For me Plex for Android TV is always transcoding or even refusing to play a file due to no bandwidth. Network Setup: 172.16.10.216 (Shield) --[gbit ethernet]--> switch --[gbit ethernet]--> 172.16.10.150 (server) Both IP’s are static. As you can see in the log from the shield it thinks 172-16-10-1…

Better logs, I set the settings on the shield as they should be (original for local, 4mbps 720p for remote). Enabled logging on the server and restarted both the server and the shield. Then I tried to play 1080p content that is > 4mbps. I get a bandwidth warning and playback failure. Workaround: …

It’s most likely something to do with your IP range. I don’t think the SHIELD likes non 192.168.x IP ranges for some reason and this may have something to do with it.

Then that is clearly a bug in their code, rfc1918 covers : 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix) 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix) 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix) 172.16.10.0/24 is a clean subset of 172.16.0.0/12 that even confirms to the …

Some more results: PMP does not detect the server as remote, even without the workaround! PlexWeb does detect the server as remote (but that seems to be because sometimes my external IP responds faster than the internal one) iOS does not seem to detect the server as remote.

Still present in latest version, only the android client it seems as everything else is back to normal. I was kind of hoping the Cronet updated mentioned in https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/blob/1e472fd9bb5951fc2ec22bd5ab75b8c7b6703508/RELEASENOTES.md would have fixed it.

Well with the release of the Plex for Kodi addon, I guess we can rule out a generic android issue! Plex for Kodi running on the same shield, detects the server as nearby even without the workaroud in server settings! It’s just Plex for Android TV and Plex for Android that seem to have the issue. It…

This bug is still present in the latest release, The shield is also on the nougat build :frowning: I like the Android TV app more but I have been using the Plex for Kodi a lot lately just because of all the work around needed since the streaming brain server release. The shield did start showing u…

Recent changes for high latency links didn’t change anything, admittedly I did not expect it to because when the remote quality is set to Original everything works smooth. It’s just being detected as remote.

I’ve switched to Plex for Kodi for now, although I like the android client better this bug is still not fixed. So for anybody else running into this, switching seems to be the only option for now.

Finally had a long weekend to rework my entire network and switch away from 172.16.0.0/12 to 10.0.0.0/8 The server is now detected as local. So it is a bug where 172.16.0.0/12 is not properly detected on Android TV, Android Mobile, iOS, … are all fine with that subnet.

NVIDIA Shield always transcodes when connected to a local server.

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MwC_Trexx February 18, 2019, 10:17pm 12

For those still having this issue, the latest client update should resolve it.

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NVIDIA Shield always transcodes when connected to a local server.

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