DaBs tips n tricks TIVIMATE FIX for external drives on shield ver 9.x.x

I walk you through how to get tivimate to record to your external drive on nvidia shield update 9.x.x. Ever since nvidia pushed out update 9 I been unable to access my external hard drive on tivimate. Follow my steps and you will be enjoying your external hdd again.

[@PLRey7777]

Thank you, thank you I finally can record on my Shield with Tivimate. I followed your instructions and I didn't even see a Shield folder. It went crazy after the last update. I'll share to a few of my friends that have Shields. Again thank you so much for the info.

[@8balldown]

Thank you so much. This procedure worked perfectly to end the mini nightmare caused by the Shield Upgrade/Recording to external drive problem!! It also allows backup/restore to the external drive as well.

[@tomf1408]

Hell yeah mate, I didn't have to do the work around because I have a fire stick. it accepted it and now my recordings will go directly to my USB drive. I can't tell you how hard I tried to do this AND failed. five stars on that one mate.

[@TroyCollier]

Damn this would have saved me hours of chasing the issue if I found this sooner. Thank you!

[@timwindsor03]

Awesome video brother. Thanks for sharing. Keep the incredible content coming. Hope you have an incredible day. Much love and RESPECT

[@derekbarss9836]

You are brilliant. If I knew you, I'd buy you a beverage of your choice. For now, a hearty BRAVO!

[@DaButcher]

Glad to share what I figured out.

[@subculturemod2977]

You Are the best, Finally after months trying..

[@hostillicus]

Awesome. This is pretty much what I wasn't seeing in changing the recording location

[@bwolfe197]

Thank You, after hours of frustration you showed me the light!

[@lorienmalone3497]

Good to see you still rolling.

[@DaButcher]

Ya, I'm careful of what I post on KZbin. They get touchie about these types of subjects. Videos I use to put here go to odysee.

[@ballardappraisals1642]

Thanks for the video. I’m struggling with this setup right now. It’s pushing my tivimate recordings to shield internal. Testing right now with your setup. But, did you format your external through shield as device storage prior to these settings? Thank you-

[@mikec7898]

Thanks man this really helped me out I appreciate you 🤜🤛

[@Time2Fly]

Worked like a charm, cheers buddy.

[@michaelhill9704]

Thanks DABS FYI the upgrade fix this problem for me

[@krismurphy7822]

great stuff mate! many thanks for this guide

[@billygoodwin7262]

You sir are awesome!! Liked and subscribed just because this saved my sanity.

[@DaButcher]

Sadly I have to be careful of my youtube videos due to youtube moving bar on what's allowed and what's not. Lol Any other videos u be interested in let me know.

[@OliverNenitschka]

Thx for this. I have spend so many useless time to fix this isue

[@supersamdotcom]

WOW This worked for me....what a save thanks. Now Tivimate is perfect - it was the only thing missing. FYI did you know that you can record multiple TV streams at the same time. Try it out you'll be surprised. I was able to record three at the same time to my external USB.

[@DaButcher]

Multiple recordings can depend on the source, your internet and quality of stream. Any buffering can cause the recording to error and fail

[@gerritvanurk1877]

Must your external storage (usb disk) be added to the shield internal storage? Because i dont see my(usb disk) at all in file Explorer because is is added to the shield.

[@robmatthews3461]

Hi iam having the same issue on a Panasonic tv with the app where is the system picker? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[@KnutSumadinac]

I dont have a "system picker" on my "Formuler Z10 Pro Max". Its the same like urs on shield?

[@DominickR]

Great tip!! Thank you!!

[@grahamdonovan7135]

awesome now i can record shows properly thanks

[@PLRey7777]

I will try this tomorrow. I have tried everything to record and nothing has worked since 2 updates. I have a 1TB hard-drive and it's almost empty. And I was able to record before. I'm hoping this works on my Shield and Tivimate I don't know what version I have. Thanks for the info.

[@americanbullies1247]

Would you know why when I start recording, my live TV starts stuttering, I have multiple connections with my IPTV service and Ethernet with great speeds using Google fiber.

