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Velocio in reply to @aggi
I've never really used the Plex server properly so can't comment on that though (you will need an external SSD or flash drive if you want to run a plex server which is about as far as I got).

Nope... can be pointed at network storage.
1. mount network share on the nVidia Shield, by going to settings > device > storage
2. make sure plex server is up and running on the shield tv.
3. manage storage in the plex media server, make sure it uses "internal (user accessible storage location) "
4. Finally, go to a windows / mac machine and open a browser and goto "https://app.plex.tv/desktop"
5. In this website, manage the plex server on your shield tv. You simple can add a folder to a library by putting in the share.
6. Go back to your shield tv and you should see the media in the plex tv app
Plex Server on shield defaults to external USB, but it's just Plex and can be configured exactly like a Plex Server anywhere else.

So long as there's an SMB share (Windows shared folder on the NAS)... it works.

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aggi in reply to @Velocio

That's for the media though isn't it? My database is bigger than the 16GB storage that the Shield has which is why I needed the ssd/flash drive.

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Velocio in reply to @aggi

Ah... if your database is large then Shield is going to exhaust the internal storage. Hence my advice up above how Shield is great for small/medium collections, but does not work for large collections.

Thousands of items = fine on Shield
Tens of thousands of items = not so fine on Shield
Hundreds of thousands = definitely will not work on Shield

But as a pathway to a larger system, Shield as Plex Server is fine... and then in the future if you're all-in and have a large collection, you can create a new server elsewhere and repoint your clients and nuke the Shield server.

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