Can any one (lon) tell me how to move an existing Server (On a PC) to my new Shield Pro. I want one server to live on the shield , no servers on my PC and I wnat to avoid having to redownload all the meta data etc ... help?
Did you use audio compression for this video? It is very tiring to listen to, and this is not from the content. I wonder what you did? maybe hard limiter?
Could you make a video about remote access please? I've got Nvidia Shield 2019 and 2TB external SSD. Nvidia Shield is connected by Ethernet cable. I did port forwarding on my router but remote access never works. An Plex pass user. I feel Plex is irresponsible that they do not have customer service and leave everything to Forum.
Thank you for making this video, i am vision impaired and learning as i go , i have switch to LINUX , as in arch-linux and wanted to setup plex , and came accross this video and allso have a 2017 nvidia shiels so i followed your video and i was succesfull in setting up my plex server using a 4TB external drive evertthing was going great intill the part ,,, to add media to the drive with out unplugin it ,, the instrutions to do so on the video, you was using a windows computer, do you have a video giving instrutions for LINUX i have tryed , and have been unsuccesfull can you lead me in the right dirrection
I have Nvidia Shield Pro....but...i think...my computer probably just has USB 2.0 so I assume I just need to get a USB 2.0 external harddrive??? I also have a ipad pro 2020....can I get movies off the ipad pro? probably not.
Still holds up to this day, thanks man. Here are some issues I came across and how I fixed them: Plex Media Failed to Setup: I went on the web page and removed the server, when setting up the server on the Plex/Shield again I UNTICKED the box that asked if it wanted to create library folders for me. app plex tv is unable to connect to SHIELD: I stopped using the html web page and downloaded the Plex app for Windows (or Mac) - on initial launch/sign in it will give you a list of the folders on the Shield, remove what you wish but make sure to follow the steps in this video to add the folder with your media. Lastly, enjoy your movies!
Thanks. This was simple and to the point, and most importantly, it saved me the time to get the folder name, etc... on my own. I especially appreciated your important reminder that the Nvidia Shield pro will find it difficult to run the PMS and play games at the same time. The mounting of the external HD was relatively intuitive, but I do wish you could have shown how to mount external storage on the network. Some comments have mentioned a NAS, which may not be so difficult, if you know how to set the IP address of the NAS to static on a router. For me, I'm considering adding storage directly to my router, because it seems convenient; but, at the same time, it might more challenging. (It might also be the wrong decision for my LAN.) Anyway, thanks again.
Ok, I’m convinced. I’ve tried other options and now I’m ready. No more buffering, no more unsupported codecs. I’m going to get the shield pro next time I’ve got funds.
I've had to do a fresh install of my server because I didn't have Plex Media Server showing up, follow these steps and there still isn't a Plex Media Server option. Any ideas?
I stopped my Plex server to revive the HDD. When connect the HDD and went back to enable the Plex server there was no such option on settings. It has the Plex media server section but the options below it are gone. How do I restart the Plex server on my NVIDIA Shield Pro?
I set up Plex on my Nvidia Shield, and it is working great. I had the meta data put on the HD with the videos. If I take the NS to our cabin in New Mexico, where we don't have internet, will it still show the movies and the data for the movies there? It didn't seem to work. Is there some setting that needs to be changed for it to work w/o internet? Thanks
This option is no longer available when I launch plex on my shield ever since the latest update where they made plex a standard app that comes with the shield. Does anyone know how to set up a media server on the shield as of the latest update?
Ryan Porter ran into this same issue tonight on my shield... I deleted the app and the server. I then downloaded and installed the media server from the play store. Then downloaded and installed the plex app. On first opening the plex app I skipped the login and I enabled use the plex media server. It will then prompt you to login and link your account but it works again. Very odd though
I connected my external hdd to the router and mounted the network storage on shield. The speed is much better than sending files to storage attached physically to shield. Plex is able to detect the external hdd after it was mounted on shield
Thanks for this Plex Nvidia Shield Pro video. It was highly informative. I'm contemplating getting a Shield Pro and using Plex for my extensive MKV HEVC (4K) and AVC (FHD) DTS 5.1 and HD MA 7.1 movie collection on USB drives, connected to a TV via a Pioneer receiver. However, I've been really confused by commentary that suggests that Plex doesn't support mkv or DTS (only mp4 and ac3, aac, and mp3). I'd hate to get the Shield Pro and Plex and find my usb drive collection of movies either incompatible or compromised by transcoding. I noticed in your video that when you loaded up your initial couple of Star Wars video files into the Plex Library folder, they were both MKV containers with DTS HD MA 6.1 audio streams. Can you set me straight on that. Would those video files play through Plex in that MKV format and with the full DTS audio?
Note: If you connect an external drive to expand storage when this is already enabled, you will need to turn storage access off then on again so the new drive is available on the network
I have this video bookmarked and over the last 2 years used time after time when i have a problem with plex and it has saved me several times to check if there are errors with my plex on my nvida and computer . Thanks again from The Netherlands for making this video and making plex understandeble for me !!
Was trying to move some music media over to the usb stick that plex is using but have not figured it out yet on Linux Mint. In the meantime...I have a powered usb hub that the plex stick is on and I just copy what I want onto another drive...plug it in and then copy the media over to the plex stick for now. 12:44 I removed mine without shutting down and it does corrupt the data and I had to start it over. I also noticed that when running a vpn the server shuts down. So I've learned that if I'm going to take out the drive...shut down my vpn, THEN shut down the server, then remove the drive.
