Bug: .plexignore is not applied when doing an incremental scan (sometimes?)
I am seeing files appear from a plexignore'd directory when files are added within this directory. The files then disappear from plex when I initiate a full scan with "Update Libraries". To be exact,...
View ArticleServer Settings are Unavailable
I have read several posts on this subject with no joy. This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time I gave up after trying everything possible and blew the system away and started...
View Article*ubuntu users: bash script to install or update plexmediaserver
For those like me who use plexmediaserver on a headless Ubuntu server (I can't be the only one, right?) here's a script I wrote to install or update plexmediaserver. It's a bit tedious to do an update...
View ArticleSamsung SmartTV Transcoder AC3 Stereo when should have been DTS
Hello, After upgrading from _ plexmediaserver-0.9.12.19.1537-f38ac80.x86_64.rpm_ to plexmediaserver-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243.x86_64.rpm, streaming from Samsung SmartTV Plex app uses Transcoder instead of...
View ArticleERROR - Error writing media: 32 - Broken pipe
I'm seeing regular "ERROR - Error writing media: 32 - Broken pipe" messages in the log on my server running on Ubuntu 14.04. Anyway to determine what is causing that error? It wasn't obvious to me...
View Articlenginx reverse proxy works, but not for remote access
I'm having an issue where I've got reverse proxying for my Plex server via my Raspberry Pi to my home server where Plex is running working correctly, in that I visit my internet connection's external...
View ArticleHow to enable Remote Access from command line
I have a debian server, GUI is not available , I installed plesk server on it. But its seems I can not manage library remotely until I login the server with the same plex account. So, is there any way...
View ArticlePlex - Question about features
When was Now Playing added to the Plex local web interface?
View ArticleDebian Version Not Needed
I am running Debian 8.2 aka jessie, technically: 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u6 (2015-11-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux Anyhow, downloading and installing the standard Debian 64-bit Ubuntu...
View ArticleNo matches found for files with special characters
All my media is named correctly, as done automatically via couchpotato. When it comes time for Plex to match it though it fails ever time on any file with special characters. Files such as Amélie and...
View ArticleSlow transfer of media from source
Hello! I'm using cloud-based storage to hold some media, and I'm seeing some file transfer performance problems with Plex. When I copy a file from the cloud (just using the cp command), it transfers at...
View Article"Optimized version" transcoding failed
Some movies can't be optimized with no reason (message "Unable to convert"). Example below. Ubuntu: 15.10, plex 0.9.15.0. From logs: Jan 05, 2016 17:51:03 [0x7fa3cbff5700] WARN - WARNING: Couldn't...
View ArticleDoes Plex support high level activity logging?
Can Plex log high level activity things like "Playback of file 'The Martian' started at XYZ time by IP address ABC"? This could be used for examining the usage of your server - who is using it, when...
View ArticleMultithreaded transcoding
Hi, I'm bulding Plex server and have to decide what CPU I have to buy. I use transcoding a lot, so: - will plex use more then 12 threads? - does it make sense to buy dual-cpu motherboard (I would get...
View ArticlePlex suddenly won't download metadata
I am running a Plex docker on a unRAID server. I am also using SABnzbd, Couchpotato, and Sickbeard. Plex was doing everything perfectly up until a couple of days ago. Now any new movie that I download,...
View Articleauto download missing trailers from idmb for all movies in collection
Took all night to script this, but here it is: #!/bin/bash # downloads all missing trailers - it goes through all your movies and matchs them up with an entry # in plex, grabs the imdb id from plex,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting: "You do not have permission to access this server"
I installed Plex on a remote hosted server. I tried Debian and Ubuntu, I tried bare metal and Docker. I created a new Plex account on plex.tv to log into the remote server. Remote login works, but I...
View ArticleStrange connection and metadata problem with Plex since static IP was set
I am running a Plex docker on a unRAID server. I am also using SABnzbd, Couchpotato, and Sickbeard. Plex was doing everything perfectly up until a couple of days ago. Now any new movie tv show that I...
View ArticleIssue playing DTS-HD surround on 0.9.15.0
Hi all, I was running PMS 0.9.12.19 before I upgraded to the "plex pass" most recent version of 0.9.15.0. I encountered an error when playing videos with DTS-HD surround sound. The videos would not...
View Article[Arch 4.2.3-1] Camera Upload permission denied but plex user can write to dir...
Camera Upload feature fails due to a permission problem. This is strange as I can write to the directory in question when logged in as the 'plex' user at a shell. I created a directory to hold uploaded...
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