
People with Synology NAS drives have an option in their settings to turn this off selectively. The details are that the underlying issue with SMB2/3 is the Opportunistic Locking (oplock) in the SMB2/3 protocol it seems. I Googled it and found many saying it was the SMB2 and SMB3 protocol causing this ( ) so I set my Asus to just SMB1 and voila, it works really quickly now. My issue was very slow to start movies and shows but once started they were fine to seek through etc. Having it on the Router seems much more reliable and easier to access over the network from my PC. I moved the USB drive from the Shield as it would loose access to the plugged in HDD for some reason. The SHIELD will be able host AND VIEW Live TV through Plex, again making it the preeminent cord cutting hub for modern consumers of content.My setup is an NVIDIA Shield TV Pro (2019) running a PLEX server with the media stored on a hard drive plugged into my Asus RT-AC68U (Merlin Firmware 384.17) acting as a NAS. The most interesting option here is likely the NVIDIA SHIELD, a device that already supported server and client application.

Plex Server support for Live TV is currently supported on Windows and Mac, supported NAS devices and Android TV.

You can then watch those recorded shows anywhere in the world, on any device. Want to catch the live baseball game while sitting at the airport on your iPhone? You can do it now, and the Plex Server handles video transcoding on the fly to make sure you get it at the bandwidth best suited for your situation.įor those new to the Plex DVR feature set, recorded shows and movies are integrated right into your library, with metadata added, making them a searchable and shareable part of your system. For starters, you will soon be able (iOS and Android TV only for today) watch TV on any Plex client, anywhere in the world, regardless of region or device. There are some pretty impressive features that go along with Live TV being available as part of your Plex Server.
