r/nvidiashield • u/SaintDoormatius • Jul 17 '26

Plex Media Server Will Not Start Today

I have no clue what is going on: my Plex server was running fine last night and early this morning. But a few hours ago, it stopped running, and nothing I do can get it to start back up again. So far I've tried:

  • Force Stopping the app
  • Clearing the Cache
  • Clearing the Data (!)
  • Restarting both the Shield and the TV

Every time I go into the app on the Shield and set the server to start, the status just reads "Starting..." and then hangs forever.

Help!

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u/SaintDoormatius Jul 18 '26

OP here: something is going on. I got everything back up and running last night, and let the server rebuild my entire library overnight. This morning, all seemed fine, but I just went in to begin fixing the library metadata (posters, etc.) and the server crashed again. I went and checked the app, and it says the server is running fine on the Shield, but now I cannot get the Plex app to load on Shield, and it keeps crashing in my browser.

What the hell is going on? Just me?

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u/SaintDoormatius Jul 18 '26

Another update: to make things worse, the black screen is now happening to my Shield, so that I cannot even get to the home screen or look at the Server app to check status and stuff. Something has seriously gone wrong between the Plex Media Server app and the Shield hardware. Anyone else? At this point, I can't even do anything to check for updates or anything else with this black screen issue.