If the Profiles folder doesn’t exist on your system, then you should create it. You should save it to a file named, Android-SHIELD Android TV.xml and place it in Plex > Library > Application Support > Plex Media Server > Profiles. Among other benefits, it will transcode your Apple Lossless music files to FLAC format. ![]() Here is an optimized profile for the Shield that reduces the need for the PMS to transcode audio and video. The net effect is that Plex transcodes audio and video to the Shield Android TV when it doesn’t need to, resulting in lower audio/video quality and more server load. So, it’s a bit surprising that Plex uses a generic Android profile when streaming audio and video to the Shield. The Shield also supports a wide variety of container formats: ASF, AVI, DivX, M2TS/, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG-TS, WEB-M, and Xvid. Notably Apple Lossless is not natively supported. The Shield also supports hardware decoding for AAC, AAC+, AMR, DD+/DTS (pass-through), Dolby Atmos (pass-through), Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X, and DTS-HD (pass-through), eAAC+, FLAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless audio codecs. The Shield has hardware decoding support for VP8, VP9, H.263, H.264, H.265/HEVC, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, and WMV9/VC1 video codecs. Even if it does, transcoding increases latency and reduces audio/video quality.įortunately, the Shield Android TV supports a number of audio and video codecs as well as container formats. SHIELD isnt just the only smart TV device thats a Plex media server its also a Plex media player. This is because your NAS (file server) likely doesn’t have the spare CPU to transcode. Unfortunately, I cant help at this point either, as I recently replaced my 2015 Shield TV with the 2019 edition without Pro. In reality, you don’t want to transcode videos if your client can play audio or video files. ![]() One of Plex’s notable features is the ability to transcode any media that a client is not able to play natively. Plex is a major partner of Nvidia, including preinstalling Plex software on the Shield Android TV. And, I run the Plex client on my Nvidia Shield Android TV settop boxes. I run the Plex media server on my Synology NAS. One of the NVIDIA SHIELD's most impressive capabilities is running a Plex media server, something that isn't usually possible on a streaming set-top box. Plex is one of the best client-server, multi-room media solutions on the market today.
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