Can the Nvidia Shield TV Pro reliably share an external USB 3.0 hard Drive via Samba? Would it make for a reasonable NAS for one user?

by jason22internet

I am considering buying a Shield TV Pro, but only if it can act like a NAS (for one user) by sharing an external drive to the network using SMB. And do this in a reliable manner; I've read several posts about the older model would need to be rebooted often because the Samba service would crash or freeze. I would also use this to watch occasional movie and play some casual games. Do any of you use your Shield TV Pro to share files off of an external hard drive? How is it working out for you?

Waggmans

I tried and didn't find it to be very reliable. I ended up setting up my own NAS off a mini-PC. Much better.