It isn’t buffering, and I can hear the audio 100% fine doing the “lag”. And by lags, I mean that it looks like the framerate gets slowed down to 5 FPS for 1-2 seconds, and then it goes back to normal. So, when I am trying to direct play 4K REMUX content from my home NAS, the video “lags” every 10/15 minutes. Moreover, some users are even getting playback errors like S4032 (Manifest). Users have even pointed out that the Plex 4K content keeps on buffering on NVIDIA Shield even after having proper internet connection. Plex users with NVIDIA Shield have tried generic troubleshooting to no avail and have even tried using older versions of the Plex app. Also, there are currently no workarounds for these issues which is further adding to users’ dismay. However, nothing is clear as neither Plex nor NVIDIA have made any comments on the matter yet. I am left to believe there is an issue with the current release, the problem is, I’ve sideloaded Plex versions back to 8.19.3 and still experience the same issues. Several users feel that the issues might not be due to the recent Plex update and may be related to NVIDIA Shield TV instead.Īll of my users/clients with Roku devices have no issues, Plex on iOS, no issues, Plex for Kodi Add-On, flawless (running on the said Shield), and lastly Web playback runs just fine. It is unclear what the exact cause of these problems is but it seems some of these issues started after a recent Plex update. Do you guys have any methods that work or should I pull the trigger and get the Nvidia Shield Pro.Īs per multiple reports, NVIDIA Shield TV users are experiencing multiple problems with Plex 4K HDR playback like excessive buffering, lag, and more. The Nvidia Shield tube is really struggling with 4K HDR playback and I’ve tried everything in the book to fix it. However, users of the Plex Media Player and Server have been facing several playback issues on the NVIDIA Shield TV devices lately.

Plex Media Server is used by many across numerous platforms including NVIDIA Shield TV. Plex is among the most popular media streaming services across the globe. Original story (published on September 13, 2021) follows:

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