yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Shield Android TV General] dallasnights:
How do you change device I installed app on my note8 used that as the name want to use my shelid tv instead so how do I change it to use that
[Shield Android TV General] dallasnights:
Nevermind I figured it out please add more apps like mopheus or terrarium tv great work
[Shield Android TV General] Me Mogul:
Thanks for a great skill. It also doesn't show DirectvNow, which is also sideloaded.
[Shield Android TV General] fbueller:
A lot of my sideloaded and normal installs (via Google Play) don't show up in the add options.

Also, play commands don't seem to work, it seems 'play' is a loaded word on Alexa. Maybe add some synonyms like 'unpause' or 'start'?
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
Try "resume"
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
I'm looking into why sideloaded apps don't show up. I'll push out an update when I figure that out. Please stand by :)
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Pushing an update that should fix #1 and #2, please let me know if you still see the issues after the update.

I'll revisit this when I have more time. Ideas on how to improve this?
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
It appears that more apps now can be added. Good work. Not home now to test anything but will report back.
[Shield Android TV General] Gousgounis:
Both bugs fixed. Thanks.

It would also be useful to add some navigate commands (up, down, left, right, select, return) for youtube, kodi, terrarium etc.
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
I second the above post. Well done.
[Shield Android TV General] robel1966:
Channel control, Film/Series Choice

Firstly this is a great skill, thanks for all your hard work and time.

Secondly I was wondering if there was a way to also be able to command Alexa to change a channel, like, "Alexa play BBC1". I know there is another skill out there that controls Kodi and it does do this.

Also is there a way that when youre in Netflix or Terrarium TV for example that you can command Alexa to find a particular film and or series.

I did notice also that if you are in Terrarium TV, Alexa cannot pause or play or stop.

Either way, thanks so much for this.
[Shield Android TV General] Barlow49:
Want open

So i decided to try out your build but everytime i try to open your app, it just crashed. I installed it on the nvidia shield 2017 model any help will be great.
[Shield Android TV General] Nash2doom:
Hello,

Do you have a way to translate it in French ? Alexa just turned out to finally work in France and since I use it in French now I don’t have the possibility to use your wonderful skill !

I can translate everything if you need me to help you, I think your skill could have quite a success here in France.

Many thanks for your work anyway :)
[Shield Android TV General] lalaphil:
:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Shield Android TV General] ChicagoRodney:
When I launch the app on the Nvidia Shield TV it opens and goes thru the tips then I get the Screen: Login with Amazon.

So I press the select button on shield remote and then I get "Authentication failed, please try again"

So where do I enter my Amazon account info? Am I missing something?

I have already enable the skill for the Amazon Echo in the Alexa App.
[Shield Android TV General] raze5115:
I too have the constant crashing problem on my 2017 nvidia shield tv whenever I try to open this app. Mine also shows no permissions available or enabled
[Shield Android TV General] speedfoxsf03:
Hi,

do you have any update about your skill in french? the application is available on the french playstore but not in alexa's skills.

best regards.
[Shield Android TV General] funregis:
Is it possible to have the skill on the french amazon skill store? I can translate in french
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
I'll try to get this out, I don't know if Alexa in French supports all the functionality but no reason I can't try.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
I figured out the issue, I'll push an update for the app by this weekend. Thanks for reporting!
[Shield Android TV General] funregis:
Thanks send translation if you need
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Pushing an update for the crashes now. Let me know if this doesn't fix the problem.
[Shield Android TV General] ghisura:
Hello,

I'm french, and I try to use your skill like I have done with harmony (from amazon.co.uk), but it never detect new device from your's skill

I have installed skill and app on shield Tv (2017) logged in both, does the language of alexa application can explain the none discovery of my device ?

or maybe the version of shield tv (oreo v. 7.0.1(29.10.175.14)) ?

Thanks
[Shield Android TV General] ChicagoRodney:
did the update

No luck all I get is the blue screen with "Login with Amazon"

and when I push select I get "Authentication failed, please try again"

I am not sure where or how to login.

