ubox... i can understand... but 1TB limit is way too low.

my old android4 boxes can take 2TB ext.

newer one android7... can take 4TB ext.. internal sata drive up to 8TB.

kodi quasar path works good either way.


i am quite sure the shield can do what u want.

i will be surprised if there is some unique restriction to it.

for ubox, it can detected the drive, but when i use quasar to download the movie into that drive, after a while, download speed keep lowering and after that download windows dissapear. then i check the ubox forum external hard drive restriction, it state until 1 TB only. so i also do not understand it, why can detected the drive but cannot write data to that drive.

checking the nvidia shield forum, a lot of ppl complaining of nvidia shield restricted the write access to external hard drive...only on specific folder only...try to find more info whether got workaround on this issue or not...but the problem is, i also try format the my seagate so that it become part of the internal storage in nvidia shield, also quasar cannot download into it...really pening kepala...do not know what format my hard drive was after nvidia shield format, initially NTFS, after nvidia shield format to become internal storage, do not know what format, might be the format not compatible with quasar download...now little bit sianz, if know so many technical issue, might just follow bro AVFan bought Q10 with SATA HD

any reason you want to let it go...also just bought it, facing some tachnical issue, if cannot solve, i also want to sell it...

what issue bro? been using shield since 2015. then upgrade to new one 2017 version. no issue. now shifting to appletv4k.

did you using Kodi with Quasar to download movie to external hard drive? problem cannot download to the external hard drive, after a while download speed become slower and slower....other box i try ok...this nvidia shield give me this problem....and only can set the quasar download path to specific path in the external hard drive....subjfolder in Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc...other path cannot write...after set to this Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc, also cannot download...

ooo since end of last year, didnt use kodi hehe using netflix, hulu, directv apps, terrarium (kodi-like apps)

Bro, mind share your directv apk?
The one i installed, live channels are ok but vod has this odd playback like it's on 12fps

sama here. vod no need la. live channels more important.

Ubox... like the cheapest boxes, u dun get a lot. Expected.

Come think of it, it is probably true the shield has this quasar ext hdd write restriction.
Becos there is the shield pro with 500gb internal storage for that purpose... they gotta sell this model too!
So, u just get what is available in internal storage... 10, 11gb.
It is a drawback i wont like too.
If u need more comments quasar, can discuss further at kodi or specific box thread.

Lastly... my bad... ignore this tddownload folder i mentioned... it is just an existing folder i used, nothing to do with quasar.
If u set the path to even the root drive, the video folder will appear at root level.
If u DL subs, it will appear as a new subtitles folder.

Don't know about the external drive restriction, but for the standard 16gb Shield, the storage can be increased via USB flash drive or SSD. So far even the 10-11gb is good enough for normal use coz I don't download movies through Kodi and I have less than 10 purchased games. Maybe there is some workaround for the Quasar issue?

thanks bro, will move my issue to kodi section to see got any sifu there can help me. anyway thanks a lot bro AVFAN for your reply.

For normal use, tv shows and movies, watch n remove, 10gb internal is sufficient.
It is only when u want to use kodi quasar to save for keeping, or go for 20, 30gb videos it becomes an issue.

I do not hv shield and did not know of this restriction, if true, until cyberkoh brought it up.
Just for knowledge, will google a bit n see if there is a workaround.

Totally frustrated with nvidia shield that i jist bought,problem with the external storage and quasar. Using quasar to download into internal storage, everythings fine, but when set path to external storage,cannot download with speeing decrease problem until below 10k, path mist set inside kodi subfolder in android folder (android tv restriction,each app must only can write to own app folder in android folder). So last try,format and merge my external storage into internal storage (android 7.0 feature, format external become adoptable storage). Try quasar, first movie download, successfully, download second movie speed reducing problem appear again, try to delete torrent from quasar,cannot and kodi/quasar hang..then shutdown nvidia shield and restart again, damn kodi cannot open, totally hang, not only kodi cannot open, all the external app i install manually from playslore also hang (es file explorer, vlc player, mx player). Try again factory reset and set external storage to become adoptable storage,same sympton, can download first movie,sexond cannot and corrupt other app as well. Tey again with kodi installed after i merge the external storage,also same problem (try both kodi install first then format external storage OR install kodi first into internal storage and then format and merge external storage)...


Really frustrating and wanna give up liao, anyone interested on nvidia shield 2017 basic mode 16gb (without game controller) that i bought from amazon, can pm me. My purpose jist purely for quasar so i cannot resolve it,want to give up and eiher buy himedia q10 pro or nvidia shield pro 500gb

the bolded part is interesting and impt.

i know that is true for the androidtv on my tv, cannot set to external path for kodi.... i thought that was just the tv restriction.

but does that apply to all devices running on androidtv?

e.g. mibox too?

read from forum, all android tv box should facing same problems. any androixtv box owner can verify?

can ask at the mibox thread.

Pm your best price. Cod.

Try using Elementum(Alt to Quasar) >> http://elementum.surge.sh
If the speed still drop, try changing storage setting to 'NMAP' or 'Memory'

Found out on the nvidia forum that the pro version is EOL.
Getting the pro version is risky since the os is installed on the hard drive, if the hard drive fail then it can't be used unless replace the hdd using this method >> https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/...tv-ssd-t3402580
Also the hard drive will continue spinning/scanning wen device is idle or in 'sleep mode', even the performance is slower compare to 16GB version.
Another issue lately is that after OTA update, it need some time to optimise the system and may cause lags during the process.

This post has been edited by juzmafia: Feb 14 2018, 09:12 PM

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=30...8789#pid2698789

have you read/tried this?

anyone manage to install and running RSS player in Nvidia Shield TV 2017. Not found in Playstore but manage to download apk (https://apkpure.com/rss-player/pis.android.rss.rssplayer) and installed it. But not manage to open the app and nvidia shield will mention it stopped working.