Hi, I have a problem with my Shield TV (2015) and my new Synology DS216Play. since upgrading from a Synology ds212j to ds216play NAS 1 of my drives is not correctly read by the shield. I can see all the folders on the disk but they look like unknown files. I can't open the folders and plex won't recognize them. The other drive is correctly read. It always worked with my previous NAS, the drives and settings are the same. Anyone with similar issues? any suggestions on how to fix this?
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I have a Seagate BlackArmor 110 NAS drive. I have tried messing with all of the settings, and no matter what I do, I cannot get the Clear.Fi to even see the NAS drive. My HTC Desire HD can see it with the Sense media share feature, and my Iconia can see it with ES File Explorer, and other apks. However, I'd really like to be able to utilize the Clear.Fi to stream my files in my home from the NAS drive. One of the main draws of purchasing the product. Anyone else had similar issues, or have suggestions? Thanks in advance.
I would recommend plugplayer from the app store.It found my xbmc media share instantly.
I am hoping to build a media server to replace my simple setup. Now I have an external hardbdrive connected to my Samsung smart TV which plays my movies. Now I want a media player connected to my Tv with the hard drive that I can access remotely and can update over the net (add movies to it)
Can the pi2 do this?
nickmax1 said:
I am hoping to build a media server to replace my simple setup. Now I have an external hardbdrive connected to my Samsung smart TV which plays my movies. Now I want a media player connected to my Tv with the hard drive that I can access remotely and can update over the net (add movies to it)
Can the pi2 do this?
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I had an entire media server running with a Raspberry Pi 1 model B, that also ran a few python scripts. I'm sure the Pi 2 has more than enough horsepower for your needs.
darksabre_x said:
I had an entire media server running with a Raspberry Pi 1 model B, that also ran a few python scripts. I'm sure the Pi 2 has more than enough horsepower for your needs.
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really, thats impressive. Did you follow a guide to do that? Could the pi do any transcoding?
Yes and no...........
I used a lot of tutorials, and parts of tutorials, and just playing around.
It was the results of my playing around in linux. The solution actually consisted of more than just the server end. I had the Pi sharing a 3TB hdd via NFS, and at the time I had another Pi connected to my TV running Kodi media center. (I've since moved to an old Quad core which works much better, for obvious reasons.)
The Original Model B wasn't powerful enough to do any transcoding and I don't have any experience with the Pi 2 yet, but I had a lot going on in that lil box and it served me fairly well. I had 2 python scripts running to collect and sort media, an SQL db to sync multiple instances of Kodi, a newsbin client, torrent client, and web server running off the same Pi.
I only encountered a few issues and could never get WAN streaming working, but I suspect that may have been something with my router configs.
I simply sat down and thought up what I wanted my server to do, and started hitting the web to find ways to do it, one feature at a time.
Does anyone have any experience getting an NZB client up and running on a shield? I had an HTPC that died so I went to the shield TV due to the size and power of it. One thing i am struggling with is finding an NZB client that will allow me to upload an NZB file, download it, unpack/process it and then move it to an external drive. Thats one thing I absolutely need.
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Did you find this? took me 2 sec to google
powernzb.co.uk
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sic.nzb.app&hl=de
moving the files to an external drive is not necessary if you download it to the external drive.
With the release of Plex server for shield TV I've decided to make the shield my permanent media server which the media will be saved to a Western digital USB storage device. My problem is getting new media on the shield.
I'd like to have a method to remotely download torrents directly to the western digital drive on the Shield using my phone or laptop. Is there anyway I could achieve this?
i have this problem too
i am unable to write/add/rename files?
yerger425 said:
With the release of Plex server for shield TV I've decided to make the shield my permanent media server which the media will be saved to a Western digital USB storage device. My problem is getting new media on the shield.
I'd like to have a method to remotely download torrents directly to the western digital drive on the Shield using my phone or laptop. Is there anyway I could achieve this?
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Well, for add torrents from my phone I use tTorrent WebUI in my Shield and Transdroid in my phone. Just make sure to set the right config in your router to get access from your phone. :good:
Interesting Problem!
I started the Plex Server on my Shield TV, configured everything as described.
All my media files are stored on my WD My Cloud NAS (I use Kodi).
All content is sorted and named based on Kodi requirements / best practice - and Kodi works fine.
But Plex does only find and display photos - no movies, no tv shows, no music.
It finds the folders and I can see them - but with no content.
Did setup the Plex server a couple of times now - no difference.
Do I need anything special or do I need to "activate" Plex anyhow to find .mkv, .mp4 or .mp3 files?
I´m lost.
best regards
Dietmar
realcams said:
Interesting Problem!
I started the Plex Server on my Shield TV, configured everything as described.
All my media files are stored on my WD My Cloud NAS (I use Kodi).
All content is sorted and named based on Kodi requirements / best practice - and Kodi works fine.
But Plex does only find and display photos - no movies, no tv shows, no music.
It finds the folders and I can see them - but with no content.
Did setup the Plex server a couple of times now - no difference.
Do I need anything special or do I need to "activate" Plex anyhow to find .mkv, .mp4 or .mp3 files?
I´m lost.
best regards
Dietmar
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The movies are there,the problem with plex is. It picks up all the artwork and shows it along with the movies. I Had to create a folder with just the movies and let plex download artwork. Make a Folder call it movies and just put your mp4 or mkv's in there and then let plex scan to get artwork.
Here's my issue..... I have the Shield but can't get it to find the WD MyCloud on the network...... IF I run KODI, it finds it fine and works.... But to add it as network storage in the Shield settings, its a no go.... I have tried ip setting and everything... anyone?
Thanks for all your help. Rearranged folders and shows and movies...and whatever else.
And now it works smoothly.
After days of testing with my cable modem and router, I also have internet access now to my collection!
Like it.