well hes being smart which i never would have thought of that so he doesnt have to lift up the device to see which direction he needs to put in the usb next time it makes his life easier
Hi. I've spent hours trying to figure out how to connect my Samsung T3 SSD to my Nvidia Shield and I felt a bit foolish when you showed me that I had to plug in the drive with the Shield turned off. Some times it's the small stuff that gets you. Now I need to find out how to move my apks and such over to the SSD. Hopefully you've already done a video and it is in your library of videos. Today is my first time seeing anything that you've done and I've got to say that I liked it, subscribed and rang the bell. Thanks and I'll talk to you soon.
Glad that the video helped! I did a video on how to move files from the Shields internal storage to the external drive, I used ES File Explorer. See the video here: ua-cam.com/video/MP9KumZyj2c/v-deo.html
You can move the system to a external HDD, so the 2.TB becomes the "internal drive". A feature added late in year 2016 or so. I used same external HDD for 5 years as internal space with no problems.
My Shield runs Oreo now, and have a 128 GB USB 3.1 flash SSD formatted for device storage, and a 2 TB SSD USB 3.1 formatted as removable storage. It is amazing. I've only had 2 issues. Plex Media server is now a system app, and, although you have an option to move a portion of the data to shared internal, or removable storage, it really isn't recommended. Currently the PMS app is taking up 6 GB of the 16 GB available. Also, I've had all kinds of issues when I had ES File Explorer installed. Nvidia Support suggested a factory reset, and re-installing apps slowly to identify when things acted up. ES File Explorer seemed to be the culprit. I use a different app since OREO for Sideloading and have not had these issues since then. It could be a combination of apps that were the issue, I can't be certain, but, I don't see issues now.
Hello sir. I bought 4tb expansion external drive of the same brand but facing issues as my shield remote starts lagging and it's mic doesn't work but on the other hand shield controller work perfectly. Please can you help and explain where I'm going wrong?
This was most informative I have the problems with my sheild and it's constant I have tried deleting and still it's a problem I did order a hard drive off Amazon and they sent something else that was not going to work I see you mentioned Seagate as the product of choice there are so many out there and nobody wants to have there stuff lost or destroyed by unreputable devises I have had this nividia sheild for awhile now I guess it may be getting old with some of the updates it just don't have any room for the new stuff to down load with your video this will be a solution to this problem can you tell me were you got yours and what you may have spent for it Thank you for sharing
I found to get it to have full access to my 5TB drive I had to first connect the device so it would write the default Shield files, then eject and add any other folders via PC I wanted (for some reason I can't seem to find a file explorer that does more than just read, which is stupid but makes sense when you consider all the protection content owners demand on writable devices), anyway, any folders go into the Nvidia_Shield folder, and then it will read and write to the folder, but ONLY in that folder, it will not access any other folder for writing purposes.
First, Thank you so much for your time and for sharing all of this with us. I appreciate that. I have a question... why does the hard drive say expansion on it? is there a difference between it and just an external hard drive or is it just the way it was pre formatted? One more question actually ... I have never heard of this Nvidia Shield thing.. but will it play all sorts of media files from a 2TB WD external hard drive? Thanks again and have a great day.
yemerican the expansion drive is just an external hard drive...the name “expansion” is more about marketing. The expansion no different from other external hard drives. The Nvidia Shield is the highly recognized best streaming device that can play apps from the play store. The Shield is great for streaming and there is no lag with a decent internet connection.
I have been moving files that I ripped years ago with my PC, I can't recall what I used back then. I have a MAC now, any suggestions on what I should use now?
Great video. If I download Google drive App on NVIDIA Shield, do you think I can choose the connected external drive as the cloud drive? because the 16 or 32 Giga Byte internal storage of NVIDIA Shield is not enough!
One more question, if I want to use a hard drive as INTERNAL, how big of a hard drive would you recommend to use as INTERNAL? And thank you once again for your other answers.
If you use a hard drive for internal storage plan for enough room for all the installed apps, games, etc. that you have plus more to expand. I only have 16GB internal and it requires me to move downloads quickly to my external drive. I think the answer is specific to how you use the device. Since hard drives are so reasonable in price get the bigger size so you don't "outgrow" it and hate yourself later :) The Shield Pro is 500 GB so if you want to do better than their pro model go for a 1-2 TB (1TB and 2TB are so close in cost). Even though you may not touch all the space you install...it is SO nice not to worry about running out of space. Good Luck!
Mine does weird random things. I have an 8TB hooked up to it and some videos it will have playback issues. Sometimes it will randomly freeze completely and others it will freeze the picture but have the sound continue. I stop and resume and it's fine for awhile
ES File explorer has been removed from the play store. If you really want it, you’ll need to side load it. I’m sure someone like @Troypoint has instructions. That dude is awesome for all things like sideloading and Kodi etc. The issue with external storage not found happened to me after a Shield update. Completely messed my 2TB drive up and I lost about 600GB of media. Bit the bullet and re formatted the drive and it’s recognised again. Shield updates are annoying as once it also removed some apps and their data, I was fuming 😡. Onwards and upwards.
Hi,I watch one of your other video. you mention outside antenna. What brand did you use and type of antenna, because we are trying to do same of getting rid of cable. Thanks for reply.
I installed an Antennas Direct DB8e, I chose it because it is a long range antenna. My towers are 50+ miles away and I bring in 50 plus channels. Good luck!
Note: If you connect an external drive to expand storage when this is already enabled, you will need to turn storage access off then on again so the new drive is available on the network
I purchased a 2TB Toshiba external hard drive USB 3 as an extension. Attached it to the Shield, formatted it, it did its thing. Worked for about 1 hour, then the Wifi dropped out - it was working on all other devices, then the Shield totally failed. Blue screen on the TV. Turned everything off, including at the power point. Still a blank blue TV screen. Finally ejected the Toshiba, turned everything off. When it started everything was back (except of course the apps that had been stored on the Toshiba). Any ideas what caused this? The Shield is the 2019 TV Pro 3gb ram and 16gb storage.
I have Samsung 1TB external drive. When I rebooted it says not connected now and I’ve unplugged and plugged in rebooted unplugged and plugged in and still says not connected
Make sure it is formatted and ES File explorer is installed on the Shield. Perhaps reboot before you plug in the Seagate...then try. Also test the cable...try plugging into a PC to see if the PC can "see" the drive. If the PC can see the drive you know the cable/drive is fine and the issue is within the Shield. I didn't have any issues with my drive being recognized right away. give an update when you try a few things.
I'm confused. You said make sure your unit is powered off prior to plugging in hard drive. Then you plugged in your hard drive and it powered on. How? You said the shield had no power.
In the video I demonstrated how the file explorer looks without the drive connected, I then plug it in and it starts rebooting because I touched the "on" button or the top of the unit with the touch sensitive "on" switch. You can see the unit booting up on the video.... For you at home you will not need to have the unit on to shoot the "before" portion of a video like I did. Power should be off, then plug in the drive, turn the unit on.
I have never taken my Shield apart to see if the ram is expandable, great question! If you want to increase the number of USB ports you can purchase a multi port port hub and plug that into the USB port of the Shield, thus expanding how many devices you can connect to it.
Can you please explain something; Will the shield see the USB drive as internal or external storage? I mean, when i download apps or anything else to the shield, will it install those apps to the 2tb drive or to the 16gb built in storage? Because if the hooked up USB drive is only usable for music and movies then it won't be nothing special.
The USB drive is an external storage device and the Shield will see it as such. If you download anything it will go to your internal 16 GB "built in" storage. I download files and manually move them over to the external drive...it works for me, everyone has different preferences. Since I only want to store my media files like movies, music, music videos,etc. it made sense to me.
Indymania Al - I have not tried running any apps from the external hard drive, I use it to store all my media that I play such as movies,music, etc. I can not tell you if it will work for your intended use, good luck!
