Plex Media Server
Plex Media Server
Plex Media Server streams all of your media, to all of your devices, everywhere.
Reviews
56.45%
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6.62%
23.69%
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Comments
A Google user
★
"It`s as bad as it can get. It turns 300+ USD device (Shield) to a completely unusable piece of hardware. It crashes on everything - adding a new video, playing a video - you name it. It slows down the device to a halt. If you can avoid it - please do. Never, ever pay them a cent."
Version: 1.18.7.2457 (smb)
"It`s as bad as it can get. It turns 300+ USD device (Shield) to a completely unusable piece of hardware. It crashes on everything - adding a new video, playing a video - you name it. It slows down the device to a halt. If you can avoid it - please do. Never, ever pay them a cent."
Version: 1.18.7.2457 (smb)
Todd Klodnicki
★★★
"UPDATE: After more than a month of no plex due to Upgrade 9.0, the Upgrade 9.01 has me back up and running. My only question is - Why so long? I`m putting some stars back because it is up and working. ------------------ HELP!!! Everything worked perfectly until this last update (May 13, 2021) The Plex server works fine on all of my devices, but the Nvidia Shield Pro TV (Gen 1) will not play ANY file in my library anymore. All I get is ``An error occurred trying to play this video. Please check your connection.``. I have a lifetime pass and now it`s all disabled. Is there anyone out there that can get me running again??? Can I install the previous update? This is an Nvidia Plex Server with a USB media drive that has worked since I installed it. I`ll give it 5 stars if I can get it up and running soon. -----------------------------UPDATE After a week of searching for answers I installed a fresh server and client and it came back up and worked great. ------------------------------NEW BAD NEWS Fast forward to 1/12/22: Nvidia Experience 9.0! Yea! Plex server just somehow vanished. In my Plex server settings under PLEX MEDIA SERVER it is now BLANK. This is usually the spot that says if the server is up and running. I remember going there and seeing the words START SERVER. How do I start it now? ----------------------------DAY 2 - STILL DOWN Still can`t upgrade the Plex Shield server. I can`t find it in the play store and It`s not on the NVidia site. I finally stumbled into the updates in the play store and there is a plex server in there from Jan 5. WHY DIDN`T I GET IT? I rebooted, and now NOTHING. NO FILES, NO LIVE VIDEO. If it`s fixing something or working, shouldn`t it tell me? I`m staring at an empty screen!"
Version: 1.25.3.5385 (smb)
"UPDATE: After more than a month of no plex due to Upgrade 9.0, the Upgrade 9.01 has me back up and running. My only question is - Why so long? I`m putting some stars back because it is up and working. ------------------ HELP!!! Everything worked perfectly until this last update (May 13, 2021) The Plex server works fine on all of my devices, but the Nvidia Shield Pro TV (Gen 1) will not play ANY file in my library anymore. All I get is ``An error occurred trying to play this video. Please check your connection.``. I have a lifetime pass and now it`s all disabled. Is there anyone out there that can get me running again??? Can I install the previous update? This is an Nvidia Plex Server with a USB media drive that has worked since I installed it. I`ll give it 5 stars if I can get it up and running soon. -----------------------------UPDATE After a week of searching for answers I installed a fresh server and client and it came back up and worked great. ------------------------------NEW BAD NEWS Fast forward to 1/12/22: Nvidia Experience 9.0! Yea! Plex server just somehow vanished. In my Plex server settings under PLEX MEDIA SERVER it is now BLANK. This is usually the spot that says if the server is up and running. I remember going there and seeing the words START SERVER. How do I start it now? ----------------------------DAY 2 - STILL DOWN Still can`t upgrade the Plex Shield server. I can`t find it in the play store and It`s not on the NVidia site. I finally stumbled into the updates in the play store and there is a plex server in there from Jan 5. WHY DIDN`T I GET IT? I rebooted, and now NOTHING. NO FILES, NO LIVE VIDEO. If it`s fixing something or working, shouldn`t it tell me? I`m staring at an empty screen!"
Version: 1.25.3.5385 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★★
"have to set up external storage from pc, even though the storage is connected to the shield tv. once it`s set up, it works great."
