Actually, none of the recordings will play...just comes up failed...I am watching them with VLC.
Same problem here. Your temp server fix seems to work great, very pleased with your support. As a side note, the new shield system upgrade seems to cause the Plex server to fail also.
fix?
Having same issue, I tried work around and got DVR server running, but when I try to setup storage on the same SSD drive I have always used I am getting an "Error, no write permissions on dvr directory" ?
Thanks, I had to reinstate Plex or I would be in too much trouble with my family. I didn't have any problems with the Plex server but changed the setting you suggested just in case. At least knowing Channels is communicating with Nvidia on this has me hopeful a fix should be coming soon. The sideloading seams a bit too involved for me at this time.
Same here, I’m like a moth to a flame with the Shield updates for some reason, just have to click that button! You’d think by now I would learn to wait a few days to let the Channels team deal with any incompatibility issues!!
I know how you feel. But now we are eagerly awaiting Nvidia's 9.0.1 
Hello! Installed the update despite reading all of this before updating, side loaded the .apk, installed it, and rebooted, I did not need to restore anything, it fired right up with everything intact.
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Hello again! It is very easy to sideload and install the .apk with just an Android phone and your SHIELD.
Download the .apk to your phones storage
Install AndSMB from the Play Store on your phone
Turn on network file sharing in your SHIELD's settings
Input the credentials into AndSMB similar to this:
On your SHIELD, go to the Play Store and search for 'File Manager', the second one, just called File Manager by HiMedia. It's extremely easy to use and hands down the best file manager for the SHIELD, because of it's simplicity.
VOILA, all done from your phone. And now you have an easy way into your SHIELD from your phone with AndSMB. Extremely useful to have.
You can also install and use the "Downloader by AFTVnews" app directly on your shield
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Also getting the "Error, no write permissions on dvr directory" so can't proceed any further. Opening Channels DVR after rebooting gives the message that"Your DVR is not quite setup yet" and instructs you to visit the DVR server url where you are asked to setup the storage. Pointed to the same drive/folder as previously used (DVR) , but get the write permission error.
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When you launched the dvr app did it ask for disk permissions?
Not as far as I remember, if it did I would have allowed it of course.
Yes, I went directly to the restore page, and got that message somewhere also. It also wouldn't see the USB drive the server is on. So I launched the DVR app on the SHIELD and it seemed frozen so I just rebooted and was like, hey, maybe it'll work, went to the channels server IP, all my stuff was there, launched the app, and all worked.
I was able to do the restore of the database, but as I mentioned , the next step is to assign the storage , which gives the write permissions error. I tried just rebooting the Shield after that, but Channels DVR still insists on setting up the storage so can't proceed any further.
Delete the dvr server app and reinstall?
How did you sideload it the first time?
Will I lose all my settings/recordings if I delete the DVR server app?
I sideloaded it using a file manager - x-plore which allows access to my Amazon drive.
My plex server was already set to this, so no help
"You can also install and use the "Downloader by AFTVnews" app directly on your shield"
What are the next steps after I get the Downloader? A little tutorial might help some of the less tech savvy here.
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Thar would help. A Shield and a PC are very different animals to me.