Hi when I go to add storage location on the desktop there is only an option for sd card my hardive does not get picked up and is plugged into the shield everything is running anyone got any help here?
This is without doubt the best info on how to load your content. Really well done mate . Great info and thanks for your time and hard work. Hello from Australia.
I have got the 2017 Shield and I can't find in Plex setting there where I can change the storage in the settings my server is running and I tried to reset my Shield still the same can you tell me what I am doing wrong thank's ????????????????????
Hi. I got a problem. I tried to move my pms to my external storage. But in the PMS data storage location, I don't see any External Drive Name option. It only showed Internal System storage location and Internal user accessible storage location. Ive tried alot of ways by reinstall PMS, tried different external drive, but still .. failed .. i dont want my media to store in the jnternal shield storage. Please help me.
Haven't seen any mention of the potential risks of enabling SMB1 in Windows. For security reasons, Microsoft recommends that you disable SMB1 immediately. Ransomware targets the vulnerabilities of the SMB service of the Windows operating system to propagate. To defend yourself against WannaCrypt ransomware it is imperative that you disable SMB1 as well as install the patches released by Microsoft. When you use SMB1, you lose key protections offered by later SMB protocol versions: Pre-authentication Integrity (SMB 3.1.1+). Protects against security downgrade attacks. Secure Dialect Negotiation (SMB 3.0, 3.02). Protects against security downgrade attacks. Encryption (SMB 3.0+). Prevents inspection of data on the wire, MiTM attacks. In SMB 3.1.1 encryption performance is even better than signing! Insecure guest auth blocking (SMB 3.0+ on Windows 10+) . Protects against MiTM attacks. Better message signing (SMB 2.02+). HMAC SHA-256 replaces MD5 as the hashing algorithm in SMB 2.02, SMB 2.1 and AES-CMAC replaces that in SMB 3.0+. Signing performance increases in SMB2 and 3. For more see www.tenforums.com/tutorials/107605-enable-disable-smb1-file-sharing-protocol-windows.html
Has anyone tried this without a PLEX account? I use PLEX all the time on ROKU to a windows server and it never has made me have a PLEX account to login to a local server and I prefer it that way.
Thank you so much! I just got an Nvidia Shield Pro primarily to set it up as a Plex server but had no idea what to do. Your video helped me to do just that, plus network it to my PC. Thanks again. Your video was spectacular and easy to follow, plus you have a good on screen presence. This was just what I needed, thanks.
AWESOME tutorial Lon. LOved it. very informative. I mght think about adding a Shield Pro to my list of things to get for my Home Theater. Right now just using my MYCloud EX2 Ultra for music (FLAC) streamig but I dont really do the video thing as I have my blurays when I need to play them so not a big deal. my MyCloud isnt powerful enough for movie hardware transcoding but thats cool if the Shield is and I can also use it as a game machine to play those old school retro games. I already have a PS4 and a Roku Ultra for movie streaming services but the Shield is nice as well. WIll have to save up. Keep up all the great amazing tutorials you do on your channel. One of the best of all time for sure!
Woah, I didn't know I could put my data on the Nvidia Shield folder to access it via my network (duh). I have been plugging and unplugging my drive back and forth to add movies. Now I know why I am breaking the server when I unplug it when I had the meta data on it. Guess I will put it on another drive bc the Shield was filling up when I moved it back. Until I get a NAS this is a work around at least. Thank you sooo much.
Good video as always. One question. I bought a My Passport 2 TB storage. Not sure if it needs to be formatted. I will use my Mac to accress the server most of the time. Also how do a direct the apps on thee Video to be stored on the external drive.
Thank you so much! A marvellous video tutorial. I started with zero knowledge, but with your help, I’ve successfully configured and mapped Plex to the Shield. Thanks once again.
I ran my Nvidia Shield as a PLEX Server with an 8TB Seagate external drive with 2 Streams running simultaneously for just over a year with NO issues. I just needed more space for stuff and went to a Win 10 Server with 48TB, because you can never have enough space! = )
I have an Nvidia Shield TV Pro and have set it all up multipel times, but when I go to the settings screen the two icons under "PLEX MEDIA SERVER" (one wih the version number and one called "Storage location") are just missing. I've tried clering the date and cache, and evern starting the whole process over. Anyone know how to fix this?
Another great video Lon, well done. So, I have a request. Utilizing the latest releases of Plex Media Server and Plex Media Player. Can we get a step by step setup on getting Live TV and DVR running with recorded shows saved to a folder in a NAS Attached device and to your local iMac or MacBook drive as an alternative. I cannot find a way to save recordings to a folder of my choice other than to save it to the default and then move it. I Know you have done one before, but the videos youy have done on this date back and the screens do not seem to match...most likely me, but I'd really like ot get this to work with my HomeRun.
I've had 3 of these things now and this is by far the best...have no idea whats happening with the hardware reporting it the exact same as the the previous Shield TV...But i find this one to be faster around the menus, everything much smoother and Plex has been the best it has ever been for me...i used to get crashes on the others. It would also take ages to start a movie. This one just seems to be perfect.
Under plex media server there are no entries at all. I had it working but one day it just disappeared. I don't suppose you know how to get this working please? All I can do at the moment is sign in using my desktop PC and stream it to my Nvidia Shield. Previously, I had a hard drive where I ran my media from. **EDIT** I have uninstalled the plex app on Google Play store and installed it again and now it has appeared.
