking of getting Netflix. But I would like to make sure HD streaming is working before I invest on the HD plan. If anyone here uses Netflix HD plan on Realme X, can you please check and let me know if HD streaming is working (a screenshot would be better). If you don't have Netflix or Amazon Prime, I would request you to kindly ignore the post as I am not looking for answers based on assumption.
Thank you!!
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Yeah right. The device also needs to be whitelisted by netflix and amazon themselves for hd playback other than having L1 certification in the first place. I confirm the support of hd playback on both the apps but hdr is not supported. As you know realme x supports hdr content too(our device only supports hdr, not hdr 10), play some hdr stuff on YouTube and you would know the difference but hdr on netflix and amazon are not supported. Now in netflix app it ll clearly show hdr written if the show supports it and the device supports it as well ( I cannot include ss of the netflix app as i don't currently have an active plan) but I don't think same is the case with amazon prime because (ss attached) below you ll see hdr is mentioned for the show but i don't think it plays it in hdr. Also (ss attached) you ll see my rant over colour os in a post where i talk about the same and the inclusion of osie vision effect as a feature in place of hdr support which doesn't actually work.
prashant2198 said:
I confirm the support of hd playback on both the apps.
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Hey thanks man for confirming. Having HD is fine with me. It may not be as good as HDR, but it's way better than SD. Now that you have confirmed HD (not talking about HDR) streaming is working on Netflix and Prime, I am renewing my subscription.
Thank you again for taking the time to answer.
Rowdyy Ronnie said:
Hey thanks man for confirming. Having HD is fine with me. It may not be as good as HDR, but it's way better than SD. Now that you have confirmed HD (not talking about HDR) streaming is working on Netflix and Prime, I am renewing my subscription.
Thank you again for taking the time to answer.
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You can always like my comment if I was helpful. Also watching content on this device would be a breeze. I actually used my laptop to watch my content because of the bigger screen but after buying this phone I use this rather. Also did a little research and netflix and amazon support hdr content on only a couple of flagship devices like Galaxy note 10 plus and stuff, those who support hdr10 so having hdr doesn't make a difference. Anyways enjoy.