seperis | random - working alexa commands for firetv, sonos, and nvidia shield (Reply)

Partially to share in case anyone else uses Alexa to control their TV, but also in case I lose (again) my list of working commands that I've tested. This is not exhaustive but the ones I know work. Organized by type and configuration, because each has quirks; will update as new things found.

Sonos Speakers --> TV

Equipment
1.) TV with HDMI-ARC
2.) Sonos Speakers connect to TV with HDMI-ARC

Commands
To turn on TV
- Alexa, turn on TV

To adjust volume on TV:
- Alexa, turn up volume on [Sonos]
- Alexa, turn down volume on [Sonos]

To switch Sonos Speakers from playing music to control TV
- Alexa, switch [Sonos} to TV

Alexa Enabled Speaker --> FireTV Stick/Cube -->TV

Equipment
1.) TV
2.) FireTV Cube
OR
2b.) FireTV Stick
3.) Alexa Enabled Speaker (examples: Echo Dot, Echo Speaker, Sonos Speakers)

Commands
To open Prime Video, Netflix or other installed App
- Alexa, open Prime Video
- Alexa, open Netflix
- Alexa, open [App]

To watch movie/show on Prime Video
- Alexa, watch [Show Name]
- Alexa, play [Show Name]
- Alexa, play comedy

To open Netflix app and watch movie/show on Netflix
- Alexa, play [Show Name] on Netflix
- Alexa, play comedy on Netflix

Search for movies and TV on FireTV app (Netflix, Prime, etc)
- Alexa, search for [movie/tv show] on [app]
- Alexa, find [title/genre] on [app]
- Alexa, show me [movies/TV shows] on [app]
- Alexa, find [actor] movies on [app]

Control playback
- Alexa, rewind [time frame]
- Alexa, fast forward [time frame]
- Alexa, watch from beginning
- Alexa, go back [time frame]
- Alexa, jump forward [time frame]
- Alexa, next/next episode

Basic Commands
- Alexa, play
- Alexa, pause
- Alexa, stop
- Alexa, resume
- Alexa, go home

Alexa Enabled Speaker --> NVIDIA SHIELD TV -->TV

Equipment
1.) Alexa enabled speaker
2.) NVIDIA SHIELD TV
3.) TV

Commands
Turn on TV:
- Alexa, turn on TV*
- Alexa, turn off TV

* Note: turning the TV back on can be sketchy. Don't depend on it.

Turn on NVIDIA SHIELD:
- Alexa, turn on SHIELD.
- Alexa, turn off SHIELD.

Opening Entertainment apps:
- Alexa, open Prime Video on SHIELD.
- Alexa, open Netflix on SHIELD.
- Alexa, open Plex on SHIELD.
- Alexa, open [app] on SHIELD*

* this really depends on the app in question.

Using Media Controls*:
- Alexa, pause on SHIELD.
- Alexa, play on SHIELD.
- Alexa, next on SHIELD.
- Alexa, previous on SHIELD.
- Alexa, fast-forward ten minutes on SHIELD.

* you don't necessarily always have to say 'on SHIELD'. Pause usually works, the others can be variable by app, time of day, and your astrological sign, fuck if I know.

Navigating SHIELD:
- Alexa, go to settings on SHIELD.
- Alexa, go home on SHIELD.
- Alexa, go to control settings on SHIELD.

Find Your SHIELD Remote:
- Alexa, Ask SHIELD to find my remote*

* THE REMOTE STARTS BEEPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Truly we live in the future.

Quotes

If you don't send me feedback, I will sob uncontrollably for hours on end, until finally, in a fit of depression, I slash my wrists and bleed out on the bathroom floor. My death will be on your heads. Murderers
. -- Unknown, on feedback
BTS List
That's why he goes bad, you know -- all the good people hit him on the head or try to shoot him and constantly mistrust him, while there's this vast cohort of minions saying, We wouldn't hurt you, Lex, and we'll give you power and greatness and oh so much sex...
Wow. That was scary. Lex is like Jesus in the desert.
-- pricklyelf, on why Lex goes bad
LJ
Obi-Wan has a sort of desperate, pathetic patience in this movie. You can just see it in his eyes: "My padawan is a psychopath, and no one will believe me; I'm barely keeping him under control and expect to wake up any night now to find him standing over my bed with a knife!"
-- Teague, reviewing "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"
LJ
Beth: god, why do i have so many beads?
Jenn: Because you are an addict.
Jenn: There are twelve step programs for this.
Beth: i dunno they'd work, might have to go straight for the electroshock.
Jenn: I'm not sure that helps with bead addiction.
Beth: i was thinking more to demagnitize my credit card.
-- hwmitzy and seperis, on bead addiction
AIM, 12/24/2003
I could rape a goat and it will DIE PRETTIER than they write.
-- anonymous, on terrible writing
AIM, 2/17/2004
In medical billing there is a diagnosis code for someone who commits suicide by sea anenemoe.
-- silverkyst, on wtf
AIM, 3/25/2004
Anonymous: sorry. i just wanted to tell you how much i liked you. i'd like to take this to a higher level if you're willing
Eleveninches: By higher level I hope you mean email.
-- eleveninches and anonymous, on things that are disturbing
LJ, 4/2/2004
silverkyst: I need to not be taking molecular genetics.
silverkyst: though, as a sidenote, I did learn how to eviscerate a fruit fly larvae by pulling it's mouth out by it's mouthparts today.
silverkyst: I'm just nowhere near competent in the subject material to be taking it.
Jenn: I'd like to thank you for that image.
-- silverkyst and seperis, on more wtf
AIM, 1/25/2005
You know, if obi-wan had just disciplined the boy *properly* we wouldn't be having these problems. Can't you just see yoda? "Take him in hand, you must. The true Force, you must show him."
-- Issaro, on spanking Anakin in his formative years
LJ, 3/15/2005
Aside from the fact that one person should never go near another with a penis, a bottle of body wash, and a hopeful expression...
-- Summerfling, on shower sex
LJ, 7/22/2005
It's weird, after you get used to the affection you get from a rabbit, it's like any other BDSM relationship. Only without the sex and hot chicks in leather corsets wielding floggers. You'll grow to like it.
-- revelininsanity, on my relationship with my rabbit
LJ, 2/7/2006
Smudged upon the near horizon, lapine shadows in the mist. Like a doomsday vision from Watership Down, the bunny intervention approaches.
-- cpt_untouchable, on my addition of The Fourth Bunny
LJ, 4/13/2006
Rule 3. Chemistry is kind of like bondage. Some people like it, some people like reading about or watching other people doing it, and a large number of people's reaction to actually doing the serious stuff is to recoil in horror.
-- deadlychameleon, on class
LJ, 9/1/2007
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Fan Fiction is John Cusack standing outside your house with a boombox.
-- JRDSkinner, on fanfiction
Twitter
I will unashamedly and unapologetically celebrate the joy and the warmth and the creativity of a community of people sharing something positive and beautiful and connective and if you don’t like it you are most welcome to very fuck off.
-- Michael Sheen, on Good Omens fanfic
Twitter, 6/19/2019
Adding for Mastodon.
-- Jenn, traceback
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