I dont get the option to use my wd to store the plex metadata like Lon gets on his plex...and my shield doesn't give me the credentials to login and just keeps loading...anyone with the same problem?
I just came by to say how much I appreciate your video and instructions. I was a fool for running back and forth with the usb cable to add and remove media.... lol your method is going to be a game changer for me. Really grateful.
Everytime nvidia shield update my plex server crashed have to uninstall plex server and start over all I using external hard drive for my media please help [SHIELD Android TV is currently unavailable Verify you have a network connection and that the server is online, or see our tips for further assistance]
My nVidia Shield TV Pro 2019 connects directly to the TV and fed via the Internet and HDHomeRun Flex 4K ATSC 3.0. I have an old Dell XPS 8700 with 32GB and a high-end nVidia video running Windows 11 with a 1TB SSD that transcodes very well, and works across the Internet via VPN as well. I was thinking about moving the Plex server to the nVidia Shield to eliminate any dependency on the PC being up. I'll think a while longer. I may leave the Shield as a client, and set up Plex as a service on the PC so when it gets rebooted like after an update, it auto-loads Plex for when I'm living abroad. Thanks!
Thank you for the information on how to add new tv show and movies to the mass storage device. Best explanation yet. A little fast but I was able to stop and go as needed. Great instructional video
Amazing video! Anytime I recommend the Shield TV to a friend for Plex purposes, Im always sure to share this video as well. Super informative and relevant today, even with it being two years since it was first uploaded. Thank you for making this. Truly!
HELP PLEASE :) - after installing Plex on Nvidia Shield PRO 2019 application did not ask me about setting up 'plex media server'. In Plex setting PLEX MEDIA SERVER option in locked. Any ideas? Thank you for your help!
Updated answer: DON'T SET UP A PLEX SERVER ON NVIDIA SHIELD TV. NVidia has pushed out an update to all Shield TVs that basically destroys Plex functionality. They're still scratching their heads. (Breaks functionality to many other apps and games also.) Plex is also scratching their heads. Basically: Go with a Synology NAS instead. I wasted about $200 on the Shield TV a couple months ago and I WISH I'd invested that into a Synology instead.
how do you start a PMS when there is no Running/Start option in the settings, I have the server running with a added storage location ,but thats not showing either , it's running as my friend can connect and watch my videos,,, really confused as to whats going on , I have thisproblem on two separate shield's on is brand new, purchased 03/24. both are shield pro tv, 16gb, not the round shield, as I only brought these for PLEX
mmmm. What's wrong with my 26TB of possible movie storage on my Network ? Why do I want another point of failure, a separate SSD or HD, plugged into the Plex TV Sheild Pro. I don't. I've largely given up on Plex (PMS) on a reasonably powerful PC because of nightmarish Transcoding issues. I'm putting the PMS on the Nvidia box as a last-ditch attempt to avoid transcoding issues via the PC. Or I'll go back to 2014 and pretend that media servers do not exist. PMS worked so well in its early days. As the Plex Empire sought to run on every flavour of SW & HW in the known world... its reliability has rendered it mostly unusable.
How was I unsubscribed.... What is going on Yt? Well of course i'm back, re-subbed ... Lon keep posting the great videos! Even though this is old, your video helped me w the plex server years later after i've owned my pro since 2019, Thanks again.
I have a Nvidia Shield with External 1Tb SSD Drive, SQY Q Router with UPNP Enabled, Yamaha CRX N470D Music Center. I have succesfully accessed Plex Media Server running on my Shield for over two years had initial problems until found needed to enable DLNA on Plex Server. It has now stopped working and the Yamaha can only see my networked PC. The Plex Media Server is running on Shield as can attach from PC or my phone. I have checked with Sky and they have not updated my router any ideas?
Hi Lon. Denmark here 🇩🇰 Great video.👍. I am using a Qnap server only to Plex. But do to the security issue, whit Qnap I want to move to NVIDIA. How about remote access.. is that good on Shield.. Best regards Jim Denmark 😁👍
Hello. Great video, sure helped a lot. I have an additional question though. Will nvidia shield tv pro + plex media server will recognize simultaneously everything connected from an usb hub (5 external hard drives + 1 dongle for keyboard+mouse) sonce it's only connected through one of the two USB drives of the shield? Thanks in advance for the help.
Hi, I watched one of your tube clips on using an external drive and Nvidia together on the network. I have a 2021 Nvidia shield and windows 10 as well as an 2T external drive. We are moving, I will set up Ethernet connections to 4 TV's. Can I set these up with multiple Nvidia's as nd all access the same drive, or would you suggest any alternatives. Thanks, Fred Goldman.
This was a great video. Question for you. I plugged in my external drive to the shield so it could make that Nvidea folder, but once I plug it back into my Mac, I go to transfer some stuff into that folder, and I get an error message saying it won't work. Error message -50. Any idea how to fix it?
anyone elses network sheild connection to windows 10 pc not working anymore after the latest Sheild Pro update ? I'd love to see how to get it working again.
thx very much for setting up Plex. I could replicate 99% of what you showed me but that last 1 % erghh. In short Nvidia shield TV pro + ext usb ssd ( not as an extension of internal storage) and plex installed. In W10 on Pc in network I can see the SHIELD and the.USB ssd Both drives have the important NVIDIA_SHIELD folder. I can drag and drop files from PC to SHIELD but windows cannot access the ext drive, whatever I tried in 6 hrs following you tube and forums advice.
