[Q] Resolution stuck? - Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello. Is anyone experiencin ingame resolution issues on 5.0.1? All of the games on my Shield Tablet seem to be rendered at low resolution (jaggies everywhere, definitely NOT 1920x1200) and changing resolution in NVIDIA power settings does nothing. Any leads?

What about changing resolution in the games themselves? Are we talking about what's rendered on the tablet itself?

primetechv2 said:
What about changing resolution in the games themselves? Are we talking about what's rendered on the tablet itself?
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Basically, it's about the game resolution on the tablet. I am not using console mode.

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Streaming doesn't work with pc speakers activated

Hi, i have just received my shield and i have a problem withs pc streaming. Everytime i try to stream from steam or other pc games the sound clontrol pannel appears and i have to desactive spakers from windows in order to stream. Is it normal? Also the resolution automatically sets to 1024x720p.
I would like to not have to desactive the speakers everytime i want to play pc streaming.
tonyeltriton said:
Hi, i have just received my shield and i have a problem withs pc streaming. Everytime i try to stream from steam or other pc games the sound clontrol pannel appears and i have to desactive spakers from windows in order to stream. Is it normal? Also the resolution automatically sets to 1024x720p.
I would like to not have to desactive the speakers everytime i want to play pc streaming.
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The sound one is not normal, the resolution is supposed to automatically change in supported games. However 720p is not 1024x720, it is 1280x720. I am not sure if you posted the resolution wrong or if there is a problem, but the 2 resolutions I know of that start with 1024 are 1024x768 and 1024x576.
chevyowner said:
The sound one is not normal, the resolution is supposed to automatically change in supported games. However 720p is not 1024x720, it is 1280x720. I am not sure if you posted the resolution wrong or if there is a problem, but the 2 resolutions I know of that start with 1024 are 1024x768 and 1024x576.
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Actually 720p just refers to an image 720 pixels tall and using a progressive scan instead of interlaced scan. It can be 1024 wide, that would just be 720p standard aspect ratio. Wrong for the shield though.
the resolution i posted was wrong. I have fixed it selecting by default the nvidia sound controller that appears on sound pannel when you start the pc streaming.
OP, glad it seems to be working for you now.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Actually 720p just refers to an image 720 pixels tall and using a progressive scan instead of interlaced scan. It can be 1024 wide, that would just be 720p standard aspect ratio. Wrong for the shield though.
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Not according to Wikipedia, and most other places that deal with 'HD'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p
http://www.hdtv.biz/resolution.shtml
To lazy to find more atm.

[Q] HDMI Connection only 720P. Any idea how to change it to 1080P?