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
"have to set up external storage from pc, even though the storage is connected to the shield tv. once it`s set up, it works great."
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
A Google user
★
"Absolutely useless without CUE-sheet support."
Version: 1.13.2.5149 (smb)
"Absolutely useless without CUE-sheet support."
Version: 1.13.2.5149 (smb)
A Google user
★★★
"Where is the 1.0 update? Or updates in general?"
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
"Where is the 1.0 update? Or updates in general?"
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★★
"Having this on the Shield TV is fantastic."
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
"Having this on the Shield TV is fantastic."
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
A Google user
★
"Need to add move whole program to sd or at least utilise adoptive storage to store metadata, program, transcoding etc. for shield tv 16gb. Just does not work trying to fit everything on SHIELD’s internal memory. Great user interface but useless on this device as it runs out of internal memory really quickly storing all the thumbnails etc. If i cant use this feature may as well just use vlc and browse and directly play media. Gave it a shot and what could be potentially a 5 star program really only is worthy of a 1 as it is currently useless to me at the moment as the database grows to big to fit on the internal memory. Fix this issue and you will be a solid 5."
Version: 1.0.3.273 (smb)
"Need to add move whole program to sd or at least utilise adoptive storage to store metadata, program, transcoding etc. for shield tv 16gb. Just does not work trying to fit everything on SHIELD’s internal memory. Great user interface but useless on this device as it runs out of internal memory really quickly storing all the thumbnails etc. If i cant use this feature may as well just use vlc and browse and directly play media. Gave it a shot and what could be potentially a 5 star program really only is worthy of a 1 as it is currently useless to me at the moment as the database grows to big to fit on the internal memory. Fix this issue and you will be a solid 5."
Version: 1.0.3.273 (smb)
Wave Winston
★★
"Using Nvidia Shield 2017. Since this PMS update and the last PMS (Plex Media Server) update, I am experiencing constant buffering... especially with 4K content. My media library is almost unplayable now. Plex Dev please look into this issue."
Version: 1.30.2.6563 (smb)
"Using Nvidia Shield 2017. Since this PMS update and the last PMS (Plex Media Server) update, I am experiencing constant buffering... especially with 4K content. My media library is almost unplayable now. Plex Dev please look into this issue."
Version: 1.30.2.6563 (smb)
Mitch Lucia
★
"Getting REALLY sick of having to rebuild my libraries, metadata, covers, etc. on the Nvidia Shield every single time there`s an update to the app. If you can`t even update an app without breaking everything, what`s the point?"
Version: 1.30.2.6563 (smb)
"Getting REALLY sick of having to rebuild my libraries, metadata, covers, etc. on the Nvidia Shield every single time there`s an update to the app. If you can`t even update an app without breaking everything, what`s the point?"
Version: 1.30.2.6563 (smb)
Andy Duffield
★★
"Android update on my Shield Pro broke my server, reinstalling, deleting cache, restarting, factory reset nothing works. Cannot make server run using the latest version of of it, FRUSTRATING!"
Version: 1.25.3.5385 (smb)
"Android update on my Shield Pro broke my server, reinstalling, deleting cache, restarting, factory reset nothing works. Cannot make server run using the latest version of of it, FRUSTRATING!"
Version: 1.25.3.5385 (smb)
Henrik P. Stougaard Nielsen
★
"Super buggy: Cannot play offline files without an online connection because the ``offline`` screen on startup cannot be bypassed. Additionally, it crashes my Nvidia Shield quite often, playback suddenly does not work; sound plays, but no image. Pausing does not work suddenly, buffers a lot. This is bad. Use KODI instead. The latest issue is with the new Plex Agent - it does not show subtitles stored in the same folder. There exist multiple huge threads in the Plex community forum about this issue."
Version: 1.20.3.3437 (smb)
"Super buggy: Cannot play offline files without an online connection because the ``offline`` screen on startup cannot be bypassed. Additionally, it crashes my Nvidia Shield quite often, playback suddenly does not work; sound plays, but no image. Pausing does not work suddenly, buffers a lot. This is bad. Use KODI instead. The latest issue is with the new Plex Agent - it does not show subtitles stored in the same folder. There exist multiple huge threads in the Plex community forum about this issue."
