NVIDIA has a list of known bugs for its “Experience 9.0” update, including stuttering issues with HBO Max, broken third-party launchers, audio cutouts, and oddly enough, sideways video feeds. If it makes you feel any better, the Android 11 update is breaking a ton of apps for NVIDIA Shield TV owners. NVIDIA has a support guide to address the issue, but the steps in this guide don’t appear to help if you store Plex media on an external drive.

Scoped Storage changes how apps should handle file management-unfortunately, not all apps support Scoped Storage. It seems that Android 11’s new Scoped Storage model is to blame. However, as 9t5Google reports, many Redditors find that the Android 11 update breaks their Sheild TV-based Plex server. The NVIDIA Shield TV is a popular Plex server solution thanks to its powerful hardware, Ethernet support, and port selection.

NVIDIA and Plex are working on a solution. But here’s the gist-NVIDIA says that an external storage “issue” is to blame for broken Plex servers on updated Shield TVs. Update, 1/19/22 4:35 pm Eastern: We’ve added a statement from NVIDIA to this article. Other media player, file browser, and emulator apps should also function correctly after installing this update.īear in mind that it may take a few days for the 9.0.1 update to reach your Shield TV device. Update, 2/15/22: As reported by 9to5Google, NVIDIA is now rolling out a 9.0.1 update that resolves the Plex library bug. But it seems that the “NVIDIA Experience 9.0” update is causing problems for some users, particularly those who use their NVIDIA Shield TV as a Plex server. NVIDIA recently roll out an Android 11 update to all Shield TV devices, including the original model from 2015.

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