Hi,
I am owner of a Sony Xperia Tablet S with a docking station(using to connect to a TV through HDMI cabel). When I connect the tablet to my TV(Samsung 1080P) It is only recognized as 720P device. That's probably OK, but when I play 1080P movie It should change to 1080P video resolution but it doesn't happen. I tried to search for a HDMI output setting in the tablet but there is no such thing, I also tried several video players, even to play exact resolution size video - 1920x1080 no change... still only 720P. And to be honest 720P doesn't look very brilliant from this tablet. I hoped to use the tablet as some kind of "all round video player".
Is there any way that I can convince the tablet to play videos in 1080P/Full HD? Any idea how to resize HDMI output resolution?
I know that it is mirroring my device, but even though it should automatically resize when playing full HD movies. (Saw it on couple of videos, where it does really work. The TV shows 1080P videos and the devices screen stays black, I guess because of their lower resolution, but that's OK.)
Rider008 said:
Hi,
I am owner of a Sony Xperia Tablet S with a docking station(using to connect to a TV through HDMI cabel). When I connect the tablet to my TV(Samsung 1080P) It is only recognized as 720P device. That's probably OK, but when I play 1080P movie It should change to 1080P video resolution but it doesn't happen. I tried to search for a HDMI output setting in the tablet but there is no such thing, I also tried several video players, even to play exact resolution size video - 1920x1080 no change... still only 720P. And to be honest 720P doesn't look very brilliant from this tablet. I hoped to use the tablet as some kind of "all round video player".
Is there any way that I can convince the tablet to play videos in 1080P/Full HD? Any idea how to resize HDMI output resolution?
I know that it is mirroring my device, but even though it should automatically resize when playing full HD movies. (Saw it on couple of videos, where it does really work. The TV shows 1080P videos and the devices screen stays black, I guess because of their lower resolution, but that's OK.)
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I guess, your tablet only supports 720p output via HDMI.. It may be your TV only allowing 720p for HDMI output. Check your TV settings...
Hope this helps!
TheUnknownThing said:
I guess, your tablet only supports 720p output via HDMI.. It may be your TV only allowing 720p for HDMI output. Check your TV settings...
Hope this helps!
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My TV is 1080P I am 100% sure . The TV finds by itself that it is 720P and I cannot change it anywhere in the TV menu(or in tablet). It seems that the tablet sends only 720P - which is OK, but when playing movies it should change to 1080P. The tablet itself should also support 1080P. If I could only get to service menu - there are the settings and I could change the output resolution.
Even though it doesn't seem all newer sony smartphones/tablets should support 1080P. In the service menu it is just matter of few clicks to change the resolution. I don't have permission to send links here, so type on youtube: Sony Xperia S - HDMI - Playstation 3 Controller
Rider008 said:
My TV is 1080P I am 100% sure . The TV finds by itself that it is 720P and I cannot change it anywhere in the TV menu(or in tablet). It seems that the tablet sends only 720P - which is OK, but when playing movies it should change to 1080P. The tablet itself should also support 1080P. If I could only get to service menu - there are the settings and I could change the output resolution.
Even though it doesn't seem all newer sony smartphones/tablets should support 1080P. In the service menu it is just matter of few clicks to change the resolution. I don't have permission to send links here, so type on youtube: Sony Xperia S - HDMI - Playstation 3 Controller
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Well, nearly all TV's support 1080p (4k is next ) So I guess its the Sony software limiting it. Your specs can easily output 1080p. Although the software may be limiting it, try converting the video files to 1080p resolution and give that a shot. Also I have watched a demo of the xperia s tablet in HDMI mode and some parts on the TV screen are cut, so I'm guessing it ONLY supports 720p (unfourtanatly)
TheUnknownThing said:
Well, nearly all TV's support 1080p (4k is next ) So I guess its the Sony software limiting it. Your specs can easily output 1080p. Although the software may be limiting it, try converting the video files to 1080p resolution and give that a shot. Also I have watched a demo of the xperia s tablet in HDMI mode and some parts on the TV screen are cut, so I'm guessing it ONLY supports 720p (unfourtanatly)
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I already tried to play 1080P movie with exact resolution no luck... The TV/Tablet hardware are capable of it, even android as software, but sony gave no option to change the resolution anually, which most manufactures don't, but they change to 1080P when playing 1080P stuff.
Only thing that is cut is the bottom navigation bar(I'm not sure how you call it.), but that's ok because the tablet is 16:10 and the TV is 16:9 so It just cuts off the black bar with navigation buttons from bottom. Otherwise it shows 100% from the screen.
As far as I know service menu would help to change it(easiest way), or some kind of app that can change HDMI output resolution? Or app that can change the resolution of the tablet itself, than I guess would the TV recognize the device as 1080P. Any idea?
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I already tried to play 1080P movie with exact resolution no luck... The TV/Tablet hardware are capable of it, even android as software, but sony gave no option to change the resolution anually, which most manufactures don't, but they change to 1080P when playing 1080P stuff.
Only thing that is cut is the bottom navigation bar(I'm not sure how you call it.), but that's ok because the tablet is 16:10 and the TV is 16:9 so It just cuts off the black bar with navigation buttons from bottom. Otherwise it shows 100% from the screen.
As far as I know service menu would help to change it(easiest way), or some kind of app that can change HDMI output resolution? Or app that can change the resolution of the tablet itself, than I guess would the TV recognize the device as 1080P. Any idea?
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Well, if you want to mimic the 1080p output, then a program that uses root may be required. However, Im not sure if there is such app..
Your tablet doesnt probably have 1080p stream output capacity. Maybe you could plug it to a device with an upscaler
gilarthon said:
Your tablet doesnt probably have 1080p stream output capacity. Maybe you could plug it to a device with an upscaler
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I don't want just upscale the resolution. It won't make image any beter. As I know Tegra 3 does support 1080P, android as software too... so I can't see why it doesn't want to work? My girlfriend has also a Tegra 3 tablet(ASUS) and far as I know when she is playing 1080P it is a real 1080P on the TV and the screen(on the tablet is 720P) just stays black, I mean control buttons and everything is there, just the area where should the movie play on the tablet is black.
It seems I will have to root the tablet omg... Does anybody have an idea if there actually is an app like that? That can send it as 1080P output resolution? I tried to find service menu...no luck... if I could get there, like on the phone it would be just matter of few clicks and 30seconds of work...