Version: 1.20.3.3437 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★
"Works brilliantly with the Nvidia Shield (500gb), my only question is, when will the DVR update be available? My PC can already run it and it works well with the HD Homerun Connect i have, however until this update arrives on the Shield, i still need to keep my PC on to record my programs. Any news?"
Version: 1.1.4.306 (smb)
"Works brilliantly with the Nvidia Shield (500gb), my only question is, when will the DVR update be available? My PC can already run it and it works well with the HD Homerun Connect i have, however until this update arrives on the Shield, i still need to keep my PC on to record my programs. Any news?"
Version: 1.1.4.306 (smb)
Eddy
★
"You need to fix the live tv buffering issue on Shield TV! It freezes after 3-4min of streaming on any channel."
Version: 1.19.5.3112 (smb)
"You need to fix the live tv buffering issue on Shield TV! It freezes after 3-4min of streaming on any channel."
Version: 1.19.5.3112 (smb)
A Google user
★
"Why does this software have to be so completely unreliable? The Nvidia Shield server app has gotten steadily worse for the past 18 months. It is now basically unusable as it never loads the library. Starting to think this company doesn`t test this software before you releasing it."
Version: 1.18.4.2171 (smb)
"Why does this software have to be so completely unreliable? The Nvidia Shield server app has gotten steadily worse for the past 18 months. It is now basically unusable as it never loads the library. Starting to think this company doesn`t test this software before you releasing it."
Version: 1.18.4.2171 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★★
"I didn`t want to get into the full swing of PLEX until I realised how important it is to organise my media, and how beautiful a library can look afterwards. At first I thought I would only want it to manage my files across the network between my PCs and Android devices, but this really shows and impresses my family and neighbors on how convenient it is to stream media over the network instead of passing storage devices around the lot. Thanks for providing this for us on the new SHIELD Experience Update!"
Version: 1.1.4.306 (smb)
"I didn`t want to get into the full swing of PLEX until I realised how important it is to organise my media, and how beautiful a library can look afterwards. At first I thought I would only want it to manage my files across the network between my PCs and Android devices, but this really shows and impresses my family and neighbors on how convenient it is to stream media over the network instead of passing storage devices around the lot. Thanks for providing this for us on the new SHIELD Experience Update!"
Version: 1.1.4.306 (smb)
Idaho Tim
★
"Constanly crashes and won`t uninstall. Absolute garbage on my NVidia Shield Pro. Shame on NVidia for putting junk Bloatware on the Shield Pro!!"
Version: 1.24.5.5160 (smb)
"Constanly crashes and won`t uninstall. Absolute garbage on my NVidia Shield Pro. Shame on NVidia for putting junk Bloatware on the Shield Pro!!"
Version: 1.24.5.5160 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★★
"This is amazing! I have compiled my entire family`s film and TV show library, as well as home movies and pictures. They can stream any file easily. I am using a Nvidia Shield TV Pro as my server and I can have 5 users at once streaming with almost no problems, and more if they are using a direct connection. The updates come fairly often, which is nice. There are always some issues, but they are usually fixed within a few days with the latest updates. You can`t argue with the price... I am now a Plex pass subscriber and will be using the DVR function to record OTA media. Plex is amazing! All of the 1 and 2 star reviews need to updated their reviews, because most if not all cited issues that have been fixed. I`m assuming these people are either completely computer illiterate, or work for some competing company, or just have some sort of loyalty to another media server option. Setting up Plex takes some know how, but if it is fairly doable for any normal person like me, then you can do it too."
Version: 1.14.1.5490 (smb)
"This is amazing! I have compiled my entire family`s film and TV show library, as well as home movies and pictures. They can stream any file easily. I am using a Nvidia Shield TV Pro as my server and I can have 5 users at once streaming with almost no problems, and more if they are using a direct connection. The updates come fairly often, which is nice. There are always some issues, but they are usually fixed within a few days with the latest updates. You can`t argue with the price... I am now a Plex pass subscriber and will be using the DVR function to record OTA media. Plex is amazing! All of the 1 and 2 star reviews need to updated their reviews, because most if not all cited issues that have been fixed. I`m assuming these people are either completely computer illiterate, or work for some competing company, or just have some sort of loyalty to another media server option. Setting up Plex takes some know how, but if it is fairly doable for any normal person like me, then you can do it too."