It will see it as External storage by default, but following this guide will replace the 16gb internal storage with your USB drive. I have mine setup this way with a 1TB drive. nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4025/~/how-to-increase-your-internal-storage-on-shield-tv
My Shield was rooted with Android 6, this must be why. I also noted that my NEW Shield (I bough a second one) did not recognize the hard drive the same way the rooted Shield did, I chose to place the hard drive connected to my Netgear router and connect both Shields to it with SMB networking protocol built into Kodi. I am still trying a few other things to see if I can do anything different as I really do like it connected to the Shield directly. Since adding a second Shield to the house the networked method is pretty awesome too....both can access the content equally so Kodi always has media available on either device.
Do you notice a decrease in speed on the Shield with the external drive? I was thinking to buy an ssd to use a internal storage. Or would it be stupid if it's not going to make any difference? I want the Shield speed to stay the same and not getting less. Not even by 1%.
I use the external drive to play all my media - I use Kodi... and the movies,music, and music videos load and work just fine. I don't see a difference in how it worked prior to using the external drive for storage. I don't think you would gain anything in using the SSD - my opinion. It depends maybe on what your use case will be however.
Thanks a lot for the answer. I was thinking of using the external drive as internal storage. Download all the apps and games apps to it and start the apps from there.I know just playing media is no issue with an external drive.
When you connect the drive your are prompted to use it as internal storage or not...I can't recall the exact prompts displayed, but yo are able to leave it as external or set it up as internal. If you choose to make the drive internal I believe you loose the original internal storage (the new HD becomes the internal). I wish you could ADD the exernal HD to the existing internal storage...but it appears not so! Let me know how it goes! good luck.
Mistake! You don’t need file explorer. Simply remove the external hard drive, reboot the shield, THEN plug in the hard drive. The shield will allow it to format
This is only half the story - how about playing back a video that's stored on the external drive? Will VLC play videos directly off the drive? Can KODI scan the content on the drive into its library?
Hi again...I watched your video on how to access your cloud is there a video on how to access your hard drive I get mine tomorrow hard drive...thank you...🐎
Excellent video, I followed it and have now installed external drive. Only problem is I don't know how to move/store stuff on it. Could you help please
Hi Robert - I did a short video on how to move files around to support using Kodi for movies and music files. I use ES File Explorer as the file manager to access the files and to move, copy and paste files. You can download this from Play Store. Here is the video on moving files for Kodi. ua-cam.com/video/MP9KumZyj2c/v-deo.html Good luck - if you need more help - ask, I could always reply with a pvt message with details.
Do I need to formatted my external drive if I connect to Nividia shield if I already formatted on my computer. I seen where when you formatted on shield it combines internal and external together as one. So when I power it back on it says tap to use external drive . How I am explaining it right.
My ES File explorer doesn't seem to be recognizing the drive. I turned it on and off a few times. And if I go into the settings of the Nvidia. It shows up as removable storage. But when I go into ES explorer it says SD card not found.
Since the drive is plugged into a USB drive it is considered removable storage, not sure why ES File Explorer is not seeing the drive and allowing you to select it , perhaps your issue is due to a different firmware and OS. (note: I am on Android 6 with a rooted shield)
I use "TV launcher", my Shield is rooted and I removed the Nvidia Shield GUI. I didn't want the gaming ability since I only intended to use the hardware to do my streaming, other streaming boxes failed to stream without buffering issues, the Shield is robust enough to handle the task perfectly. You don't have to root with Android only like I did, it is totally preference.
I have it sitting beside my Shield on a shelf directly under my wall mounted TV - I can't hear anything. We sit 20 feet away to view and no issues at all with sound. I can walk up to it and put my ear to it - that is the only way to hear it running!
How do I make the drive as part of the internal storage I am at 98% and I can't get my shield to use the external drive to install new apps to. It states it is full and can't do anything?
When you connect the external drive to the Shield for the first time, (have ES File Explorer installed first)...you should be prompted with a message on screen asking " Do you want to assign the drive as INTERNAL Storage" (a message similar to that). When you make that selection the drive becomes the internal drive and the existing internal space of the Shield will become unusable. I don't think you can install an App to external storage, that is your problem also. Move some of your non-app files off the internal storage, (perhaps upload to your Google Drive folder for temporary storage). Then you can use the internal drive for Apps only....and movies, video files, etc. can be on the external drive. The other option is to allow the external drive to become the internal drive by selecting the option when you first plug it in and get the prompt to make a selection.
I was able to format my 2TB external storage on my nvidia shield but now when I plug it into my computer to transfer some movies into it, I don't see it on my computer whereas it did before formatting. What can I do? I plan on using this storage to see movies downloaded on my computer.
I formatted my drive on my LAPTOP first using NTFS as the file system. Your laptop will see the drive after this....when you plug it into the Shield the ES File Explorer App will "see" this also. (note: I am on Android 6 with a rooted shield) good luck!
When you format a USB drive as internal storage, it becomes encrypted to your SHIELD TV and can no longer be used interchangeably with other devices such as personal computers or cameras. Alternatively, you can set up your USB drive as removable storage for sharing files. However, you cannot install apps and games to removable storage. You can no longer use this USB drive to share content between SHIELD TV and your PC without formatting.
I only wanted a streaming device without the gaming features, so by rooting I only have the apps (APK's) that I want installed. I also don't have the (in my opinion) heavy GUI layer that Nvidia uses and that I don't like/didn't want. I run Android 6.0 and everything runs solid for me, its a personal preference and I love the interface I get with my launcher. To root a shield you can do a Google search, find the correct files that match your firmware version, etc. Be careful or you may brick your unit if your not sure on how to do the root.
good video, i have a 64g usb stick that formated to use as internal storage ,and i want to get a 2 to 4 tb drive to download movies on , can i still use the 64g usb drive ? and should each one always be connected in the same port? the 2-4 tb drive would be external storage. thanks for any help
I believe so, ES File Explorer can see both drives, so you cam download to the internal storage (USB Stick) and move them over to your External 2-4 GB hard drive....that is how I do it.
When i connect my harddrive direcly to the tv it spinns on for like 10 sec then off for like a minute the wakes up again, the spinning noice makes me crazy. Will the shield handle it the sam way?
It’s hard to say how the TV is accessing the drive. It sounds like it is reading and stopping ..and that’s going to happen with a Shield. The Shield may read to recognize and stop until accessing content, the TV may want a more frequent “connect and check” reference. All speculation of course.
If it is formatted file explorer should recognize it just fine. I can't recall the prompt you may see on the screen but I know that I chose an option of "external drive" or similar, NOT to mount it as internal...I didn't want to replace my internal...just my choice good luck!.
hi , i had a good mess around with ext HD and shield this morning , here's what i find. The HDD is a "WD My Passport Ultra 2TB" usb drive. When i plug it in , it shows in ES explorer below "internal storage and below the current 28mb usb stick i have permanently plugged in as "internal storage ". the WD is listed as 3007 am not using a mouse so i cant left click but pressing OK on remote , it says "open in new tab" when i do it says "failed to open". If I long press on OK it gives me two options "OPEN or UNMOUNT " selecting open it says "cannot open " , selecting "unmount" it unmounts the drive. My drive is formatted "ExFAT" which is supposed to work with the shield as far as i am aware? I have 3 other different make drives and none of those will work with the shield either. I did once last year get a drive to show when inserted into shield but it would not let me write to it so that was basically useless to.
hmmm but one thing I noticed when connecting my external hd it always is on never the less the shield never turns off it just goes to sleep thus keeping the drive on all the time my question is ... isn't it bad to keep the drive running like that on all the time even when not in use ?
That is one thing I wished it would do also - go to sleep. You have to power off the Shield if you want to drive powered off also. Yes, anything that runs will wear out faster than if it can "rest" (power off).
I hooked up a 2tb Seagate to my nVidia shield. When I put the nVidia to sleep the hard drive keeps running but after a while the solid blue light starts to flash. Is this normal? When I unplug everything goes off obviously but when I replug, it takes about 20 mins before all the apps are accessible again so this method is not really user friendly. Presumably, it is not a good idea to unplug? Any help much appreciated......