I already enabled the skill on my Amazon Echo
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Do you have other Amazon apps installed on the device? Logged in? What device are you on?
[Shield Android TV General] ChicagoRodney:
Yes I have Amazon video app installed on it.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
I'm uploading a new version of the app now that has better logging of account linking issues. Please download and try it out.
[Shield Android TV General] ChicagoRodney:
Not able to log in.. But now I get " Unable to launch browser"

I even cleared the data on the Amazon Video and disabled it.

I still am unable to log in on the Nvidia Shield to Amazon.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
One step closer, I'll continue to investigate.
[Shield Android TV General] ChicagoRodney:
Thanks I will definitely be getting you a beer.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
It looks like the issue is that the browser window I added to this app for this purpose isn't properly being triggered. Digging into Amazon's login source code, the most likely cause is that, because you're already logged in, Amazon might be trying to route you through a non-NA (default) account flow. My mistake for not catching this oversight.

I'm doing two things to try to fix it, hopefully one works for you. I'll push an update soon.
[Shield Android TV General] pmarmotte:
I agree to the fact that having your skill in the French Skill's repository would be great. I have to use google assistant to control my shield and this could be awesome to turn it on and launch netflix using my echo speaker.

If you need help with translation I would be gladly to give you a hand.
[Shield Android TV General] dowdie:
Sony android tv issues

Hi Will

Great idea to create that app!

I've Downloaded your app from playstore Australia on my Sony android tv and installed it but when you log into your Amazon account it takes you to amazon.co.uk to log in. I think that's the issue. It won't log me in as I have an Amazon AU account. I was able to get the Alexa skill on my phone just can't log into amazon from tv

Cheers

Andrew
[Shield Android TV General] fr0x:
Hi

thanks for you app :)

As the previous message would it be possible to have a version in French? It would be great! thank you very much
[Shield Android TV General] itskamel:
awesome, this is exactly what i was looking for. now i say alexa turn on tinycam and the security cameras show up running on my shield. :)

do you think that there will ever be a way to run this on 2 shield at the same time? example i have a shield in my living room and in my office. any way to seperate this function?

dont know if i am describing this correctly. like if i say "alexa turn on tinycam" then it will start it in the office tv. but how to say alexa turn on tiny cam in the "living room tv"? is that anyway possible?
[Shield Android TV General] dowdie:
Discover devices then Set up a routine for that in the Alexa app

Cheers

Dowdies
[Shield Android TV General] raze5115:
I would suggest adding to op that you have to set up routines in the Alexa app to control the other android apps you select in the Alberto Sonorus app on the shield tv cause that's what I had to do to make the echo open my selected apps.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
can you explain how you did that? Set up routines for specific apps. I can't seem to find how to set up those routines in the Alexa app on my phone.

thanks
[Shield Android TV General] raze5115:
In the Alexa App on side panel right between Alexa Devices and Smart Home after you tap the 3 bars is Routines and I just tapped routines and then the + sign then tapped "When this happens" and named it Turn On "*****(* is your selected app name in the Alberto Sonorus app on the shield device)" and then I tapped "Add action" and then tapped "Smart Home" and then tapped "Control device" then I tapped "*****(* is your selected app name in the Alberto Sonorus app on the shield device)" then I tapped next then I tapped add to confirm the adding of the routine.

I can't get Alexa to pause shows/movies on my selected apps, resume shows/movies on my selected apps, go to next episode for shows on my selected apps, go to previous episode for shows on my selected apps, or adjust the volume directly through the Alberto Soronus app on my 2017 Shield tv, I have to go through my harmony hub to pause, resume, play next episode, play previous episode, or adjust the volume.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
Thanks for the response. I'll give that a shot.
[Shield Android TV General] jrbarilla:
I just started setting this up and so far it's great except for the ability to turn the Shield off. I may have to try and setup CEC so that all works right but my TV (Vizio) has always been buggy with CEC and the Shield. I've always used a universal IR remote to power on/off my TV, Shield and surround sound simultaneously using a macro on the remote.

