#NVIDIA SHIELD KODI UPDATE#

PiunikaWeb started purely as an investigative tech journalism website with a main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. The fix has been mentioned in the NVIDIA Shield Experience Upgrade 8.2.2 release notes as well. Please make sure your output mode is set to auto and try again. The issue has been addressed on 8.2.2 to sync with how prime videos is detecting surround support now.

#NVIDIA SHIELD KODI UPDATE#

Nevertheless, the good news is that the bug was on NVIDIA’s side and they were kind enough to quickly address it with the latest update released on January 19.

The content instead plays in the regular 2-channel stereo mode and thus the glorious 5.1 surround audio is missed. There have also been quite a few complaints about the Amazon Prime video app not playing 5.1 supporting 4K content in the 5.1 surround mode. The above isn’t the only issue that has been fixed. Good riddance! Hence, if you are one of the users still facing this issue, then be sure to update your Kodi app to the latest version.Īmazon Prime 5.1 surround audio in 4K videos issue Kodi has fixed this issue in Kodi 19 RC1. But as soon as the Kodi app is reopened, the problem disappears.įortunately, the music playback bug on the Shield TV Pro has been fixed with the Kodi 19 RC1 update as per a recent comment left on the forums by the NVIDIA staff themselves. This issue persists on the homescreen or even when switching over to another app such as Netflix.

The only thing that helps is restarting the shield. The sound in the speakers starts to crackle. I have a sound problem when I exit KODI and enter netflix. Several users had recently taken to the forums saying that exiting the Kodi app whilst music is being played through the app, the audio gets slow and garbled. A prompt will ask for permission to access. After installation, select Open to launch Kodi. Click the magnifying glass icon in the Google Play Store and type Kodi in the search box. NVIDIA Shield TV Pro streamed music issues with Kodi From your Nvidia Shield home screen, select Apps and then click on Open the Google Play store.

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