Hi there,

I m a really newcomer in Linux so please apologize me if my problem has a very simple solution, lets start.

I m trying to mount a volume through the use of rar2fs and I m coming into the following problems:

alexbass@Baratalia:/$ sudo rar2fs /dev/sdc1 /home/alexbass/Pelis

rar2fs: invalid source and/or mount point

mount command with the same values works smoothly

sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /home/alexbass/Pelis

alexbass@Baratalia:/$ cd /home/alexbass/Pelis
alexbass@Baratalia:~/Pelis$ ls
Documentales Estrenos lost+found PelisCJ Pelis Español Pelis VO Series TV

I m unable to mount the desired volume through the use of rar2fs this can be simply because rar2fs is intended to mount folders and not volumes, but I will elaborate later

If I try to mount an existing folder it appear to work but in despite of the fact that I use the -o allow_other option, Plex is not able to find any of the folder contained in the mounted volume.

alexbass@Baratalia:~$ sudo rar2fs /home/alexbass/Pelis /home/alexbass/Pelis2 -o allow_other
rar2fs[3037]: mounted /home/alexbass/Pelis2
alexbass@Baratalia:~$ cd /home/alexbass/Pelis2
alexbass@Baratalia:~/Pelis2$ ls
Documentales Estrenos lost+found PelisCJ Pelis Español Pelis VO Series TV

/dev/sdb1 is the disk that i want to show to Plex

Below the output of df -h and fdisk -l commands:

alexbass@Baratalia:~$ df -h
S.ficheros Tamaño Usados Disp Uso% Montado en
udev 1,9G 12K 1,9G 1% /dev
tmpfs 375M 1,3M 374M 1% /run
/dev/dm-0 290G 7,8G 267G 3% /
none 4,0K 0 4,0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
none 5,0M 0 5,0M 0% /run/lock
none 1,9G 160K 1,9G 1% /run/shm
none 100M 36K 100M 1% /run/user
/dev/sda1 236M 130M 94M 58% /boot
/dev/sdc1 1,8T 1,5T 251G 86% /media/Repo
/home/alexbass/.Private 290G 7,8G 267G 3% /home/alexbass
/dev/sdb1 1,9T 1,8T 111G 95% /media/alexbass/Seagate Exp
alexbass@Baratalia:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for alexbass:

Disco /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 38913 cilindros, 625142448 sectores en total
Unidades = sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x000b972d

Dispositivo Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 625141759 312320001 5 Extendida
/dev/sda5 501760 625141759 312320000 8e Linux LVM

Disco /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398933504 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 243201 cilindros, 3907029167 sectores en total
Unidades = sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x7f71f0bf

Dispositivo Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 3907024895 1953511424 af HFS / HFS+

Disco /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: 315.7 GB, 315722039296 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 38384 cilindros, 616644608 sectores en total
Unidades = sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x00000000

El disco /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root no contiene una tabla de particiones válida

Disco /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1: 4072 MB, 4072669184 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 495 cilindros, 7954432 sectores en total
Unidades = sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x00000000

El disco /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1 no contiene una tabla de particiones válida

Disco /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000396746752 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 243201 cilindros, 3907024896 sectores en total
Unidades = sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x00273bb2

Dispositivo Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema

/dev/sdc1 2048 3907024895 1953511424 83 Linux

Thanks a lot for your help.

I've been having some trouble with my Plex server recently and I noticed that it seems to take a minute or two to stop running when I turn the service off. Any advice?

sudo service plexmediaserver status
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Wed 2018-01-03 12:28:30 MST; 11s ago
Process: 1126 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server" (code=killed, signal=TERM)
Process: 1119 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir -p "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1126 (code=killed, signal=TERM)

Jan 03 12:24:15 ubuntu sh[1126]: Sqlite3: Sleeping for 200ms to retry busy DB.
Jan 03 12:24:15 ubuntu sh[1126]: Sqlite3: Sleeping for 200ms to retry busy DB.
Jan 03 12:24:27 ubuntu sh[1126]: Sqlite3: Sleeping for 20GUI: Scanning IMG_20130120_210706
Jan 03 12:25:12 ubuntu sh[1126]: GUI: Scanning IMG_20130120_210805
Jan 03 12:25:56 ubuntu sh[1126]: GUI: Scanning IMG_20150810_182025
Jan 03 12:27:00 ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux...
Jan 03 12:28:30 ubuntu systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: State 'stop-final-sigterm' timed out. Killing.
Jan 03 12:28:30 ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
Jan 03 12:28:30 ubuntu systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 03 12:28:30 ubuntu systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.

