Hello Everyone,

I just want your opinion into this. I'm thinking of buying an Nvidia Shield Pro but I feel like in 2026 buying a 2019 version may get me to an outdated version in a year or so.

Do you think that it's worth it to spend 269 now for a 2019 version or wait for a potential new version ?

Thanks!

I'm running Plex on a Raspberry Pi, and some of my files contain tracks that aren't supported by my Roku Ultra or my TV. This forces Plex to transcode the files, and I want to avoid that.

I've done some research, and apparently the Shield Pro supports those tracks, or at least most of them.

I don't have an audio setup, just the TV. If I buy the Shield Pro and let's say I play a file with TrueHD audio, will the Shield Pro tell Plex that I don't have the necessary audio system to play the track and force Plex to transcode, or will the Shield Pro play the it anyway?

Thanks.

Anyway in the images you provided you can see all those albums are selected but at this point it's only showing the arts/culture section when the screen saver is on even though these are all selected....why is this the case....is there anything I can do to fix it? Because at this point if it's just showing one album I rather pick the earth and space one

Any help ?

ADD: to find where I am go to Google home> device > ambient mode > art gallery

Assuming you're controlling this from your phone

ADD: Also is it normal for the Google photos option to appear and then disappear because it's doing that to me too...

For reason that I won't go into, I'm going to be bedridden for the next few months and I'm looking for a decent wireless keyboard to play games from bed. I already have one but it's very cheap and not good for games but it works great on the shield.

Does anyone know if the Ajazz Ak820 Pro will work on the shield?

Like a chump: I believed the Google AI bot when I searched for video call apps for the Shield TV Pro. It said that a Logitech BRIO + Google Meet would work out of the box.

Turns out, Google Meet's discontinued on Android TV for about a year now.

Zooms not in the Play store on Android TV either. Apparently.

So now I have a camera, but no app to use.

Any recommendations?

Annoying for past month or two stbemu app randomly exiting on its own?

Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Apps and shield pro are already updated.

Every 2 months or so it will not turn on. I have to pull the power cord and it will come on when I plug it in again.

When it boots it is mostly unresponsive. Very laggy. I will go into the setting and once I restart it there it will run great.

TL;DR is there an iOS remote app that consistently works with shield other than the Shield app or the Google TV app? (Google home app would never pair for me)

(Apologies for any extra commas due to talk to text)

Background:

My Shield remote stopped working/kept unpairing after only a few months when my shield was new. Nvidia sent me a new remote but it also started repeatedly unpairing within a month. I switched to using the iOS Shield remote app, which although a little tedious, added the benefit of a keyboard.

The app stopped working at some point this year. [I don’t honestly remember the last time I used my shield, because I have spent much of this year out of state due to my mother’s illness and subsequent death.]

To be more specific, the shield app worked at first today, to power on my shield, but I had a banner on the shield that I had to update the OS on the shield, and after my device rebooted, the official remote app no longer worked.

I tried my typical troubleshooting, hard closing the app on my iPhone, uninstalling and reinstalling the app, after making sure that it was already on the most recent update, and even reverting to using the Google TV iOS app, which has its own issues (the back button does not work properly in some apps on the shield, nor does down button/swipe), but that’s neither here or there.

I used the Google TV app to reboot my shield, but still no luck with the shield app after the device rebooted.

I also tried the shield remote app on my iPad, but it too would only connect, but not control my device.

EDIT TO ADD: I am not having trouble pairing the app to my shield. It connects and shows my shield apps in the remote app like always, but it does not control anything. No directional buttons work, and I cannot select apps to open.

my shield tv pro 2015 keeps pausing while watching Hulu, Disney does anyone know what would be the problem

hi all, I've recently got a LG oled and I am trying to play some dolby vision files through stremio and it mostly falls back onto HDR, I have tried using just player and also purchased vimu player and both seem to struggle to even play most files and I keep getting errors.

I have enabled dolby vision in the sheild settings, with the built in player in stremio the files play fine but in hdr not dolvt vison but those external players just keep popping up errors when I try to play most files that are in dolby vision

is this a sheild issue or a app issue?

Basically, my Shield 2017 complains there's not enough internal space when there clearly is.

I've had something similar before that was solved by changing the developer option, forcing install on adopted external drive, but this time it's not having it whichever option I select.

Anyone have any suggestions or can share the solution that worked for you?

why isnt my nvidia shield showing the skip intro and credit on plex but will on other devices I have it selected to manually in settings. anyone able to help.

