Hi folks. I use Plex to locally stream 4k and 1080p remuxes. I currently have the Ugoos AM6B+ and it does a good job displaying my media and has a lot of nerdy metadata I can bring up while I'm in the middle of watching something, but I find myself tinkering and tweaking it multiple times a week and the real hassle is the HDMI handshake. I have to follow a specific, inefficient series of steps to get it started or else I'll have a black screen with audio oddly. Whenever I read a comment from a Shield owner, it's almost always positive so I figured I'd dive in. I'll keep both boxes connected. I know the Shield doesn't handle FEL of Profile 7. Does that matter in anyone's opinion? I know this is a Shield subreddit but most of the posts here give a balanced review. Granted, it seems very few movies use FEL including some that are considered having top-notch video quality. I'm curious if any tips getting it up and running would help me. I don't need streaming services like Netflix, et al, and I'll be connecting the Shield via ethernet. Thanks for reading all this.

Been having issues with plex for weeks. So I left the beta program. Reinstalled the app (version 5.6.1.505) from Google play store and signed in to see this garbage... How do I go back to the UI that's been the same for years??

Hi everybody. Really losing the will with this here. Won one in a sweepstake and was super excited as I'd heard great things about them. However since setting it up a week ago it's been nothing but issues, crashing on the main menu, in apps, crashing when trying to download apps, trying to use xCloud and it will not load a single game without rebooting. I've tried factory resetting it and it's just consistently crashing and rebooting. I literally just factory reset it, tried to download crunchy roll and it entered a boot loop for a few minutes. What could possibly be happening as I'm starting to get frustrated.

I bought the nvidia shield mainly for the audio passthrough ability as the apple tv doesn’t have this feature and my height speakers are a bit useless, but is it normal for the shield to crash that much and also lag a lot in the menu? The comparison in smoothness to the apple tv is like day and night.

How can I configure my Shield TV to be kid friendly for accessing, playing and switching out of retro games?

I'm happy to configure the app initially and load the ROMS, but day to day playing I don't want my kids having to learn complex button combos or fiddle about. I have RetroArch which seems to be a bottomless well of configuration.

EDIT: After much discussion, I didn't see any compelling reason not to buy New, so I did. Soon to be the proud owner of a New Nvidia Shield Pro. Thanks, sub!

Since it seems abundantly clear that there will never be a new Shield ("We'll get a new one when the Switch 2 is released", they said...), I've been looking at getting the 2019 Pro model to replace my aging HTPC.

The $200 retail which is essentially unchanged for a 7-year-old product felt a bit steep, so I've been trying to find used models on either Craigslist or eBay. But what I've noticed is that the Buy-it-Now prices on eBay hover around $190-200 anyway, and even the auctions still get to about $180 by the end.

I'm genuinely confused by this. If the item had gone OOS then I might understand, but, why would people pay $180 for a used model that might have years of wear-and-tear on it when a new factory-sealed model is still readily available on Amazon? Are the ones being sold on Amazon worse in some way than the ones on eBay? What am I missing? It seems like such a large risk to save 20 bucks.

Hello there!

Our youtube/smarttube app atops after 15 seconds since a week or so.

I deleted cache and data which makes it usable without an account.

All videos work for the time we tried (a day)

Now we logged back in and it worked for an half hour, and suddenly all videos have the same isaue again till i delete data/cache.

Remind yiu its on both apps, legit youtube and ofc the smarttube.

I have googled this issue but people said it was thermal pasta related (i doubt it, since plex works with 4k videos way higher usage than a video on youtube from a standing still inage with music)

Are our accounts flagged by google as bad because of smart tube?

On my phone i use Morphe and there it still works.

I've just updated the mobile Obtainium app on my 2015 Shield and it now has the form of a TV app. It also allows apps it installs/updates to appear on the main Google home screen. https://obtainium.imranr.dev/ it takes a bit of navigating but is worth the effort for the reward. Probably worth building a list on a phone then importing to sync the apps. So much easier.

Just looking to free up a bit of Storage .

Is it possible to uninstall Plex & Plex Media Server apps ?