Hallo

Question: This rar2fs works great. And mount on bootup in crontab. But i wonder how to get rar2fs to mount or open up a .img or .iso inside a RAR system...
Anyone?
Seems like it only open one, maby its not possible to open more then?

Eis

Hello all,
I'm running the PLEX server on my Synology NAS, the same device my media is located on. Every time a new series is added, for whatever reason, it keeps using backgrounds and posters from a different show (always Game of Thrones), until I go in and manually change it. If I'm watching that new show and I press pause, then I get a background for Game of Thrones. Is there some file that says "use this poster file" or "use this background," etc, that I can change? Again, this is on a Synology NAS device, not a Windows or Mac client. Thanks in advance.

I am facing an issue to create Custom Filter with Japanese character on Plex media server (Linux: Version 3.21.2).

For example, I have a video named "170922_シャキーン！".
And I want to pick it up with Custom Filter like following:

Title contains "シャキーン"

I expected this picks up the video, however, it always returns no result instead.

I have confirmed that it works with contains "170922_" condition, so it looks to me that the custom filter itself works fine.
But if I did anything wrong, please let me know.

If this is a bug, please fix this anytime soon, since I really love the feature.

Thanks

Edit:
I changed the title because the problem is not with optimization, it is with slow filter querys.

~~I have a problem with slow querys that have filters like unwatched, from what I have read you need to optimize the database and I have tried that but it did not help.
When I checked the logs i get these messages stating that there is a problem optimizing the database and this might be the problem why I have slow querys.

Does anyone have any idea why it fails to optimize the database?~~

Edit:
PMS Version 1.3.3.3148
OS: CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)

Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Request: [10.1.0.200:56614 (Subnet)] PUT /library/optimize (5 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in Token (Tagnard) Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: Optimizing database. Starting by capturing all sessions. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 0. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 1. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 2. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 3. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 4. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 5. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 6. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 7. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 8. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 9. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 10. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 11. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 12. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 13. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 14. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 15. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 16. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 17. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.871 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 18. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.871 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 19. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.871 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: Rebuilding full text search tables. Jan 10, 2017 20:18:51.903 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:16): 2.030000 seconds Jan 10, 2017 20:18:53.044 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:26): 1.100000 seconds Jan 10, 2017 20:18:54.196 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:35): 1.140000 seconds Jan 10, 2017 20:18:54.816 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:45): 0.620000 seconds Jan 10, 2017 20:18:54.825 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: starting. Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.674 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: complete. Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.679 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.683 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.686 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.690 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.693 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.697 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.700 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.703 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.707 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.710 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.713 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.717 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.720 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.723 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.727 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.730 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.734 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.737 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.740 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.743 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Running database fix-ups. Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.929 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/DatabaseFixups.cpp:169): 0.180000 seconds Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.929 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Running database fix-ups completed in 0.2 seconds. Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.930 [0x7f3ca17ff700] DEBUG - Completed: [10.1.0.200:56614] 200 PUT /library/optimize (5 live) TLS GZIP 12059ms 268 bytes

I am currently running Plex server for Raspbian (Stretch) and noticed that the current version for other Operating Systems are one step ahead of the Raspbian version. Is this a glitch in the current "Check for Updates" feature/option or is Plex Server for Raspbian ported by another party? I update manually using "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade"
Current Platform:
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3
OS: Raspbian (latest build, and updated as of yesterday)
Plex Server: Version 1.10.1.4602
Network: On-board Ethernet

Thanks in advance.

Greetings!

I'm wondering how I can update my version of Plex on a headless Ubuntu Server?

Having issues with it not running automatically when the server is rebooted, have to manually invoke the service.  Hoping the update will fix the problem.

Thanks all.

