A Nvidia Shield TV 2019 Pro and a Synology NAS, they really are the perfect combo to sail the seas, or watch legal streams if you want to.
Both gadgets have been used daily since the day they were purchased, and that is a good sign lol.
The Shield TV uses hardware since 2015, and even when some could say it is failing into the enshitification territory due to the usual crappy decisions regarding putting ads in the stock launcher, it is to applaud that Nvidia still supports this thing officially though.
About the NAS, I have a two bay unit (bad decision) but it supports Docker and it has helped me to feel attached to Linux again.
Your usual multimedia selfhosted program that you have running in your overpowered server/rack, you name it, I could probably be using it too in my humble DS218+
If I had to choose only one I’d say the Shield, because along with Smart Tube Next already is 80% of my total usage lol (plus I had my NAS turned off for months because a recent fuck up, and I didn’t have a PC to check it out, which is kinda solved now).
You don’t really need a NAS if you get a Real Debrid account plus an app that supports it, like Weyd, Syncler, or Stremio + Torrentio. You can run a Plex server directly on the Shield, too.
Only for content that you’re legally allowed to watch, of course. Nobody would ever pirate content over the internet!
regarding putting ads in the stock launcher,
This was Google’s decision, not Nvidia’s. It’s in the base OS and Nvidia have no control over it. I replaced the stock launcher with flauncher which is basic and lightweight - just what I wanted. I used “Method 2: disable the default launcher” from the flauncher Readme to disable the default launcher and it worked well on both of my Shields.
You don’t really need a NAS if you get a Real Debrid account plus an app that supports it, like Weyd, Syncler, or Stremio + Torrentio. You can run a Plex server directly on the Shield, too.
Yeah for sure, and that has actually helped me to offload a lot of storage of my NAS as well, but RD can fail, and it is good to have something offline too.
This was Google’s decision, not Nvidia’s. It’s in the base OS and Nvidia have no control over it. I replaced the stock launcher with flauncher which is basic and lightweight - just what I wanted. I used “Method 2: disable the default launcher” from the flauncher Readme to disable the default launcher and it worked well on both of my Shields.
I understand, I actually decided to just rollback the launcher to the old stock UI, it works pretty well to me.
I’d start with deleting updates of your launcher, that way you’ll have it in its original state, then deactivate automatic updates.
I downgraded to 8.2.3 just to be extra safe it won’t change back because of the server side update thingy… Plus seeking for a better performance/less clunkiness.
I’d like to mention a combo:
A Nvidia Shield TV 2019 Pro and a Synology NAS, they really are the perfect combo to sail the seas, or watch legal streams if you want to.
Both gadgets have been used daily since the day they were purchased, and that is a good sign lol.
The Shield TV uses hardware since 2015, and even when some could say it is failing into the enshitification territory due to the usual crappy decisions regarding putting ads in the stock launcher, it is to applaud that Nvidia still supports this thing officially though.
About the NAS, I have a two bay unit (bad decision) but it supports Docker and it has helped me to feel attached to Linux again.
Your usual multimedia selfhosted program that you have running in your overpowered server/rack, you name it, I could probably be using it too in my humble DS218+
If I had to choose only one I’d say the Shield, because along with Smart Tube Next already is 80% of my total usage lol (plus I had my NAS turned off for months because a recent fuck up, and I didn’t have a PC to check it out, which is kinda solved now).
I started out with a DS220+ and soon bought a 4 bay DS920+ for my media center with the 220+ on backup (as in system backup) duty 😁
Yeah, this seems like the logical path to me, although, at this point I ask myself, why not a 5 or 6 bay unit better? 🙂
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I’d have more if I had the cash ngl.
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Well, I never felt so disappointed to not be a US citizen.
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You don’t really need a NAS if you get a Real Debrid account plus an app that supports it, like Weyd, Syncler, or Stremio + Torrentio. You can run a Plex server directly on the Shield, too.
Only for content that you’re legally allowed to watch, of course. Nobody would ever pirate content over the internet!
This was Google’s decision, not Nvidia’s. It’s in the base OS and Nvidia have no control over it. I replaced the stock launcher with flauncher which is basic and lightweight - just what I wanted. I used “Method 2: disable the default launcher” from the flauncher Readme to disable the default launcher and it worked well on both of my Shields.
Yeah for sure, and that has actually helped me to offload a lot of storage of my NAS as well, but RD can fail, and it is good to have something offline too.
I understand, I actually decided to just rollback the launcher to the old stock UI, it works pretty well to me.
I didn’t even realise that was possible! How do you do it?
I’d start with deleting updates of your launcher, that way you’ll have it in its original state, then deactivate automatic updates.
I downgraded to 8.2.3 just to be extra safe it won’t change back because of the server side update thingy… Plus seeking for a better performance/less clunkiness.