(2016-06-17, 22:49)Tinwarble Wrote: No, as of right now the Shield will not show up as a network share. However, that will change after the 3.2 update which will be released before the end of this month. http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=228158&pid=2354985#pid2354985

Currently if you want to copy files to the Shield you will need to something like a FTP client app and use ftp to copy the files. Or you can use Kodi's file manager to copy files.

Yes you can copy files to an external drive, even use Kodi's file manager to do that, but there is a limitation with external drives were you can only copy to the app folder (on the external drive) of the app you're using.
Explained here: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/921315/how-to-3-0-marshmallow-and-external-drives-/

I have a 500GB (Pro) model and 2 16GB models and frankly, with the exception of it just being neater, with adoptable storage there is really no advantage to having the Pro model over the 16GB model.

(2016-07-03, 18:17)Temujin Wrote: Reading the last few pages of HDD unmounting and this latest network share update, would the Shield be a viable device for someone using multiple HDD enclosures got their media? Would it better to have them on the network or via USB?
Am currently using a windows box but am trying to move away from Windows and looking at this box.
Thanks,
T

Quote:I am currently using a RPi2 running LibreELEC 7.02 (Kodi 16.1) as my main device and I run Kodi on my Samsung Tab S 8.4 too.
In Android, I see the option "Enable HQ Scalers for scalings above 0...100%".
When playing a video the scaling methods to select are "bilinear" and "nearest neighbor", but changing does not seem to have an effect when HQ is enabled.
[...]
I am also considering buying an nVIDIA SHIELD box to replace the RPi2 once I buy a 4K TV. I want to be sure to get the best scaling on a 4K TV since the impact is so significant, especially when watching 720p or even SD sources.

Questions:
- Which scaling method is used on regular Android devices (e.g. my Tablet) with the HQ option?
- Which scaling method is used on the SHIELD with HQ enabled (if available)?

(2016-07-04, 22:16)sekii Wrote:

(2016-07-03, 18:17)Temujin Wrote: Reading the last few pages of HDD unmounting and this latest network share update, would the Shield be a viable device for someone using multiple HDD enclosures got their media? Would it better to have them on the network or via USB?
Am currently using a windows box but am trying to move away from Windows and looking at this box.
Thanks,
T

Hello, i'm using 5 HDD, 4 of them are over the network and the last one is connected to the shield by usb. i prefer them on network to make it available elsewhere and that avoid any noise cause by HDD

(2016-07-03, 01:04)SilverBlade Wrote: After the 3.2 update, the Shields's Internal storage shows up as a Network share, but not external USB hard drives. Which is a complete deal-breaker for me as of this moment. A NAS doesn't work for me (1000% too expensive, plus I already have a mediasonic 4 bay enclosure), and my router is old enough to not include the capability to attach hard drives to it as network shares.

So, until that is fixed, I'm still holding onto my money. It doesn't come close to what I have currently (Dune Base 3.0).

Quote:Starting in Android 4.4, the owner, group and modes of files on external storage devices are now synthesized based on directory structure. This enables apps to manage their package-specific directories on external storage without requiring they hold the broad WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. For example, the app with package name com.example.foo can now freely access Android/data/com.example.foo/ on external storage devices with no permissions. These synthesized permissions are accomplished by wrapping raw storage devices in a FUSE daemon.

(2016-07-05, 23:09)_Spook_ Wrote: Nice! I can play HDR media files from Kodi and SPMC on the 3.2 update and TV detects it. Love it!