HOW-TO:NVIDIA SHIELD controller on Windows 7 - Revision history

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	== HOW-TO:Fix new controller detected dialog ==		== HOW-TO:Fix new controller detected dialog ==
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			File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg\|Kodi shows an "Unknown controller detected" message
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	~~The~~ first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller~~, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected~~. ~~Would you like to setup the controller?"~~		This can happen the first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller.

	To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.		To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.

	~~[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg\|500px]]~~


	== HOW-TO:Fix double button presses ==		== HOW-TO:Fix double button presses ==
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			File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg\|The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices
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	~~The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices.~~ To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device.		To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device. See [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]], but instead of sharing the XML file, delete it and restart Kodi.

	[[~~File~~:~~NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg\|500px~~]]

	~~The first device (Xbox 360-compatible controller), is an XInput device. All XInput devices share the same button map, so don't delete this.~~

	~~The second device (NVIDIA Shield) is a DirectInput device. Locate the device~~'~~s button map using information from~~ [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]] ~~and delete it, then restart Kodi.~~		== See also ==
			* {{big\|'''[[HOW-TO:Configure controllers]]'''}}
			* {{big\|'''[[HOW-TO:Share button maps]]'''}}


	[[Category:Gaming]]		[[Category:Gaming]]
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	The second device (NVIDIA Shield) is a DirectInput device. Locate the device's button map using information from [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]] and delete it, then restart Kodi.		The second device (NVIDIA Shield) is a DirectInput device. Locate the device's button map using information from [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]] and delete it, then restart Kodi.


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	== HOW-TO:Fix new controller dialog ==		== HOW-TO:Fix new controller detected dialog ==

	The first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected. Would you like to setup the controller?"		The first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected. Would you like to setup the controller?"

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			== HOW-TO:Fix new controller dialog ==

	The first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected. Would you like to setup the controller?"		The first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected. Would you like to setup the controller?"
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	To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.		To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.

	~~The NVidia~~ SHIELD controller ~~shows up as two devices. To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device~~.		[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg\|500px]]


			== HOW-TO:Fix double button presses ==

	~~== Symptoms ==~~		The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices. To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device.

	[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg\|500px]]		[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg\|500px]]

			The first device (Xbox 360-compatible controller), is an XInput device. All XInput devices share the same button map, so don't delete this.

	The NVIDIA ~~SHIELD controller is compatible with Windows 7 and should work out of the box.~~		The second device (NVIDIA Shield) is a DirectInput device. Locate the device's button map using information from [[HOW-TO:Share button maps]] and delete it, then restart Kodi.

	~~However, there~~ is ~~a bug where the SHIELD controller is detected as both an XInput device and~~ a DirectInput device. In the ~~peripherals list, it will appear twice.~~

	A button map exists for the Xbox 360 controller (XInput), but not the NVIDIA Shield controller (DirectInput). As a result, the controller is usable in Kodi, but will give an error message on first use that you can safely ignore:

	[[~~File~~:~~NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg\|500px~~]]

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			The first time you press a button on the NVidia Shield controller, Kodi asks "An unknown controller has been detected. Would you like to setup the controller?"

			To fix this, select No in the dialog. If you select Yes, the dialog will be shown again.

			The NVidia SHIELD controller shows up as two devices. To fix double button presses, remove the button map for the second device.


			== Symptoms ==

			[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg\|500px]]


	The NVIDIA SHIELD controller is compatible with Windows 7 and should work out of the box.		The NVIDIA SHIELD controller is compatible with Windows 7 and should work out of the box.

	However, there is a bug where the SHIELD controller is detected as both an XInput device and a DirectInput device. In the peripherals list, it will appear twice:		However, there is a bug where the SHIELD controller is detected as both an XInput device and a DirectInput device. In the peripherals list, it will appear twice.

	~~[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list~~.~~jpg]]~~

	A button map exists for the Xbox 360 controller (XInput), but not the NVIDIA Shield controller (DirectInput). As a result, the controller is usable in Kodi, but will give an error message on first use that you can safely ignore:		A button map exists for the Xbox 360 controller (XInput), but not the NVIDIA Shield controller (DirectInput). As a result, the controller is usable in Kodi, but will give an error message on first use that you can safely ignore:

	[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg]]		[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg\|500px]]

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The NVIDIA SHIELD controller is compatible with Windows 7 and should work out of the box.

However, there is a bug where the SHIELD controller is detected as both an XInput device and a DirectInput device. In the peripherals list, it will appear twice:

[[File:NVidia Shield peripherals list.jpg]]

A button map exists for the Xbox 360 controller (XInput), but not the NVIDIA Shield controller (DirectInput). As a result, the controller is usable in Kodi, but will give an error message on first use that you can safely ignore:

[[File:NVIDIA SHIELD - New controller detected.jpg]]