This has been driving me insane - do I have to run a copy of the media server on a PC as well? I can't see any of my media on the Shield, it tells me I need to add my media by downloading the server onto the device that has my media on it -which is an external hard drive attached to Shield. When I go to the Plex website and log in, I see an option on the left column for "YOUR MEDIA", but when I click on it, I'm told to "GET PLEX MEDIA SERVER". The original idea here was to move the server off my PC and onto the Shield, but this has been a huge PITA.
The Nvidia Shield doesn't do MKV containers, does it? I have three HD's in a DAS and all my movie files are MKV. Now what? The shield doesn't seem to have a problem with my FLAC files, though. Thanks Matt. EDIT: Strike what I said about FLAC files. I get the cover art but the files won't play! Ahhhh!
I've 2 hard drives on shield one as internal memory and other as removable with all my movies / tv shows but I cant upload that to my plex it only seems to find the internal drive any suggestions would help from anyone thanks.
Sounds like the Nvidia Shield Pro is the right solution for me. Do you have any experience moving a server to this device, in particular one configured on a thumb drive as I have mine? I've been a Plex user for about a year now, running on a hoopty Windows 10 laptop, my libraries on a 4TB WD Passport, server on a 64GB thumb drive, streaming across the wireless network to a couple TVs and handheld devices. It's worked remarkable well considering. Most of the content on the thumb drive are the BIF files (about 24GB) that contain all the thumbnails (I like that stuff). I periodically robocopy to another WD Passport as my backup. Not fancy but it works. I should mention I live in Việt Nam so things like running cable, availability of hardware and so on are more difficult. Your video answered most of my questions, but I'm wondering if it will recognize those GUID.bundle folders (I'm assuming they're GUIDs) and the BIF files they contain. I am really hoping to avoid having them recreate them. It hammers the shit out of the drive for about 48 hours. I'm anticipating I will need to let Shield reformat the thumb drive after which I'll reintegrate the contents back into whatever structure it creates for the Plex Server. I have no intention of reformatting the Passport. Anything you could suggest or additional information you could point me to would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
At around 9 mins im a bit stuck. My only option is the SD card, even though ive got the HD plugged into the NVIDIA with the movies folder in the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder. Any ideas what I might have done wrong?
Wierd.. I have my Nvidia Shield Tv Pro hooked up correctly, but transferring files from PC to Shield over network has been so slow (500KB - 1 MB/s). I saw in this vid that it is going very fast for Lon.. any tips? Everything is connected via Ethernet to my Gigabit connection.
Great video, very easy to follow! At first I thought it had put an end to the hours of frustration I was having trying to set it up. But when I unplugged the external drive and connected it to my computer to move the movies folder there is no NVIDIA Shield folder. Not sure where to put the movies folder now. Any suggestions? Thanks
First time I followed this guide it all worked fine but now I was gonna do it again I never get NVIDIA_SHIELD folder on my SSD drive unless I chose to point the plex storage to the SSD while it's connected.. And when I then unplug the SSD from the shield and into the computer and try to move a movies folder into the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder I either get a direct error message in windows or the folder dissappears when I plug the SSD back into the shield. Does somebody know what is wrong? I've used the SSD before for this and it worked.
Finally a thorough how-to. Thank you!
You are my new hero, just saved the day (week and year), everything went smooth after watching your video. Thank you :)
I definitely recommend not setting up external drive as internal storage. If you do, you’ll have to reformat it if you connect it to a pc
how do you get around this issue?
Would that be why my external drive keeps crashing and needing to be repaired
To make moving files easier, you can create a new network location from the Windows Explorer. Located to the nvidia shields folder on that ip
That's exactly what I did, it is so much more efficient.
Is there a video that shows what you’re talking about? Or do you have the steps?
Can you please do a video on how to move a database from the old shield to the new shield to start a new Plex server with the same metadata
Can any one (lon) tell me how to move an existing Server (On a PC) to my new Shield Pro. I want one server to live on the shield , no servers on my PC and I wnat to avoid having to redownload all the meta data etc ... help?
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Lenny Lacey I would ne Interested in this too!
Did you use audio compression for this video? It is very tiring to listen to, and this is not from the content. I wonder what you did? maybe hard limiter?
Great video. Do you think it is better to use plex or Kodi with the shield, if I only want to watch movies at home?
i have an easystore 18TB wd drive that has the plex storage. I just got a replacement same item. Can i just copy the files from the old to the new?
Linus from LTT linked this video on his new PLEX video
how much external drive storage can this nvidia handle ? like 8TB portable drive will do it ?
What a great video. Thank you so much for this tutorial!!!
If I have a folder with several TV shows episodes in it, will PLEX mark the episodes I've seen?
Could you make a video about remote access please? I've got Nvidia Shield 2019 and 2TB external SSD. Nvidia Shield is connected by Ethernet cable. I did port forwarding on my router but remote access never works. An Plex pass user. I feel Plex is irresponsible that they do not have customer service and leave everything to Forum.