Version: 1.14.1.5490 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★★
"excellent. And as for the people commenting it couldn`t read the hard drive. Don`t fly through the initial setup proces because you left a box ticked that created default directories. Force close app, clear data and start over. Slowly.."
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
"excellent. And as for the people commenting it couldn`t read the hard drive. Don`t fly through the initial setup proces because you left a box ticked that created default directories. Force close app, clear data and start over. Slowly.."
Version: 0.9.17.1.256 (smb)
A Google user
★★★★
"Plex Media Server works extremely well on the Nvidia Shield TV. I`m a Plex Pass lifetime member and I use Plex Media Server mostly as a Live DVR with OTA Antenna. I do have to reboot the Nvidia Shield TV occasionally when PMS crashes, but its mostly a solid experience. The only minor complaint I have is that I`m not able to access the files on the Nvidia Shield TV using network sharing on my PC even though its configured correctly on the Nvdia Shield TV. I am able to access the network shares using my Wife`s iMac."
Version: 1.10.1.4602 (smb)
"Plex Media Server works extremely well on the Nvidia Shield TV. I`m a Plex Pass lifetime member and I use Plex Media Server mostly as a Live DVR with OTA Antenna. I do have to reboot the Nvidia Shield TV occasionally when PMS crashes, but its mostly a solid experience. The only minor complaint I have is that I`m not able to access the files on the Nvidia Shield TV using network sharing on my PC even though its configured correctly on the Nvdia Shield TV. I am able to access the network shares using my Wife`s iMac."
Version: 1.10.1.4602 (smb)
A Google user
★★
"Absolutely awesome that I can use the Shield as a Plex media server but can`t get more than two stars due to inability to use adoptable storage as metadata file. The metadata folder is permanently linked to the internal storage which is limited to 16gb on the standard Shield. The server has now used up all 16gb of my internal storage and I can no longer even update my apps or download new apps."
"Absolutely awesome that I can use the Shield as a Plex media server but can`t get more than two stars due to inability to use adoptable storage as metadata file. The metadata folder is permanently linked to the internal storage which is limited to 16gb on the standard Shield. The server has now used up all 16gb of my internal storage and I can no longer even update my apps or download new apps."
com.plexapp.mediaserver.smb
Installs: 1,000,000+
(1,518,849 at
2024-10-10 14:58:55)
Version: 1.41.0.9018 (smb)
Category: Video Players
Pegi : Everyone
Publish Date : May 26, 2016
Update Date : 2024-09-18
Android Version : 6.0
Version: 1.41.0.9018 (smb)
Category: Video Players
Pegi : Everyone
Publish Date : May 26, 2016
Update Date : 2024-09-18
Android Version : 6.0
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Plex, Inc.
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Suite 700, PMB 735
Campbell, CA 95008
https://plex.tv
support@plex.tv
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DESCRIPTION
The Plex Media Server scans and organizes your media, then lets you stream it to all of your devices. It`s the central, most important piece of Plex. Once installed, it gets to work scanning and cataloging every piece of media, making it look beautiful and intuitively organized.
Disclaimer: this app is only intended for the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV devices.
Disclaimer: this app is only intended for the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV devices.
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See https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/644 for a list of what’s new.
DATA SAFETY AND SECURITY
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Other
· change network connectivity· run at startup
· prevent device from sleeping
· view network connections
· full network access
Photos/Media/Files
· read the contents of your USB storage· modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage
· read the contents of your USB storage· modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information
· view Wi-Fi connectionsSecurity Practices
Data is encrypted in transit
· Your data is transferred over a secure connection
You can request that data be deleted
· The developer provides a way for you to request that your data be deleted
Data that may be shared with other companies or organizations
Location
Approximate location (Optional) : App functionality, Developer communications, Advertising or marketingData this app may collect
App activity
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App info and performance
Crash logs (Optional) : AnalyticsDiagnostics (Optional) : Analytics
Other app performance data (Optional) : Analytics
Device or other IDs
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