Unofficial ShieldTV Driver

JustinL · September 21, 2017

Here is an unofficial shield tv driver. This works with both pro and regular versions of the shield.

For the non-pro 2017 version you will also need to buy a flirc since it doesn't have an IR receiver. I have tested with this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MS2V7GM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For flirc you will need to up load the configuration file to flirc.

The C4 driver is well tested and I have been using it for close to a year with no issues.

The flirc driver was created a few minutes ago and is not well tested.

Here is what should work:

arrow keys, cancel (back), menu (home), pause, play, enter, fast forward/rewind, skip forward/backward.

Note the C4 driver has analog out even though the device doesn't this was a work around i used because I had a DAC in the system.

Disclaimer: While I work at NVIDIA this driver is not an official NVIDIA driver and is not supported by them. This was purely done for my own self interest and i'm sharing it so others can have it. Driver is provided as is. If you have any issues post here and I'll try to help but make no guarantee of support. Nor do I guarantee this driver won't spontaneously destruct

shieldtv-flirc.fcfg

These drivers are released under the WTFPL license: http://www.wtfpl.net/

ShieldTV.c4z

THEORY · September 22, 2017

Funny I have a few customer with a non pro and have been controlling it fine for the last year. Without any additional hardware.

JustinL · September 22, 2017

Thanks, you are right. They probably have the pre-2017 version. In 2017 NVIDIA released a cheaper non-pro version which no longer has an IR receiver built in (nor IR blaster in the remote). I have edited the OP to make this clear. Hopefully people find use in this. I've also edited the first post to make clear the license.

Reference:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/987100/shield-tv-2017-only-pro-has-ir-receiver-/

Jed Peters · September 23, 2017

Looking forward to trying this out!

How is is this different than the older generic “shield” IR driver? Thanks!

JustinL · September 23, 2017

I have not used the old one. if that works for you and you have ff, rew, play paid, skip support then don't change to this.

I made this driver from scratch given the published it codes.

the flirc configuration is new as far as I know.

Jed Peters · October 1, 2017

Hey Justin, what kind of icon do you have in this driver?

JustinL · October 1, 2017

I didn't put one in it. I just cooked a generic DVD driver and build from there. I didn't know you can customize the icon. how do you do that?

Jed Peters · October 1, 2017

1 minute ago, JustinL said:

I didn't put one in it. I just cooked a generic DVD driver and build from there. I didn't know you can customize the icon. how do you do that?

no idea, would be cool to have a nice nvidia shield icon/graphic though....instead of the plain one...

JustinL · October 1, 2017

ok I'll look and see if it is editable. I didn't see an easy way to.change the icon but I wasn't looking for it. my system just uses a physical remote so I never saw the icon.

if anyone knows how to change it let me know.

JustinL · October 1, 2017

I played with this a bit. I downloaded the driver editor and found a place to edit some images but it doesn't seem to help give the icon to the driver. I don't have time right now to figure this out. Hopefully someone can tell me how to do this or better yet edit the driver to add an icon and then repost it here

msgreenf · October 1, 2017

I played with this a bit. I downloaded the driver editor and found a place to edit some images but it doesn't seem to help give the icon to the driver. I don't have time right now to figure this out. Hopefully someone can tell me how to do this or better yet edit the driver to add an icon and then repost it here

I don't think think the DVD proxy supports icon? Button I couldn't be mistaken. I know if you change to the cable proxy it does

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Rexabyte · October 1, 2017

From what I read as long as the driver is c4z format it should support a display icon, at least on most AV proxies.

Put this in the capabilities section of the driver:

<navigator_display_option proxybindingid="5001">
  <display_icons>
    <Icon height="140" width="140">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_140.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="130" width="120">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_130.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="120" width="120">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_120.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="110" width="110">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_110.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="100" width="100">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_100.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="90" width="90">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_90.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="80" width="80">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_80.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="70" width="70">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_70.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="60" width="60">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_60.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="50" width="50">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_50.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="40" width="40">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_40.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="30" width="30">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_30.png</Icon>
    <Icon height="20" width="20">controller://driver/tv_ip_websocket_lg/icons/device/lgsmarttv_20.png</Icon>
  </display_icons>
</navigator_display_option>

Of course you'll want to change 'tv_ip_websocket_lg' to whatever the c4z filename is and you will likely want to change 'lgsmarttv_<size>' to something else. You'll also want to make sure it's bound to the right proxybindingid.

JustinL · October 1, 2017

I have based this off of cable. Unfortunately the driver is c4i and I don't want to pay money to get a c4i to c4z converter.

I'm checking to see if I can get a better driver editor. Using 2.0.21 currently.

is there a suggested editor out there that will met me convert from c4i to c4z?

msgreenf · October 1, 2017

Editor 3.0 does

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JustinL · October 1, 2017

I figured out how to save a c4z.

I added this block to the xml under capabilities:

<navigator_display_option proxybindingid="5000">
<display_icons>
<Icon height="256" width="256">256Copy.png</Icon>
</display_icons>
</navigator_display_option>

I then added 256Copy.png to the zip file and renamed to c4z. Unfortunately this still doesn't work.

Here are some questions I have.

1) The number 5000 up there. I matched that to "cable" which is what my device is binding to. Is that correct?

2) Do I need an icon for every height/width size?

3) How do I specify the relative path not on the device but included in the driver?

msgreenf · October 1, 2017

Driver/driver name is the relative path

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JustinL · October 1, 2017

Thank you for your help.

But I must still be doing something wrong.

I interpreted your comment like this:

<navigator_display_option proxybindingid="5000">
<display_icons>
<Icon height="256" width="256">controller://driver/NVIDIA Shield TV/256Copy.png</Icon>
</display_icons>
</navigator_display_option>

Unfortunately I still don't see the icon in navigators. I gotta take the kids to the aquarium now so i'm out for a bit. Instead I see a generic icon with a hexagon with a circle and a dot in it.

msgreenf · October 1, 2017

What is the name of your c4z file. Exactly the same. No spaces. Everything before c4z

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JustinL · October 1, 2017

I have a space in the name. let me remove those and try that. I'm out for a few hours though.

thanks

msgreenf · October 1, 2017

Shouldn't. Use _ instead

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JustinL · October 2, 2017

Thanks,

I think i'm making progress. Now when I select watch The icon for the SheildTV doesn't appear right away but after a second goes back to the default.

Do I need to make an image for every size or will it automatically a larger image if necessary?

Is PNG the suggested format?

JustinL · October 2, 2017

Is there anyway to do an ls of the controller to see what the directory structure is?

JustinL · October 2, 2017

I figured it out!

The problem was I was not putting the icons under the www subdirectory. I was putting them at the root. Once they were in the www directory it worked fine.

I have updated the driver with icons and fixed a couple of other issues now that I have more control with the XML file.

Thanks for your help msgreenf.

Jed please try this new one out and let me know if you have any issues.

JustinL · October 3, 2017

Jed did you get a chance to try this?

Jed Peters · October 3, 2017

Justin, ill load tomorrow morning.

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