I leave my Shield powered on all the time so my drive light is always on also. The unfortunate thing is that the USB port stays powered on even when the Shield is in sleep mode...thus our drives are always powered up. I wish there was a way to set the power to USB to "off" when in sleep mode....anyone know how to change that ?
I read again and see that the 20 mins for your apps to work after plugging in the drive.....you must have set the external drive to function as internal storage, correct? My apps all load fine if I unplug my external HD, because it is NOT set up as internal, it is used as external storage only (movies, videos, music, Pics).
Yes, you are right because when I look at the %'s used it used to show around 40% internal but now after adding the Seagate it is around 0.02%. Can I reverse this in the Settings storage settings?
I have never performed that function, but as everything goes it must be something that CAN be done. I would suggest searching for a specific video on how to convert your unit back to using the original storage to internal and the exterior HD to external storage...if you desire to. The one benefit is that all the apps wont take 20 min to load if you unplug, and you gain all the external storage while holding onto the original internal storage. good luck!
I have been seeing around lately about the Seagate 2tb that it works then goes bad afterwards I want to buy one but the negative reviews just keeps me back from buying it So my question is it really true that it does fail after a period of a few months or should I just be cautious to buy and see for other options or buy it?
Hi Donald - You can format the external drive without affecting the internal storage. I formatted my drive by connecting it to my Windows PC and using the "Format" function, i used NTFS format. Since I have not tried using the Shield to format I can't say how to do so. As long as you select the EXTERNAL drive when formatting you should be fins....just DON'T select the internal storage and select "format".. that would wipe out the data on it.
I purchased a Corsair USB flash drive ssd for my Nvidia shield ut been having some serious Lag? I read a bunch of people are having this problem using external drives with the Shield have you experienced any lag?
I don't have any lag but I am not storing Apps on the external drive, just movies, music, and photos. I just bought a second Shield and I am going to add an external SSD to it later this week, I will do an update on my results with the new set up.
Not so much an increase but if you use the external drive to install and run apps it MAY cause a decrease in response...Nvidia states this. I chose to use my hard drive to stream movies from and not run apps because it made sense that I wouldn’t need more internal drive storage for tons of apps. I only use certain apps and have plenty of storage...so that worked best for me. I DO with that the Shield supported all USB drives in a consistent fashion.
Hi LazyDayz' I waiting for my Nviddia Shield ,i also have an External HDD HP MD1000H ,it states has Windows drivers,i wonder if i can use it in the NVIDIA Shield as an external hdd?
Frank Silva The Hard drive that I use on my shield is a USB 3.0 drive. If your drive is a USB 3.0 drive I would think it should work, let me know I am curious!
How can I transfer files on the hard drive using pc and not unplug from the nvidia? And another question you need to be root for nvidia shield detect the hard drive and allow you to open it?
Hi - Using the ES File Explorer works without root just fine, I verified that on a friends non-rooted Shield yesterday. There are abilities in ES File Explorer to use your Network to transfer files but I have MACs.. not Windows and I found it difficult to do...call it, I lost patience! You should be able to do it just look at the "Network" tab on the left of ES File Explorer...good luck!
@@LazyDayz316 oh so the built in advanced upscaler is not capable of upscaling the films on my external hard drive so does it only upscale netflix and youtube?thanks for replying.....
@lazydazy i have query! please reply how do i install gforce games or android games or any other apps into an external storage device on the shield tv??
My external drive is 2 TB, they make a 3 TB and a 4TB in this brand, I have not purchased or tried them to see if they function with the Shield. I can say the 2 TB works great.
AFTER FORMATING MAKE SURE YOU TURN POWER COMPLETELY OFF AGAIN AND RESTART GO BACK AND WATCH IT SEARCH THROUGH IT. THEN IT WILL TELL YOU IT CAN MAKE IT ONE UNIT
Does the Nvidia Shield support native 1080p60 and 4k at 30fps mkv movie files from the expansion drive? I have the Western Digital Media TV Live Player and it only supports mkv movies in 1080p.
short answer - YES. I have 1080P movies on my external drive and play them through Kodi just fine at that resolution. I don't have any 4K content on the drive (yet) so I can't answer that part. I don't see why it wouldn't, it should play what is thrown at it regardless if it came from internal storage or external storage. Check out the specs on the Shield here: www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/
Hello, I also have a 2TH expansion drive. But I never worked at my shield tv. Actually I don't really see you go into the drive exploring it. I just see your seagate hdd with a 0% not showing how much space there is on the hdd. (That's the same as what happens here ) It shows the drive but you can't enter it. It has always been here like that. Greetings
Did you ever saw that message ? "corrupted usb drive. Select to repair" But there is no repair option to see . :s(and the hdd works fine at ntfs at my pc so, don't understand why it should be corrupt.
no. it formats to its own , once you format drive dont think you will ever use it on any other computer ever again. not even another nvidia. its gets incrypted.
I unplug my drive from the Shield and connect it to my laptop to place new media files on it just fine. The computer can read and write to the hard drive just fine...just like a USB thumb drive or external hard drive (which this is).
This only happens if the drive is used for "Adoptable Storage". This would mean that the new drive would now be "Internal" storage and not external. In the video, the drive is being used as external storage not internal. Therefore, this drive will NOT be encrypted and will be available on other devices.
Hi i formatted my seagate 2t drive via shield was that tbe right way to do it as i see people useing different formats ive alot of movies on it now and dont want to sacrifice them by having to reformat it a different way i would get the odd restart on my shield but dont know if it was anything to do with my seagate 2t drive thanks.
Jonathan reid I formatted my external drive using my windows pc. I have no issues using it on the Shield. Since I have never formatted using the Shield I can't say if you did it wrong or not. I am sure you can format many different ways and it would work fine.
nice vid , how about the BIGGIE tho, how to hook up a drive like that to the shield as "EXTERNAL STORAGE " ? i have over a thousand remastered hollywood classic movies in HD that i play in kodi , I have to plug the drive into a PC and use smb so kodi on the shield can see them , would be much more reliable and faster playback if it the damn shield would see the drive when i plug it in , it doesn't :(
Hi Joe: I jut went into my ES File explore and have : 1. Internal Storage, 2. SD(2TB drive), 3. USB3003. If I left click on "USB3003" it prompts me with "Allow the app to access the USB device?" Use by default for this device is an option box to check. I just did this and the drives moves from being recognized as an SD to a USB device. I powered off, unplugged the drive, powered up again (without the drive plugged in) and ES only showed the internal storage as it should. I then plugged the drive in and it defaulted back to being a "SD". All that said - you can choose to change the drive as stated above, I just left mine as the default "SD". Do you think changing yours to "USB" will help your situation? PS - I am pulling my music and movies from my external drive just fine and viewing with Kodi ;) Let me know what you are able to do - very interested!
cheers mate , have read the above 3 times and am still none the wiser , are you saying you have an external drive plugged into your shield set as an "external" drive not internal and your accessing movies/tv shows from it with kodi ?
Hi Joe, I have one external drive (2TB) plugged into the USB 3.0 port of the Shield, that is all. I have folders on the drive with my movies and music....in Kodi I have those folders mapped (to import into Kodi to index, pull meta data, fan art, etc). That is all I am doing. As long as the path to the folders is correct in Kodi, the media will play regardless of the ES File explorer "name" (either "SD" or USB3003".
If you buy the Shield just to stream Kodi would you say not to buy it? Right now I bought the Shield and a Reveal Box. I haven’t opened the Shield yet in cause I want to send it back to Amazon. I also bought the NETGEAR Nighthawk X10. What do I do?
I tried many other Android Boxes before settling on the Shield, others failed to stream anything without stuttering and buffering. The Shield can handle anything I have thrown at it. My personal opinion is to keep the Shield, return the other Android box. Note: I run a rooted Shield on Android 6. good luck!
