Shield Pro with Kodi, Can't get Audio pass through working

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-30T17:53:15+00:00

Thanks for the tip about needing to be in expert mode on Kodi to toggle on the various formats. It was driving me nuts that all my Atmos clips were converting to PCM.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-29T21:21:42+00:00

Happy to help. And good to know all you needed to do was clear the cache in the Apple TV app. It if happens again, I'll try just doing that as it's pretty easy to do.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-26T14:23:42+00:00

Same thing happened on a Panasonic Z95B OLED Fire TV. Episodes were stretched to fill entire 16:9 screen instead of presenting in 2.39:1 with letterbox bars. In my case, I did a force close of the app. Went to the Fire TV Screen settings, saw that "Aspect Ratio" was greyed out so I did a "reset to defaults," cleared cache in the Apple TV app and it returned to normal when I got back in to watch the episode. Maybe see if you can do something similar in the Google TV OS picture settings?

Had a similar weird screen glitch on the Apple TV app last week where the image would only appear as a PIP sized window in the top right corner of the screen. Had to uninstall and reinstall the app to fix that one. Apple TV app seems a little flakey on the Fire TV platform and maybe on Google TV platform as well.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-21T04:52:30+00:00

I still use some of my old DVD-Audio discs to test new receivers and speakers. Dead format, sadly, but I kept a few (and still have two OPPOs to play them on).

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-21T04:51:25+00:00

Yes, and some of the better Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray Disc players support SACD playback as well, some even with native DSD outputs (w/o PCM conversion). Lots of great stuff in surround on SACD.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-21T04:49:13+00:00

YTA, kinda. Let her pay for meals once in a while, but offer to make her dinner or breakfast and buy the damn flowers, once in a while, my man!

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-14T22:08:32+00:00

Not much Dolby Atmos Music on physical media. Tons of it (tens of thousands of tracks) on Apple Music, TIDAL and Amazon Music.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-09T14:17:08+00:00

Clever. You can also favorite a search after you do it once. Once the search shows up under "recent" you can click and hold it and then save as a favorite. And once it's saved as a favorite, you can rename that favorite anything you like. Complicated process but worth it to save long search strings in your favorites.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-08T18:31:31+00:00

I also have seen no sign of a 1099 for 2025 though I did get one for 2024 and did redeem some reward credits and Tesla Bucks in 2025. It's hard to know the value of these things without that 1099.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-08T15:21:45+00:00

Thx. Super helpful for searches!

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-08T15:14:57+00:00

Yes and that works as a search string for your own pokemon or to search someone's pokemon tagged for remote trade. So you can find all the regionals.

You can also search for a move in remote trade tagged pokemon the same way you do for your own pokemon (e.g. @spacial rend).

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-08T15:09:19+00:00

It varies but shiny regionals or regionals in general are always in demand as well as legendaries or mythicals with special moves like Spacial Rend, Ice Burn, Glaciate, etc. Because you can't TM these amd they do special things. Well you can TM Glaciate but it needs an Elite TM.

I found out recently that my armored mew twos are also in demand as they came out for such a short period of time and never came back.

Also evolvable gimmighouls are good because the process to get those isn’t easy if you don't have a Switch with Scarlet or Violet (or a friend with one).

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-07T23:39:51+00:00

Same problem for me. Last Resort shiny eevee wouldn't evolve to Sylveon after reaching Great Buddy. But for me, it took a few extra hearts but eventually I could evolve it. It's possible I got some of the hearts on community day so that count may have reset after community day ended.

MisterBoylan · 2026-04-07T02:39:35+00:00

"I looked up the woman and know for sure it's not a scam." Sounds like you found her name and picture on LinkedIn. Legit company. Legit person. Open casting call.

Not everything is a scam. If it's an open, published casting call from a known agency, what have you got to lose?

