Tip!: Making sure your content uses either H.264, H.265, or MPEG 2 will allow you to make the most of your NVIDIA SHIELD. VC-1, Xvid, VP9, etc.) then the SHIELD will have reduced performance in cases where transcoding is necessary. If your content is in another source format (e.g. This means that if your media uses one of the above three formats, then the NVIDIA SHIELD will be able to make full use of hardware acceleration for transcoding. The following video compression formats are supported for hardware decoding on the SHIELD: When content needs to be transcoded, the server will also need to decode the video stream before transcoding it. The NVIDIA SHIELD supports hardware accelerated H.264 encoding. When Plex needs to transcode video to be compatible for an app or device, it always transcodes video to H.264. Transcoding What formats does the hardware transcoding support? Due to the nature of the device, there are a few things which might affect how you use the server, so you should be aware of them.

Plex Media Server running on NVIDIA SHIELD is a full-fledged server.

Plex server on nvidia shield pro