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Advice on replacing smart TV with Nvidia Shield or similar in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

To give an update, I did end up getting a Shield because I really want enough horsepower to have a proper, smooth experience. I got the non-pro version and saved a little bit with that, since I mainly just need it for streaming media from a NAS.

So far it's been good, though I did also find out that some of the stuttering was probably caused by having subtitles on and using the LibVLC player instead of exoplayer (or automatic selection that was apparently choosing it?). I still had stutter on the Shield when using LibVLC in combination with subtitles, though I think it might have been less pronounced. As soon as I either disabled subtitles or changed to exoplayer, the stutter was gone. It's still a little early to say for sure, though. The general UX and lack of UI navigation lag has been great.

I will also say that I feel like the image is just... different. I think the contrast is bigger and blacks are darker, despite making sure I'm on the same picture mode (from TV settings). I can't really say that it's better, just different. Might just be in my head too, honestly. I should compare the two at some point...

I might come back again even later to do another report. :)

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Advice on replacing smart TV with Nvidia Shield or similar (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

12 comments fedilink

So I've been using Jellyfin for a while now. I have a NAS running with a jellyfin server and I watch stuff on my PC or on my TV. This is concerning the TV... As is often the case with these low-to-mid tier smart TVs, the OS is slow and the UX terrible. The network adapter is also bad. Jellyfin and everything else about the UI and OS in general, is slow. The jellyfin client occasionally crashes, and some files sometimes stutter or otherwise struggle when streamed, despite working just fine when streamed on the same network on my PC (wired both).

I was thinking of doing a bit of a brain transplant on my TV here by running my TV needs through Nvidia Shield or similar. Now, as I understand it, of the common options, Nvidia Shield is more or less the ultimate option for this. However, it is somewhat expensive, and I don't really care about anything other than having a responsive UI, support for all the usual codecs, HDR, 4K and preferably also Dolby and Atmos. I also want to be able to use my soundbar. I don't need any of the gaming features, storage space etc. that the Shield also markets...

Are there other cheaper alternatives that would do just as well, or should I just get the Shield?

Update in the comments.

Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don't know why people insist on this narrative. Isn't the truth horrible enough? Hamas is allegedly using hospitals as shields, which is horrible. Israel is willing to kill countless civilians to get at Hamas, which is also horrible.

Nvidia Says Native Resolution Gaming is Out, DLSS is Here to Stay in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's constantly improving though.

DLSS 3.5 for example comes with that new AI enhanced RT that makes RT features look better, respond to changes in lighting conditions faster, and still remain at pre-enhanced levels of performance or better.

And Reflex fixes a lot of the latency issue.

A lot of games don't use the latest version of DLSS though, so I don't blame you if you have a bad experience with it.

Astonishing in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey that's a sly insult :D

I'm definitely gonna use that one later.

whatever convinces people that its a bad idea in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why couldn't you build a "read only" connector? I mean sure, wires conduct both ways obviously, but diodes and other one-way conductors are a thing right?

The other point of only putting the implant in the place it's needed and where it can't make you see and hear things seems valid too.

I'm not saying there wouldn't be other risks and issues with the whole thing, but I feel like the "they'll put ads in your brain" thing is kind of a ridiculous fear.

Snowflake Modteam on reddit. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

~~Seems like a really stupid ban.~~ Unless you're overly online and/or up on the latest trans discourse in the US, calling women females is at worst a little weird, but ultimately innocuous. Could easily be an ESL issue also.

Now ~~if~~ there is good reason to believe OP is intentionally using it in the weird incelly way, sure that's bad. Although unless OP is like intentionally missgendering or otherwise harassing people with the word, I personally think it's way overkill to police it even if he does mean it in the incel type of way...

Edit: Oh wait, I'm slow. The punchline is probably that the "female" in question is either a man or trans. Yeah in that context the probability that OP is intentionally being weird is probably much higher...

Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I wish it was just "towards the left".