Looking forward to where this goes. I haven't had the chance to try media controls yet but will later today and report back.
[Shield Android TV General] koolbody:
Works good so far, I'm currently using it on my TCL TV.

The only thing that isnt working right now is the "turn off TV" command, it will just trigger the home button (jump back to the top of android TVs interface) but I can't get it to actually shut down/ turn off / standby the TV.

Anyone know a workaround for that ?
[Shield Android TV General] toddenham:
Very impressive skill and app. Just wanted to say thank you. Very easy to setup on my first gen shield.

Does anyone know how to ask plex to play a specific TV show or movie? Not sure if this is actually something specific to the plex skill or whether it can be done through this one. If anyone has any ideas they'd be gratefully received.
[Shield Android TV General] jrbarilla:
With the Plex skill, you should be able to say "Alexa, tell Plex to play (Name of Movie/TV Show)"

But the Plex skill hasn't been updated in awhile and has been buggy lately.
[Shield Android TV General] toddenham:
This is how I understood it to be but it just won't detect any players on my network for whatever reason but will play music from my server fine. Bizarre. I think it may work if I removed the players from my list at plex.tv and retry but it just seems a pain.
[Shield Android TV General] Slybaoth:
Hello,

This app seems to be wonderful !!! But as french can't try it....

Any update on the availaibility on EU langage and skills store ?

Great work !

Edit : if you need some help for some translation to french, dont hesitate.
[Shield Android TV General] zuluuk:
Ty for the development, was wondering if anyone have a way to tell tell alexa to turn off the shield?

Zulu
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
That currently doesn't work.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Quick question for everyone, would we want "turn off Netflix" as well as "turn off <Device>" to turn off the Android device? Or should "turn off <App>" still go to home?
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Pinging you what I need help translating now :)
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
I'm looking for help translating the following languages:

* German

* Japanese

* Spanish

* Italian
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Upon some further research, it looks like applications can't tell the device to turn off. I'll keep investigating but I may not be able to implement this.
[Shield Android TV General] pmarmotte:
I can help with French and Spanish.
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
Count me for Spanish too.
[Shield Android TV General] Nayr1:
Hi,

This works pretty great so far. I can say in Canada on my M8S+ it is pretty sweet. Only issue I'm having is that I can't set the volume on my echo dot after installing the skill. Whenever I say "set volume to 10" it will set the volume on my M8S. I've tried to "turn off DEVICE NAME" which I called TV Box but it doesn't seem to "unlink" from the skill.

Any ideas?

BTW great work on this. I'd love to support this any way I can.

Thanks.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
This may be out of my control if Alexa is trying to be smart and help the user. Does this time out and work after a certain amount of time?
[Shield Android TV General] Capt Chronic:
I can help with the German translation
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Thanks! PMed you :)
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
I didn't hear any feedback on the Spanish translation I sent you. I want to make sure you received it as I sent it from the Tapatalk app.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Yep, got it! Trying to push through the French version now, I'll add the Spanish one next :)
[Shield Android TV General] BRICK0044:
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong but, I installed it on both of my shield boxes and even though when I set up the routines in Alexa I named them both something different from each other. When I tell Alexa to open Directv now it opens on both shields at the same time. Any help would be great.
[Shield Android TV General] zuluuk:
BRICK0044 Alexa sends a command to open direct tv hence opening it on both shield. You need to name the command differently example calling the program "directtv a" or b would do the trick.

---------- Post added at 12:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 PM ----------

Hi will.blaschko maybe we can explore the hybrid integration with Google home assistance and alexa?

Google has the command to turn off the device, can we use your command to send the command to Google assistance?

Not sure if I am explaining it right.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
French just went live, working on Spanish now.
[Shield Android TV General] Slybaoth:
Great !! I've seen yesterday that the skills is available and try it immediately : works perfectly !! Thanks !