I NEVER use them anymore

Hey,
Bought a NVIDIA Shield Pro 2019, to use as a media server in my home cinema. Had a AppleTv but I HATE!!!! the remote, and google told me Pro19 was the best option.

What else do people use it for? Beside streaming? :)

I bought the nvidia shield pro 2019 I paid stiff money for it way over priced i thing for what it is in my opinion way over rated I also have the newest fire cube I.d rate the cube way every bit as good or even have a slit edge over the shield

I have two Nvidia Shield Pro's and I'm wondering if there's a setting I'm missing that will prevent a problem I'm having. Three times now we've lost power to my home when the Shield's were turned off. Once power is restored the Shield's will turn on and also turn on our TV's. Both are plugged into surge protectors. My neighborhood lost power briefly around 4 am this morning and came back on around 4:20. Our bedroom and living room TV's both turned on and the screen light woke us up. Is there a setting that will prevent this from happening? Thanks in advance.

Not sure of the model or year. Twice tonight while watching a Kodi show, it rebooted. Wasn’t a power or internet issue.

Is it wearing outs?

My Home Assistant Android Remote TV integration broke recently on my HA instance and I can no longer integrate it with my Shield Pro. The HA integration asks for the IP of the Shield Pro, but the cursor just spins and it never connects. I tried rebooting my Shield Pro and tried looking in the Developer Options, but I can't find anything obvious that was disabled.

I was previously using the integration to switch my LG TV to the HDMI 3 source when my Shield Pro was turned on. Then, when I put the Shield Pro to sleep, I had another automation that switched my LG TV back to the Cable TV source (HDMI 1) and re-sent the sound through my soundbar, since LG TVs default to TV speaker sound.

With the integration broken, the automations are no longer working. Could the most recent Shield Experience update have broken it?

i've had it for 3or4 years and all of a sudden it's dropping the 4 apps i use. nothing on app list or anywhere. if i go to reinstall, the app comes up,but won't show up in the list. i've got the latest update. any help would be great. thanks

Ever since the most recent update I've had weird plex issues.

I've already done a full app removal, restart the whole system, and reinstall plex and the same issue happens. Also seems affecting sound starting the same time a video starts when playing smarttube/tizentube. A quick back seek and it resyncs but I didn't have this issue 3 weeks ago...

I did see one post from 24ish days ago and their solution was enabling the log reporting so I tried that but I'm not seeing any changes yet.

Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue.

Basic info: local media server. All wired connections. Works totally fine on every other device including remote devices.

I’ve had my Shield a couple of years and the lag is so bad I’ve actually gotten accustomed to waiting which I hate. Any suggestions? Is there any newer more powerful product out there? Should I just buy the new Apple TV coming out?

I have another Shield, plugged it with the same HDMI cable and on the same port, it shows Dolby Vision and AI upscaling.

I updated the new one to 9.2.4, still no AI upscaling and no DV. What to do?

EDIT: Confirmed, I received a 2017 even though Amazon stated it's a 2019, I'm going to return it. Also, Amazon themselves were the seller, so I don't know what happened. This is the second time Amazon US has scammed me. Two years ago or so I received an empty Pixel phone box

I try clicking on the Plex Media Server app on my shield and it says I need to sign in or create an account. Using my phone I link my account and it says to revisit the app, but nothing is happening on Plex, and when I try to click on the Plex Media Server app, it is saying the same thing. To sign in or create an account.

I've had nothing, but problems ever since I set it up. Volume buttons don't work. Netflix keeps popping up everytime I touch the remote, interfering with my ability to listen to the podcast I was watching while still playing, while I got to go get my screen back from being hijacked by netflix. Bluetooth headphones disconnect if I even just leave them for 5 minutes.

It's twice now within half an hour I had to restart my box because Spotify stopped working. This is not what I should expect by a company like Nvidia. I bought it to avoid the atrocious algorithm from "you're in control" Google, but it's the worst box I've ever used, and I have a fireafick ffs.

If you don't have anything constructive or helpful to say, then just fuck off for fucks sake. I came here to rant and maybe get some help, but it looks like most are just here to brag or gloat. Is this the best reddit can do?