[Q] screen resolution 21/9 compatibility

Hi !
Is the 2560x1080 21/9 sceen resolution compatible with the nvidia shield tablet and the futur shield console?
I'd like to know before buying it..
Thanks
Nobody knows about that?
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you plugging it in to an external monitor with that resolution or trying to play video at that resolution? Either should work, though on the monitor you're likely to get a 1920x1080 image with black columns on the sides. If anyone has tested it, it would be good to know. The kernel source may also show if the device would natively support that resolution vs just sending out 1920x1080.
Exactly what I want to know, if we will have the black columns on the sides or the full screen without loosing the image quality.
It would be good if the 2560x1080 is fully supported or other 21/9 format, now there is a lot of choice with 1080p, 2k screen.
Has anyone got the answer to this question?
fabjazz said:
Hi !
Is the 2560x1080 21/9 sceen resolution compatible with the nvidia shield tablet and the futur shield console?
I'd like to know before buying it..
Thanks
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I did some testing a while back, some pics here: https://twitter.com/ACharLuk/status/863033689873186817 and https://twitter.com/ACharLuk/status/863034904065572868
I had to tinker with adb wm.size settings to get it working and put the TV/monitor in zoom mode. I don't think there is a "plug & play" method, so you can do the same as me.
Run "adb shell wm.size 2560x1080" through adb and tinker with your monitor settings, hope you get it working

how to determine what resolution a game is running in.

Sorry: Ignore. I posted this in wrong thread.
Hi guys. I have a Sony Xperia Z5 Premium phone with a 4k display. This display is potentially awesome for VR apps. But its down to the apps/games to use the display.
What I want is to determine what PPI or resolution an app is running in. Is there a way I can do this? Maybe an overlay app or script available such as those FPS benchmark utilities. (I could have used such a utility but unfortunately, I havent seent any that display the actual resolution.
Thanks

Change resolution of android games

Hello,
I want to know if it is possible to optimize the resolution of android games?
I have a galaxy tab android S2 and some games have too low a resolution. It's like 400x300 on a 2K device.
Thx
I believe the reason of that is because this particular games are not optimized for your device. I doubt you can do anything about it.
is there a way to "simulate" another device ?
What I was about to say was that it's not the matter of the device model but it's the matter of the screen size and density. The system performs scaling and resizing of the application to make it work on different screens. However, scaling can result in blurry or pixelated graphics. To avoid this problem, the developer of the app should provide alternative resources (bitmap images, etc.) for different densities (i.e. optimize the application for different screen sizes and densities). If this wasn't done, the application is simply stretched to fit the screen that results in poor graphics quality.
And if i root the tablet to use an app that changes the DPI and resolution of the device.
Do you think the game will also change the resolution to improve it?
I don't know if this will work. Maybe someone else knows.

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