paulml Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hi, looking to control my 2017 Nvidia Shield TV (non-pro) with Control4 (HC-250) using the IrUSB. I would just like to confirm/clarify that I can achieve this with the IrUSB alone without Netplay Home? I'm just a bit confused after seeing the 2 options in the IrUSB product page. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 18 minutes ago, paulml said: Hi, looking to control my 2017 Nvidia Shield TV (non-pro) with Control4 (HC-250) using the IrUSB. I would just like to confirm/clarify that I can achieve this with the IrUSB alone without Netplay Home? I'm just a bit confused after seeing the 2 options in the IrUSB product page. Thanks! Yes, you only need IRUSB to control the shield (any version). It will give you IP control of the shield plus IR control of another device. NetPlay Home is a full video distribution system that can use your shield as the decoder "balun" device. IRUSB is also compatible with NetPlay Home, but NetPlay Home is not required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooner2k1 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Is the usb adapter required if you buy the Shield TV Pro that has IR control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 11 hours ago, sooner2k1 said: Is the usb adapter required if you buy the Shield TV Pro that has IR control? Yes, you always need the IRUSB device to use our free IP driver. The driver does not use IR to control the shield, it is using IP via the IRUSB device. IR is available on IRUSB to control a DIFFERENT device (like the TV, sound bar, AVR, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 24/12/2017 at 2:21 AM, elee532 said: @alanchow, can you say a little more about what might make this a better option than running Kodi on an HTPC? As you may recall, I have been unable to resolve an issue where some buttons are not working with my Kodi Full Driver. So, I'm thinking maybe replacing my Windows 10 HTPC with a Shield. What do you think? Will I need a dealer to set this up? Thanks! Kodi on a high end HTPC will run better. For an off the shelf solution though the Nvidia shield will work better. Plus it will provide additional benefits like netflix, hulu, youtube, google cast, etc. You will need a dealer to install the latest copy of the driver but they will be able to do this remotely. elee532 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elee532 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 So, I swapped my Windows 10 HTPC for a Shield. I gave the Shield the same IP address that the PC previously had, and the Control4 connected to it right away. I still need to do some more testing, but so far, so good. Of course, I need to use the Shield remote to first launch the Kodi app. Can’t wait to get my IRUSB from @videostorm when they are back in stock later this month. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rus_teee Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hey Guys, just reading through some of the updates since I last checked and I noticed you have got this working with a number of products. Have you tested it with the Xiaomi Mi Android TV? I have one at home in a spare room and if I can get one of these for IP control on that and then IR out to the TV that would be golden! Thanks heaps, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 10 hours ago, rus_teee said: Hey Guys, just reading through some of the updates since I last checked and I noticed you have got this working with a number of products. Have you tested it with the Xiaomi Mi Android TV? I have one at home in a spare room and if I can get one of these for IP control on that and then IR out to the TV that would be golden! Thanks heaps, Tim Hi Tim, Xiaomi Mi is an Android 6.0 box, so IRUSB would work well on it. We don't know if NetPlayTV (a different product) will run on it because NetPlayTV has greater security requirements. If you don't mind, could you download the NetPlayTV app on that device let us know if the first screen says it is compatible or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rus_teee Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Hi Guys, just tested NetPlayTV and it stalled perfectly fine. It said I need a NetPlayTV License, but there was no incompatibilities on the installation. Definately will look at buying one of the dongles now! The wife hates that we have to use a different remote in that room and C4 everywhere else. *Edit* Went to the Website to purchase the Dongle and it says that shipping would be $147 to Australia?? Am I on the wrong link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 19 hours ago, rus_teee said: Hi Guys, just tested NetPlayTV and it stalled perfectly fine. It said I need a NetPlayTV License, but there was no incompatibilities on the installation. Definately will look at buying one of the dongles now! The wife hates that we have to use a different remote in that room and C4 everywhere else. *Edit* Went to the Website to purchase the Dongle and it says that shipping would be $147 to Australia?? Am I on the wrong link? Great! Thanks for checking this. What was the exact model so we can add to the compatible equipment list? Our site uses UPS for international shipping and it is too high for IRUSB. Email sales@video-storm.com for a shipping quote using post office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rus_teee Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 thanks again guys. This is the unit that I have. http://www.mi.com/en/mibox/ The Model in the Settings advises MIBOX3 I'll swing an email over to your sales now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulml Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 12:24 PM, rus_teee said: thanks again guys. This is the unit that I have. http://www.mi.com/en/mibox/ The Model in the Settings advises MIBOX3 I'll swing an email over to your sales now. If its the Mibox3 International Version (same with the one sold in Walmarts) with the official Android TV OS, the exact model would be: MDZ-16-AB Hope this helps. videostorm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophers Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 @videostorm do you have an update on stock levels / backorder times for IRUSB? thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 We are planning on shipping all backorders on 1/31. Full stock should be available around 2/7. christophers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophers Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, videostorm said: We are planning on shipping all backorders on 1/31. Full stock should be available around 2/7. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hi Videostom, I've installed the latest driver (v1.3). Thanks for adding AmazonVideo to the tables. Unfortunately it looks like YoutubeTV (not to be confused with the regular Youtube) wasn't added. I'm trying to get YoutubeTV working using the Custom Apps field and/or the Custom mini driver, but I haven't had success. Here's what I've done: I first found the Package name and Component name from logcat. Package name = com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged and Component name= com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end I then updated the tables using the following commands: urltableaf["YoutubeTV"]="QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end\r" urltablegp["YoutubeTV"]="QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end\r" I then ran for k, v in pairs(urltableaf) do dbg("Key: " .. k .. " Value: " .. v) end and for k, v in pairs(urltablegp) do dbg("Key: " .. k .. " Value: " .. v) end and confirmed that both tables were updated with: Key: YoutubeTV Value: QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end I then tried the Customer mini driver so that I could list YoutubeTV on the watch menu. I used com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged as the App ID When I select YoutubeTV from the watch menu nothing happens on the Shield. Here is the output of the log: Quote Received from Proxy: GET_VIDEO_DEVICES; on Binding: 5003 Received from Proxy: GET_VIDEO_DEVICES; on Binding: 5001 UndefinedFunction: GET_VIDEO_DEVICES Received from Proxy: GET_VIDEO_DEVICES; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: ROOM_ID; value: 364 Received from Proxy: WATCH_BUTTON; on Binding: 5001 UndefinedFunction: WATCH_BUTTON Received from Proxy: GET_VIDEO_PATH; on Binding: 5003 Unimplemented 5003 command GET_VIDEO_PATH UndefinedFunction: GET_VIDEO_PATH Received from Proxy: GET_VIDEO_PATH; on Binding: 5001 Received from Proxy: GET_AUDIO_PATH; on Binding: 5003 Unimplemented 5003 command GET_AUDIO_PATH Received from Proxy: GET_AUDIO_PATH; on Binding: 5001 UndefinedFunction: GET_AUDIO_PATH Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5003 Unimplemented 5003 command ON Received from Proxy: CONNECT_OUTPUT; on Binding: 5003 Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Received from Proxy: SET_INPUT; on Binding: 5003 Unimplemented 5003 command CONNECT_OUTPUT Parameter: INPUT; value: 3105 Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Parameter: VIDEO; value: False Parameter: SWITCH_SEPARATE; value: False Parameter: AUDIO; value: True Implement SET_INPUT function... Inbind 3105 In 106 Out 111 Class HDMI Proxy id 1348 Attached source id: 1431 named YoutubeTV Source app is com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged App to launch is YoutubeTV Send RS232 command (QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end Room 378:Garage is selecting 0 Room 371:Kitchen/Dining is selecting 0 Room 379:Office is selecting 0 Room 364:Game Room is selecting 1347 Room 380:Deck is selecting 0 Room 365:Clara's Room is selecting 0 Room 373:Entry is selecting 0 Room 381:Dining Deck is selecting 0 Room 545:Guest Bathroom is selecting 0 Room 366:Henry's Room is selecting 0 Room 374:Laundry is selecting 0 Room 367:Guest Room is selecting 0 Room 368:Bunk Room is selecting 0 Room 369:Master Bathroom is selecting 0 Room 377:Mechanical is selecting 0 Room 28:Master is selecting 0 Room 788:Mudroom is selecting 0 Room 370:Patio is selecting 0 Room 14:Great Room is selecting 1101 Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 Unimplemented 5003 command ON Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5003 Received from Proxy: CONNECT_OUTPUT; on Binding: 5003 Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Received from Proxy: SET_INPUT; on Binding: 5003 Unimplemented 5003 command CONNECT_OUTPUT Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: INPUT; value: 3105 Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Parameter: VIDEO; value: False Parameter: SWITCH_SEPARATE; value: False Parameter: AUDIO; value: True Implement SET_INPUT function... Inbind 3105 In 106 Out 111 Class HDMI Source app is com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged App to launch is YoutubeTV Proxy id 1348 Attached source id: 1431 named YoutubeTV Send RS232 command (QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end Room 378:Garage is selecting 0 Room 371:Kitchen/Dining is selecting 0 Room 379:Office is selecting 0 Room 364:Game Room is selecting 1431 Sending to room 364:Game Room select 1347 Received from Proxy: GET_VIDEO_PATH; on Binding: 5001 UndefinedFunction: GET_VIDEO_PATH Received from Proxy: GET_AUDIO_PATH; on Binding: 5001 Received from Proxy: DISCONNECT_OUTPUT; on Binding: 5003 UndefinedFunction: GET_AUDIO_PATH Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: SWITCH_SEPARATE; value: False Received from Proxy: SELECT_SOURCE; on Binding: 5001 Unimplemented 5003 command DISCONNECT_OUTPUT Parameter: PATH_TYPE; value: 1 Parameter: MEDIA_ID; value: 0 Parameter: ROOM_ID; value: 364 UndefinedFunction: SELECT_SOURCE Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 Received from Proxy: SELECT_SOURCE; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: PATH_TYPE; value: 3 Parameter: MEDIA_ID; value: 0 Parameter: ROOM_ID; value: 364 Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 UndefinedFunction: SELECT_SOURCE Received from Proxy: REQUEST_CURRENT_MEDIA_INFO; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: ROOM_ID; value: 364 UndefinedFunction: REQUEST_CURRENT_MEDIA_INFO Room 380:Deck is selecting 0 Room 365:Clara's Room is selecting 0 Room 373:Entry is selecting 0 Room 381:Dining Deck is selecting 0 Room 545:Guest Bathroom is selecting 0 Room 366:Henry's Room is selecting 0 Room 374:Laundry is selecting 0 Room 367:Guest Room is selecting 0 Room 368:Bunk Room is selecting 0 Room 369:Master Bathroom is selecting 0 Room 377:Mechanical is selecting 0 Room 28:Master is selecting 0 Room 788:Mudroom is selecting 0 Room 14:Great Room is selecting 1101 Room 370:Patio is selecting 0 Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5003 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 Unimplemented 5003 command ON Received from Proxy: CONNECT_OUTPUT; on Binding: 5003 Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Unimplemented 5003 command CONNECT_OUTPUT Parameter: INPUT; value: 3105 Received from Proxy: SET_INPUT; on Binding: 5003 Parameter: CLASS; value: HDMI Parameter: OUTPUT; value: 2110 Parameter: VIDEO; value: False Parameter: AUDIO; value: True Parameter: SWITCH_SEPARATE; value: False Implement SET_INPUT function... Inbind 3105 In 106 Out 111 Class HDMI Proxy id 1348 Attached source id: 1431 named YoutubeTV Source app is com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged App to launch is YoutubeTV Send RS232 command (QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end Room 371:Kitchen/Dining is selecting 0 Room 378:Garage is selecting 0 Room 379:Office is selecting 0 Room 364:Game Room is selecting 1347 Room 380:Deck is selecting 0 Room 365:Clara's Room is selecting 0 Room 373:Entry is selecting 0 Room 381:Dining Deck is selecting 0 Room 366:Henry's Room is selecting 0 Room 545:Guest Bathroom is selecting 0 Room 374:Laundry is selecting 0 Room 368:Bunk Room is selecting 0 Room 367:Guest Room is selecting 0 Room 377:Mechanical is selecting 0 Room 369:Master Bathroom is selecting 0 Room 28:Master is selecting 0 Room 788:Mudroom is selecting 0 Room 14:Great Room is selecting 1101 Room 370:Patio is selecting 0 Received from Proxy: ON; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: CONNECT; value: 1 When the Custom mini driver didn't work I tried the Custom App field in the main driver. In the Custom App 1 field I put: QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end\r and then selected Custom App1 in the Red Button dropdown. When I click the Red Button on the C4 remote nothing happens on the Shield. Here is the output from the log: Received from Proxy: PROGRAM_A; on Binding: 5001 Parameter: ROOM_ID; value: 364 Implement RED function... Send RS232 command (QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/.MainActivity;end\r I'm stumped as to what I'm doing wrong. Can you please let me know? Or better yet can you update the driver with native YoutubeTV support. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Greg, You have it right, just the URL is wrong. Try QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged/com.google.android.apps.youtube.tvunplugged.app.MainActivity;end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hi videostorm, I solved the problem with the Custom mini driver. The component name i was using for YoutubeTV was wrong. It should have been: com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged.MainActivity;end so the Custom mini driver worked when I changed the table values to: QLAUNCH android-app://com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged#Intent;component=com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged.MainActivity;end When you have a chance can you permanently add YoutubeTV to the main driver so that it remains there even after a restart. Thanks!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 our posts must have passed each other on the network thanks for the prompt reply. appreciate your effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elee532 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I just received notification that my IRUSB has shipped which I plan to use to add an Nvidia Shield to my EA1 system. I already own the Kodi Full driver by @alanchow? Is there a driver that needs to be purchased for the Nvidia Shield? I plan to use the Shield for Kodi, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and YouTube. Is it possible to launch these apps direct... similar to how it can be done with Roku? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Per my understanding, the Kodi Full driver is updated to support IRUSB (@alanchow would know for sure). When you get the IRUSB you will need to download the IRUSB app from the play store. elee532 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 16 hours ago, videostorm said: Per my understanding, the Kodi Full driver is updated to support IRUSB (@alanchow would know for sure). When you get the IRUSB you will need to download the IRUSB app from the play store. That is correct. The driver will change to IRUSB mode when you quit the Kodi app so you can navigate and control the shield. It will programmatically relaunch Kodi when you select it as a source in navigator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Hi videostorm, I know this probably doesn't rank too high on your priority list, but it would be awesome if you could add "Youtube TV" to your driver tables. We had a decent size power outage today so I had to manually add values to the driver when systems rebooted. thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 10 hours ago, GregC said: Hi videostorm, I know this probably doesn't rank too high on your priority list, but it would be awesome if you could add "Youtube TV" to your driver tables. We had a decent size power outage today so I had to manually add values to the driver when systems rebooted. thanks in advance! Just submit a ticket on our support page with the full details of the URLs etc. We can add these to the driver so they persist on C4 reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 We have added YouTube TV as a mini driver with icon to our version. sonic30101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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