Hello, I've set up a new plex server internal to my network that is to be local-only, no plex link (I have two plex-linked servers elsewhere). When I access it via its IP address I can access the server without sign-in, however when I use its hostname, despite this resolving to the machine's IP address and me getting connected to the right machine, I get asked for a plex sign-in. The logs show the following;

Aug 27, 2016 17:47:05.892 [0x7f2e25ffd700] DEBUG - NetworkServiceBrowser: SERVER arrived: 127.0.0.1 (servint)

So this shows it's at least recognised its own name at one point in the start-up. Then when I access the server via its hostname I get this;

Aug 27, 2016 17:47:15.504 [0x7f2e2a7ff700] DEBUG - Request came in with unrecognized domain 'servint' in header Host; treating as non-local

Essentially it doesn't recognise its own name and treats the request as external despite the "Authorised networks" network and netmask being set correctly in the config (as I say I'm not asked for authentication when I connect using the IP address). I can also run "ssh root@servint" and it gets me to the right place, so far it seems to be just Plex that is having a problem recognising the machine's name. It picks it up in the server config fields and shows the right name as its "friendly name".

It's version 1.1.2.2680-09e98fb installed fresh today.

Accidentally posted this in the wrong group, I have two Centos 7 servers latest pms installed. Same config same network one has the green lock secure and one does not. Both are set to secured preferred. Could this be a cert issue? If so how do I obtain and replace? One note I also have one pms running on Readynas and it goes secure with out issue as well.

Plex is broadcasting an old ip address from my NAS. I uninstall, wipe the plex directories and users from my NAS and sign out of plex.tv. the old ip address goes away. I reinstall, and the old address comes back on my NAS; before I even log into the new plex server.

i had plex running a couple years on my synology nas, with no problem, watching my Vizio smart app. I got a new router, and a new address, moving from .110 subnet to a .255 subnet. Then the Vizio couldn't find the NAS plex because, although the new .254 PMS address was there, so was the old plex.110 address. When i stop PMS, both disappear, when i start PMS they come back (seen in a netstat -a). The vizio gets confused if there are 2 servers and fails. I can get remote to connect over the internet, but it wont stream video.

How do I get the NAS Plex to forget this old .110 forever?

Hello.

I'm running Plex Media Server version 1.11.0.4666 on headless Debian 9.3 with packages up to date. (kernel 4.9.0-5-amd64).

Whenever I try to play a movie in the Web Player (v. 3.31.1) which requires transcoding it randomly fails to transcode it. I can reproduce the issue with multiple files, it seems that it is not related to bad file encoding. The fail may occur at all length of the movie and it seems to be totally random.

When the playback stops I seek back to play that part again and it will fail to play at the same second. If I seek forward within the buffered area then it will continue to play the movie. If I seek outside the buffered area then back to the problematic part then the server tries to transcode that part again and it succeeds to transcode it and it wont fail.

I will attach the log (DEBUG mode enabled). I have also made a video about the issue. The playback is on the left and the Plex Media Server.log is tailed on the right. Maybe it helps to find the problem if you see the log in real time.

https://youtu.be/wFAlobAsIFo

I have found two errors in the log which concerns me:
WARN - NAT: PMP, got an error: Not Supported by gateway.
ERROR - [Transcoder] [dash @ 0x2115140] Cannot use rename on non file protocol, this may lead to races and temporary partial files

Any help would be much appreciated!

After moving to Plex + Roku's from having htpc's around the house, I noticed some problems with some videos and figured my Celeron G530 just wasn't up to task.

I just received a Xeon E3-1275 V2 (which is the fastest processor available for my mobo), and it appears to be running great except in my one before and after test, it appears to transcode slower?

The new CPU does support hardware assisted transcode, but regardless if I enable or disable it, I don't seem to get the speed I got in my "before" test video which transcoded at ~16x before and only ~7x now.

I am stumped about what the problem could be. There is no way that the g530 was faster than the new processor.

Here is my system in a nutshell:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B75M/index.asp#Specification
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1275+V2+@+3.50GHz
8GB of DDR3-1600 ram
And a ton of storage.

Any thoughts?

I've been having issues with remote access lately on my Plex Media Server. It was working before until all of a sudden it stopped working.

Remote Access settings: https://i.imgur.com/oZlRcSa.png

Steps I Have Taken:

• Restarted the server
• Restarted the modem/router combo
• Disabled and reenabled remote access
• Tried using uPnP (it is enabled on my router)
• Changed from the Beta build to the Public build
• Checked port forwards
• Enabled the DMZ for my server

My external IP address matches correctly in the logs.
I noticed that people have been able to access the server in some cases via the Plex provided indirect routing.

