What are the possibilities of being able to use the Nvidia shield as a dedicated plex media server with your NAS as the backend file store? In other words, shield with an NFS or SMB mounted drive which sits on a QNAP/Synology NAS. This would seemingly get someone over the hump of having limited storage options on the Shield itself.
edit! Answered my own question and it’s great.
From the updated FAQ here: https://blog.plex.tv/2016/06/09/nvidia-shield-you-complete-us/
Can I use content from a network location (NAS, computer, drive connected to router, etc.)? You’ll be able to connect to network storage locations via SMB on the NVIDIA SHIELD.
@haljordan said:
What are the possibilities of being able to use the Nvidia shield as a dedicated plex media server with your NAS as the backend file store? In other words, shield with an NFS or SMB mounted drive which sits on a QNAP/Synology NAS. This would seemingly get someone over the hump of having limited storage options on the Shield itself.
edit! Answered my own question and it’s great.
From the updated FAQ here: https://blog.plex.tv/2016/06/09/nvidia-shield-you-complete-us/
Can I use content from a network location (NAS, computer, drive connected to router, etc.)? You’ll be able to connect to network storage locations via SMB on the NVIDIA SHIELD.
SMB eats resources (CPU & Memory), would be better if NFS was supported.
@andyblac1974 said:
SMB eats resources (CPU & Memory), would be better if NFS was supported.
This is implemented by nVidia. No influence on that from here.
@OttoKerner said:
@andyblac1974 said:
SMB eats resources (CPU & Memory), would be better if NFS was supported.
This is implemented by nVidia. No influence on that from here.
yeah, i know was just saying ;), but since Plex is now good friends with them, have a quiet word in their ear 
