Nvidia granted them a belated Christmas gift just a couple of weeks ago with a long-awaited update to Android TV 11, but unfortunately, it wasn't all sunshine and roses. A bunch of apps, including Plex, were outright broken after the upgrade. Thankfully, a new fix is on its way to help relieve many of those issues. Version 33.1.0.264 started making its way to users on January 20th, bringing a whole host of changes to Shield TV models and - most importantly - restoring those Plex issues. That hotfix included an updated variant of the Plex Media Server app meant to solve issues with external storage, problems initially caused by the jump to Android 11. Google's 2020 release utilizes scoped storage for improved privacy, limiting the number of directories accessible by apps.
The best example for this is Google’s Chromecast streaming adapter, which uses cheap hardware to simply play cloud-based media.īut Plex’s success has shown that the cloud isn’t always the best solution for personal media - and increasingly powerful chipsets in TVs and streaming devices could make it possible to give consumers cloud-like features without the need to turn on a computer at all.Plex wasn't the only app affected by this change - Kodi and VLC were among those listed - but it was by far the highest-profile. Tech companies have long pushed to outsource much of this computing into the cloud. Plex’s usage of the NVIDIA Shield as a home media server also goes to show that there is still some demand for processor-intensive computing in the living room. “We’ll continue to evaluate other platforms,” the Plex team said in a blog post Thursday. That’s a significant step forward for Plex, even if the number of Nvidia Shield owners who can take advantage of this are likely limited.īut the fact that Plex could turn the Shield into a streaming server that can send audio and video on demand to your phone or tablet suggests that the startup may be able to extend this kind of technology to additional devices in the future. The NVIDIA Shield is so powerful that it can run both the server software and a playback engine for 4K videos at the same time.
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