Comment on Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

poudlardo@jlai.lu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• coolmojo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To late.

  Nvidia Shield is getting Auro 3D audio support, full-screen ads

  Source: www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&…

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  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The simplest solution right now is to uninstall the upgrade to the Google TV Launcher application under the my apps section in settings for the Nvidia Sheild.

    At the same time disable automatic updates in the playstore app, this way the specific TV Launcher app won’t update.

    Currently this is the app responsible for showing you ads on your homescreen and playing you full screen ads.

    My recommendation is to also downgrade your Nvidia Sheild to 8.2.3, here is a excellent guide below.

    florisse.nl/shield-downgrade/

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    • spacemanspiff@lemmy.cafe ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I recently installed ProjectIvy launcher and I’ve been happy with it so far and there are no ads now.

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  • Skimmer@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can easily change launchers on the Shield, unlike the Fire TV for instance, which actively blocks it.

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• cenariodantesco@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t give them ideas!! But I’ve blocked any update for my shield maybe two years ago, so it’s locked in a older version of Android, it works fine and I hope this doesn’t change 😬

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  • poudlardo@jlai.lu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They don’t need me to get that idea. I might block their update too good tip

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  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t forget about the playstore app updates, these should be set to not autoupdate.

    Currently the android TV Launcher app is what shows you the ads on the homescreen. You can easily uninstall this updates update if you upgrade it accidentally.

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• netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kodi in a mini-pc

  That’s the way to go. You can even use something like a Raspberry Pi running LibreELEC, a very lightweight Linux distro which does nothing more than run Kodi.

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• linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wonder if the pi 5s are up to the task

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  • LifeInOregon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even the Pi 4 runs Kodi just fine.

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    • linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I need something capable of decoding 4K hevc. I want to try to stay away from my server and needing to transcode army’s despecialized edition of starwars

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      • LifeInOregon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fair enough. I use an Apple TV and Infuse in my living room on my main TV, so I didn’t even think about how the 4 needed to have things transcoded for it. Infuse natively decodes almost everything I throw at it. How do Harmy’s despecialized compare to 4k77?

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  All my screens just have computer hooked up. Even a debloated windows 10 install is better than any other stick solution. I don’t even need to do special rules on my PiHole lawl

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