If you need more french translation (new function to be discribec for this skills, or another skills/apps), don't hesitate to PM me.
[Shield Android TV General] Jobediah:
I’m using this on a Channel Master Stream+ and it turns on my device and launches my designated apps on command but won’t pause, stop, play or advance to the next or previous item. Am I doing something wrong to cause these commands not to work? Thanks for the app by the way!
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
The way this works is it sends a global Play/Pause/Next command to the device, if the app isn't designed to accept those commands it won't work. Are there specific apps that this is not working with?
[Shield Android TV General] Jeremesk:
Hi,

I installed the app on my Bravia TV and the skill on alexa. I checked apps on the TV app (YouTube and Netflix), but nothing is detected when asking Alexa to look for new devices. I tried asking Alexa to launch Netflix anyway, but she doesn’t understand.

I am using the skill in French.
[Shield Android TV General] Jobediah:
It hasn’t worked with multiple apps including Live Channels, Netflix, Prime Video and YouTube - but all of those apps will open by voice command.
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
So you're marking them as enabled in the app, but they're not discovered by Alexa, but the voice command through the skill still opens them?
[Shield Android TV General] Jobediah:
Yes, I mark them as enabled in your app, but they ARE discovered by Alexa. Netflix, YouTube, etc. each appear as a “device” under Smart Home in the Alexa app. The voice command through the skill still opens them but won’t pause, play or next.
[Shield Android TV General] erka77:
Hi,

Thanks a lot for your precious work.

I use french version with my Shield Tv. It works fine.

I can wake up the device (so use a runtime with this).

I can launch any program inside the shield.

But I can't actually make the shield asleep.

I tried a lot of french words to do it...

Any idea?

Thanks again
[Shield Android TV General] cubandanger05:
I dont believe this works at the moment.
[Shield Android TV General] Bob___:
Hi,

do you know when it will be possible to use the Aberto Sonorus Allexa Skill from Germany? Currently it is (still) not listed in the Alexa Skill App-Store :(
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Are you able to help with DE translations? :)
[Shield Android TV General] Bob___:
It depends on how much has to be translated, but I can try it :) How can I help you?
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Sent you the text, thanks if you can!
[Shield Android TV General] schmierlappe:
I can also help with German Translation
[Shield Android TV General] drug18477:
I'd also help if you need me.
[Shield Android TV General] goolby:
I had to reset my shield a couple of times and when I installed the app on it, in the wizard I assigned different names each time... now my echo dot will say that I have multiple device with the same name because one was named with capital letters and the other without.

If I "Forget" the 2 ones that I don't use when I issue the command to "Discover devices" to my echo dot it will find them back even tho they don't exist anymore...

How can I delete for good the ones that I don't use?

Thanks :)
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
Rookie mistake on my part for not considering this use case. Would you prefer a "remove all" or a "manage all" option?
[Shield Android TV General] will.blaschko:
German translation should be covered--once ES/MX get approved (or rejected), I'll add DE to the next iteration. Thanks all!
[Shield Android TV General] goolby:
which ever is easier to implement, either of them will do.

Thanks :)
[Shield Android TV General] martyn_:
I get stuck here on my Shield TV (uk). I can authenticate to Prime Video and so on, but clicking on the "login to Amazon" button in the app, gives "binding to authorization service timed out" a few seconds later...
[Shield Android TV General] marvinptm:
Is there any update or workaround for permanently remove devices?
[Shield Android TV General] Coastaljay:
Amazon link issue

Hello,

Excited to try this out! I successfully enabled the Amazon skill, and downloaded the Android app to my Shield TV Pro, however when the android app asked me to login to Amazon, upon entering my login credentials, the web browser threw the following error:

"Webpage not available

The webpage at (removed first part of the url because the form wouldn't let me post) ww.amazon.com/ap/signin could not be loaded because:

net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME"

I'm using AIO browser on my shield.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Shield Android TV General] DarkyHD2:
Thank you for the great app/skill combination. I'm available to translate it in Italian to be able to try it! Contact me if you want

Inviato dal mio SM-G955F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Shield Android TV General] italian_user:
Available for italian translation too!

i would love to find it on the italian amazon skill store!
[Shield Android TV General] rafaurl:
Hi! I would be happy to help with ES/ES translation if you don't have it yet.

and thanks for your work!
[Shield Android TV General] InvalidCast:
thanks a lot!

works fine to launch molotov on my mibox
[Shield Android TV General] jording:
It works great on my 2018 Sony Android TV. I live in Spain and I have been able to load the British skill and install the app through the TV play store.

