Nvidia Shield File Transfer Using a Computer | Fast & Easy (2021)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- In this video, I am going to show how to easily transfer files to and from your Nvidia Shield to a computer on your network. You can send files to your Nvidia Shield from your computer or from your Nvidia Shield to your computer.
Once added to your computer you will be able to use your Nvidia Shield just like a drive on your computer and have full control with the convenience of a computer including a file browser, keyboard, and mouse.
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Worked like a treat.. thanks so much for this video, you're a star! 👍
Thank you very much And happy Halloween.
Thank you very much!
You are very welcome!
Damn, I created the network and everything before realizing that this only works for the internal drive. Is there no way to access the external HDDs that I have connected to it? They are removable drives for my PLEX movies and TV
you should be able to access them. But the path will be different. Get a file explorer on your Nvidia shield and determine the path and then you’ll be able to access it from your computer.
Mad props for this video man. I was losing my effin mind trying to figure this out 😅, and by chance came across this video (after watching about 15 other videos). Thank you!
Great! Glad I could help!
dumb question. i plugged a hard drive into my shield. so how do I transfer files to the hard drive connected to the shield and not the shield internal hard drive?
Did you plan on using that hard drive as your internal storage? If not, you can install a file explorer to determine the path of the external drive.
If I have a external drive on nvidia shiel 2019, how can I move files from pc to that drive? Same process? Thanks
Yes! The path will be different. The easiest way to determine the part is to use a file explorer on your device.
mine just keeps loading when I try to turn on "transfer files over local network" HELP!!!
maybe try to restart your device and try again?
My old butt has been trying to fig. this out for a year.
Thank you very much.
BTW what Kodi Build are ya useing mine always crashes. Thanks
You are welcome! My Kodi build is my own. You need to be sure you are using addons that are compatible with the most recent Kodi version. I had the same issues and switched the addon and it’s good again.
I connected to my SHIELD thanks, but I wanted to connect to the two external hard drives I have connected to the shield. I thought they would show on the directory but they are not there. Do you know how to do that please?
They are there somewhere but the path is different. Install a file explorer on your Nvidia shield and then you will be able to determine the path.
@@SimplySmart123 Thanks. Instead of using /internal at the end when mapping the drive I just used the IP address and it picked it up.
How do I remove that network drive now? i am afraid to delete it, but is that how without affecting the internal shield folders?
You definitely don't want to delete its contents but you should be able to unmap the connection. Open File Explorer, then navigate to This PC.
Click on the drive you wish to unmap. On the Computer tab, click on the dropdown arrow next to the Map network drive. Select Disconnect network drive.
would this work if I have a firestick instead of an nvidia shield?
No. This is a specific feature of the Nvidia Shield with the proper settings.
Thanks very much for this! I have an SSD drive attached to my Shield, but this method won't allow me to access it. It will only give me the files within the Shield's internal storage. Is there a way that you know of to read my SSD's files?
I have formatted my SSD to be my internal storage since the internal storage of the device is low. Then you will be able to access it.
Had tried other methods and all were flakey or didn't work. Your drive mapping was very clear and worked. Many thanks.
You are very welcome!
As a matter of interest. How do you set the SHIELD up to be a server for plex. I use plex on my shield, but only using files on my PC at the moment. Thanks
That is a good question. I have not used Plex as I use Cody (spelled wrong on purpose so we don't run into issues) but my neighbor has a network hard drive system where all of his media is stored and then connects his devices to that network drive. The Nvidia Shields should not be used as storage devices but rather just to play the media stored else where on the network.
Thanks for that. I will try an external hdd attached to the Shield and see if I can use that with the Plex Server.
Big ups on this. Easily the best tutorial for how to access your Shield via a network. Cheers, friend!
Glad I could help! This is definitely a great feature of the Nvidia shield.
I get "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Shield is definitely on the same wireless network this PC is on and triple checked the IP Address (I had taken a picture with my phone).
it could vary based on your device and installation.
@@SimplySmart123 it is something about that particular computer. I tried with another one and was able to connect.
@@thomasbihn great!
What do you have for a setting for your kodi skin ect ??
Send me an email and I can send you some more info.
Still using the same setup today.
This has helped me, much appreciated and thank you. Very easy to follow and understand.
@@donkyboy great!
Can you tranfer from one shield to another? My living room box stopped working but I have one in the bedroom, how to transfer to that box? The living room box just stops at the android screen and goes no further??? Anyway to fix that of do I have to just get a new one had it like about 5yrs now the one that came with the 500gb model they don't even make it anymore. Warranty is gone as well. Need help if possible.
Did you try to unplug it. Let it sit for awhile and plug it back in?