James Hildreth dude The Shield is like night and day compared to any other box that I have used for streaming, regardless of whether you just streaming Kodi or doing other stuff keep the Nvidia Shield, it's worth every penny
Simple? Oh, no. The port knows there is something there but ES File can't see the files inside. So, questions: Must the drive be 3.0 to be recognized? I have an older Seagate 1TB 2.0 drive. Must it be formatted NTFS? I found info in the Nvidia Forum stating that my HFS+ formatting should have worked but it didn't. Bought converter software for Mac to reformat the disk to NTFS but still no joy. My drive uses external power, should it be unpowered? None of these problems seem like they should be fatal yet they are. Does anything jump out at you to make this drive work? Thanks!
Hi Jake: I formatted to NTFS and yes, the USB port on the shield is 3.0 as is the drive a USB 3.0. My drive don't use external power, so I wonder if that is causing you issue? (i.e. the USB 3.0 port trying to power your drive and you already having a power supply) I don't have an older drive around anymore to test with (see if USB 2.0 fails). I HAVE plugged in a 2.0 flash drive and it worked just fine however... I know not the same thing as a HD. I don't have any other ideas....anyone out there able to jump in and share on this one??
Also wondering how you would watch a movie. The Shield's main purpose for me (aside from watching Amazon Prime and MLB.tv) is to play my movies that I have converted to MKV's. Looks like Kodi should work (but it can't see the movies on the HD). Just signed up to Plex to use Plex Server and trying to add one to my library to watch. I ordered a Seagate 3.0 HD this morning from Amazon but thought I'd try to get this older one working, which is how I stumbled onto your great video. Back to playing with Plex for now. Maybe I'll have some luck with that. Good thing I'm retired so I have time for this stuff. Thanks!
So, Nvidia support just got back to me to say that USB 3.0 is "not mandatory". Haven't had to deal with file structure since 1993 when I went all Mac so Plex is a bust, too, can't figure out how to get a movie on my computer to the Plex library through the website. I suspect I am doing something wrong but don't know what.
I had tons of problems getting my NTFS format hard drives working. What working for me was putting it into the USB port next to the HDMI and pull the power cord out for 1 min.
will it also store apps or will it only be files please got a few questions could you please explain i like the idea as I have the nvidia sheild and would like to expand it any thing you can tell me would be well appreciated thank you in advance
I use mine only for media storage, music, videos, pics, and it does great. You can not load an App from the external drive. When you plug in the drive you are given a choice to make the external drive the "NEW" storage drive totally. If you do this, it becomes the entire new INTERNAL drive, which is of course larger, but it disables the internal storage the device came with. Those are the two options. 1. Make the external drive the NEW internal drive 2. Configure the external drive to be an extra drive for storage (external) while keeping the Shield's internal memory for downloaded and installed apps, etc.
You can add apps to the drive I think. TechDoctorUK UA-cam channel said the other week in the video ANDROID TV SSD DRIVE UPGRADE (INSANE SPEED) I'll leave a link to the video below but not sure if you can see it so if not just look up the video I've said and he shows you ua-cam.com/video/1PcrKYU0cfk/v-deo.html
I tried this and had troubles with ES File Explorer loading it correctly and it kept crashing and slowing down my Shield. Do I need to do something different?
I got a 4 terabyte one nothing but problems formatting it also when it did keeps searching for the drive help.... what a waist of money these drives are
The Shield has a USB 3.0 port that provides power for the drive as well as move the data. Check the drives specs to see if will work on a USB 3.0 device.
Need help please. I have an older 500 GB external hard drive i used to use with Dish Network as a sort of 😴DVR..I was told I could plug this into the shield and watch the programs i have on there. I plugged into the shield and it says safety ejected. What do I do now?? Help. Thanks in advance
It depends on the formatting choice you used on the hard drive if it will work or not on the Shield. I used NTFS formatting and it allows me to unplug it and add content then plug it back in and function just fine. Plug yours in to see if you can use it, if not.... you could move your content to another storage device and format your 500GB drive to NTFS and move it back over to the drive. Let me know how it goes.
This is 3 minutes and 51 seconds of a man plugging in a USB drive.
I read the comments to make sure that this fact was addressed. Good work.
A video to tell you how to plug in a USB device into a USB socket! Awesome
You are incredibly talented, bro. I loved Avatar! And you were fantastic in Family Ties!
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Liked for the White Out marker tip on the USB cord!
well hes being smart which i never would have thought of that so he doesnt have to lift up the device to see which direction he needs to put in the usb next time it makes his life easier
Didn't like for the same reason! seriously! they only plug in one way? Makes no sense? no brainer is right? lol!
Hi. I've spent hours trying to figure out how to connect my Samsung T3 SSD to my Nvidia Shield and I felt a bit foolish when you showed me that I had to plug in the drive with the Shield turned off. Some times it's the small stuff that gets you. Now I need to find out how to move my apks and such over to the SSD. Hopefully you've already done a video and it is in your library of videos. Today is my first time seeing anything that you've done and I've got to say that I liked it, subscribed and rang the bell. Thanks and I'll talk to you soon.
Glad that the video helped! I did a video on how to move files from the Shields internal storage to the external drive, I used ES File Explorer. See the video here: ua-cam.com/video/MP9KumZyj2c/v-deo.html
Thanks for getting back to me. I'll check out the video.
You can move the system to a external HDD, so the 2.TB becomes the "internal drive".
A feature added late in year 2016 or so. I used same external HDD for 5 years as internal space with no problems.
I did that recently with a 1tb SAMSUNG USB SSD..... probably overkill.. lol
@@badlilstang Overkill considering the app sizes on Android. ;)
@@V3ntilator Yeah, the games kinda add up. I had the SSD on hand so figured why not lol
@@badlilstang I did that with Samsung nvme m.2 980 pro insane overkill
@@dimkasmchenko2519 what casing did you use for it?
I actually have a 16gb 2015 and have a 2TB hooked up as internal and a 5tb hooked up as external storage..works great
How did you add the 2TB hook up as the internal?
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4025/~/how-to-increase-your-internal-storage-on-shield-tv
i plan to buy this device so i can emulate my old games on my tv without having to use my pc to emulate my games on pc anymore
My Shield runs Oreo now, and have a 128 GB USB 3.1 flash SSD formatted for device storage, and a 2 TB SSD USB 3.1 formatted as removable storage. It is amazing. I've only had 2 issues. Plex Media server is now a system app, and, although you have an option to move a portion of the data to shared internal, or removable storage, it really isn't recommended. Currently the PMS app is taking up 6 GB of the 16 GB available. Also, I've had all kinds of issues when I had ES File Explorer installed. Nvidia Support suggested a factory reset, and re-installing apps slowly to identify when things acted up. ES File Explorer seemed to be the culprit. I use a different app since OREO for Sideloading and have not had these issues since then. It could be a combination of apps that were the issue, I can't be certain, but, I don't see issues now.
Hey, I have the same issue with ES File. What other APP did you use to get back up and running with as a file manager?
weirdly i cant find ES Explorer to install it?
I Had the 4tb drive for couple of weeks now i am thinking its the best thing i bought on amazon
Hello sir. I bought 4tb expansion external drive of the same brand but facing issues as my shield remote starts lagging and it's mic doesn't work but on the other hand shield controller work perfectly. Please can you help and explain where I'm going wrong?
Yes the video I’ve been looking for thank you
This was most informative I have the problems with my sheild and it's constant I have tried deleting and still it's a problem I did order a hard drive off Amazon and they sent something else that was not going to work I see you mentioned Seagate as the product of choice there are so many out there and nobody wants to have there stuff lost or destroyed by unreputable devises I have had this nividia sheild for awhile now I guess it may be getting old with some of the updates it just don't have any room for the new stuff to down load with your video this will be a solution to this problem can you tell me were you got yours and what you may have spent for it
Thank you for sharing
I found to get it to have full access to my 5TB drive I had to first connect the device so it would write the default Shield files, then eject and add any other folders via PC I wanted (for some reason I can't seem to find a file explorer that does more than just read, which is stupid but makes sense when you consider all the protection content owners demand on writable devices), anyway, any folders go into the Nvidia_Shield folder, and then it will read and write to the folder, but ONLY in that folder, it will not access any other folder for writing purposes.
First, Thank you so much for your time and for sharing all of this with us. I appreciate that.