[@redneck982]

HEY DABS,THANKS FOR THE INFO.SHIELD IS DOING AN UPGRADE AS IM TYPING THIS.SEE YA SOON.

[@TampaFloRaider]

Following your instructions and allowing access to files and media, the recordings option does not show in tivimate. Do you have any suggestions to help me fix it? The recordings option shows in tiviimate on my firestick.

[@steelgtr]

How do you control playback? No FF or RW, only plays from beginning

[@williammcpherson4120]

Where do you get system picker

[@Utopia_Outdoorsman]

Same for me. It doesn’t show it as an option

[@Gberbat]

Is it possible to recording with the TV off? if so is there a setting?

[@franlucas16]

For Tivimate I had a NAS Synology, activate SMB and your Network and settings Tivimate Recordings DVR in you path in the SMB in your NAS 😎👌

[@SuperWamer]

thanks. my problem is that I'm unable to backup tivimate iptv to external usb? could you please clarify?

[@Jimdish2555]

I don't have system picker on tivimate 4.7 running a Mecool Km6 Deluxe.

[@bibounetmax]

Hello. How do I get to the permission option screen. I can not see it anywhere? Thank you

[@jszychta99]

When I go to System Picker I get a blank screen that has "Recent" in the top left corner. No way to choose folders. Any solutions to this?

[@teamkara516]

Hello - when do I find permissions in TiviMate and how do I find what version I am using?

[@Omrie69]

Does this work on a amazon fire TV stick?

[@micheltgm9799]

how do i get that system picket option i dont have it

[@dallase1]

There is no option for System Picker on my system, I have the Android TV Box 11.0, Mecool New KM2 Plus-Deluxe Smart TV Box. Tivimate version 4.7.0

[@Jacques_Sauve]

Brilliant! Thank!

[@shawneeharle2017]

I followed all the steps. However, when I try to record shows that are 160 minutes long, it stops recording after 86. My external hard drive is 1TB so storage space isn’t a problem. Any tips you have would be appreciated.

[@KOOOORAY]

If your drive is formatted to fat32 then you can only record up to 4GB of video size before it stops. Fat32 cam only handle a maximum file size of 4GB. That's probs why it stops every 86 minutes. Try format the drive to NTFS that can handle way bigger files sizes.

[@dustonmeyer3770]

how do i get the external hard drive to show up in bluestacks

[@jeromem75]

Thank you 👍🏽

[@LuciferMorningstar-kq5vz]

I'm using AndroidTV 11 - and, sadly, there so no "system picker" option there.... would you know of any workaround?

[@grahamsmith1978]

Same, did you figure it out?

[@Karma-hy6ki]

My TiviMate doesn’t have shield and when I go to system picker nothing is there. I’m confused

[@laurentf5484]

Thank you 👍

[@user-rz4sw4yo3s]

Thank you!

[@astro4travel]

Did you have your external drive set up on your Shield as adopted storage or device storage? Thank you!

[@DaButcher]

Device storage... heard too many issues in long run with adapted storage

[@user-em9xc2xh2o]

​@DaButcher if I set it to device storage then tivimate doesn't see it. if I follow the instructions as external then I click on system picker. it saids you do not have an app for that. I have downloaded x-plore. I have the onn box. I dont know much bout this stuff so any help would be appreciated.

[@jduffenais]

What file manager do I need in order to get that screen where you don't see the highlighted option move but you here it? I have an airmouse I can use to select the area I need

[@DaButcher]

I use x-plore as a file manager

[@jduffenais]

@@DaButcher any chance you could do a vid to show step 1 till success? I'm having one heck of a time. I tried following this video here...and system picker keeps kicking me out of tivimate...but I'm not using xplore

[@jduffenais]

@@DaButcher I will post a vid in telegram room.tommorrow..to show you what I'm doing....hopefully someone cN see what I'm doing wrong and guide me the right way. Thanks.

[@Sarcastix7]

Damn, mine doesn't have "system picker" option on android 13

[@captainamerica3096]

Thanks 👍👍👍

[@jimmycatlett2601]

No system picker option on my new device. Had it on my x96

[@KFRoss1]

same here..i'm using a formuler device..