Thank you for making this video, i am vision impaired and learning as i go , i have switch to LINUX , as in arch-linux and wanted to setup plex , and came accross this video and allso have a 2017 nvidia shiels so i followed your video and i was succesfull in setting up my plex server using a 4TB external drive evertthing was going great intill the part ,,, to add media to the drive with out unplugin it ,, the instrutions to do so on the video, you was using a windows computer, do you have a video giving instrutions for LINUX i have tryed , and have been unsuccesfull can you lead me in the right dirrection
Thank you for the best and most in depth reviews on TH-cam. Really good stuff
Agree
I have Nvidia Shield Pro....but...i think...my computer probably just has USB 2.0 so I assume I just need to get a USB 2.0 external harddrive??? I also have a ipad pro 2020....can I get movies off the ipad pro? probably not.
Hi! A bit late here. But quick question: instead of using an external hard drive, can we configure the Shield to get files from a home FreeNAS server?
WTF, we're less than a week away from 2020, and the Nvidia Shield still requires use of SMB v1?
And it works just fine? WOW
sselfless Yeah but the concern is that SMB v1 opens you up to some potential security issues.
Thank you!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Great job! I also love the wall of nostalgia behind you. I hit subscribe
Super job on explaining things on this video. Awesome job! Thank you!
I don't understand why they haven't updated the shield to use SMBv3 yet.
do you know how to do that? or is there another youtube video which shows it how to do latest?
Still holds up to this day, thanks man. Here are some issues I came across and how I fixed them:
Plex Media Failed to Setup: I went on the web page and removed the server, when setting up the server on the Plex/Shield again I UNTICKED the box that asked if it wanted to create library folders for me.
app plex tv is unable to connect to SHIELD: I stopped using the html web page and downloaded the Plex app for Windows (or Mac) - on initial launch/sign in it will give you a list of the folders on the Shield, remove what you wish but make sure to follow the steps in this video to add the folder with your media.
Lastly, enjoy your movies!
Thanks. This was simple and to the point, and most importantly, it saved me the time to get the folder name, etc... on my own. I especially appreciated your important reminder that the Nvidia Shield pro will find it difficult to run the PMS and play games at the same time.
The mounting of the external HD was relatively intuitive, but I do wish you could have shown how to mount external storage on the network.
Some comments have mentioned a NAS, which may not be so difficult, if you know how to set the IP address of the NAS to static on a router. For me, I'm considering adding storage directly to my router, because it seems convenient; but, at the same time, it might more challenging. (It might also be the wrong decision for my LAN.)
Anyway, thanks again.
Hi Lon, can you do a follow up where the DB is on the external drive but the media is on your NAS , maybe using NFS? Thanks
Yeah - a NFS add in would be suuper cool; But i guess you need to root the shield to get NFS or SMB support for the library
Ok, I’m convinced. I’ve tried other options and now I’m ready. No more buffering, no more unsupported codecs. I’m going to get the shield pro next time I’ve got funds.
Any idea how many concurrent 1080p streams the Shield can handle?
I've read 2-3 without any problems.
I've had to do a fresh install of my server because I didn't have Plex Media Server showing up, follow these steps and there still isn't a Plex Media Server option. Any ideas?
Is there a way to move an existing server to the shield? Or to replicate it, I guess.
I stopped my Plex server to revive the HDD. When connect the HDD and went back to enable the Plex server there was no such option on settings.
It has the Plex media server section but the options below it are gone.
How do I restart the Plex server on my NVIDIA Shield Pro?
I set up Plex on my Nvidia Shield, and it is working great. I had the meta data put on the HD with the videos. If I take the NS to our cabin in New Mexico, where we don't have internet, will it still show the movies and the data for the movies there? It didn't seem to work. Is there some setting that needs to be changed for it to work w/o internet?
Thanks
This option is no longer available when I launch plex on my shield ever since the latest update where they made plex a standard app that comes with the shield. Does anyone know how to set up a media server on the shield as of the latest update?
Ryan Porter ran into this same issue tonight on my shield... I deleted the app and the server. I then downloaded and installed the media server from the play store. Then downloaded and installed the plex app. On first opening the plex app I skipped the login and I enabled use the plex media server. It will then prompt you to login and link your account but it works again. Very odd though
Excellent video. Transfering files to external storage attached to Shield via local network is so slow.
I connected my external hdd to the router and mounted the network storage on shield. The speed is much better than sending files to storage attached physically to shield. Plex is able to detect the external hdd after it was mounted on shield
Thanks for this Plex Nvidia Shield Pro video. It was highly informative.
I'm contemplating getting a Shield Pro and using Plex for my extensive MKV HEVC (4K) and AVC (FHD) DTS 5.1 and HD MA 7.1 movie collection on USB drives, connected to a TV via a Pioneer receiver. However, I've been really confused by commentary that suggests that Plex doesn't support mkv or DTS (only mp4 and ac3, aac, and mp3). I'd hate to get the Shield Pro and Plex and find my usb drive collection of movies either incompatible or compromised by transcoding.
I noticed in your video that when you loaded up your initial couple of Star Wars video files into the Plex Library folder, they were both MKV containers with DTS HD MA 6.1 audio streams. Can you set me straight on that. Would those video files play through Plex in that MKV format and with the full DTS audio?
Excellent. I was struggling with this setup. The info at Plex was very confusing but this was straightforward and easy to follow. Thanks!