I have a question... why does the hard drive say expansion on it? is there a difference between it and just an external hard drive or is it just the way it was pre formatted?
One more question actually ... I have never heard of this Nvidia Shield thing.. but will it play all sorts of media files from a 2TB WD external hard drive?
Thanks again and have a great day.
yemerican the expansion drive is just an external hard drive...the name “expansion” is more about marketing. The expansion no different from other external hard drives. The Nvidia Shield is the highly recognized best streaming device that can play apps from the play store. The Shield is great for streaming and there is no lag with a decent internet connection.
Awesome and simplified video. Thank you Sir.
Great Video. What program are you using to rip your blue ray movies? What size are you getting?
I have been moving files that I ripped years ago with my PC, I can't recall what I used back then. I have a MAC now, any suggestions on what I should use now?
Great video.
If I download Google drive App on NVIDIA Shield, do you think I can choose the connected external drive as the cloud drive? because the 16 or 32 Giga Byte internal storage of NVIDIA Shield is not enough!
One more question, if I want to use a hard drive as INTERNAL, how big of a hard drive would you recommend to use as INTERNAL? And thank you once again for your other answers.
If you use a hard drive for internal storage plan for enough room for all the installed apps, games, etc. that you have plus more to expand. I only have 16GB internal and it requires me to move downloads quickly to my external drive.
I think the answer is specific to how you use the device. Since hard drives are so reasonable in price get the bigger size so you don't "outgrow" it and hate yourself later :) The Shield Pro is 500 GB so if you want to do better than their pro model go for a 1-2 TB (1TB and 2TB are so close in cost). Even though you may not touch all the space you install...it is SO nice not to worry about running out of space. Good Luck!
Mine does weird random things. I have an 8TB hooked up to it and some videos it will have playback issues. Sometimes it will randomly freeze completely and others it will freeze the picture but have the sound continue. I stop and resume and it's fine for awhile
ES File explorer has been removed from the play store. If you really want it, you’ll need to side load it. I’m sure someone like @Troypoint has instructions. That dude is awesome for all things like sideloading and Kodi etc.
The issue with external storage not found happened to me after a Shield update. Completely messed my 2TB drive up and I lost about 600GB of media. Bit the bullet and re formatted the drive and it’s recognised again.
Shield updates are annoying as once it also removed some apps and their data, I was fuming 😡. Onwards and upwards.
Hi,I watch one of your other video. you mention outside antenna. What brand did you use and type of antenna, because we are trying to do same of getting rid of cable. Thanks for reply.
I installed an Antennas Direct DB8e, I chose it because it is a long range antenna. My towers are 50+ miles away and I bring in 50 plus channels. Good luck!
Note: If you connect an external drive to expand storage when this is already enabled, you will need to turn storage access off then on again so the new drive is available on the network
Thanks for the vid. My shield does not recognize my external hard drive. Any ideas? Thanks!
I purchased a 2TB Toshiba external hard drive USB 3 as an extension. Attached it to the Shield, formatted it, it did its thing. Worked for about 1 hour, then the Wifi dropped out - it was working on all other devices, then the Shield totally failed. Blue screen on the TV. Turned everything off, including at the power point. Still a blank blue TV screen. Finally ejected the Toshiba, turned everything off. When it started everything was back (except of course the apps that had been stored on the Toshiba). Any ideas what caused this? The Shield is the 2019 TV Pro 3gb ram and 16gb storage.
wow that strange i say i wont use it as internal storage only for tranfaer dobly hdr movies
@@YosefElgart Dobly?
what launcher are you using? It looks good!!!
I use "TV Launcher" - I did a review/demo video about it here: ua-cam.com/video/rDzR10_wutw/v-deo.html I like the how easy it is to customize and use.
How many movies can you fit on a 2T hard drive? Someone told me you need at least 14tb hard drive for movies. Thx great video
Hi ,I have 2017 shield ,having hard time shut down on unit as it doesn't have on and off .How you shut it off
I have Samsung 1TB external drive. When I rebooted it says not connected now and I’ve unplugged and plugged in rebooted unplugged and plugged in and still says not connected
Sometime u have to format them on your computer then put it in the shield
This is a great video but if you could only expand on it showing how to record apk and kodi movies to it would be great
can you play videos from you Hd to the shield
How can you add 2 or 3 sm external drives-1 or 2 Tb drives? Is there a compatable hub that will run 2 or 3? I only want to use one USB port?
Great tips. Does it work for isb jump drives?
It should
Thanks
My shield doesn't recognize my Seagate drive...any idea how to get it to see it?
Make sure it is formatted and ES File explorer is installed on the Shield. Perhaps reboot before you plug in the Seagate...then try. Also test the cable...try plugging into a PC to see if the PC can "see" the drive. If the PC can see the drive you know the cable/drive is fine and the issue is within the Shield. I didn't have any issues with my drive being recognized right away. give an update when you try a few things.
TheLazyDayz thank you sir! I'm good to go now
I'm confused. You said make sure your unit is powered off prior to plugging in hard drive. Then you plugged in your hard drive and it powered on. How? You said the shield had no power.
In the video I demonstrated how the file explorer looks without the drive connected, I then plug it in and it starts rebooting because I touched the "on" button or the top of the unit with the touch sensitive "on" switch. You can see the unit booting up on the video.... For you at home you will not need to have the unit on to shoot the "before" portion of a video like I did. Power should be off, then plug in the drive, turn the unit on.
Just wondered two things, - one is there a way to increase ram and two - is there any way to increase the number of usb ports on the Shield?
I have never taken my Shield apart to see if the ram is expandable, great question! If you want to increase the number of USB ports you can purchase a multi port port hub and plug that into the USB port of the Shield, thus expanding how many devices you can connect to it.
How Did You Get That Launcher Bro?
You can search the Playstore for launchers. Also launcher APK downloads is a good search term
Can you please explain something; Will the shield see the USB drive as internal or external storage? I mean, when i download apps or anything else to the shield, will it install those apps to the 2tb drive or to the 16gb built in storage?
Because if the hooked up USB drive is only usable for music and movies then it won't be nothing special.
The USB drive is an external storage device and the Shield will see it as such. If you download anything it will go to your internal 16 GB "built in" storage. I download files and manually move them over to the external drive...it works for me, everyone has different preferences. Since I only want to store my media files like movies, music, music videos,etc. it made sense to me.
LazyDayz I am thinking about buying the 500gb pro so if I plug in a 2tb portable hard drive I can transfer all apps and run them off the hard drive.
Thanks.
Indymania Al - I have not tried running any apps from the external hard drive, I use it to store all my media that I play such as movies,music, etc. I can not tell you if it will work for your intended use, good luck!
It will see it as External storage by default, but following this guide will replace the 16gb internal storage with your USB drive. I have mine setup this way with a 1TB drive.
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4025/~/how-to-increase-your-internal-storage-on-shield-tv
My nvdia doesnt reqognize the storage i am adding as yours.. I mean the es file manager doesnt reqognize it!! You know why please??
My Shield was rooted with Android 6, this must be why. I also noted that my NEW Shield (I bough a second one) did not recognize the hard drive the same way the rooted Shield did, I chose to place the hard drive connected to my Netgear router and connect both Shields to it with SMB networking protocol built into Kodi. I am still trying a few other things to see if I can do anything different as I really do like it connected to the Shield directly. Since adding a second Shield to the house the networked method is pretty awesome too....both can access the content equally so Kodi always has media available on either device.
Do you notice a decrease in speed on the Shield with the external drive?
I was thinking to buy an ssd to use a internal storage. Or would it be stupid if it's not going to make any difference?
I want the Shield speed to stay the same and not getting less. Not even by 1%.
I use the external drive to play all my media - I use Kodi... and the movies,music, and music videos load and work just fine. I don't see a difference in how it worked prior to using the external drive for storage. I don't think you would gain anything in using the SSD - my opinion. It depends maybe on what your use case will be however.
Thanks a lot for the answer. I was thinking of using the external drive as internal storage. Download all the apps and games apps to it and start the apps from there.I know just playing media is no issue with an external drive.
