Advice need for first time Nvidia Shield Plex Server + external drive

[jamiegould_btinternet_com]

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Hi all,

First time poster here looking for a little advice from you experts before i run through the setup.

So i think i’ve done my due diligence and read the ‘read me’s’ thoroughly, but just have a few questions before i jump in. I have a 2017 Nvidia Shield (16gb) that i will be using as a server. Attached to that will be a 4tb WD Elements external usb3 drive setup as removable storage which will hold all of my media, and I only intend to direct play from the Shield to the connected TV. Some things i’d like to clarify:

I read that when you attached a removable drive to the Shield it creates a folder on it called NVIDIA_SHIELD which is where you should keep your media if you want write access. Is it preferable to do this before adding the media to the drive or does it really not matter? The drive is brand new and unopened at the moment.

I also read that your available storage should be at least that of the file you want to play. If that means the Shield onboard storage then i have video files much larger than that. If that’s the case, should i move the server data storage over to the WD Elements also? If so, is there any negative impact on performance?

Ideally, transferring new media over to the drive once its hooked up to the shield would be the way to go. But would simply disconnecting the external drive and hooking it up to my pc to transfer files be a problem? I note that there’s a warning when moving server data storage stating removable storage must remain connected at all times.

Appreciate any help you guys can provide

Thanks

Jamie

[sjtsnix]

22 days, and no answer… sad.

Reading your post as I’ve just abandoned the idea of running PMS on my Nvidia Shield TV 16 GB 2017 due to PMS not being able to record Live TV from two Silicondust HD Homerun Connects (six total tuners, 3 per connect).

Perhaps it could not record those six shows at 1am due to the way I’m setup… or perhaps The Shield is a bad choice for Live TV and DVR?

Perhaps it’s because I am writing and reading to a NAS on my network is the issue… I don’t know. (I’ll go throw this test at PMS running on a Windows 7 system on my network to see if it can do so)

I have a 4TB western digital 3.0 drive that I’m considering connecting as local storage to the shield to see if PMS can do six concurrent recordings to the locally connected drive. I was hoping you had an answer … to your question… I guess 22 days is not enough time to get an answer…