This mostly seems to be impacting Plex users who "have migrated your library metadata to external storage" rather than hosting it on the Shield TV's internal storage, but that's most Shield TV users. Plex users who lost their server after the Android 11 update, you, unfortunately, will have to wait for a solution from Plex, but they're working on it (opens in new tab). Some users have fixed most issues by factory resetting, but signing back into all your apps is a big fat pain, even with the improved Google Keyboard.Kodi's remote server streaming issue has a workaround that involves disabling the usage of http2.In Settings, navigate to Device Preferences > Storage > Scan for media automatically. Enable external storage and network-attached storage to be seen as it's connected.Some users have regained functionality by uninstalling and reinstalling an app.In Settings, navigate to Apps > Select your app > Permissions > Files and Media > Allow all the time (or Allow depending on the app). You can re-grant storage permissions to get individual apps like VLC working again.Users flocked to the Shield Experience Upgrade 9.0, but once it arrived, it was almost immediately clear things were afoot. Last week, NVIDIA finally rolled out the first major upgrade to the system since 2019, which brought Android 11 and a small truckload of improvements. The NVIDIA Shield TV remains one of the best streaming devices on the market today, though some users might be wanting to throw their through a window right now. There are a few workarounds you can use to get some apps back up and running, but one of Plex's issues will require a separate fix, which NVIDIA is working with Plex on.NVIDIA has confirmed it is working with Google on a fix and that the issue pertains to storage permissions changes from Android 11.The update seems to have broken Plex for numerous users, as well as Kodi, VLC, and accessing some local and network-attached files.
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