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Stoked for this thread. I have been using Plex for years on a Macbook Pro with a busted screen. Plex keeps getting better and better. Now instead of using a logitech remote to control it, I cast from my phone.
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porktree posted:edit: Turned on debug logs and got the message ""message": "Unknown is unavailable at [url]http://[/url]<remoteip>:32400/ (Status 406)"," 1. Update server and all clients to latest. 2. Configure server to login to your Plex account 3. Visit http://plex.tv/web and see if you get an interface.
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May 8, 2014 04:24
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What about using a subtitle downloader external to Plex?
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Jun 4, 2014 07:34
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MycroftXXX posted:Do you need to update the plex server to do playlists? Yes, in my case checking for updates indicated that I had the latest so I had to download the real latest from the website.
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Aug 1, 2014 15:51
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Not to be a dick, because I realize Plex isn't truly free, but is there a way I can give Plex the money for Xbox Live instead of Microsoft? It's a software that doesn't really require Microsoft to keep the Live network up and running.
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Oct 7, 2014 06:08
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I've used Plex for years and it's always been really automatic, but I'm having problems playing most media now. It looks like it's trying to direct stream everything to web players or chromecasts. If I play to a Plex Home Theater on one of my Macs it plays most everything fine. I've unchecked the boxes on the web player options to Direct Play and Direct Stream and tried experimental player off or on but it's all pretty much poo poo. My server is running the latest Plex Pass version on a Mac laptop that has no problems playing the same files locally on Plex Home Theater. Neither host or player computers have firewalls enabled. The only oddity is that my home network doesn't have NAT loopback enabled because it's not an option that I can tell. But this isn't something that has changed since this all basically stopped working. Is there a reliable way I can force my server to transcode?
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Dec 8, 2014 03:06
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Medullah posted:Is there any way for Plex to deal with movies that are split into multiple files? I have a bunch of movies that are split into 700mb chunks - Plex sees them but starts playing a random one. I'm assuming there's no setting to make that work without combining the videos? It depends how the files are named. I just checked, and it didn't work for a case where files were named:
But if I renamed them as follows, it worked:
When I renamed the files in the 2nd example, the show page indicated the full time (2:05) but the timecode in the web player indicated it was only 1:02 long. But it automatically transitioned to playing the second half after a brief 6 second gap while it started encoding the second file.
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Jan 11, 2015 20:55
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Did a drive path change? Have you tried:
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Jan 18, 2015 21:02
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notwithoutmyanus posted:That is completely lawsuit material. Maybe this is why politicians are investigating already. On what grounds?
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Feb 11, 2015 10:09
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teagone posted:If anyone is looking for a new Plex server, the TS140 is $200 on Newegg atm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G2MR4700&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=PPSSRNCFWKPJWX-_-9SIA24G2MR4700-_-Product Just need to add hard drives and OS. How well does that work adding hard drives to a 280W fixed machine? How many are people reporting they can run?
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Apr 8, 2015 02:39
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Watching a show tonight, Plex stopped and threw up a warning that I needed to be logged into Xbox Live. I couldn't figure out a way back in to resume watching a show from my local network until Xbox Live came back up.
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Apr 20, 2015 04:50
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I'm not the least OCD about my files or metadata and I have almost no issues. My only suggestion is to keep TV and movies in separate base folders, and in most cases sporting events go in with movies unless they are an episodic show.
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Aug 11, 2015 20:51
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I'm curious (legitimately) what everyone is downloading/watching that Plex can't find matches. I get all kinds of odd filenames and everything matches out of the box, except for the occasional lesser known, or hot of the presses sporting event.
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Aug 13, 2015 19:17
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teagone posted:For me it's mainly special interest content like concerts, workout stuff, and firearm training videos. Start submitting feature requests to better support the hearing impaired (me too).
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Aug 13, 2015 19:52
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I think worse case it just wouldn't do server auto-discovery by logging into your account. You could still forward ports and reach the server directly by IP, which I think all of the clients I've used support.
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While we're on the topic of optimal client setups for Plex, is the Nexus Player capable of doing native streaming? I currently play most files through an old Macbook with a Logitech remote, and it's nice that RWD and FF are pretty instantaneous on files that aren't transcoded. But for transcoded files on my Chromecast, it takes 5-10 seconds for any jumping to happen and playback to resume. It's generally not worth the wait if I missed something, and it's hard to tell where I'm skipping ahead so we generally just don't skip. My server (and client) is an old Macbook Pro pre 2012 so it doesn't have the oompf to do super high def stuff. Is FF and RWD when transcoding a better experience with a i5 or better processor?