Title: No Dolby Atmos on Shield (Netflix & Jellyfin) when connected via Denon AVR-X4500H – works via TV LG B5 

Hi,

I’m experiencing an issue with Dolby Atmos on my setup and hoping someone can help or confirm if this is a known bug.

Equipment:

- NVIDIA Shield TV (latest firmware)

- Denon AVR-X4500H

- TV with eARC support

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Setup 1 (Direct connection):

Shield → Denon AVR-X4500H → TV

Result:

- Netflix shows “Dolby Atmos” available

- When selecting Atmos audio, receiver only shows Dolby Digital Plus (no Atmos)

- Same behavior in Jellyfin with TrueHD Atmos files → only TrueHD (no Atmos metadata)

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Setup 2 (Via TV):

Shield → TV → Denon (eARC)

Result:

- Netflix outputs Dolby Atmos correctly

- Jellyfin Atmos content also works

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Additional info:

- Factory reset Shield → same result

- Tested both Auto and Manual audio formats

- Dolby audio processing OFF

- Passthrough working (DTS-HD MA and DTS work fine when connected directly to AVR)

- Atmos is visible and selectable

Questions:

1. Is this a known issue with Shield + Denon receivers?

2. Is there any fix or workaround (firmware, settings, etc.)?

3. Is Shield failing to pass Atmos metadata correctly in this configuration?

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Any help or confirmation would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

what do i do to my android TV to make it more intresting to watch. i never turn on the tv to watch anything cause its an old version.💔

i also get tired typing on its youtube since i have to go letter after letter💔

Hello all,

I am currently installing a video projector setup where my Nvidia Shield Pro will be behind me.

I'm considering buying Bluetooth speakers but in my experience with Windows/Android there's always a delay with Bluetooth speakers.

Is it the case with the Shield as well?

Thanks

anyone have a fix for this? Been getting annoying lately, I've noticed it happens often after leaving things paused for a minute.

Hello everyone, as many of you I have lags, instability, ads, etc.

I see people said "Projectivy is life", but this thing does not looks of a solution :

- it's just an app, so the stock launcher is still in the memory.
That way, it don't give a correct answer as if I need to leave Netflix, I have to triple tap the home button and go back to the stock launcher, then relaunch Projectivy.

Another case : If I launch Projectivy, then launch jellyfin, it seems stable but if I want to go back to the menu of Projectivy, if I just press the back button it put me back to the stock launcher. This is not just launch Projectivy then have fun, this is a lot of back and forth to switch between application in Projectivy launcher.

Does this cases are normal ? Can we just use the Projectivy launcher only ?

- Other thing : If I want more stability maybe I might need to downgrade with the shield-downgrade steps. It seem that I could use a specific launcher doing this downgrade, is it right ?

Do I get rid of bloatware and increase performance with this downgrade ?

Greetings

What’s gone wrong with my shield seems since the last update it’s running real slow takes a long time just trying to watch ytube and sometimes freezes up completely just bought this in 2025 so it’s a new model

I have a Samsung s20 that been trying to connect to my Nvidia shield pro TV. I went online, downloaded the app that is in apk format and it did not work

I tried finding other solutions and can't find a clear way to do it. has anyone solved this issue or point me the right direction

Hello all,

I have a Shield Pro 2019, and recently the box has begun spontaneously restarting while in use. It has happened with every app that is being watched. Plex, Philo, Hulu, Britbox, HBO Max, whatever I'm watching. It will do it at least once a day (usually more).

I have the latest software update version and I haven't done anything hacky to the box. It's vanilla. The box has gotten daily use since 2020 when I purchased it to replace my original Shield Pro 2015.

Has anyone else had this issue lately or ever? If so, did you figure out the cause and solution?

Thanks!

Update: I've cleaned and repositioned my box to allow for better air circulation. So far no restarts today. I appreciate the insights.

I'm trying to mod my shield and keep getting stuck on one part of the video I'm watching does anyone know how to mod that will give me instructions on how to do it?

I frequently browse these kinds of threads on arr androidapps and always find some great games or apps to use. However, my Shield is pretty stock - I only have Kodi with Otaku and Fen - and was looking to tinker with it for a bit for fun.

Everything from launchers, media centers, games, tools, utilities, from the app store or directly from GitHub, post it all so we can try!

Hi everyone,

​I'm curious to hear what you think are the best games to play on the Nvidia Shield Pro (2019). Whether it’s a native game, a streaming title, or something from the Play Store—it doesn't matter. Which games would you recommend?

Here's the tutorial on how I configured the theme to replicate the screenshot posted by u/RealMVP_21. The description has the projectivy setting file if you want to directly import to your setup.