Yet another Plex + iptables question
Hello guys, I've searched and tried everything on here and elsewhere, but it still doesn't work... I have a dedicated server on which Plex is installed. I use the app.plex.tv/web/app to connect to the...
View ArticleUpdate the video metadata using the API
We have a spreadsheet containing the metadata for a lot of videos (1-2k). How can we use the Plex API to update the metadata for these videos? What endpoints should we create requests for? In the end...
View Article"ERROR - CERT: Error in TLS handshake: short read" on playing media over iOS APP
Hello, since 4 days, when i playing media from any of my iOS Devices (iPad, iPhone) with the Plex APP, the playback stops after 3 minutes. When i press "stop" and "play" again, it works for further 3...
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 ArticleWrong private IP, server unreachable from Internet
Hello guys, I use Plex for several months without any issues, Plex Media Server is installed on a dedicated server, with debian 8 and I access it remotely. Today, Plex Media Server seemed to crash, I...
View ArticleSubtitles
Greetings, I've been ripping my entire DVD collection, I'm sure that's nothing new on this site, using DVDFab. When I rip the DVD I usually let it run with the default settings. Some movies have...
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 ArticleSplitting the Load
Hi Guys, Here's my scenario. I setup Plex a while ago for myself to use within my home and I love it. Obviously I wanted it for when I was out of the house aswell so I configured it to be accessible...
View ArticleRestrict access?
Is it possible to restrict access to the server depending on the source of the connection? I'd like to have it so a user will only be presented with the plex login page / have server access if you...
View ArticleA Plex Media Server update is available! should link directly to deb
I cant "wget https://plex.tv/downloads/latest/1?channel=8&build=linux-ubuntu-x86_64&distro=ubuntu&X-Plex-Token=[token]" .. it fails.. so i have to browse to website takes me like 30seconds...
View ArticleSee if someone is playing a file from terminal
Is it possible to see if someone is currently playing a file from the terminal? I was thinking about monitoring the Cache directory but if a file can be played directly there is no change in there....
View Articleplex iptv server set up help
ive purchased a server package from xyz, is it easy to set up on Linux or windows? im looking to use it mainly to host a few live streams, maximum 10 im new to this kinda stuff, hope it doesn't sound...
View Article[Ubuntu] Transcoded files fail on playback
For my plex setup I have a server running unraid that exposes shares on my network. I have an Ubuntu pc that has plex installed, this PC mounts those shares and they are added as libraries in plex....
View ArticleSubtitle and audio language isn't detected for a specific MKV
I have a recent install of PMS on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS and things are mostly ok. I upload just MKVs and am very careful with languages to be sure I have forced subtitle tracks where necessary and foreign...
View ArticleMigrate server/db?
I'm thinking of moving my PMS instance from a Windows Server to Ubuntu. Is there any way to migrate my database or will I have to bite the bullet and rebuild from scratch? I've got over 20TB of content...
View ArticleHow do I allow Ubuntu Server to sleep if not being used?
I have setup a Ubuntu Server with Plex installed. Plex is working great on it but I want to save some power so I want it to sleep when not in use. I installed powernap and it will put the server to...
View ArticlePlex on WD MyCloud (not Mirror or NAS, just regular "MyCloud")?
Greetings all. Just purchased a WD MyCloud 4TB for $80. Couldn't resist. I've managed to login to the machine via ssh and run a few commands. I'm trying to figure out how feasible it might be run...
View ArticleHigh CPU Issues With PMS
Today I had a go at installing the latest PMS onto a Ubuntu 15.10 Server virtual machine. I would say at this point, this is my first foray with Linux so it was a bit of a challenge but eventually I...
View ArticleList of shared content
Sharing content with other users with large libraries where some files are shared and others are not after a few time is very difficult maintain it. Is there any way to filter files for sharing tag?
View ArticleChange what user Plex runs as
I am slowly working on getting my home lab over to using LDAP (Zentyal server specifically). My media is hosted on a FreeNAS system and I want to have Plex run as a specific user on my Ubuntu server....
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