This is perfect timing for me... new shield is coming and I was thinking about doing this
Note: If you connect an external drive to expand storage when this is already enabled, you will need to turn storage access off then on again so the new drive is available on the network
I guess this is outdated because I don’t get the same screens or menus
I have this video bookmarked and over the last 2 years used time after time when i have a problem with plex and it has saved me several times to check if there are errors with my plex on my nvida and computer .
Thanks again from The Netherlands for making this video and making plex understandeble for me !!
Can you use Google drive for tv and movies on plex?
Great video, thanks, but I think I got 1 step wrong. To save the Meta data only the Plex Media Server shows, no other device
Was trying to move some music media over to the usb stick that plex is using but have not figured it out yet on Linux Mint. In the meantime...I have a powered usb hub that the plex stick is on and I just copy what I want onto another drive...plug it in and then copy the media over to the plex stick for now. 12:44 I removed mine without shutting down and it does corrupt the data and I had to start it over. I also noticed that when running a vpn the server shuts down. So I've learned that if I'm going to take out the drive...shut down my vpn, THEN shut down the server, then remove the drive.
Hi when I go to add storage location on the desktop there is only an option for sd card my hardive does not get picked up and is plugged into the shield everything is running anyone got any help here?
This is without doubt the best info on how to load your content. Really well done mate . Great info and thanks for your time and hard work. Hello from Australia.
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I have got the 2017 Shield and I can't find in Plex setting there where I can change the storage in the settings my server is running and I tried to reset my Shield still the same can you tell me what I am doing wrong thank's ????????????????????
Plex media server is not connecting
It connected on my labtop but not on my shield...
Hi. I got a problem. I tried to move my pms to my external storage. But in the PMS data storage location, I don't see any External Drive Name option. It only showed Internal System storage location and Internal user accessible storage location. Ive tried alot of ways by reinstall PMS, tried different external drive, but still .. failed .. i dont want my media to store in the jnternal shield storage. Please help me.
Haven't seen any mention of the potential risks of enabling SMB1 in Windows. For security reasons, Microsoft recommends that you disable SMB1 immediately. Ransomware targets the vulnerabilities of the SMB service of the Windows operating system to propagate. To defend yourself against WannaCrypt ransomware it is imperative that you disable SMB1 as well as install the patches released by Microsoft.
When you use SMB1, you lose key protections offered by later SMB protocol versions:
Pre-authentication Integrity (SMB 3.1.1+). Protects against security downgrade attacks.
Secure Dialect Negotiation (SMB 3.0, 3.02). Protects against security downgrade attacks.
Encryption (SMB 3.0+). Prevents inspection of data on the wire, MiTM attacks. In SMB 3.1.1 encryption performance is even better than signing!
Insecure guest auth blocking (SMB 3.0+ on Windows 10+) . Protects against MiTM attacks.
Better message signing (SMB 2.02+). HMAC SHA-256 replaces MD5 as the hashing algorithm in SMB 2.02, SMB 2.1 and AES-CMAC replaces that in SMB 3.0+. Signing performance increases in SMB2 and 3. For more see www.tenforums.com/tutorials/107605-enable-disable-smb1-file-sharing-protocol-windows.html
Has anyone tried this without a PLEX account? I use PLEX all the time on ROKU to a windows server and it never has made me have a PLEX account to login to a local server and I prefer it that way.
Thank you so much! I just got an Nvidia Shield Pro primarily to set it up as a Plex server but had no idea what to do. Your video helped me to do just that, plus network it to my PC. Thanks again. Your video was spectacular and easy to follow, plus you have a good on screen presence. This was just what I needed, thanks.
AWESOME tutorial Lon. LOved it. very informative. I mght think about adding a Shield Pro to my list of things to get for my Home Theater. Right now just using my MYCloud EX2 Ultra for music (FLAC) streamig but I dont really do the video thing as I have my blurays when I need to play them so not a big deal. my MyCloud isnt powerful enough for movie hardware transcoding but thats cool if the Shield is and I can also use it as a game machine to play those old school retro games. I already have a PS4 and a Roku Ultra for movie streaming services but the Shield is nice as well. WIll have to save up. Keep up all the great amazing tutorials you do on your channel. One of the best of all time for sure!
Is there any way you could do the same setup process but using Linux for example I'm using zorin OS
Beautifully explained! Thanks mate!
Woah, I didn't know I could put my data on the Nvidia Shield folder to access it via my network (duh). I have been plugging and unplugging my drive back and forth to add movies. Now I know why I am breaking the server when I unplug it when I had the meta data on it. Guess I will put it on another drive bc the Shield was filling up when I moved it back. Until I get a NAS this is a work around at least. Thank you sooo much.
Is that a zx spectrum behind you? Awesome collection... Also thanks for the amazing in depth video... :)
Good video as always. One question. I bought a My Passport 2 TB storage. Not sure if it needs to be formatted. I will use my Mac to accress the server most of the time. Also how do a direct the apps on thee Video to be stored on the external drive.
Thank you so much!
A marvellous video tutorial.
I started with zero knowledge, but with your help, I’ve successfully configured and mapped Plex to the Shield.
Thanks once again.
I ran my Nvidia Shield as a PLEX Server with an 8TB Seagate external drive with 2 Streams running simultaneously for just over a year with NO issues. I just needed more space for stuff and went to a Win 10 Server with 48TB, because you can never have enough space! = )
I have an Nvidia Shield TV Pro and have set it all up multipel times, but when I go to the settings screen the two icons under "PLEX MEDIA SERVER" (one wih the version number and one called "Storage location") are just missing. I've tried clering the date and cache, and evern starting the whole process over. Anyone know how to fix this?
