Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but is there an equivalent adb command to launch to the DVR "Up Next" screen? Since Tasker can send ADB shell commands natively now, I'm trying to remap buttons to align with my wife's use case:
Guide: display guide with picture-in-picture (easy enough with input keycode 171)
Tivo button: launch Channels pre-navigated to DVR screen
In the alpha you can use "dvr_recordings" or "dvr_up_next", or assign F1 to that screen under Remote Shortcut settings and then send that keycode
Is mpeg2 hardware decoding still broken on Tivo Stream 4k?
Depends if you got the 4800 update or not. They stopped it after all the issues were reported.
I paired Tivo Stream 4K remote with Nvidia Shield and tested button mapping features.
Only Guide button works while Live and TiVo doesn't.
@tmm1 Can you please add features similar to TS4K on Shield ?
Thanks in advance.
I've been using ChannelsDVR for about a week, and just found the this TechHive article, and followed the instructions. It is great how easily Channels works with the TS4K and remote buttons. I'm in for an annual subscription once my trial ends. Thanks, and keep up the great work!
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On the subject of the TiVo Stream Remote and Channels DVR, I'm having a couple of issues using it. If I use the number pad to go directly to a given channel and then hit channel up/down instead of going to the next channel up/down from where I am, it does it from the last channel I was on.
So for instance if I'm on channel 6000 and I punch in channel 5000 and then hit Channel up, instead of going to 5001, I go to 6001. I thought at first it was Flirc problem but I had the same issue using the remote that comes with it.
And possibly related (although maybe this is a Stream issue?), I have to punch in the channel number super fast or I end up somewhere other than my destination. Like I try to punch in 6009 and it starts changing before I get the last digits in. Maybe end up on 60 or 9 depending on how it reacts to the first set of numbers it "heard."
I first noticed it while trying my Harmony Hub out with the TS4K and then tried it with the remote that comes with the TS4k. I think it was maybe a bit worse on the Harmony remote but still needs to be quick regardless. Anyone else experience this and find a setting somewhere in the TS4k that gives a little more time on the number pad entry?
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I followed Here's how to de-TiVo your Stream
Without any other modifications and using the supplied mini peanut remote.
From the Home screen or in any open App:
Guide-Opens to Channels Guide
Tivo-Opens to Channels Library
Live-Opens Channels to the last Live TV channel watched.(Instead of opening Android's Live Channels)
While in the Channels app while watching Live TV or recorded show:
Live-Toggles between last 2 channels watched. Then the back button takes to the last screen you were on(recording page or guide)
Skip-Does nothing(because I have automatic commercial skip turned on)
I also have a wireless keyboard attached:
Enter/Space-Play/Pause/Select
Arrow keys-same as Dpad
1-0 and . -Direct Channel Input
C-Closed Caption Toggle On/Off
M-Mute
P-Picture-In-Picture but I cannot figure how to maximize it without going to Home Screen.
how exactly does tasker help you in this case? don't you still have to run the command every time you reboot in order to get this to work? if so, how is that any different from just having button mapper send the keycode?
At the time, I was using tasker to send adb commands (which didn't require a reboot), which were signaled by sending a tasker intent (also no reboot). I wound up abandoning it, because the time to handle so many handoffs between apps was annoyingly long.
ok, this morning i force stopped the channels app to try to fix my guide data issue and now the guide/dvr buttons aren't working anymore. can anyone assist me in getting this fixed?
i'm not talking anything with button mapper, just the basic tivo buttons that have worked with channels from the start that suddenly are not...
edit: nevermind, figured it out. somehow the channels button detector was turned off, i guess when i force stopped the app. good to know in case anyone else runs into this in the future...
I've noticed that on my Tivo Stream 4k devices that a system update disables the Channels button detector. The first time this happened to me it caught me off guard for a few minutes.
Yes very annoying and the stupid tivo stream app comes back.
i can confirm that it was the force stop that caused this. if you force stop the channels app, the button detector is turned off and you have to turn it back on.
A lot of updates will enable disabled apps when it's an update from the manufacturer who owns the app. Why would they make it easy for you to ditch their stuff permanently?
True, understandable but still annoying.
I know this is a long shot but figured I'd ask before going a different route:
Is there any way to map my TV's sleep button/function to somewhere on the TS4K remote? It's a Samsung 1080p over 10 years old, nothing fancy about it. I have two variations of an older Samsung remote: one has a direct sleep button and the other doesn't so you have to use the Tools button to get to the setting.
On the TS4K remote, the TV volume up/down/mute/power all work as they should, but this would just make everything absolutely perfect. I've been looking thru https://elementalx.org/button-mapper/android-key-codes/ trying to find if something could work thru CEC, and will buy the button mapper pro version if need be, but not sure if it's possible with this mini-peanut.
Chances are that key is not sent through HDMI-CEC. That means that Channels cannot intercept the key, because it's not sent.
However, that doesn't mean you can't use it. With a Flirc, you can use your existing remote to send whatever key presses you want, and that device will translate it into something that your device will understand.
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I know this is an old post, but could you provide some guidance on how you were able to pair the Tivo Bolt Vox remote to the Tivo Stream 4K? I have been searching on how and if this could be done.
Bolt Vox remote is Bluetooth. Put Tivo Stream in remote control search mode and Bolt Vox remote in pairing mode. Tivo Stream should see it and prompt for you to add remote.
https://tivoidp.tivo.com/tivoCommunitySupport/s/article/TiVo-Remotes-RF-Pairing-Instructions