I am using Spanish voice commands to ask Alexa, some English commands also worked for me.

DVR commands worked for Netflix, Google Play movies and Amazon Music (sideloaded). DVR commands do not work for Prime Video, Youtube, Kodi and TV media player.

Volume control works everywhere. I am able to tun on TV, but not tun it off.

In Spain Sony hasn't released the app to use the Bravia skill, for that reason I have tried to remap the remote in order to change channels using the DVR commands. Unfortunately it doesn't work with the voice command.

I also tried to remap the remote to use the pad arrows to move up/down left/right and select. But didn't work either for the voice DVR commands.

Thank you very much for your great work.

I think you are done with the Spanish translation, but if I can help, just let me know.
[Shield Android TV General] jrbarilla:
So, I added an echo dot to my master bedroom, where I have another Android TV device (Mi Box). I installed the app on that Android TV device so I can use the echo dot in the bedroom to control it when watching in there. However, I have noticed the Alexa app is unable to tell the difference between the apps/devices in the bedroom from those on my Shield TV in the living room. If I instruct it to turn on an app from either of my echo devices, it turns on in both rooms. It looks as if the ability to rename the apps within your app would solve this issue unless there is something I am missing...
[Shield Android TV General] Kevzie:
This looks excellent. Does it work in UK? Can’t find the skill on the Alexa app ?*♂️

Actually I found it now. Looking forward to setting this up tonight ?
[Shield Android TV General] Kevzie:
Ok, so I installed this last night on my Mi box and set up was pretty straight forward.

Couldn’t get used to saying turn on Netflix and kept says my open Netflix so set up some routines so that I can say “Watch Netflix” “Open Kodi” etc and they work great (see pic below)

Anyone else here using this with a Mi Box? The turn off function doesn’t work, is that correct?

Also, would it be possible to change channel from within an app e.g “Alexa, channel up on smart IPTV”?

Great work on this app/skill, and looking forward to seeing it evolve over the future

Kev
[Shield Android TV General] rosikkk:
Hi,

I'm trying to install the app on my Sony Bravia Android TV (2015).

I managed to login with Amazon,

however, on the second screen where it says something like "Allow to login on Aberto Sonorus"

when I press the Allow button nothing happens.

It looks like the browser doesn't support whatever the web page is using (javascript or similar).

Is there any other way to setup the app on the TV?

Thanks!
[Shield Android TV General] IxD3ViiLx:
Just wanted to say thank you.

All the setup worked and I can now control my Shield with Alexa.

Good job!
[Shield Android TV General] iosub:
Hi

I can't find it on the Spanish store .. is it published ?

Thank you
[Shield Android TV General] jmugoose:
I have installed the app on an older shield and worked fine. I am trying to install on my new shield and get a message that reads “you don’t have an app that can do this”. When o’clock on the login with amazon link. I tried logging in with amazon video which worked fine but did not help logging in with the app. Any help would be appreciated
[Shield Android TV General] funkyirishman:
Loaded up with no issue.

Have harmony elite remote so Shield name taken so had to call it something else. Found this out after alexa stated more than one device called this.

Added a few apps cyberflix, cinema hd, iptv smarters, teatv, zion, stbemu, chrome, tv launcher. Could open most but Alexa could not find stbemu so tried Stb still no joy? Same with teatv as tv set up already on elite

Could play and pause film playing via vlc from apps. Did not try other commands yet.

Try again later but so far so good

Thanks
[Shield Android TV General] coppertubing:
I have the same problem and I agree. Being able to rename in the app may resolve this. Renaming in Alexa won't help, as they are both connected to the same "device".

Excellent app and skill BTW. Thanks.