@@SimplySmart123 yes for like 2 days now
Might be a corrupt hardrive. I would contact Nvidia and see what they suggest. Sometimes mines get stuck but a power cycle brings them out of it.
@@SimplySmart123 ok that's you I dont even know how to contact them? Is there somewhere I can take it for repair?? I doesn't seem like it had to with it being corrupted it just doesn't power up pass the android login part. Do you know how to contact nvidia, I just always see the nvidia threads online, never a way to call them or email them. Thank you taking the time to explain this stuff, I'm try not to lose all the programs I have there. Maybe it just conked out???!!🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
+1-800-797-6530
It's noy working
Try to restart both devices and try again.
Very clear and helpful, but any ideas as to how I can access a USB drive attached to the Shield TV in order to copy video files over? I tried replacing "\internal' with '\external' but that didn't work.
You would have to add a file explorer app on your Nvidia shield and then you will be able to determine the path. You are directly connecting to your actual Nvidia shield on your computer so you are able to access our paths on the Nvidia shield. Just finding the right path is the challenge.
@@SimplySmart123 Thanks, but I figured it out. I opened Windows Explorer and then in the address bar I typed \\10.1.1.94 then hit enter (that my Shield's IP). I then logged in and saved the login credentials and then I was presented with an Explorer window showing network connections for both the Shield's internal and external (usb) storage. I pinned 10.1.1.94 as a shortcut and now it immediately takes me there. I just checked and when I am downloading on my PC I am able to directly save to the USB SSD attached to the Shield. That's very handy. The download even proceeded just fine while I was playing back a very large 4K file from the USB SSD via Plex.
Also, the path for the SSD attached by usb was simply \\\
The SSD name is the name that I gave the drive when I formatted it using Windows.
Awesome! I am glad that you figured that out.
@@JonBOY26 hi there, I have the same setup with HDD connected to shield. I've noticed though when I try to access the external HDD from my PC via the same method you used, I only see the internal HDD of shield but not the external? Weird because back on the shield I can browse the HDD via Kodi fine, I also enabled the option "Transfer files over Network".
I love what you did it's very amazing and I have IPTV service if you want to try it and let me know if you like it
Unfortunately I can’t make videos on that since I will get community strikes.
Hey I've followed the video and got the movie to show up on my Shield and a picture and the description, but every time I try to play a movie it just says "playback failed, one or more items failed to play. Check the log for more information about this message. Log is empty. Downgraded my version from 9.14 on my PC to 9.13 the same version as the Shield, but still the same issue. Any fixes?
You might actually have to install a media player. It depends on the format of the movie.
Thank you very much,GREAT TUTORIAL !!!!!!! I would like to ask You sir, how would this work from a linux
(ex: linux mint )OS? Thank you !!!
You are very welcome! Not sure on a Linux machine. I am not familiar with with that operating system. I assume it would be the same once you create the network drive.
SimplySmart123, thanks for the video mate. I like that it was straight to the point and clear. I was able to make my internal storage show up zero issues. My question: is there a way to show the external drives connected to the Shield. I currently house all my media in a 5 TB WD drive. I prefer to place media on the external drive rather than bog the internal storage.
Thanks!
I think so! You will just need to get that path as it is on your Nvida Shield. You can use a file explorer to see the paths.
@@SimplySmart123
Hello and thanks for your reply. I can put in my IP in in File Explorer and I can see the Internal storage as well as External drive for the Shield in living room. I did your tutorial and Internal is working brilliantly. The problem child is the External drive. Though I can see it in File Explorer, it will not allow me to map the External drive. States: Network Error: 'Windows cannot access \\My IP\External Drive Name'. I'm not sure if anyone else has run into this issue. Thanks ahead of time. 🙂
I will look into it this weekend.
did you ever figure that out, I have the same issue @@SimplySmart123
@@SimplySmart123 Hello from the future! Did you get this to work?
i get an error when transferring files i am trying to send over some rom files from my computer to my nvidia shield
Make sure both devices stay awake
***EDIT#2***
Everything work just fine. Started to transfer my files to Shield. BUt after 20-30 min or so the transfer stops and on my PC I get a window that says I dont have permission to the "Movie" folder on Shield? I am logged in as admin on my computer, but when I try to change permissions it says the path is not availible or not accessible? Do you how to change that?
***EDIT**
I opened the internal path, checked properties on the "Movie folder", and it said that I have 1.7TB free space!! So the disk was included in the internal path! But thanks agin!
