I use a private service for IPTV, no KODI. Can give you more info if you’re interested. For emulation I use Dolphin, M64 Plus FZ, redream, snes9xWhat IPTV and emulators do yall use. I used to muck about with KODI, but keeping it updated was far too tedious when we still had cable.
It’s not a massive pain in the ass to access but it’s probably not the ideal way. The most annoying thing is you can’t set your own password so I always have to log into the sheild to look it up. It used to be way worse a few years ago as it didn’t support SMB3 so speeds were very slow to transfer but that has been fixed and I don’t have any major complaints.Finally broke down yesterday and bought a Pro while Amazon has Shields on sale for $20 off, and it's out for delivery today. Mainly because DV encoded rips are becoming more and more common and Plex on Roku doesn't even handle profile 5 let alone profile 7 (and even the Shield can't do FEL there). Still not sure if I can keep using Plex or if I need to switch to using something like Kodi for Nerds, Vimu, or whatever. I have a few DV files that are purple/green on my Roku to test on the new Shield today.
The other reason I bought it is that the computer I have been using as a Plex server for a long time now is my old gaming PC and probably uses more electricity in a year than the Shield Pro cost me. So my main question is, is there any reason not to just use the USB port on the Shield Pro? I don't have a NAS setup at the moment since it was previously just plugged into the Plex server, but I could create a NAS on either my router or Pi-hole if I needed to. Also, the drive is formatted NTFS and I really don't want to reformat it to something else. I've seen some posts on the Shield subreddit that suggest it's kind of a pain in the ass to access it from a PC when mounted as external storage, and obviously I will need to do that to copy over MKVs.
Next question, anyone here have an opinion on best launcher? I've seen people mention Wolf, ATV, FLauncher, etc. for getting rid of Google's ad-ridden shit that they've forced Nvidia to pass along.
I have my stuff on a usb external connected to the pro in the basement. I have it set up on the network, so I just click the shield shortcut on my PC and it opens as if it’s a drive on my PC. I just drag and drop, delete, copy paste, etc. as if it were a normal drive booked to the PC.Finally broke down yesterday and bought a Pro while Amazon has Shields on sale for $20 off, and it's out for delivery today. Mainly because DV encoded rips are becoming more and more common and Plex on Roku doesn't even handle profile 5 let alone profile 7 (and even the Shield can't do FEL there). Still not sure if I can keep using Plex or if I need to switch to using something like Kodi for Nerds, Vimu, or whatever. I have a few DV files that are purple/green on my Roku to test on the new Shield today.
The other reason I bought it is that the computer I have been using as a Plex server for a long time now is my old gaming PC and probably uses more electricity in a year than the Shield Pro cost me. So my main question is, is there any reason not to just use the USB port on the Shield Pro? I don't have a NAS setup at the moment since it was previously just plugged into the Plex server, but I could create a NAS on either my router or Pi-hole if I needed to. Also, the drive is formatted NTFS and I really don't want to reformat it to something else. I've seen some posts on the Shield subreddit that suggest it's kind of a pain in the ass to access it from a PC when mounted as external storage, and obviously I will need to do that to copy over MKVs.
Next question, anyone here have an opinion on best launcher? I've seen people mention Wolf, ATV, FLauncher, etc. for getting rid of Google's ad-ridden shit that they've forced Nvidia to pass along.
Ah ok, I'm still getting everything set up, so guess I'll give it a try connected directly to the Shield. I had read that people were sometimes unable to access anything but the 16GB of internal storage when the USB drive was mounted as external storage (and if you mount a drive as internal storage it encrypts the whole thing).
So far it's working great using my old Plex server. The Dolby Vision encodes I have that played in green & purple on Roku Plex are playing perfectly on the Shield. AI upscaling for non-4K stuff looks quite nice too.
Tried ATV so far, not realizing that it was the 'abandonware' launcher that Wolf fixed the issues with.Have you tested out any launchers yet? Interested to hear some feedback for changing mine. However I do absolutely nothing with it right now except Netflix et all.
Yeah that was part of the setup issues I was having. Trying to figure out the right configuration of mounting it as internal or external. I think you also have to specify which USB port of the two you are using or it didn’t work right, like it didn’t auto detect what you were plugging in.Ah ok, I'm still getting everything set up, so guess I'll give it a try connected directly to the Shield. I had read that people were sometimes unable to access anything but the 16GB of internal storage when the USB drive was mounted as external storage (and if you mount a drive as internal storage it encrypts the whole thing).
So far it's working great using my old Plex server. The Dolby Vision encodes I have that played in green & purple on Roku Plex are playing perfectly on the Shield. AI upscaling for non-4K stuff looks quite nice too.