When you connect the drive your are prompted to use it as internal storage or not...I can't recall the exact prompts displayed, but yo are able to leave it as external or set it up as internal. If you choose to make the drive internal I believe you loose the original internal storage (the new HD becomes the internal). I wish you could ADD the exernal HD to the existing internal storage...but it appears not so! Let me know how it goes! good luck.
An SSD might solve your problem.
Mistake! You don’t need file explorer. Simply remove the external hard drive, reboot the shield, THEN plug in the hard drive. The shield will allow it to format
Thanks for the update on the process that worked for you!
This is only half the story - how about playing back a video that's stored on the external drive? Will VLC play videos directly off the drive? Can KODI scan the content on the drive into its library?
Yes, I can play back a video from the hard drive by using Kodi, VLC also works for me. Kodi scans content I add to the hard drive perfectly.
I see my hard drive there but the other apps doesn't recognize the already existing Hard drive since 1 GB update...
You have to format it on your computer first.
Hi again...I watched your video on how to access your cloud is there a video on how to access your hard drive
I get mine tomorrow hard drive...thank you...🐎
Margaret jasper - Yes visit the channel and you will find several helpful videos including how I access my external hard drive.
Excellent video, I followed it and have now installed external drive. Only problem is I don't know how to move/store stuff on it. Could you help please
Hi Robert - I did a short video on how to move files around to support using Kodi for movies and music files. I use ES File Explorer as the file manager to access the files and to move, copy and paste files. You can download this from Play Store. Here is the video on moving files for Kodi. ua-cam.com/video/MP9KumZyj2c/v-deo.html
Good luck - if you need more help - ask, I could always reply with a pvt message with details.
Many Thanks
Would it use alot of electricity if I keep in on all the Time?
I leave mine on all the time, the Shield only uses 5-10 watts for a typical consumption
LazyDayz thank you
Do I need to formatted my external drive if I connect to Nividia shield if I already formatted on my computer. I seen where when you formatted on shield it combines internal and external together as one. So when I power it back on it says tap to use external drive . How I am explaining it right.
My ES File explorer doesn't seem to be recognizing the drive.
I turned it on and off a few times. And if I go into the settings of the Nvidia. It shows up as removable storage. But when I go into ES explorer it says SD card not found.
Since the drive is plugged into a USB drive it is considered removable storage, not sure why ES File Explorer is not seeing the drive and allowing you to select it , perhaps your issue is due to a different firmware and OS. (note: I am on Android 6 with a rooted shield)
It does not recognize mine either - a WD 1 TB EasyStor
try plugging your storage to the FARTHEST left port when your looking down on it - THAT just worked for me
Are you from fla. You loom very familiar
1.what ROM are you using...or what lawncher ...
2.is better to install pure android on nvidia shield...???
thanks...
I use "TV launcher", my Shield is rooted and I removed the Nvidia Shield GUI. I didn't want the gaming ability since I only intended to use the hardware to do my streaming, other streaming boxes failed to stream without buffering issues, the Shield is robust enough to handle the task perfectly. You don't have to root with Android only like I did, it is totally preference.
Corsair Flash Voyager Slider X2 USB 3.0 Flash Drive (any size) works best recommended by Nvidia
George Martian where can you get this
I recommend mounting the drive as Internal Storage, it will simply convert your 16GB internal storage to 2GB internal storage.
Chris - that’s a great option/suggestion. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Arkador and how do you do that
How much noise dos this make when in use? I was planning on using it to hold my plex library.
I have it sitting beside my Shield on a shelf directly under my wall mounted TV - I can't hear anything. We sit 20 feet away to view and no issues at all with sound. I can walk up to it and put my ear to it - that is the only way to hear it running!
How do I make the drive as part of the internal storage I am at 98% and I can't get my shield to use the external drive to install new apps to. It states it is full and can't do anything?
When you connect the external drive to the Shield for the first time, (have ES File Explorer installed first)...you should be prompted with a message on screen asking " Do you want to assign the drive as INTERNAL Storage" (a message similar to that). When you make that selection the drive becomes the internal drive and the existing internal space of the Shield will become unusable.
I don't think you can install an App to external storage, that is your problem also. Move some of your non-app files off the internal storage, (perhaps upload to your Google Drive folder for temporary storage). Then you can use the internal drive for Apps only....and movies, video files, etc. can be on the external drive. The other option is to allow the external drive to become the internal drive by selecting the option when you first plug it in and get the prompt to make a selection.
I was able to format my 2TB external storage on my nvidia shield but now when I plug it into my computer to transfer some movies into it, I don't see it on my computer whereas it did before formatting. What can I do? I plan on using this storage to see movies downloaded on my computer.
I formatted my drive on my LAPTOP first using NTFS as the file system. Your laptop will see the drive after this....when you plug it into the Shield the ES File Explorer App will "see" this also. (note: I am on Android 6 with a rooted shield)
good luck!
When you format a USB drive as internal storage, it becomes encrypted to your SHIELD TV and can no longer be used interchangeably with other devices such as personal computers or cameras. Alternatively, you can set up your USB drive as removable storage for sharing files. However, you cannot install apps and games to removable storage. You can no longer use this USB drive to share content between SHIELD TV and your PC without formatting.
How big of a HDD can it handle? a 6T will work
Thank You!!
What benefits does rooting a shield get you? Also how do you even root a Shield?
I only wanted a streaming device without the gaming features, so by rooting I only have the apps (APK's) that I want installed. I also don't have the (in my opinion) heavy GUI layer that Nvidia uses and that I don't like/didn't want. I run Android 6.0 and everything runs solid for me, its a personal preference and I love the interface I get with my launcher. To root a shield you can do a Google search, find the correct files that match your firmware version, etc. Be careful or you may brick your unit if your not sure on how to do the root.
Hi after formatting my hard drive when I turn shield off u have to reconnect hard drive why is that john
Hello with all the upgrades of OREO, I would like to return data to my internal Nvidia drive...how would i do this? Thanks!
Is the Seagate 2 TB hard drive big enough? Or should I go with a Seagate 4 TB hard drive? Thank you.
Size depends on how much storage you need, go larger if you are continuing to add more media frequently.
good video, i have a 64g usb stick that formated to use as internal storage ,and i want to get a 2 to 4 tb drive to download movies on , can i still use the 64g usb drive ? and should each one always be connected in the same port? the 2-4 tb drive would be external storage. thanks for any help
I believe so, ES File Explorer can see both drives, so you cam download to the internal storage (USB Stick) and move them over to your External 2-4 GB hard drive....that is how I do it.
When i connect my harddrive direcly to the tv it spinns on for like 10 sec then off for like a minute the wakes up again, the spinning noice makes me crazy. Will the shield handle it the sam way?
It’s hard to say how the TV is accessing the drive. It sounds like it is reading and stopping ..and that’s going to happen with a Shield. The Shield may read to recognize and stop until accessing content, the TV may want a more frequent “connect and check” reference. All speculation of course.
After plugging in do you have to do anything in file explorer or just use it as is?
If it is formatted file explorer should recognize it just fine. I can't recall the prompt you may see on the screen but I know that I chose an option of "external drive" or similar, NOT to mount it as internal...I didn't want to replace my internal...just my choice good luck!.
hi , i had a good mess around with ext HD and shield this morning , here's what i find. The HDD is a "WD My Passport Ultra 2TB" usb drive. When i plug it in , it shows in ES explorer below "internal storage and below the current 28mb usb stick i have permanently plugged in as "internal storage ". the WD is listed as 3007 am not using a mouse so i cant left click but pressing OK on remote , it says "open in new tab" when i do it says "failed to open". If I long press on OK it gives me two options "OPEN or UNMOUNT " selecting open it says "cannot open " , selecting "unmount" it unmounts the drive. My drive is formatted "ExFAT" which is supposed to work with the shield as far as i am aware? I have 3 other different make drives and none of those will work with the shield either. I did once last year get a drive to show when inserted into shield but it would not let me write to it so that was basically useless to.
it must be either the drive or exfat format , i just plugged it into a different android box and it shows up in ES explorer as empty ??