[@toeuk1]

Hi, I can record to my external drive, but it buffers every 15-20 seconds (no buffering when not recording). The USB write speed is 400 mps - is that fast enough? what are the minimum external drive parameters for recording iptv? Cheers.

[@DaButcher]

That should be fast enough. Is there too many items running behind the scenes?

[@toeuk1]

No, nothing. Tivimate only. Thanks anyway.

[@DaButcher]

@toeuk1 the closest port to hdmi port?

[@toeuk1]

@@DaButcher, thanks. I've found it records fine - only if I'm not watching that channel as It's being recorded.

[@jeffreyrobbins1787]

I tried your solution with my firestick and my Nvidia shield pro. It still only records a few minutescand shuts off. Any other ideas?

[@DaButcher]

Poor connection or any buffering will kill the recording. Is it saving any of its to your external drive?

[@keithblacknell957]

Thanks dabs, just to say it's easier with shield app on your phone as you can use track pad/mouse pointer

[@JamesZ1025]

Geez, why don’t you guys disable system sounds?

[@Streams_R_us]

The new update 9.0.1 fix this issue.

[@Luckyson1929]

My system picker is showing me not found (system picker not found) any ideas why

[@ambarishranade]

i am also not able to open system picker. it says "you don't have an app for that" . Unfortunately there seems to be no solution for that. I end up recording on my device storage and move to external hard drive manually.

[@Luckyson1929]

@@ambarishranade I went with Formula android box it is a little pricey but to me it is well worth it, great remote plus it has its own Guide which you don't need Tivimate.

[@jamesjones4706]

my tivi mate apk will not open on my Nvidia shield tv box

[@DaButcher]

Do you have the one from play store or a mod apk you found online? It's legit you can create a backup then Uninstall, and reinstall them restore the backup.

[@Karma-hy6ki]

I formatted my harddrive to run externally and I saved my recording to it a diff way. It seems to be working

[@DaButcher]

Formatting so shield can see it usually fixes issues.

[@Karma-hy6ki]

@@DaButcher nothing Sheild related comes up for my TiviMate. Maybe cuz I downloaded it from a 3rd party

[@DaButcher]

@@Karma-hy6ki you give it permission in settings,,?

[@Karma-hy6ki]

@@DaButcher yea I gave it permission, and the recording save to a file on the external drive while TiviMate is on the internal. I’m gonna test it out but that’s exactly what I needed

[@FCAlmere]

Hi, great video. But I don't see the option system picker 😰

[@DaButcher]

You doing it on a shield and don't see it?

[@FCAlmere]

@@DaButcher yes

[@DaButcher]

@@FCAlmere recording settings, select folder, you should see drives and system picker is on right. Do you have a official ver or a molded release? I'm using the official version

[@FCAlmere]

@@DaButcher official one. I got premium as well

[@DaButcher]

@@FCAlmere not sure. Have you made sure shield has permissions to folders on device??

[@ratt57]

I'm using an SSD drive connected to my Nvidia Shield. It took me weeks to finally get Tivimate to find a directory that recorded and played smoothly on the drive. Today I had to reset the Shield back to its factory settings and reinstall Tivimate all over and I'm back to square one again. I followed your video but despite being able to create a directory on my SSD drive, it doesn't have the directory volume on it. I just went through the whole process again and now once again I have a recording directory of content://com.android.externalsdtorage.documents/tree.primary%3AMore%A2. Still skipping and freezing when I try and record anything or watch anything while I'm recording. I don't understand why Tivimate can't fix this issue. Any suggestions or help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. What's really adding to the frustration is that Tivimate and the system picker hold the previous folders I created in memory, even though they no longer exist after deleting them or reformatting the drive. The system picker seems to think they're still there. There's no way to refresh the directory settings unless I completely uninstall and reinstall Tivimate all over again.

[@jorgesanchez5097]

Ever since upgrading to 1.7 I can't get a video to play it stops and sends me to the main menu after 10 min. Really went down hill. Never had issues like this with previous builds of yours.

[@DaButcher]

Love to help..join my telegram room where we can talk back n forth easier to trouble shoot. Link is in about all my vids