***END EDIT**
Thank you for an awesome and simple instruction that not even NVIDIA's were able to explain for me 😃. But since I havent got any luck what so ever to get Kodi to work over my network, I gave that up and installed PLEX, and VLC as well. Wich works great. But how do I get access to the external disk on Shield? I mounted it and formatted it through the steps on Shield. But how do I find the path? You mention in your reply that I have to install a file explorer app, will any such app work? It doesn't work to write the ip adress in the web browser. It only says no "access". But if I add "192.168.0.37/internal it finds the Shield right away. Hope you can help me! thanks again for a great video!
It might be that your Nvidia shield is falling asleep or something. Be sure to move around while the transfer is in progress.
Have you already found a solution? I got the same problem
If you were trying to find the external storage path you will want to use an file explorer on your device.
@@Wazowski. No, I havent found any solution. I gave up and came to terms that I have to put the external drive in to the computer and just copy them to the hdd
@@retepolsson5531 For really large files I also gave up, since the connection was often lost. I'm now working on downloading torrent files directly from inside Shield and got it working, but still confused about the extremely weird folder placements
Thank you, worked fine. I have now connected the HDD connected to the Shield. But after 20- 30 minutes I get a message that I no longer have permissions to access the folder. The Shield is running all the time because it plays music via Spotify. Only when I restart the Shield I can access the folders again? What could be the reason for this?
Not sure on that. It sounds like one or the other device is stopping the connection. Maybe for security reasons. Whatever the hard drive is connected to make sure that machine stays awake and does not sleep. Also make sure that you were IP addresses are static and don’t change.
I tried to figure it out by myself and was stuck at the network settings for an hour, couldn't figure what was wrong on the laptop but i just couldn't connect to shield. Then i found your video and it was like "Haaaaaaaaaaaaa" ( cue angels singing, heaven gates opening, and my shield FINALLY connecting to my laptop), File transfer Is a success!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 😉
Awesome 👍 Glad I could help you out. It's truly a great feature.
Brilliant tutorial. Thank you so much. Have a Happy New Year!😃
You are welcome! Same to you!
The Kodi on your PC opens in a regular Windows window, on mine it opens full screen without the option of minimizing or closing. How can I get what you have?
If you press the key that has the “ | \ “ on your keyboard and it will toggle between full screen and window. You can also change this in the settings as well. You want the window view.
Very usefull and easy to setup.. All other guides were telling me to buy external hdd or a hard to get usb cable. This is the right way to do it. All other ways are noob ways and they cost allot of money.
Awesome 👍
Under "Add Network Location" "The folder you entered does not seem to be valid. Please choose another" This is where all progress stops. Can you please tell me why this may be the case? Thank you.
Do you have a windows 10 computer?
@@SimplySmart123 Yes
Not sure. Have you done the steps on the Nvidia shield to allow the network connection?
@@SimplySmart123 To the letter. And I followed each step that you laid out exactly and once it reached that point it kept coming up with that error.
Maybe try to restart both devices and see if anything changes
Thanks so much. I have needed to do this for so long and your video was simple and easy to follow. Thanks again.
Glad it helped!
THANK YOU!!! I have tried several RUclips videos and every tutorial I could find on Nvidia site. They should hire you as this was much easier to follow and it actually worked.
Awesome! It would be great if manufacturers would make videos but they are a lot of work.
Love that skin, looks very clean and simple. How can i get it?
Would also like to know!
Would you have a similiar solution to this, but over the internet? My use case is that I have a Synology nas with my movie collection. Many of my recent movies are encoded in DolbyVision 4K which doesn't seem to work with Plex Pass remotely. I don't think Plex can transcode DV films yet for remote users. I want to share my movie collection with a friend with an Nvidia Shield Pro 2019. They can play any non DV films without problems but not DV. I like to have the Shield do an SMB connection over the net so plex sees it as a local drive. Any ideas?
I am sure there is away but I do not know it. You should be able to allow remote access to your NAS.
@@SimplySmart123 @SimplySmart123 ✅ I can, but the friends are not tech savvy. I was hoping I could have the built in Plex server on the shield index the files from the Nas as though it were a local drive. I am now looking into the VPN server on the Synology and a client app on their shield. Maybe the shield will see the Nas as a local network share when the VPN is switched on. Seems that Plex still can't transcode DV movie files. 😞
@@teknerd Kodi May be a better solution. It it plays almost every file.
Is it possible to share files on the Nvidia shield remotely?
Probably if you have access to your net work outside of the network.
Can this be done wirelessly, or does the PC & Shield have to be connected via Ethernet & female to female USB cable? As I've tried to do it through Bluetooth/wireless, but I keep getting an error.
They just need to be on the same network.