No Plex server on the cylinder and I assume no free setup using the Google Channel App and external (now microSD card) storage?
Hi! Will the speed of an external HDD drive suffice (E.g. Lacie)? Or would one need to use a SSD drive?
HDD should be fine
Another great video Lon, well done. So, I have a request. Utilizing the latest releases of Plex Media Server and Plex Media Player. Can we get a step by step setup on getting Live TV and DVR running with recorded shows saved to a folder in a NAS Attached device and to your local iMac or MacBook drive as an alternative. I cannot find a way to save recordings to a folder of my choice other than to save it to the default and then move it. I Know you have done one before, but the videos youy have done on this date back and the screens do not seem to match...most likely me, but I'd really like ot get this to work with my HomeRun.
I've had 3 of these things now and this is by far the best...have no idea whats happening with the hardware reporting it the exact same as the the previous Shield TV...But i find this one to be faster around the menus, everything much smoother and Plex has been the best it has ever been for me...i used to get crashes on the others. It would also take ages to start a movie. This one just seems to be perfect.
WOW!!!!! Thank you so so so much!! Made everything nice and simple... Shine On
Under plex media server there are no entries at all. I had it working but one day it just disappeared. I don't suppose you know how to get this working please? All I can do at the moment is sign in using my desktop PC and stream it to my Nvidia Shield. Previously, I had a hard drive where I ran my media from.
**EDIT** I have uninstalled the plex app on Google Play store and installed it again and now it has appeared.
I dont get the option to use my wd to store the plex metadata like Lon gets on his plex...and my shield doesn't give me the credentials to login and just keeps loading...anyone with the same problem?
I just came by to say how much I appreciate your video and instructions. I was a fool for running back and forth with the usb cable to add and remove media.... lol your method is going to be a game changer for me. Really grateful.
Thank you! Just what I have been looking for to get my plex server running via my shield.
Everytime nvidia shield update my plex server crashed have to uninstall plex server and start over all I using external hard drive for my media please help [SHIELD Android TV is currently unavailable
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Legend this method still works perfectly thank you
My nVidia Shield TV Pro 2019 connects directly to the TV and fed via the Internet and HDHomeRun Flex 4K ATSC 3.0. I have an old Dell XPS 8700 with 32GB and a high-end nVidia video running Windows 11 with a 1TB SSD that transcodes very well, and works across the Internet via VPN as well. I was thinking about moving the Plex server to the nVidia Shield to eliminate any dependency on the PC being up. I'll think a while longer. I may leave the Shield as a client, and set up Plex as a service on the PC so when it gets rebooted like after an update, it auto-loads Plex for when I'm living abroad. Thanks!
Well done. I just picked up the Shield Pro and this video really helped with the Plex setup....Thx
Thank you for the information on how to add new tv show and movies to the mass storage device. Best explanation yet. A little fast but I was able to stop and go as needed. Great instructional video
Amazing video! Anytime I recommend the Shield TV to a friend for Plex purposes, Im always sure to share this video as well.
Super informative and relevant today, even with it being two years since it was first uploaded.
Thank you for making this. Truly!
Appreciate the video. Great job. Easy to follow
SMB 1 is a major security risk, I think you should have mentioned that.
HELP PLEASE :) - after installing Plex on Nvidia Shield PRO 2019 application did not ask me about setting up 'plex media server'. In Plex setting PLEX MEDIA SERVER option in locked. Any ideas? Thank you for your help!
Thank you for this. Years later, still extremely helpful!
Updated answer: DON'T SET UP A PLEX SERVER ON NVIDIA SHIELD TV.
NVidia has pushed out an update to all Shield TVs that basically destroys Plex functionality. They're still scratching their heads. (Breaks functionality to many other apps and games also.)
Plex is also scratching their heads.
Basically: Go with a Synology NAS instead. I wasted about $200 on the Shield TV a couple months ago and I WISH I'd invested that into a Synology instead.
how do you start a PMS when there is no Running/Start option in the settings, I have the server running with a added storage location ,but thats not showing either , it's running as my friend can connect and watch my videos,,, really confused as to whats going on , I have thisproblem on two separate shield's on is brand new, purchased 03/24. both are shield pro tv, 16gb, not the round shield, as I only brought these for PLEX
mmmm. What's wrong with my 26TB of possible movie storage on my Network ? Why do I want another point of failure, a separate SSD or HD, plugged into the Plex TV Sheild Pro. I don't. I've largely given up on Plex (PMS) on a reasonably powerful PC because of nightmarish Transcoding issues. I'm putting the PMS on the Nvidia box as a last-ditch attempt to avoid transcoding issues via the PC. Or I'll go back to 2014 and pretend that media servers do not exist. PMS worked so well in its early days. As the Plex Empire sought to run on every flavour of SW & HW in the known world... its reliability has rendered it mostly unusable.
How was I unsubscribed.... What is going on Yt? Well of course i'm back, re-subbed ... Lon keep posting the great videos! Even though this is old, your video helped me w the plex server years later after i've owned my pro since 2019, Thanks again.
