Why no plexmediaserver service is available when using "service" command ?
Hi, I am on DEBIAN and i use the pkg version and since the "1.1.3.2700" when i use the "service" command line the "plexmediaserver" is no longer available. I noticed there is no scripts in /etc/init.d/...
View Article[Centos 7]: TV season metadata not loading for >19 seasons - 1.0.3.2461
I hope this isn't a common problem, but I haven't been able to find any posts that seem to apply. I'm having an issue scanning a TV show with a lot of seasons (Doctor Who). Something is choking as soon...
View ArticleBest Way to Do This
So I have CentOS 7 I have two hard drives connected to the computer via SATA cables. The operating system is installed on sda and I got a secondary hard drive (same size) on sdb. Both are encrypted...
View ArticleUnable to manually add Plex plugin bundles
Using a Linux based server (unRAID) and tried a few plugin bundles for my Plex Media Server and having no luck getting them listed under Channels. Any ideas? Able to manually install same plugins on...
View ArticleUpgrade from Ubuntu 14 to 16 causes server to go away.
I managed to get the server running again, but none of the libraries showed up. I can recreate the libraries, but I've lost all of my customizations. It also shows an old server name as the name of the...
View ArticleCentOS Static IP
I keep bashing my head against this but I can't seem to find a good article that describes a working method of setting up a static ip in CentOS 7. This is a rather trivial thing but I don't really work...
View ArticlePlex media server running slow and sometimes playing wrong title
So i have a server of several TB now of movies, TV and Music, it was working fine until the last two updates, since when its been playing up. It will randomly play wrong titles, or just fail to respond...
View ArticleDeb Repo / Latest Links
Hello! I know this has been asked before, but can we get an official Plex repository, or at minimum static links to the latest version of the package? This would make shell scripts / tooling for...
View ArticleRestrict Plex Transcode Stream to one cpu core
Typically if you have a decent cpu then one transcode stream can be handled by one core. I have noticed in the past that one stream can light up 6 or 7 of my available cpu threads unnecessarily. Only...
View ArticleUpdating PMS on Ubuntu Server?
Hi all, In looking for the simplest way to upgrade my Plex Server I've tried $ sudo apt get update and $ sudo apt-get upgrade, but PMS is just not upgrading. My Kernel is: 4.2.0-42-generic My OS is:...
View ArticleWhy can't I see my server when I log in to the web ui via my server?
I am running the latest plex stable release for Ubuntu 64 bit on Ubuntu 16. I have a headless hosted virtual machine. I do- Wget [url from download page] sudo dpkg -i [file just downloaded] Service...
View ArticlePlex Ubuntu 16.04 video but no audio
I just migrated from a Windows server 2012 to Ubuntu 16.04. I am now unable to get any media files to play or I get video with no audio. While on the Windows system (still available) everything plays...
View ArticleHow to fix "sync permission" managed users
I'm running my Plex server (Version 1.1.3.2700) on Ubuntu 14.04, and for some reason my managed users are unable to sync media. The exact error message is, "The user does not have permission to sync"....
View ArticleThere was a problem playing this item Arch Linux VM
Hi, I've recently moved from having plex on my linux OS to running it on Arch Linux in HyperV VM under win10 and for some reason i can't play anything anymore. I have the correct ownerships of folders,...
View ArticleHEVC Playback issues on Nexus Player
Hi, I'm having issues with playing on the odd HEVC file, the latest is the following: Media Video Resolution 720p Duration 42:44 Bitrate 961 kbps Width 1280 Height 720 Aspect Ratio 1.78 Container MKV...
View ArticleThere was a problem saving these settings
I've always had problems with plex not being able to find my server despite forcing it to use port 32400, even with a machine exposed directly onto the internet, even in three different continents on...
View ArticleGeneric Error
So I keep getting this error: > There was a problem selecting the stream for this item. But I am not sure where to start looking as to what happens. Additionally my Plex Windows 10 app refuses to...
View ArticleServer not seeing my files
I am setting up a new Plex server, but I'm having issues getting it to see my files. I have a separate drive that I store my media on, mounted here: /media/jascount/Storage The files are under the...
View ArticleMedia Server Setup Wizard Issue on Ubuntu Server 16.04
Hello all, I have a strange issue which I've been trying to solve for a couple of days now: after installing PMS according to the official installation documentation and accessing it for the first...
View ArticleWhy are the direct download links gone...
Please add direct download links again on https://www.plex.tv/downloads/ It's such a fail that you replaced it with some nonsense JavaScript mechanism... I, and I am sure a lot of people, need direct...
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