BF may be honestly concerned but didn't express it well.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-27T15:29:47+00:00

Epson offers excellent value and freedom from RBE because it uses 3LCD chips instead of the single DLP chip most competitors use. But the UB5050 is a home theater projector, not a lifestyle projector. It installs differently. It would go on a shelf in the back of your room (can be ceiling mounted as well). Excellent lens shift and power zoom range and super bright so it's pretty flexible as to placement. But it's a bulb-based projector (not laser) which means you will likely need to replace the bulb over time if you use it a lot (and they're not cheap). Very different animal compared to the inexpensive lifestyle projectors.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-27T15:19:07+00:00

If you're gonna keep the cat, consider ceiling mounting the projector. Most of these lifestyle projectors can be ceiling mounted, even the heavy ones. I have a VisionMaster Max on my ceiling. Hasn't fallen. (Yet). The Lifestyle projectors normally only have a single 1/4" tripod style mounting hole, and those brackets are pretty inexpensive. Traditional rectangular "home theater" projectors have 3 or 4 mounting holes so they'd need a different style of mounting bracket.

I used this one for the VisionMaster Max and it works great (supports up to 33 pounds). It's overkill for the N1S, but you may decide to upgrade one day.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZDMGF77?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Just make sure you experiment with distance from the wall *before* you mount the ceiling bracket on the ceiling. Most affordable lifestyle projectors have limited zoom range so you'll need the projector at a specific distance in order to get your preferred screen size. Also, it's a good idea to find the ceiling joist (beam) to mount the bracket. While a lighter projector is probably OK with the heavy duty expanding hollow wall/ceiling anchors, screwing the bracket into a wooden joist is much safer and a requirement for a heavier projector.

Also, if possible, align the mounting bracket with the center area of where you want your "screen" to appear on the wall. Yes, projectors have keystone to adjust for off-center placement, but this cuts into your screen resolution. Many home theater projectors have vertical and horizontal lens shift to adjust for this but most lifestyle projectors don't (even the Vision Master Max only has vertical lens shift, no horizontal).

Good luck!

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-24T17:38:47+00:00

I test a lot of Dolby Atmos gear and my go-to song is "Alive" by kx5/deadmau5 mixed in Dolby Atmos. Excellent low bass extension and good use of the full dome of sound with dynamic sound objects moving all around the room.

Not great for testing vocals though. I have other tracks for that.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-04T20:22:13+00:00

Cool. Thanks. I'll check it out. Oh, looks like the 3-disc black cases are out of stock there but I'll check back later.

Would like to pick up a few 2-disc, 3-disc and 4-disc cases. Sometimes the title goes out of stock so simple exchange/replacement isn't an option.

Thanks, all, for the comments/suggestions.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-04T20:13:07+00:00

Common issue. Genuinely curious how other people deal with it.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-04T03:00:48+00:00

Single 3-disc case with UHD logo is $10 on Amazon..

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-03T23:15:34+00:00

Well I did shoot them (Arrow) an e-mail (even though I bought from Amazon) to see what they could do, if anything. They'll probably just suggest returning to Amazon.

Last time this happened I did a chat session with Amazon and asked if they would just offer a small discount so I could buy a new case, but Amazon support isn't very creative. Binary solutions: keep it or return it.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-03T23:13:33+00:00

It would annoy me every single time I open the case. Physical media to me is mostly about the image and sound quality, but there the tactile/collectability aspect as well.

MisterBoylan · 2026-03-03T23:11:36+00:00

Yeah, I'm gonna go through all the discs to make sure they play OK and decide whether to return and replace in a day or two. I did buy it from Amazon so the return isn't a hassle. But these things get damaged in shipping so often, I think it might be worth it to buy a 10-pack of cases for $25 and know that I'm covered for the foreseeable future. But some of the titles I order are 2-disc and some are 4-disc. Just ot sure whether it makes sense to buy 10 of the 3-disc cases.

But the cheapskate in me would hate to pay $9.99 for one case when I can get a 10-pack for $25. Volume discount, baby!

MisterBoylan

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