I have a Nvidia Shield with External 1Tb SSD Drive, SQY Q Router with UPNP Enabled, Yamaha CRX N470D Music Center. I have succesfully accessed Plex Media Server running on my Shield for over two years had initial problems until found needed to enable DLNA on Plex Server. It has now stopped working and the Yamaha can only see my networked PC. The Plex Media Server is running on Shield as can attach from PC or my phone. I have checked with Sky and they have not updated my router any ideas?
Hi Lon. Denmark here 🇩🇰
Great video.👍. I am using a Qnap server only to Plex. But do to the security issue, whit Qnap I want to move to NVIDIA.
How about remote access.. is that good on Shield..
Best regards Jim Denmark 😁👍
Trick or treat? This is definitely a treat.
Hello. Great video, sure helped a lot.
I have an additional question though. Will nvidia shield tv pro + plex media server will recognize simultaneously everything connected from an usb hub (5 external hard drives + 1 dongle for keyboard+mouse) sonce it's only connected through one of the two USB drives of the shield?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Hi,
I watched one of your tube clips on using an external drive and Nvidia together on the network.
I have a 2021 Nvidia shield and windows 10 as well as an 2T external drive.
We are moving, I will set up Ethernet connections to 4 TV's.
Can I set these up with multiple Nvidia's as nd all access the same drive, or would you suggest any alternatives.
Thanks,
Fred Goldman.
This was a great video. Question for you. I plugged in my external drive to the shield so it could make that Nvidea folder, but once I plug it back into my Mac, I go to transfer some stuff into that folder, and I get an error message saying it won't work. Error message -50. Any idea how to fix it?
Can the usb storage be 256gb or is there a limit?
@Anthony R thanks mate
anyone elses network sheild connection to windows 10 pc not working anymore after the latest Sheild Pro update ? I'd love to see how to get it working again.
thx very much for setting up Plex. I could replicate 99% of what you showed me but that last 1 % erghh. In short Nvidia shield TV pro + ext usb ssd ( not as an extension of internal storage) and plex installed. In W10 on Pc in network I can see the SHIELD and the.USB ssd Both drives have the important NVIDIA_SHIELD folder. I can drag and drop files from PC to SHIELD but windows cannot access the ext drive, whatever I tried in 6 hrs following you tube and forums advice.
This has been driving me insane - do I have to run a copy of the media server on a PC as well? I can't see any of my media on the Shield, it tells me I need to add my media by downloading the server onto the device that has my media on it -which is an external hard drive attached to Shield. When I go to the Plex website and log in, I see an option on the left column for "YOUR MEDIA", but when I click on it, I'm told to "GET PLEX MEDIA SERVER". The original idea here was to move the server off my PC and onto the Shield, but this has been a huge PITA.
The Nvidia Shield doesn't do MKV containers, does it? I have three HD's in a DAS and all my movie files are MKV. Now what?
The shield doesn't seem to have a problem with my FLAC files, though. Thanks Matt.
EDIT: Strike what I said about FLAC files. I get the cover art but the files won't play! Ahhhh!
I've 2 hard drives on shield one as internal memory and other as removable with all my movies / tv shows but I cant upload that to my plex it only seems to find the internal drive any suggestions would help from anyone thanks.
Thanks for the video. Do you have a video installing Emby on the Nvidia Shield?
Sounds like the Nvidia Shield Pro is the right solution for me. Do you have any experience moving a server to this device, in particular one configured on a thumb drive as I have mine?
I've been a Plex user for about a year now, running on a hoopty Windows 10 laptop, my libraries on a 4TB WD Passport, server on a 64GB thumb drive, streaming across the wireless network to a couple TVs and handheld devices. It's worked remarkable well considering. Most of the content on the thumb drive are the BIF files (about 24GB) that contain all the thumbnails (I like that stuff). I periodically robocopy to another WD Passport as my backup. Not fancy but it works. I should mention I live in Việt Nam so things like running cable, availability of hardware and so on are more difficult. Your video answered most of my questions, but I'm wondering if it will recognize those GUID.bundle folders (I'm assuming they're GUIDs) and the BIF files they contain. I am really hoping to avoid having them recreate them. It hammers the shit out of the drive for about 48 hours. I'm anticipating I will need to let Shield reformat the thumb drive after which I'll reintegrate the contents back into whatever structure it creates for the Plex Server. I have no intention of reformatting the Passport.
Anything you could suggest or additional information you could point me to would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
At around 9 mins im a bit stuck. My only option is the SD card, even though ive got the HD plugged into the NVIDIA with the movies folder in the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder. Any ideas what I might have done wrong?
Wierd.. I have my Nvidia Shield Tv Pro hooked up correctly, but transferring files from PC to Shield over network has been so slow (500KB - 1 MB/s). I saw in this vid that it is going very fast for Lon.. any tips? Everything is connected via Ethernet to my Gigabit connection.
Great video, very easy to follow! At first I thought it had put an end to the hours of frustration I was having trying to set it up. But when I unplugged the external drive and connected it to my computer to move the movies folder there is no NVIDIA Shield folder. Not sure where to put the movies folder now. Any suggestions? Thanks
First time I followed this guide it all worked fine but now I was gonna do it again I never get NVIDIA_SHIELD folder on my SSD drive unless I chose to point the plex storage to the SSD while it's connected.. And when I then unplug the SSD from the shield and into the computer and try to move a movies folder into the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder I either get a direct error message in windows or the folder dissappears when I plug the SSD back into the shield. Does somebody know what is wrong? I've used the SSD before for this and it worked.