access network share from another nas?
nas to nasI have Plex Media Server installed on my ReadyNAS but all my media is on a different NAS. What is the proper naming convention I tell Plex where my media is at? Is it //NAS2/Media I've tried...
View ArticleUbuntu 16.04 - Plex v1.2.7.2987 fails to update to v1.3.0.3059
My server settings page says "An update is available. Please install manually." That's normal. I've never had a problem with this before. Clicking the link downloads the 99.1MB .deb installer...
View ArticleArtist "X" is changed to "The XX"
I have an album by X, but the server changes the artist to "The XX". I've tried editing it in the web view, but it reverts back right away. An example of how it's organized: /media/Music/X/Beyond &...
View ArticleProblems running PMS on CentOS...
Good afternoon. I'm trying to get PMS to run on my CentOS Linux Server, but I'm having some difficulty and am hoping for a little insight. The .rpm downloaded and installed happily with no errors....
View ArticleShared users getting "There was a problem playing this item" error message...
All of my shared users are getting a "There was a problem playing this item" error message when trying to play videos with the webapps (Chrome, Firefox, IE). Vizio TV app (Opera based) also doesn't...
View ArticleMedia/metadata directory sizes
Not the space taken. The actual entries per directory. $ ls "plex.BAK/var_lib_plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media/localhost/d/" | wc 4470 4470 210090 $ ls...
View ArticleOpenSUSE Tumbleweed having problem installing Plex
Hello, I'm having problems installing Plex on SUSE. I downloaded fedora 64bit rpm and installed it (tried both through YaST gui and terminal). During the installation it reports errors about no signed...
View Article[Debian - Jessie 8.6]: Newly added files are automatically marked watched
I am having an issue with Plex Media Server 1.3.0.3059 on Debian - Jessie 8.6. I use my plex to follow several series and movies. Up until recently ( maybe 2-3 updates ago ) everything was fine....
View ArticleMetadata and artwork on Raspian (RPi) vs Windows and Ubuntu
The identical media files on Windows and Ubuntu PMS immediately find the correct metadata and art, no need to manually Match but on RPi PMS (identical version number), about 10% of the files do not...
View ArticleHow to update RPi PMS running 1.2.7.2987 to 1.3.x
My RPi shows a manual update available but no matter what I try using the CLI, I cannot get the 1.3.x update. Any suggestions?
View ArticleThere was a problem playing this item.
Please help point me in the right direction. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and latest version of PMS. I am getting this error There was a problem playing this item.
View Article[Guide] Tool to easily download latest Plex Media Server for linux
Hi all, A while back I did a bash script to download the latest PlexPass edition from the plex homepage, since I didn't like the hassle of running a webbrowser on my server or downloading it on a...
View ArticleCannot Load M3U8: No Levels to play
I'm getting a Cannot Load M3U8: No Levels to play on almost all my movies and series. (MP4 and MKV) i have tried using handbreake to change one of the files from mkv to MP4 to make sure it is in x264....
View ArticleCannot stream to my Sony BRAVIA KDL-40HX803
Hi, I just installed OpenMediaVault and openmediavault-plexmediaserver 1.0.15. Then I updated it as follows: /etc/init.d/plexmediaserver stop cd /var/cache/apt/archives rm plex*.deb cd...
View ArticleServer Setting Unavailable - All I Did Was Reboot!
Plex is awesome, but also really damn annoying with these random "needle in a haystack" errors. I have plex-media-server-plexpass 1.3.0.3059-1 built from the Arch Linux User Repository (AUR) and all...
View ArticleBug in handling of "Original" music quality from iOS app (encoding FLAC at...
Plex Media Server v1.0.0.2261-a17e99e - ubuntu PC x86_64 - build: linux-ubuntu-x86_64 ubuntu Linux version: 4.4.0-24-generic (#43-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 8 19:27:37 UTC 2016), language: en-US All the...
View ArticleRemote Access Cutting out and back in
Hey all, Im really not sure where to start as im not entirely sure what is going on. Basically my remote access to my server keeps cutting out for no apparent reason. A restart of the server seems to...
View ArticleWhen using Chromecast Plex will only play one song of a CD at a time.
When using Chromecast Plex will only play one song of a CD at a time. After each song Plex requires manual intervention to play the next song. Android based player works fine and advances to next song...
View ArticleMedia server for Android phones
Hello! I've an Android phone with its screen broken. As I'm not longer using it as a phone, I'm trying to use it as a media server in my house LAN. I'd love to use Plex to achieve so but I'm having a...
View ArticlePlex web-ui loads, but server does not appear
Running plex server on ubuntu. It has worked on this machine before, but for some reason the server stopped showing up. I can see a server that I'm running on another machine in my list, but it seems...
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