Any way to remotely access an external hard drive connected to an Nvidia Shield?

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The plex server feature is great, but it doesn't seem like there is an easy way to add videos if using an external hard drive. Is there anyway to remotely put files onto the hard drive while keeping it connected to the Shield?

chiefs1975

TeamViewer QS?

OttoNormalRedditor

What about the smb feature in settings/storage? Or does this give access to internal storage only?

notrox

I don't have one yet , this would be the deal breaker if I couldn't. I hope you could run a smb server or sshfs on the $199 Shield and share your external drives on your network.

GonzoHST

I think there is a way to do it through ES file explorer but I could never get it to work.

TSwizzlesNipples

Why don't you attach the external hard drive to a PC then map the drive in Plex?

chiefs1975

VNC is another option. I no longer have a Shield but I seem to remember it working for file transfers.

Sgt-JimmyRustles

Shouldn't you, if you have it set up via adopted storage, be able to access that storage space through SMB using Windows?

scy1192

sideload the Servers Ultimate Pro app. There's an SMB server