Yes. Same problem as @stevecccc and @AtoZ0to9. Very annoying.
Yes, I was/am having those same problems. My shield would not run more than a few hours before it would have problems related to accessing the external drive. I noticed the Shield's Live TV app was constantly trying to connect to my tuners which was annoying to me, so I went into the apps setup and disabled this service. I also uninstalled the Plex server since it is not working for me and thought it might be trying to access the external drive. My shield has now been working properly for more than 12 hours. Time will tell if any of these changes have helped my Shield.
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Also, when trying to access .../admin/settings on the Server App I get a never ending spinning arrow:
It disappears only after reboot of everything.
Just tried to create a diagnostic log for the Shield problem and I am unable to complete the task because It's stuck with spinning wheels:
It seems to be stuck at disk permissions.
I tried something which seems to have fixed my problem.
In NVIDIA > setup>Apps>, for each of the following: Channels Server and HDHomerun, I made sure that the permissions option for that app had "Files and Media" set to allow.
In my case the HDHomerun app had the option set to "not allow".
And just to avoid loosing the settings when the app closes, I changed the option: "Remove permission if app isn't used" to "off". (I'm not convinced this last thing was necessary but I did it anyway.)
BTW: It didn't apply to me, but anyone using a NAS might want to check the permissions for "NAS Storage area".
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I had 2 ota channels recording at once (dual tuner model) and the watch live option still said all tuners in use despite I should be able to watch it live while it's recording. I wonder if this is related. Thanks for those tips!
Add me to the list of people with this issue.
The instructions posted to side load were actually different for me, as when I go to help in the channels app it says āupgrade DVR serverā vs install / reinstall. I had to toggle on channels to allow it to install then go into the DVR app to give it permission to read my files but after that seems to be working.
Does that all seem kosher?
If you aren't already running the beta app, install the beta app, click help, install dvr server
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Yes we tweaked the wording earlier
I'm having the same issue also (in regards to com detect not working)
Not sure who posted but was having issues with the DVR app and Server app being disabled overnight when Shield was idling - turning off energy saving optimization in app settings seems to have fixed issue.
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has the Nvidia shield update issue been fixed? I read through as many postings as I could fine but I donāt know if itās actually been fixed. I have not updated to the new 9.0 so I donāt have any issues. Just wondering if itās safe to update my Nvidia shield at this point. Thanks
I finally decided to just side load the APK. Thought the Nvidia fix would come sooner. APK is working great. All I did was install the APK and reboot the shield and everything loaded just fine. Didn't have to install a backup. Asked for permissions that I granted with no problem.
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Well, I gave up on the Shield for now. I couldn't keep the server running properly during recordings. The dvr server configuration web page would not respond and the Shield itself would lockup if I went to Storage settings. Anyway I moved the server to a windows computer and restored the database. I had to make a few other changes to the configuration and everything seems to be working. I can't hardly believe how easy it is to move the dvr server. I plan to move the server back to the Shield someday, or I may investigate using a Raspberry PI.
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Been using Channels for nearly a year running on a Shield Pro. When the Shield v9 update first crashed the Channels DVR server I came to this forum and read the bad news. I immediately moved the DVR server to my Media-PC (kudos to the developers for making the migration process practically effortless) where it runs very reliably. I prefer to run Channels DVR server on the Shield because manual commercial skipping is so much more responsive when server and client are on the same Shield; it lags badly when the DVR server is running remotely and the Shield is a network client (wired Ethernet).
Anyway, I ran the DVR server on the PC while the developers thrashed out the side-loading process and made that effortless as well. Three days ago I side-loaded the DVR server back to the Shield and updated to the latest pre-release (I update it daily). I was up and running in 10 min and everything initially worked fine. Soon after the DVR server started crashing 3-4 times a day and requires a Shield reboot to set it right. The crash happens randomly. We use this particular unit a lot (it's in the kitchen) so we notice the crashes immediately because they happen while viewing live-TV or a recording. The picture will simply freeze and the Channels App then behaves as if it has lost server connection. When a crash occurs I try to connect to the server through the web interface -- it fails and so I verify it is a DVR server crash and reboot the Shield.
Aside from being annoying, this situation makes the DVR server totally useless for recording when running on the Shield -- it's completely undependable and I've lost several recordings because it crashed while recording them. It seems this is not ready for prime-time so I've migrated the Channels DVR server back to my Media-PC where it will stay until all this is cleared up. I have been very impressed with both the service the developers have provided and the quality of the product. I hope this can all be resolved in the coming weeks and I can once again migrate Channels DVR server back to the Shield.
Running into the same problem. Server crashes either after a while or during a recording. Only a reboot fixes it for a while. I don't have a PC I can use as a server in the meantime so I am just hoping for a fix soon.
When things hang up, can you access http://x.x.x.x:8089/debug/stack do a file>save and then email to [email protected]
Is anyone running the hotfix and still having these issues?
When it hangs I can't access the server. I have to restart the shield and then start the server (I am not on hot fix). Looks like it happened again during the night as I just restarted it in order to access the link you gave me. I just sent it with subject line "Channels DVR server hangs after a while and is not accessible... debug attached."