@@SimplySmart123 I don't understand what you mean by 'same network'. I'm not trying to share the Kodi app, I only want to get the desktop & Shield to be able to transfer files without the need for any USB or cable connections. Is it possible to send files via Bluetooth, as I can do it from my desktop to my Android phone no problem after accepting said files. The Bluetooth settings on my desktop shows that it's paired with my Shield, but won't transfer files without acceptance from the Shield & there's no pop up which allows me to accept any incoming connections. It's all very confusing to me, as I want to send over rom files or at least have them accessible to use in gaming emulators on the Shield.
Not sure. It should work like shown in the video. Are you sure you followed all of the steps?
I followed these instructions to the letter, however, after I've mapped the network drive the internal folder only shows the Android folder which Windows says I don't have permission to access. I've tried this on my Mac and get the same problem. I've also copied files to the root of the network drive, but when I check the Shield they're not in there. Where did they go? lol Anyway, I've searched reddit and the Nvidia forums for a solution but nothing seems to work. Even disabled and enabled SMB; allowed all permissions on the Shield, and still nothing is working. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Ok. I solved the problem. The issue seems to have be cause by the USB storage I had connected to the Shield. Once I disconnected it and told the Shield to forget the storage device everything started working.
Awesome! I am glad you got it figured out!
Hello please what Kodi Skin is this?. It looks so sweet. I did what you did to my new shield and it is working perfect. Thanks for the help. But I want my kodi to look like yours, lol
For sure! The Skin used in the video is AuraMOD.
@@SimplySmart123thx founding
Thanks for the easiest method 👍
I have a question
if there is an external hard drive connected to the shield, is this be accessible also?
Yes. You should be able to find it but I don't know the path. If you have a file manager installed on your device it should help you determine the path but the beginning part may vary slightly.
You are welcome!
@@SimplySmart123 thanks
Great video, unfortunately I’ve not been able to get this to work. Tried all option in the chat. So weird.
The issue could be on the computer or with your network.
@@SimplySmart123 Hey thanks for replying, I figured it out. When you press map a drive, I entered the IP address on that window and didn’t press the link to map to a web location. Your video still got me to where I needed to be so thanks for that. Appreciate it. 👍🏾
Great! Glad you got it working!
Great video many thanks
Thank you for watching!
Worked for me. Thanks
You are very welcome!
You are the MAN! Cheers brother.
Thank you and you are welcome!
Is there a way to keep it linked ? Or do i have to redo the process everytime?
You should stay linked unless the IP address of your device changes.
@@SimplySmart123 My IP keeps changing every time. Is there a way to fix the IP forever?
You would have to set this up in in your router to use a static IP address for those devices.
Saved me agian. Thx
You are welcome!
Great work, thanks
Glad you liked it!
Can you please tell me the kodi build that you are using?
It’s my personal build.
By chance do you sell, is there anyway that I could use something that looks as nice. I’m just smart enough to put an url into kodi, and I was using a build called Xanax I accidentally cleared data instead of clear cashe and now I can’t get that specific build back. 😢
I do have the build that I’d like to keep using on a nvidia shield in my bedroom, could I use this method that you provided to copy the file to my MacBook? So that way I could transfer that build back to my tv.
There are some issues with it at the moment but once I get that fixed I can send you a zip file. Just email me.
Yeah. If you just connect your NVIDIA to your computer and then to your other NVIDIA you can transfer the files.
I can't find kodi app data roaming
You may need to show hidden files
Where do you do that
This is frustrating. I went to c drive ,users downloads there is a file that I downloaded it has a whole bunch of kodi stuff but non of the files that I deleted off the shield pro
It might be different if you didn't install Kodi in the default location. Also, I have tried this on a tablet and couldn't find the files. Are you on an Nvidia Sheild?
On your computer, it's under the view options.
Why would you not also transfer the kodi files located in Program Files in the C drive ?
You wouldn’t need them and that could cause issues because that is the Kodi installation itself. These files are generated on the target device when Kodi is installed on that device.
You did NOT mention the big Win ISSUE, you can get in as the mayority of win users (WIn is one of the worse system still in use) and which is UNSOLVED...the "Win Network password"!!!!...Even entering the correct username and the WIN login password, I do not get it working! Sorry for that, but your video is almost useless for the most of users, for this stupid unsolved issue (all tutorials do not work)
Once you use the correct credentials it will work. You might try to set up a new profile just for this case. Check the comments. Many people are having success!
What the hell are you talking about?
I'm running Windows 10, and it worked first time.
From what you wrote, it seems you're mixing up the credentials.
In order to connect to the shield, you must not use your windows credentials.
The credentials are provided by the shield itself; they're displayed when you enable the SMB file sharing.
my question is why can't i see the two 20 terabyte hard drives i have hooked up to the shield? i can just see internal space
They should show but they will be in a different path. Not sure of that path you might try to install a file manager on your Sheild and try and find it that way. They try from the computer.