latinumking 6 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hi all For one year, I'm a emby premiere user. In that time, I was very happy with the server features, recognition of titles. So far, I have not found a player that meets my not so high requirements. I have a setup that consists of a onkyo dts receiver with respective surround system and a flat screen TV connected by HDMI. Basically nothing spectacular. I had android desktop boxes, Notebooks and raspberry connected, no solution was really satisfying. Android boxes seemed to have a hardware hickup where display suddenly freezes, raspberry has no official release final software and issues with dark screen and windows notebook has some space noice and remote function issue. I'm just wondering how you guys connect your system. Basically, I'm looking just for a simple out of pocket stable setup that I can turn on and off ideally with one remote. The android boxes (had 3 of them similar and a second different one) came pretty close but even being high powered processor, did fail. I don't want to test buy devices to find out that they do not work as expected. Was considering an Intel nuk but they are noisy and windows seems not to be the ideal platform for my needs. What do you have and use in a similar way? Thank you for your advice. Cheers Lati Gesendet von meinem MI MAX 2 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 A few of us are using a MiBox. Mine works really well. Here's a thread where it's reviewed and discussed, along with a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 And a number of others are using the Nvidia Shield - i recently got one and now 2 weeks later i have two its one click to turn on - and will also do the TV - not sure about the amp? one click to turn off and the tv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I have 2 Shields and a MiBox. All work flawlessly (aside from the documented DTS issue on the MiBox which is presumably fixed with Android 7), and I can confirm that CEC works prefectly on all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikinjo 162 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Intel Nuc, pretty good and cheap for a small quiet and powerful pc / htpc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitaineflam25 68 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I have 2 Mi Boxes and like them a lot. I was considering replacing one of them with a Shield. For those who have both, do you think i will see any differences ? During Emby Navigation, Media startup time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 What do you have and use in a similar way? Nvidia Shield TV's all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinumking 6 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Intel Nuc, pretty good and cheap for a small quiet and powerful pc / htpc.I have a nuc as main PC, went noiseless with full passive body bought recentty. Which CPU do you use for emby playback, not Server? BTW, my nuc i7 I use as emby server. Gesendet von meinem MI MAX 2 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikinjo 162 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) I have a nuc as main PC, went noiseless with full passive body bought recentty. Which CPU do you use for emby playback, not Server? BTW, my nuc i7 I use as emby server. Gesendet von meinem MI MAX 2 mit Tapatalk I use it for emby playback, NUC6CAYH 8 gb ram, 4cores, noiseless completely, fast, added ssd, works like a charm. Edited February 25, 2018 by kikinjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I have a nuc as main PC, went noiseless with full passive body bought recentty. Which CPU do you use for emby playback, not Server? BTW, my nuc i7 I use as emby server. Gesendet von meinem MI MAX 2 mit Tapatalk If you're using a NUC then the best player is Theater for windows desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have 2 Mi Boxes and like them a lot. I was considering replacing one of them with a Shield. For those who have both, do you think i will see any differences ? During Emby Navigation, Media startup time... I have not noticed any difference regarding navigation or startup time. The only real difference I see is the lack of updates on the MiBox (There have been like 4 Shield updates since the MiBox came out), and the built in ethernet port on the Shield. And of course lack of HD audio on the MiBox, which is supposed to be fixed in the next update (whenever that will be). Bottom line, if the price difference doesn't bother you, go Shield. I'm not sure how much the MiBox is going to be supported in the near future once Android 7 gets pushed out (since there are rumors of a MiBox 4 coming out this year), and the Shield is not going anywhere and nVidia is fantastic supporting it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extensive 20 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have an Nvidia Shield TV and 3 nexus players. Will be replacing all of the nexus players with shield Tvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdiguy 96 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I have one of the mi box 3's I like it so far. For some reason vudu was crashing a lot on me but after i removed that its been much more stable. Seems to direct play a lot of stuff which is great. I dont think i will transcode anything now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel 1114 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 No device is perfect but the Shield TV is the best overall for most people. I also use Roku's on my server as a more affordable option. They aren't quite as good as the Shield TV but work well for users with basic needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinumking 6 Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 No device is perfect but the Shield TV is the best overall for most people. I also use Roku's on my server as a more affordable option. They aren't quite as good as the Shield TV but work well for users with basic needs.Thank you for this feedback, I will in that case consider a Shield but might also order a mi box as I have several TVs. Which emby client is running on the shield and the Mi box? Is it the TV client or the phone client or even both? Personally, I like the phone version the most. Gesendet von meinem MI MAX 2 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It's the Android TV app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37065 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It's all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 So you can use the mobile app on the TV boxes? I guess you can side load them. I'd never thought about that. I wonder how well that would work with a remote? Probably the same....now I want to test that, lol. What about the switch to mpv? Are you guys still looking at dual players, so when using ATV it won't use mpv? My head just lit up with questions lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 What about the switch to mpv? Are you guys still looking at dual players, so when using ATV it won't use mpv? My head just lit up with questions lol I asked that yesterday. https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/56526-android-tv-with-mpv-player/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I asked that yesterday. https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/56526-android-tv-with-mpv-player/ I was referring to using the mobile app on a TV box. If the mobile app uses mpv and you side load it, there won't be any audio pass through. They were talking about having two players with a hard list of devices that specifies which devices use which player. I was trying to get some clarity on using the mobile app on a TV box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I was referring to using the mobile app on a TV box. If the mobile app uses mpv and you side load it, there won't be any audio pass through. They were talking about having two players with a hard list of devices that specifies which devices use which player. I was trying to get some clarity on using the mobile app on a TV box. Sorry, misunderstood your comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Lol...all good. As I said, my head lit up with questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I was referring to using the mobile app on a TV box. If the mobile app uses mpv and you side load it, there won't be any audio pass through. They were talking about having two players with a hard list of devices that specifies which devices use which player. I was trying to get some clarity on using the mobile app on a TV box. The mobile app is not going to work well with a remote control. You will want to use the TV app. That's what it is designed for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The mobile app is not going to work well with a remote control. You will want to use the TV app. That's what it is designed for. That's what I thought. But it's fun to mess with stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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