Logs are attached. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Tyler

Hi,

I think it is a bug. I have the following options disabled.

• Run a partial scan when changes are detected
• Update my library automatically

My issue is, that every time metadata is loaded (the first time per movie), it take around 10 seconds to get results.

Nov 10, 2015 22:23:43 [0x7f43c8bfe700] DEBUG - Request: [::ffff:10...*:45707] GET /library/metadata/20720 (3 live) GZIP
Nov 10, 2015 22:23:43 [0x7f43c8bfe700] DEBUG - Last refresh (2015-11-10 09:50:21) appears to be older than directory change time (2015-11-10 21:54:14), need to refresh local media agent.
...
Nov 10, 2015 22:23:43 [0x7f43ca3ff700] DEBUG - HTTP requesting GET http://127.0.0.1:45632/:/plugins/com.plexapp.agents.localmedia
...
Nov 10, 2015 22:23:50 [0x7f43ca3ff700] DEBUG - [com.plexapp.agents.localmedia] HTTP reply status 200, with 16 bytes of content.

2015-11-10 22:23:43,440 (7f8362ffd700) : DEBUG (runtime:717) - Handling request GET /:/plugins/com.plexapp.agents.localmedia
2015-11-10 22:23:43,519 (7f8362ffd700) : DEBUG (networking:166) - Requesting 'http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/20720/tree'
2015-11-10 22:23:47,036 (7f8362ffd700) : INFO (localmedia:193) - Found XY75 media files in this directory, skipping local extras search: /path/to/media
2015-11-10 22:23:47,184 (7f8362ffd700) : INFO (localmedia:220) - Found 0 valid things for pattern (fanart|art|background|backdrop|Stirb\ langsam\ -\MOVIENAME\ (2013)-fanart)-?[0-9]? (ext: ['jpg', 'png', 'jpeg', 'tbn'])
2015-11-10 22:23:50,022 (7f8362ffd700) : DEBUG (runtime:924) - Response: [200] str, 16 bytes

Edit:

I disabled the Local Media Assets Agent and now it loads in under a second -> at least a workaround

Over the weekend i have updated my plex server to the latest updated 1.10.something... only now i have a couple of issues. Since the update i have no remote access and the "Claim server" option cant make its mind up.
Locally the server shows as attached to my account and not remotely accessible, when i go into my plex online account i select the server and it still says "Claim server" but i cant!
Remote is also broken i changed the internal port and firewall rules, it shows green for half a second then drops again.
All in all this update broke more than it fixed anyone got any ideas on this?

I just added a directory of MP4 files to my Plex server and did a scan on the library monitoring that directory; it finds no new files. These MP4s are ripped from a disk via MakeMKV and formatted with Handbrake - they are homeschool math tutorials. I've already done the files from one textbook - those were seen by Plex with no problem and I set them up into a playlist. Now I'm trying to get the next textbook set up for one of my kids and it's just not working.

I did manually update Plex via Putty this past weekend (my server runs headless); maybe I did something wrong?

Hi all.

Running cent 7 64bit in a vm and had a crash that caused some filesystem corruption on my application support folder. fsck repaired it, and the only files lost were 3 log files from the Logs dir.

Now, systemctl thinks that plex is running, but it is not in theory.

The process is indeed running: plex 982 0.2 0.3 337256 30972 ? Ssl 12:24 0:00 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server
but it does not seem to be doing anything. It does not update any logs in the application support directory, nor is it generating anything to journalctl or systemd.

This is a little frustrating as something is clearly wrong. If I try running plex media server manually with the proper environment vars exported, it just hangs. Is there a way to pass it into verbose mode or debug mode or something ?

The above process is the only plex process that starts instead of the usual group of them, and no logs are updated.

When I login to my new plex server it says

So I click the button... it spins and spins...

And then does nothing... No error. No message... Just stops and does nothing.

So this problem is beyond frustrating at this point. Ive reinstalled plex entirely on a completely new OS. 2 times same issue. Tried disabling firewall all together. Nothing.

Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you.

I am now running PMS on a Linux PC connected to NAS using SMB. All is fine except Plex does not detect new media automatically. No problem if I do a manual scan but would prefer to have it detect changes and do so without any intervention from me. Any ideas?