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Aug 17, 2015 19:04
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Lordy posted:I just wish Plex had a good plugin system like Emby or Kodi. What is the scoop on that? They've had plugins for a long time, with an interface to browse/add/use them. But most of them don't work. MLB.tv works great on my oldish smart TV that hasn't seen a software upgrade in 2 years, yet the only plugins I can get to work consistently are Comedy Central and PBS, and the latter has had long outages.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:55
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Aren't you an adult now? Try creating your own wi-fi network, or using a VPN like Pertino.
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Sep 13, 2015 07:17
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I've been running Plex server and Plex Home Theater from an old 2010-2011 era Mackbook Pro with a busted screen for a few years and it makes a great server. Occasionally with really big files it doesn't like transcoding to Chromecast due to lack of horsepower, but I can usually direct stream to Plex Home Theater on my real laptop just fine so it's still holding up.
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Sep 17, 2015 00:15
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I'm trying to work out the best way to play files natively to reduce buffering gaps when rewinding or fast forwarding. My primary player is Plex Home Theater on a Macbook pro which also serves as my server and has SMB mounts to a file server, so the files are basically local. Using a remote or my phone I can skip ahead or go back instantly. On Chromecast, web, phone players there is a 5-10 second pause anytime I rewind or FF, which often is not worth it when just going back to catch a word I missed or to instant replay something funny. I don't expect the Macbook Pro to last much longer and might eventually have to move the server to a Windows/Linux server in a closet far away from the TV. Is there a way to make FF and RWD more responsive on other players? 2-3 seconds would probably work pretty well for most of my viewing.
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Dec 30, 2015 18:38
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Not That Into You posted:Running into a weird issue with my server (plexpass latest, running on mac): When this happened to me (also on Mac) I had to uninstall/reinstall and then go through and mark things watched for any shows about which I might get confused.
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Jul 9, 2016 19:01
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Irritated Goat posted:Talk of raid always reminds me of a quote "Raid 0 is exactly how much data you'll get back if a drive dies" idgi I will get all of my data back because I had it properly backed up.
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Nov 20, 2016 19:54
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The record collection model is pretty cool, but it sucks for exploring new music.
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Nov 27, 2016 09:43
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I recently found out my Plex server was severely underpowered. If I make one of my modern laptops a server, everything plays fine regardless of wireless, powerline, or gig ethernet.
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What is the best plex server hardware platform that doesn't require a whole PC? I'm done running servers at home, but am good with any power conscious dedicated box that will occasionally create optimized files, but mostly stream to Chromecast.
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May 15, 2017 06:53
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Annual Prophet posted:any trip reports on plex cloud? hadn't seen that before and ran across it as an option doing a bit of server research this afternoon None, everyone ended up in jail before they could post.
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Aug 7, 2017 13:27
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TheScott2K posted:Please post the details... emoji posted:Probably from the cloud using a machine id. lol don't expect much help here
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Oct 15, 2017 19:48
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I just watched a show heavily associated with a product, and immediately started seeing ads for the product on my social. The product isn't named anywhere in the show meta data, however it's a pretty clear campaign to associate with this episode of the show. How do I turn this off?
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Mar 19, 2018 10:09
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Craptacular! posted:Correlation != Causation I get all of that, and I wasn't trying to imply any intentional selling of data. I was more interested in how to block anything that might be picked up via my browser. It was especially weird because it showed up in a place where I normally get highly targeted ads for software and things I've searched for or from industries I work with. But this was a fairly specific product, that had nothing to do with anything I look for. The only demographics that match are age, gender, and income (which I admit are generally the most important demographics for ads). It was just striking how it took the place of much more targeted ads, so I assumed it was based on the show. I will see if this happens with other shows.
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Mar 19, 2018 22:10
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I'd like to move off a laptop I've been using as a Plex server. 1) Is anyone using a Shield with SMB mounts for storage? 2) What about USB storage...do I need an SSD or can I just use a big spinning disk to support maybe 1-3 streams?
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Mar 21, 2019 04:35
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Warbird posted:Hahahahahahaha you goobers jinxed me. The drive I use for my docker configs just poo poo the bed. So no more sonarr settings for me. I really need to get a proper backup.
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CopperHound posted:I think the question we are all wondering is: I would just do it by hand. There aren't very many. (ducks)
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