Can you try using the NTFS format ?, that is what I used successfully.
i will have a look at that , although would have to move nearly 2tb of content off a drive before reformatting it. tx.
Every since I did this my shield has crashed repeatedly until I uninstalled the external drive , then no problems
How did all Games OBB files transfer external drive ?
hmmm but one thing I noticed when connecting my external hd it always is on never the less the shield never turns off it just goes to sleep thus keeping the drive on all the time my question is ... isn't it bad to keep the drive running like that on all the time even when not in use ?
That is one thing I wished it would do also - go to sleep. You have to power off the Shield if you want to drive powered off also. Yes, anything that runs will wear out faster than if it can "rest" (power off).
I hooked up a 2tb Seagate to my nVidia shield. When I put the nVidia to sleep the hard drive keeps running but after a while the solid blue light starts to flash. Is this normal? When I unplug everything goes off obviously but when I replug, it takes about 20 mins before all the apps are accessible again so this method is not really user friendly. Presumably, it is not a good idea to unplug? Any help much appreciated......
I leave my Shield powered on all the time so my drive light is always on also. The unfortunate thing is that the USB port stays powered on even when the Shield is in sleep mode...thus our drives are always powered up. I wish there was a way to set the power to USB to "off" when in sleep mode....anyone know how to change that ?
I read again and see that the 20 mins for your apps to work after plugging in the drive.....you must have set the external drive to function as internal storage, correct? My apps all load fine if I unplug my external HD, because it is NOT set up as internal, it is used as external storage only (movies, videos, music, Pics).
Yes, you are right because when I look at the %'s used it used to show around 40% internal but now after adding the Seagate it is around 0.02%. Can I reverse this in the Settings storage settings?
I have never performed that function, but as everything goes it must be something that CAN be done. I would suggest searching for a specific video on how to convert your unit back to using the original storage to internal and the exterior HD to external storage...if you desire to. The one benefit is that all the apps wont take 20 min to load if you unplug, and you gain all the external storage while holding onto the original internal storage. good luck!
is the HDD is ADOPTED memory... for the system..to use as internal memory when installing apps and games...???
My external drive is used only for my storage of media files. When I install apps or games it uses the internal memory/storage of the Shield.
LazyDayz thanks
I have been seeing around lately about the Seagate 2tb that it works then goes bad afterwards I want to buy one but the negative reviews just keeps me back from buying it
So my question is it really true that it does fail after a period of a few months or should I just be cautious to buy and see for other options or buy it?
I have had my drive installed and the Shield constantly on (never power it down ) for 1 year now....no issues thus far.
Do you plug the hard drive into the slot next to the HDMI port?
yes
Hi how are you... If you format it with the shield will you lose your information that you have on it or no? Thanks
Hi Donald - You can format the external drive without affecting the internal storage. I formatted my drive by connecting it to my Windows PC and using the "Format" function, i used NTFS format. Since I have not tried using the Shield to format I can't say how to do so. As long as you select the EXTERNAL drive when formatting you should be fins....just DON'T select the internal storage and select "format".. that would wipe out the data on it.
LazyDayz ok thanks I will follow that
I purchased a Corsair USB flash drive ssd for my Nvidia shield ut been having some serious Lag? I read a bunch of people are having this problem using external drives with the Shield have you experienced any lag?
I don't have any lag but I am not storing Apps on the external drive, just movies, music, and photos. I just bought a second Shield and I am going to add an external SSD to it later this week, I will do an update on my results with the new set up.
@@LazyDayz316 So if you just plug the external drive into the Nvidia shield without loading any apps will there be a speed increase?
Not so much an increase but if you use the external drive to install and run apps it MAY cause a decrease in response...Nvidia states this. I chose to use my hard drive to stream movies from and not run apps because it made sense that I wouldn’t need more internal drive storage for tons of apps. I only use certain apps and have plenty of storage...so that worked best for me. I DO with that the Shield supported all USB drives in a consistent fashion.
Hi LazyDayz' I waiting for my Nviddia Shield ,i also have an External HDD HP MD1000H ,it states has Windows drivers,i wonder if i can use it in the NVIDIA Shield as an external hdd?
Frank Silva The Hard drive that I use on my shield is a USB 3.0 drive. If your drive is a USB 3.0 drive I would think it should work, let me know I am curious!
Hi sir
Does it support exFat formatted seagate external hdd?
Hi Alex - The details you ask about are not listed on the product data sheet, it simply states "Windows 7 and 8" are supported.
thank u
How can I transfer files on the hard drive using pc and not unplug from the nvidia? And another question you need to be root for nvidia shield detect the hard drive and allow you to open it?
Hi - Using the ES File Explorer works without root just fine, I verified that on a friends non-rooted Shield yesterday. There are abilities in ES File Explorer to use your Network to transfer files but I have MACs.. not Windows and I found it difficult to do...call it, I lost patience! You should be able to do it just look at the "Network" tab on the left of ES File Explorer...good luck!
Does this Seagate come with the USB cable or have to buy it separated if so what what USB extacley do I get
The hard drive comes with a cable that connects to the drive and the other end is USB....which can go into your TV, Etc.
I hear the upscale is great what I'd like to know will it upscale my 1080p movies on my external hard drive thanks
A hard drive can't upgrade the video quality, the TV can upscale if it was built with that functionality, mine does for example.
@@LazyDayz316 oh so the built in advanced upscaler is not capable of upscaling the films on my external hard drive so does it only upscale netflix and youtube?thanks for replying.....
no upscaling at all from my experience
Thanks for the replies
@@89ladydog Yes it will Upscale any video you throw at it.
but you cant store or run apps off the usb drive
@lazydazy i have query! please reply how do i install gforce games or android games or any other apps into an external storage device on the shield tv??
I have not installed games or apps to my external drive, I use mine just for movie and music storage to support using Kodi to play them.
i love my seagate wireless drive if i added the new seagate Miro sd 400 gig would my dev pick that up
I first tested with a USB drive and the Shield recognized that just fine. I would definitely give it a try, you won't know unless you do.
What is the most terabytes we can put on the shield?
My external drive is 2 TB, they make a 3 TB and a 4TB in this brand, I have not purchased or tried them to see if they function with the Shield. I can say the 2 TB works great.
I can't use my SSD seagate 1TB on my Shield TV 2017...
How can I make in work?
I have not tried using a SSD, not sure. Can anyone chime in to help on this question??
AFTER FORMATING MAKE SURE YOU TURN POWER COMPLETELY OFF AGAIN AND RESTART GO BACK AND WATCH IT SEARCH THROUGH IT. THEN IT WILL TELL YOU IT CAN MAKE IT ONE UNIT
Does the Nvidia Shield support native 1080p60 and 4k at 30fps mkv movie files from the expansion drive? I have the Western Digital Media TV Live Player and it only supports mkv movies in 1080p.
short answer - YES. I have 1080P movies on my external drive and play them through Kodi just fine at that resolution. I don't have any 4K content on the drive (yet) so I can't answer that part. I don't see why it wouldn't, it should play what is thrown at it regardless if it came from internal storage or external storage. Check out the specs on the Shield here: www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/
How we turn on the new Shield TV?
I push the middle button but it not turn on...
JAY JAY well said lol
I have a 8tb hard drive that I've been using with a PC can it also be used with the Shield?
It should work, I formatted using aNTFS file system. I am running rooted with Android 6.
Hello, I also have a 2TH expansion drive. But I never worked at my shield tv. Actually I don't really see you go into the drive exploring it. I just see your seagate hdd with a 0% not showing how much space there is on the hdd. (That's the same as what happens here ) It shows the drive but you can't enter it. It has always been here like that. Greetings
Hi Avanox - Make sure you format the drive with NTFS format, I am running Android 6 on my rooted Shield.
@@LazyDayz316 oow I am running android 8.0 not rooted. But it is ntfs. But I see a message my hdd would be damaged? :s
Did you ever saw that message ? "corrupted usb drive. Select to repair" But there is no repair option to see . :s(and the hdd works fine at ntfs at my pc so, don't understand why it should be corrupt.
