r/nvidiashield

So I just purchased a TCL QM8L 85" that comes with google tv. It has 54GB rom and 4 ram installed. I can sideload all my apps including Projectivy launcher and the tv supports all the formats my shield has plus all the newer ones. I have verified all this info.

Make a case why should keep my shield?

On a side note, I ordered an L G c6h 77". When it arrived it turned on once then everytime after it showed a solid vertical green line in middle of black display, then it would turn off . Lg authorized a replacement but request was sitting at shipping warehouse for three days with no response to followup emails. So I decided to get a refund and found this gem.

I have a Synology NAS and a home theatre with a laser projector. I mainly watch high-quality 4K Blu-ray remuxes with Dolby TrueHD/Atmos and DTS-HD/DTS, thro' Plex.

Which would you recommend for the best local playback thro Plex: Homatics Box R 4K Plus or NVIDIA Shield TV Pro?

Everybody here is talking about Nvidia Shield dropping Frames DV Profile 7/FEL , Which worries me a lot. Is Dolby Vision Profile 7/FEL support on the Homatics actually important for this use case, or should I just go with the Shield?

I've been playing DolbyVision media files through my Plex Server on my LG C4 OLED TV for more than a couple years now, and never had any issues. Yesterday a couple of files started shown green and purple as though they werent DV capable. I really dont know what's up, and I googled it and apparently there's some issue on Some DV profile 5 media files?

Question is what I need to do and how do I resolve this.

I also tried running those files from VLC directly in case Plex was messing up, I restarted both TV And Nvidia Shield and made sure, DV I switched on in settings in Both Tv and Shield

I’ve had the shield for nearly 2 years and this last week it’s suddenly stopped working after the tvs been off overnight

In the morning when pressing the power button the tv turns on but the shield is a black screen and the only way to get it to load is by unplugging it and plugging back in, I haven’t changed any settings but this is a new issue that’s only happened within the last 6 or so days

Does anybody have any pointers I could try to stop this as it’s annoying

Seems like a pretty uncommon software problem. For the past few days, my Shield has been double/multi clicking all buttons whenever I try to do anything, in any app.

What this means is that when trying to scroll to the next title on Netflix, for example, a single button press to the right scrolls two or three spaces over; Fast-forwarding 10 seconds skips ahead a whole minute, etc. This happens on any app or homescreen and when using the original remote and my K400 Plus keyboard. Any suggestions are appreciated. TIA!

ETA: I forgot to mention what I've done to troubleshoot so far:

1. Replace batteries in remote and keyboard
2. Disconnect power

Unfortunately neither solved the problem.

I just got my shield and hooked it up to my synology DS224+. NAS, switchd it over to be the media server and it's feels insanely slow.

The plex app takes forever to load, tons of my videos buffer constantly and others give the error of "connection to server to slow". Both my NAS and shield are direct connected to my fiber router, within a foot with cat5 cords

Shield Speed tests of

1089 download

537 upload

Ping 12

Jitter 3

No clue what to do

Even more oddly, everything seem to work nicely when streaming on my phone

I got the nvidea shield (2019 cylinder version) and I am using projectivy. So with that I don’t have the ability to format my sd card to free up some space. I restarted the device twice and same issue. Anything else I am missing?

Im using my shield as my plex server and have it wired to my living room tv.
If i press the power off on the remote both the tv and sheild go off cause I have the remote used for both.
Is there a option somewhere i can use that always keep the shield on even when i press the power to turn of the tv? That way i can keep using it to stream to my bedroom after I switch rooms to sleep

This is weird. What am I doing wrong

This is weird but I can’t load something’s that are about 2 gigs in size. It kicks me out (back to the menu) several times before it works (there’s atleast 400 seeds). Ok this is using android tv, nvidea shield 2019 the cylinder version on high fan and using projectivy as the launcher. I have about 8 add ons and about 12 streaming apps (Netflix,hbo, hulu, shudder,Disney, stbemu and tubi and some others).

I use a defrib. Not sure why it crashes. Currently I have a gig free and 16 gigs sd card. I have vlc exo and just play streaming apps too.

Not sure what im missing.

Everything is up to date in app versions. Modded torbox a bit. Not sure if that’s an issue.

Honestly I am a tech junkie and want a smooth running app.

Been playing asphalt xtreme on my phone for the first time in years but I'd prefer to play on a TV screen. I've spent a couple hours trying to install it on a Shield TV but had no luck (it's not on the shields play store). I could play on pc if it would run well through and emulator and allow Netflix login.

My phone can't plug into the TV unfortunately

Traveling to a different country and forgot the remote at home. How do I use the Shield? I have an android phone.

The shield turns on but since it's a new location it does not automatically connect to wifi.

This is a weird one: I currently access Plex on many devices and I noticed today that on ONLY the official client app running on my Nvidia Shield all of my favorite Plex Streaming Channels (ie. BBC News, etc.) are inaccessible with a message stating "Server Appears to Be Offline." However, these channels are running just fine in other places (Android TV client app on another device, Android apps on phone and tablet). I've tried force stopping and clearing the cache on the Shield app but it still happens. I also just noticed that the Movies & TV menu (Plex stuff, not my local server files) also has a yield sign icon. What the heck is going on? Just me?

After dealing with some sluggishness lately, I cleared the cache for all apps and disabled some background processes, and it feels like a new device. Definitely recommend doing this if you feel your Shield is running slow. What are your must-do maintenance steps for the Shield Pro

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Every time I pause a video long enough for the Screensaver to come up, it causes stremio to bug out. This doesn't take long. I cant even pause and take a piss without the Screensaver coming on. Every stream will error out and prompt me to try a different player. That never works. Occasionally I can kill the app and restart the shield but most of the time, I have to physically unplug the fucking thing just to get stremio to work again. Is there some setting im missing? Im really sick of this bullshit

I was watching a tv show when my shelaed decided to lock up an completely hav a full system crash it froze an made the highest pitched sound ever i rebooted it an thought it was a one off thing but ever time I would try an watch YouTube or a tv show the whole thing would slow down an eventually it just cut me off wifi Intierly an wont let me turn it back on an now its dont the same for Bluetooth so I cant even use the thing without another remote