Proper way to change the user that Plex runs as in Ubuntu 14.04?
What is the proper way to change which user Plex runs as in Ubuntu 14.04? I tried changing it in /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service as described here and I tried changing it in...
View ArticlePlex and iTunes Library not working
I have copied my iTunes library over from OSX to my Ubuntu PC. I have a Virtual Machine, within Virtualbox, running Windows with iTunes from which I can still use it as desired for my iPod, ripping...
View ArticleArbitrary folders for music when using embedded tags?
Hi folks, For one million reasons, I don't want to change my music folder structure, which doesn't conform to plex's standard (library root at /media/Music, files in...
View Articleplex won't start
New install on ubuntu and it won't start. It's installed but,,,,nothing.
View ArticleRunning PLEX without internet
I will soon be moving to an orphanage in rural Swaziland, and I am busy setting up a PLEX server to use at the orphanage. Is it possible to run an "offline" PLEX server, provided that I sync the server...
View Articledynamic streaming adjustment?
Are there any plans on improving the streaming encoder to do dynamic bitrate adjustment? There are 2 issues with the current model. Plex players don't automatically adjust to an appropriate...
View ArticleWeb server alongside PMS
Hello I have istalled PMS on CEntos and it works fine with domain.com/web and its allright for me. I just want to use my server for other websites as well, but it seems that the PMS has nothing to do...
View ArticleSkylake and HEVC support
Hi, with the new Skylake CPUs Intel integrated HEVC support. As far as i know there already is a HEVC support in plex. I want to know if the computing power needed for h265 encoding is still 4 times...
View Article[Debian 7.0] Neither Video Nor Sound Will Play
Using Chrome, if I attempt to play a media file (one that was previously playable and is still playable locally without plex as the middle man) then it will just show a black screen or the first frame...
View ArticlePlex Media Server ppa for ubuntu?
If there one or do I have to use wget to the link on the download page every time?
View ArticleDedicated Plex Server Build - Ready to take the Linux Plunge
I've built many a computer over the years, mostly Windows/AMD boxes. My current desktop is pretty beefy and runs Plex Server well, however, I stream 24/7 to my 82 y.o. Mother-in-Law via Roku. This...
View ArticleLatest PMS upgrade fails
Well, I downloaded the latest PMS release, 0.9.11.7 and tried to do the manual upgrade from 0.9.11.6. After "service plexmediaserver stop", I did "dpkg -i...
View ArticlePlex Premium Music Library Scan / Update Issues
I know there've been countless threads on this in the past, but none of them aide in fixing my issue. I've tried various suggestions in the answer of the following thread:...
View ArticleVideo stops playing after exactly 1 minute (60 seconds)
It worked fine for me before. Not sure why this happend, most probably this happend after the most recent update of media server (current server version is 0.9.12.19) On Samsung Smart TV it just...
View ArticleMovie titles not localized correctly
Hello everybody, I have recently re-installed pms on my ubuntu 14.04 server, but when I added the "Movies" library, I noticed that most titles are in English instead of Italian, as I would like. Weird...
View Article[Ubuntu 15.10] cannot update to anything newer than 0.9.12.19.15837
Hello everyone After a do-release-upgrade to 15.10 i am unable to upgrade anything newer than 0.9.12.19.15837, i tried 9.14.5, 9.15.0, 9.15.1, dmesg -T shows the following [Wed Jan 13 18:10:50 2016]...
View ArticlePlex server in Centos chroot??
Any idea.. systemctl start plexmediaserver Running in chroot, ignoring request. /etc/rc.d/init.d/plexmediaserver start Starting PlexMediaServer: [ OK ] /etc/rc.d/init.d/plexmediaserver status...
View ArticleEasy DVR for OpenMediaVault and Plex?
I have a simple setup right now. An OMV server hosts all of my DVD images and has Plex Media Server installed on it. I can quickly and easily play all of my movies on any of my client devices from...
View ArticleIf anyone needs to fstab their media/metadata to their nas/cifs share..
This my /etc/fstab that I've wrestled with (so I assume others have to) the first line mounts my media folders from my qnap nas onto /media/CifsQ plex has no problem accessing them, of course you'll...
View ArticleWhich version atom i386 debian jessie?
I'm have trouble figuring out which version to use on the i386 Atom Z3560 1.8GHz quad-core cpu running debian jessie? Straight Linux Ubuntu 32/64? Some nas variant, or is their a separate .deb for i386...
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