ekohn00 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I'm considering a shield to replace my AppleTV for streaming Plex. What's the latest as far as drivers to control the Nvidia menu from my C4 remote? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbell Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I'm fond of Chowmain's Driver with Video Storms IRUSB. I have 4 Nvidia Shields outfitted in this manner. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 correct me if I 2 hours ago, Cbell said: I'm fond of Chowmain's Driver with Video Storms IRUSB. I have 4 Nvidia Shields outfitted in this manner. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk OK...so IRUSB sounds like the solution for controlling the Nvidia. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it your not intigrating Plex into the C4 ecosystem and only using the remote to control the Nvidia menu, then Chowmain's driver isn't needed??? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Correct Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Plex ends up charging you ...once you get "into it" to get more stuff (via subscription) Kodi is always free yet they are basically the same thing only Kodi has way more content just saying.... https://cordcutting.com/compare/plex-vs-kodi/ W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Plex is easier to use and has way better live TV and dvr support. And live TV guides. Etc. Easy remote access. All things Missing from Kodi ( it hasn't been xbmc in years) Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Plex is easier to use and has way better live TV and dvr support. And live TV guides. Etc. Easy remote access. All things Missing from Kodi ( it hasn't been xbmc in years) Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk Nonsense. I live TV, DVR, live TV guides straight into Kodi from a VBox. Been doing it for years And I do it for free W Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Nonsense. I live TV, DVR, live TV guides straight into Kodi from a VBox. Been doing it for years And I do it for free W Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ok. That doesn't mean it's the same everywhere in the world. What is a v box?Plex has a successful business so it can't be nonsense. But it can be something you don't needSent from my BBF100-2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 But sure. Being free.. you get “breaks.”Like the recent VBox PVR gateway upgrading to Kodi Lieca 18....But heck we have got breaks all the time with Control4 and we pay for that - look what happened with Sonos just sayin...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Ok. That doesn't mean it's the same everywhere in the world. What is a v box?Plex has a successful business so it can't be nonsense. But it can be something you don't needSent from my BBF100-2 using TapatalkV box converts a free to air signal and broadcasts it on your network Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 There is also a cable TV interface and free to air tuner model for the US market as I recall.... DYOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Gotcha. In the us we have HD homerun Sent from my BBF100-2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutsnekcirf Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 So from what I understand the Shield has good support for Kodi. If that's true then I would suggest loading Kodi and then install the PlexKodiConnect addon. There are plenty of Kodi drivers for C4 to control it. The PlexKodiConnect addon gives you the best of both worlds. Plex is amazing at maintaining the database and maintaining/updating media metadata. It's a perfect backend server for media. Kodi has a better frontend and user interface. I personally prefer the Kodi interface over Plex. If you have multiple Kodi boxes and they're all using the PlexKodiConnect addon to pull from the same Plex server then all of your media remains synced. It's become a very nice media ecosystem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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