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No, leave your Windows refresh rate setting at 60 Hz. Kodi should switch it to the appropriate rate and then switch it back again when the video stops (if you do what wrxtasy suggests in post 74).
FYI, you may get a bit of flickering or blank screen during the refresh rate change (depends on how your TV responds).
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Thanks, only thing is I am using a passthrough to decode DTS into DD as my soundbar only supports DD 5.1. in this case, I guess I should keep away from sync playback to display and go for "Adjust playback to match the video" assuming my hardware supports it.
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Two days until it ships. I'll wait for reviews. If the 3:2 pulldown judder during panning shots is fixed, I'm upgrading.
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I am thinking about getting either the Fire TV 2 or Nviidia shield, but have an important question that needs to be answered before I do.
I have a Harmony One remote that I currently use to control everything and do not want to part with. It only controls through IR and I know both the Fire TV 2 and Nvidia Shield are controlled through bluetooth I believe. Is it possible to use the USB IR receiver I have currently connected to my openelec box and simply plug it in to either the Fire TV or Nvidia shield and control it that way? And if so, will I only be able to control it within Kodi or throught the whole system as well?
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Yes, you can use a MCE type IR receiver and control FTV and Shield, Kodi and overall player UI and other apps.
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Very true. I use my Harmony as well, but for Shield TV and FTV, use FTV remotes. Easy to hold, simple to use, fast.
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Can anyone please help me out here, I am planning to buy FTV2 and my only purpose is to play mkv's from external hdd.
Does the FTV2 support playing movies though USB?
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Fire TV 2 received and passthrough doesn't appear to work to Kodi 15.1, just static. Netflix doesn't output dolby digital. Amazon support is clueless, higher level ticket supposedly opened.
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2015-10-06, 04:59
(This post was last modified: 2015-10-06, 05:01 by wesk05.)
Well... my initial impression is not that great.
There is no refresh rate switching for Kodi or any other app. It just stays at 59.94Hz. Passthrough doesn't seem to work for anything. The saving grace is, there is 7.1 LPCM, but the surrounds and rear surrounds are switched for both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. I had no problem playing any of my test files including some Hi10p clips.
I checked all this on Kodi 16 nightly build (20151004-4173817).
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Okay. I got my Fire TV today, installed Kodi on it. Works Great. But Firestarter and the Llama don't seem to be working at the moment. Fire Starter will say something like "failed to run homebutton observer" and Llama doesn't seem to link Kodi with the iKono TV. Any help?
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Is there still an annoying delay when rewinding 6 seconds back?
