Plex Media Server has continuously grown in popularity and now supports many platforms. A bunch of apps, including Plex, were outright broken after the upgrade. Some of the most popular client applications for accessing content from a Plex Media Server include NVIDIA Shield, Roku, Mobile App, and many more. The software organizes your files and content into categories, making it easy to find and use. Thankfully, a new fix is on its way to help relieve many of those issues. Version 33.1.0.264 started making its way to users on January 20th, bringing a whole host of changes to Shield TV models and - most importantly - restoring those Plex issues. That hotfix included an updated variant of the Plex Media Server app meant to solve issues with external storage, problems initially caused by the jump to Android 11. Google's 2020 release utilizes scoped storage for improved privacy, limiting the number of directories accessible by apps.

Plex wasn't the only app affected by this change - Kodi and VLC were among those listed - but it was by far the highest-profile. Nvidia has started distribution of its Shield Experience Upgrade 9.0.1, resolving the Plex server and storage permissions issues. Fixes stutter when playing interlaced content.Fixes storage permissions on media player, file browser, and emulator apps.The main issues being addressed in this release appear in Nvidia's changelog: Those bugs popped up after installing the Android TV 11 update for the boxes. There are plenty of other bug fixes in this build, though, like ones related to HDMI connectivity, audio, storage, and accessories (you can see a detailed list changes on the company's website). Sadly, there appear to be several issues with this update, too, and Nvidia is working on them. Those include poor file transfer performance, refresh rate issues when Kodi is running in the background, and more - a list of all the known bugs can be found here. Since this update is being rolled out publicly, it should become available for your Shield TV in the coming few days - if it hasn't already.

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