Connect your USB storage device to SHIELD (SHIELD 2015 owners may also use the SD Card) a. (Optional) Adopt your storage to SHIELD 2. Open PLEX on your SHIELD and go to Settings - PLEX Media Server - Storage location 3. Select the storage location a. Adopted storage: Select Internal (user accessible location) b. SHIELD One of the NVIDIA SHIELD's most impressive capabilities is running a Plex media server, something that isn't usually possible on a streaming set-top box. But some users have had issues with. Mar 17, 2021 Plex Media Server running on NVIDIA SHIELD is a full-fledged server. Due to the nature of the device, there are a few things which might affect how you use the server, so you should be aware of them.
With the latest update to the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV, it can be used as a Plex Media Server. This allows you to use the SHIELD TV as a hub for all of your media. Anything you store on the SHIELD TV can be accessed remotely with the Plex app on your phone, tablet, and PC. Setting up the Plex Media Server is a breeze. Pretty much everything comes pre-installed once you've received the 3.2 update.
In this guide, we'll show you how to set up the Plex Media Server on your SHIELD TV. We'll also tell you how to access your SHIELD TV's files from your PC so you can easily drag and drop between the devices.
Step-by-Step Setup
- Install the Plex Media Server app on your SHIELD TV. It may already be installed. If not, send it to your SHIELD TV from the web.
- Note: Plex Media Server will not show up in the apps list on the home screen
- Open the main Plex app
- Select Settings > Plex Media Server to begin the setup
- Make sure Enable Plex Media Server is checked and click NEXT
- Click NEXT to allow Plex to create default libraries (movies, TV shows, music, photos, etc)
- Give Plex permission to access the storage on your SHIELD TV
- Click NEXT to setup the server
- After a few minutes, setup will be complete. Click FINISH
Plex will automatically add any files on your SHIELD TV to the appropriate categories. Everything on your SHIELD TV can be accessed remotely with the Plex app.
Share SHIELD TV folders with PC
There are a few different ways to add media to the device. You can plug in a USB drive or a hard drive, but the easiest method is to drag and drop wirelessly from your PC to the SHIELD TV. Here's how to do it.
- On the SHIELD TV, go to Settings > Device > Storage & reset > Access SHIELD folders on PC
- Turn it on and take note of the username and password
- On a Windows PC, open Windows Explorer
- Select Network
- Your SHIELD TV will be listed under Computer
- Connect and enter the username and password
- Now you can see the SHIELD TV file system and drag and drop files between devices
That's all there is to it. You can use your SHIELD TV as the central hub for media in your home. Save space on your PC by storing everything on the SHIELD TV. It's all accessible with the Plex app and website.
Share SHIELD TV folders with PC
There are a few different ways to add media to the device. You can plug in a USB drive or a hard drive, but the easiest method is to drag and drop wirelessly from your PC to the SHIELD TV. Here's how to do it.
- On the SHIELD TV, go to Settings > Device > Storage & reset > Access SHIELD folders on PC
- Turn it on and take note of the username and password
- On a Windows PC, open Windows Explorer
- Select Network
- Your SHIELD TV will be listed under Computer
- Connect and enter the username and password
- Now you can see the SHIELD TV file system and drag and drop files between devices
That's all there is to it. You can use your SHIELD TV as the central hub for media in your home. Save space on your PC by storing everything on the SHIELD TV. It's all accessible with the Plex app and website.
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By default, PLEX Media Server will use internal storage to store library information data (thumbnails, movie information, additional metadata) on SHIELD. Additionally, the new storage will be used as temporary storage used for transcoding and recording DVR'd content. PLEX users with 16BG SHIELD and very large libraries may find this feature useful if they are running low on storage for other apps or to download software updates.
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Migrating your PLEX Server storage location
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- Make sure your PLEX and PLEX Media Server apps have been updated to the latest version.
- Connect your USB storage device to SHIELD (SHIELD 2015 owners may also use the SD Card)
- (Optional) Adopt your storage to SHIELD
- Open PLEX on your SHIELD and go to Settings -> PLEX Media Server -> Storage location
- Select the storage location
- Adopted storage:Select Internal (user accessible location)
- Removable storage:Select the storage device by volume name
- Wait for migration process to complete (may take several minutes, depending on the size of your library)
