I’ve got an NVIDIA Shield Pro, and for the most part I’m loving Plex on it. It plays 4K content flawlessly, and the overall quality is good.
That being said, I’ve noticed a lot of weird issues with the player that my other players do not have. These include but are not limited to:
- Actor information capping out at five or six entries, with any remaining entries simply being repeats of the first five or six
- Playing music is hit or miss - sometimes it works fine, sometimes the whole app crashes when attempting to play a playlist or album
- In the same vein, track information will not update upon completion of songs or albums
- Browsing a library is typically smooth (60fps), but lately it’s been pretty hitchy, even after rebooting the Shield
- When browsing episodes in a season, sometimes clicking too quickly (for example, advancing to the next episode) glitches a bit, and sometimes clicks don’t register, or appear to register but don’t. Clicking more slowly will mitigate this behavior
- My “Continue Watching” section on the home screen is missing. I’ve enabled it in my customization settings, but about two weeks ago it just disappeared.
- When checking the home screen customization options, I see my available options repeated in the list; so I see “Continue Watching”, then “On Deck”, then my libraries, then I will eventually see “Continue Watching” listed again, etc.
Is the Plex player on the Shield just the typical Android OS player, or is it specific to the Shield? Because I don’t have these issues on my Samsung Galaxy phone, so I’m just trying to figure this out. Is anyone else experiencing these issues, or similar?