I'm very much on the left socially and left of center economically, but even I feel like every other comments section on here reads like some insane tankie commune.

Recursion in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apart from making it political for no reason, how on earth did you come to the conclusion that doubling the kill count and putting the responsibility on someone else makes you a decent person?

YT Music fails to patch (Manager v1.6.1) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Patch works on YT Music apk v6.10.52

Thanks to u/Bceez1 on Reddit for the answer.

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YT Music fails to patch (Manager v1.6.1) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink

I kept getting an issue where youtube would stop buffering after around one minute and so went to update the manager and then re-install YT and YT Music. I did that just fine with YT and the issue seems to be gone (though I've only barely tested it, but regardless that's not the issue at hand). However, YT Music fails to patch. All the patches appear to go through ("Applied"), but an error occurs on "Compiling resources".

I've tried 3 of the latest YT Music apks to patch.

Here's the error:

Initializing installer
Creating working directory
Copying original apk
Unpacking input apk
Reading dex files
Decoding AndroidManifest.xml only, because resources are not needed
Merging integrations
Deleting existing resource cache directory
Decoding resources
Executing patches
Applied Background play
Applied Bypass certificate checks
Applied Codecs unlock
Applied Exclusive audio playback
Applied Hide get premium
Applied Minimized playback music
Applied Music video ads
Applied Upgrade button remover
Applied Vanced MicroG support
Repacking patched apk
Compiling resources
An error occurred! Aborted
Error:
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/data/app/~~cOsHdudq9VOmloDGwKZGTQ==/app.revanced.manager.flutter-sXh4vm8w4Q2J38Oz1y3LOw==/lib/arm64/libaapt2.so, link, -o, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/aapt_temp_file, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 33, --version-code, 61352240, --version-name, 6.13.52, --no-auto-version, --no-version-vectors, --no-version-transitions, --no-resource-deduping, --allow-reserved-package-id, -e, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/APKTOOL744672221559764561.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/1.apk, --manifest, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/AndroidManifest.xml, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/build/resources.zip]
	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aapt2Package(AndrolibResources.java:484)
	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:619)
	at app.revanced.patcher.Patcher.save(Patcher.kt:128)
	at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity.runPatcher$lambda-32(MainActivity.kt:276)
	at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity.$r8$lambda$efRWk2Z7aIFbIqnpE9hv8LpAiuk(Unknown Source:0)
	at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity$$ExternalSyntheticLambda13.run(Unknown Source:24)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/data/app/~~cOsHdudq9VOmloDGwKZGTQ==/app.revanced.manager.flutter-sXh4vm8w4Q2J38Oz1y3LOw==/lib/arm64/libaapt2.so, link, -o, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/aapt_temp_file, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 33, --version-code, 61352240, --version-name, 6.13.52, --no-auto-version, --no-version-vectors, --no-version-transitions, --no-resource-deduping, --allow-reserved-package-id, -e, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/APKTOOL744672221559764561.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/1.apk, --manifest, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/AndroidManifest.xml, /data/user/0/app.revanced.manager.flutter/cache/patcher/tmp-QDVNZP/cache/build/resources.zip]
	at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:99)
	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aapt2Package(AndrolibResources.java:480)
	... 6 more

Any idea?

What game feels 'timeless' to you? in c/patientgamers

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Will be interesting to see if TES6 will replace Skyrim as the sort of mainstream culturally relevant icon of gaming.

After all Morrowind and Oblivion were both massively popular cornerstones of gaming in their own right in their time, but Skyrim has definitely overtaken them as fas as mainstream recognition goes.

Lemmy enjoys growth as developers pivot from Reddit amid API charging controversy in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There is r/Lemmy and r/LemmyMigration

Gaming hot takes? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I agree. I'm also a bit of a completionist by nature so it's doubly as painful since I can't just do the main story...

I have gotten a bit better about it in the last few years to be fair. Though sometimes I relapse and realize I've wasted 80% of my free time that day doing mediocre side content.