I have not had the "select to repair" message appear for me. I wonder if your Android version is the issue? Does anyone have input on this to help?
question : the external hdd is formated in ExFaT ? NTFS ?
I formatted it on my Windows Laptop - NTFS
no. it formats to its own , once you format drive dont think you will ever use it on any other computer ever again. not even another nvidia. its gets incrypted.
I unplug my drive from the Shield and connect it to my laptop to place new media files on it just fine. The computer can read and write to the hard drive just fine...just like a USB thumb drive or external hard drive (which this is).
This only happens if the drive is used for "Adoptable Storage". This would mean that the new drive would now be "Internal" storage and not external. In the video, the drive is being used as external storage not internal. Therefore, this drive will NOT be encrypted and will be available on other devices.
Hi i formatted my seagate 2t drive via shield was that tbe right way to do it as i see people useing different formats ive alot of movies on it now and dont want to sacrifice them by having to reformat it a different way i would get the odd restart on my shield but dont know if it was anything to do with my seagate 2t drive thanks.
Jonathan reid I formatted my external drive using my windows pc. I have no issues using it on the Shield. Since I have never formatted using the Shield I can't say if you did it wrong or not. I am sure you can format many different ways and it would work fine.
nice vid , how about the BIGGIE tho, how to hook up a drive like that to the shield as "EXTERNAL STORAGE " ? i have over a thousand remastered hollywood classic movies in HD that i play in kodi , I have to plug the drive into a PC and use smb so kodi on the shield can see them , would be much more reliable and faster playback if it the damn shield would see the drive when i plug it in , it doesn't :(
Hi Joe: I jut went into my ES File explore and have : 1. Internal Storage, 2. SD(2TB drive), 3. USB3003. If I left click on "USB3003" it prompts me with "Allow the app to access the USB device?" Use by default for this device is an option box to check. I just did this and the drives moves from being recognized as an SD to a USB device. I powered off, unplugged the drive, powered up again (without the drive plugged in) and ES only showed the internal storage as it should. I then plugged the drive in and it defaulted back to being a "SD". All that said - you can choose to change the drive as stated above, I just left mine as the default "SD". Do you think changing yours to "USB" will help your situation? PS - I am pulling my music and movies from my external drive just fine and viewing with Kodi ;) Let me know what you are able to do - very interested!
cheers mate , have read the above 3 times and am still none the wiser , are you saying you have an external drive plugged into your shield set as an "external" drive not internal and your accessing movies/tv shows from it with kodi ?
so you have , a SD(2TB drive) and also a usb drive plugged into your shield ? or is the USB3003 drive the 2TB drive ?
when i select "allow app to access the usb device " use by default , it unmounts the device from the shield.
Hi Joe, I have one external drive (2TB) plugged into the USB 3.0 port of the Shield, that is all. I have folders on the drive with my movies and music....in Kodi I have those folders mapped (to import into Kodi to index, pull meta data, fan art, etc). That is all I am doing. As long as the path to the folders is correct in Kodi, the media will play regardless of the ES File explorer "name" (either "SD" or USB3003".
If you buy the Shield just to stream Kodi would you say not to buy it? Right now I bought the Shield and a Reveal Box. I haven’t opened the Shield yet in cause I want to send it back to Amazon. I also bought the NETGEAR Nighthawk X10. What do I do?
I tried many other Android Boxes before settling on the Shield, others failed to stream anything without stuttering and buffering. The Shield can handle anything I have thrown at it. My personal opinion is to keep the Shield, return the other Android box. Note: I run a rooted Shield on Android 6. good luck!
James Hildreth dude The Shield is like night and day compared to any other box that I have used for streaming, regardless of whether you just streaming Kodi or doing other stuff keep the Nvidia Shield, it's worth every penny
All my media is on an almost filled up 4TB. Can it read GPT drives?
I have only tried this drive on my Shield, I would still give it a try.
Do you need to buy any cable seperately?
no
LazyDayz ok thanks someone told me I needed a transfer cable
Simple? Oh, no. The port knows there is something there but ES File can't see the files inside. So, questions: Must the drive be 3.0 to be recognized? I have an older Seagate 1TB 2.0 drive. Must it be formatted NTFS? I found info in the Nvidia Forum stating that my HFS+ formatting should have worked but it didn't. Bought converter software for Mac to reformat the disk to NTFS but still no joy. My drive uses external power, should it be unpowered? None of these problems seem like they should be fatal yet they are. Does anything jump out at you to make this drive work? Thanks!
Hi Jake: I formatted to NTFS and yes, the USB port on the shield is 3.0 as is the drive a USB 3.0. My drive don't use external power, so I wonder if that is causing you issue? (i.e. the USB 3.0 port trying to power your drive and you already having a power supply) I don't have an older drive around anymore to test with (see if USB 2.0 fails). I HAVE plugged in a 2.0 flash drive and it worked just fine however... I know not the same thing as a HD. I don't have any other ideas....anyone out there able to jump in and share on this one??
Also wondering how you would watch a movie. The Shield's main purpose for me (aside from watching Amazon Prime and MLB.tv) is to play my movies that I have converted to MKV's. Looks like Kodi should work (but it can't see the movies on the HD). Just signed up to Plex to use Plex Server and trying to add one to my library to watch. I ordered a Seagate 3.0 HD this morning from Amazon but thought I'd try to get this older one working, which is how I stumbled onto your great video. Back to playing with Plex for now. Maybe I'll have some luck with that. Good thing I'm retired so I have time for this stuff. Thanks!
I use Kodi to view my movies just fine, some are MKV's others MP4. The newer 3.0 drive works great for me....best of luck!
So, Nvidia support just got back to me to say that USB 3.0 is "not mandatory". Haven't had to deal with file structure since 1993 when I went all Mac so Plex is a bust, too, can't figure out how to get a movie on my computer to the Plex library through the website. I suspect I am doing something wrong but don't know what.
I had tons of problems getting my NTFS format hard drives working. What working for me was putting it into the USB port next to the HDMI and pull the power cord out for 1 min.
will it also store apps or will it only be files please got a few questions could you please explain i like the idea as I have the nvidia sheild and would like to expand it any thing you can tell me would be well appreciated
thank you in advance
I use mine only for media storage, music, videos, pics, and it does great. You can not load an App from the external drive. When you plug in the drive you are given a choice to make the external drive the "NEW" storage drive totally. If you do this, it becomes the entire new INTERNAL drive, which is of course larger, but it disables the internal storage the device came with. Those are the two options. 1. Make the external drive the NEW internal drive 2. Configure the external drive to be an extra drive for storage (external) while keeping the Shield's internal memory for downloaded and installed apps, etc.
You can add apps to the drive I think. TechDoctorUK UA-cam channel said the other week in the video ANDROID TV SSD DRIVE UPGRADE (INSANE SPEED)
I'll leave a link to the video below but not sure if you can see it so if not just look up the video I've said and he shows you
ua-cam.com/video/1PcrKYU0cfk/v-deo.html
I tried this and had troubles with ES File Explorer loading it correctly and it kept crashing and slowing down my Shield. Do I need to do something different?
I got a 4 terabyte one nothing but problems formatting it also when it did keeps searching for the drive help.... what a waist of money these drives are
will a Seagate back up plus slim work
The Shield has a USB 3.0 port that provides power for the drive as well as move the data. Check the drives specs to see if will work on a USB 3.0 device.
Need help please. I have an older 500 GB external hard drive i used to use with Dish Network as a sort of 😴DVR..I was told I could plug this into the shield and watch the programs i have on there. I plugged into the shield and it says safety ejected. What do I do now??
Help. Thanks in advance
It depends on the formatting choice you used on the hard drive if it will work or not on the Shield. I used NTFS formatting and it allows me to unplug it and add content then plug it back in and function just fine. Plug yours in to see if you can use it, if not.... you could move your content to another storage device and format your 500GB drive to NTFS and move it back over to the drive. Let me know how it goes.