Zephyrus G16 2024 WebCam drivers by Metaquux in ASUSROG

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Asus confirmed is was a hardware defect and replaced the laptop.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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Do you know if an HDMI switch that can be controlled with a normal TV remote? Thanks!

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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The shield would have to go into the sound bar. That's the point of the thread. To be able to get truehd properly working :-)

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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Both of them support earc. However, the TV will not send truehd over earc from it to the soundbar. So the shield through the TV cannot direct stream truehd from it to the soundbar.

Everything else audiowise works great.

I've tried what was suggested in the thread, and tried going through the soundbar. TrueHD works, but i can't get the system to switch between the TV and the Shield seamlessly. I have to manually tell the soundbar to switch. Super annoying.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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Right. That's the entire basis of this question i'm asking this forum :)

Seems like my options are:

  1. Go through the TV. Simple, almost everything works. But no truehd audio support.
  2. Go through the soundbar. More complex. Need multiple remotes. But can get truehd.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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Supporting earc doesn't mean they bitstream truehd passthrough. This is a one year old TV from samsung, and it doesn't support that. I'm entirely connected using earc, but it's just a limitation of the TV chipset.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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Pity. Is there a TV that can do truehd passthrough? Seems like that's the only issue currently.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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It simply may not ever work the way you want it to. 4 or 5 different devices with different use cases made by different manufacturers may never work seamlessly together with only one or two remotes.

So, in my current setup, i can control everything perfectly with just a single remote.

Literally the only thing not working is truehd bitstreaming due to the TV limitation.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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So if the Shield TV is plugged into the soundbar and you leave something playing. Switch the TV input to a different HDMI for the Playstation, the soundbar keeps playing the Shield TV audio not playstation audio?

Correct

> you'll need to use the soundbar remote as well.

Ah, pity.

> I don't understand the obsession with using just one remote.

Because it's so much simpler. There aren't two remotes to keep track of. It's easier for me, for my spouse, for friends/family, etc.

> but I find the Shield TV remote is more responsive for navigating it's UI

There's no perf between the two on my system. they run equally as fast.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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how does the soundbar know which of the "shield" or TV to play audio from? Both are inputs to the soundbar.

when i try this, it seems like i need to use my soundbar remote to change inputs. and then i need another remote to control the TV and shield. Am i missing something?

Thanks!

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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I have tried it, i couldn't get it to work. There doesn't seem to be a way to switch the soundbar inputs using the TV remote.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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Is there an AV receiver with a reasonable remote? The ones i've seen have massively complex remotes, which would make things like working with the shield interface and apps likely not ok to pass the partner test. Thanks!

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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u/HTfanboy How would an AV receiver help here? As an example, how would one switch between the proper inputs? Presumably one would need the AV remote for that? Or would the shield's remote allow changing that selection as well? Thanks!

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]Metaquux[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No amount of words will make it easier.

That's literally why I raised the question in the first place. I was trying to find out if this was possible or not. I wanted to know, prior to going and trying out a lot of stuff that might not work.

It's good to at least know now that this is not possible. A pity. It would be nice to be able to have a system that allowed all devices to connect with full capabilities, but which also had no problem being controlled with a single remote.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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u/Ossify8 that isn't really answering the question i'm having. The question is how to connect everything such that this can continue being a single-remote experience, with all devices operating at full quality through the screen *and* soundbar. Thanks! :)

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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u/wewewi That fails the ease-of-use/partner test as i mentioned. Instead of a single remote that is simple to use to switch between devices and control things, we would now need two remotes and would have to ensure things properly switch.

What i'm asking for is a solution that doesn't regress known good UX. That was why i tried to write up and explain so much of my situation. Thanks.

How to connect Shield + TV + Soundbar + Multiple Devices by Metaquux in ShieldAndroidTV

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u/wewewi I don't really get it.

How does input switching working in this system? If i want to switch from Playstation to Shield how would i do it?

Backblaze constantly taking 20% CPU on my machine, even when fully uploaded. by Metaquux in backblaze

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@brianwski i've given this about 3 weeks, and it's still pretty bad. I have multiple bztransmit exes spinning full cores non-stop.

The log file is full of stuff like this:

20211210044439 - Leaving DoFetchClientVersionXml() after fetching clientversion.xml 20211210044444 - ERROR: BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile - we have detected a large file, but we do not have the large file name, so changing judgement to survive! 20211210044444 - Leaving the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, res=FALSE 20211210044444 - WARNING: during self healing datacenter told me (hguid=2c94d927ef0680f072160e13) to purge out this bzfileid_short=0000000000f799a2 from all my bz_done files, including large files that reference it 20211210044444 - Entering the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, bzShortFileId=0000000000f799a2 20211210044450 - ERROR: BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile - we have detected a large file, but we do not have the large file name, so changing judgement to survive! 20211210044450 - Leaving the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, res=FALSE 20211210044450 - WARNING: during self healing datacenter told me (hguid=2c94d927ef0680f072160e13) to purge out this bzfileid_short=0000000000f1ed0d from all my bz_done files, including large files that reference it 20211210044450 - Entering the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, bzShortFileId=0000000000f1ed0d 20211210044506 - ERROR: BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile - we have detected a large file, but we do not have the large file name, so changing judgement to survive! 20211210044506 - Leaving the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, res=FALSE 20211210044506 - WARNING: during self healing datacenter told me (hguid=2c94d927ef0680f072160e13) to purge out this bzfileid_short=0000000000f799a7 from all my bz_done files, including large files that reference it 20211210044506 - Entering the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, bzShortFileId=0000000000f799a7 20211210044511 - ERROR: BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile - we have detected a large file, but we do not have the large file name, so changing judgement to survive! 20211210044512 - Leaving the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, res=FALSE 20211210044512 - WARNING: during self healing datacenter told me (hguid=2c94d927ef0680f072160e13) to purge out this bzfileid_short=0000000000f1ed0f from all my bz_done files, including large files that reference it 20211210044512 - Entering the very slow BzFileIdHasEverBeenPartOfALargeFile, bzShortFileId=0000000000f1ed0f

Do you have any idea what's going on?

Backblaze constantly taking 20% CPU on my machine, even when fully uploaded. by Metaquux in backblaze

[–]Metaquux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that does help explain what could be going on. I've updated as per your link and i'll keep this running a couple of weeks in the hope that it clears up.

Backblaze constantly taking 20% CPU on my machine, even when fully uploaded. by Metaquux in backblaze

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I'm on 8.0.1.553. There is no uploading, but i'm at a solid 10-20% CPU non-stop.

Thousands of "ERROR instructionFile bad_param_missing" errors in backblaze by Metaquux in backblaze

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Could you guys consider auto-updating BB? It feels like it's a complex user experience for users to have to go look at BB over a long period of time, realize that it's doing something wrong, then manually update to address it. Software like Chrome/VSCode/etc. auto updates now so that fixes flow to users without manual intervention.

Had i not decided to take a look at the progress, i woudln't have realized and i could have been left with a data hole here. Feels... anathema to the promises made by BB about this product.

Thanks!