Server unreachable
My server has completely taken a dump. I upgraded to 0.9.16.4.1911. A few days later, I tried to use the PS4 client and noticed a lot of artwork refusing to load. I wasn’t able to play anything. I...
View ArticlePremium Music Library with Ubuntu 16.04?
Will not scan library - stops after 1 song. Works in 14.04. Have unstalled/reinstalled several times.
View ArticlePlex Media Scanner - How do I Limit Memory
I have PMS running on a low spec VPS running ubuntu 16.04 and mounting my Amazon Cloud Drive to the server using acd_cli. This works ok for me for playing videos. But when I bulk add new content, the...
View ArticleRemote client identifying as 127.0.0.1
A little back ground on my setup. Plex server is a VM of Ubuntu 14.04 Server, no gui. I share my server externally with some friends. I run PlexWatch, and PlexPy for stats tracking. A while back I...
View ArticleRPI3 movies not playing
See signature for hardware specs. I keep getting the error "There was an problem playing this item" seconds after I try and play any movie. Music is on the same HDD and it plays fine. I've done sudo...
View ArticleThere was an unexpected error loading the dashboard
Hi All, Getting this message in both browser on the server or if accessing plex via browser over the network. This is a new install as of today so unlikely to be an issue with a corrupt database as...
View Articleplex server thinks its a shared server
The subject line is weirdly worded so here's the longer explanation: I have a headless server running Arch (kernel 4.4.3) using docker to run an ubuntu 14.04 image for Plex. I downloaded the latest...
View ArticleBackup PMS: which directories can I safely ignore?
I'm running a few backup jobs and one of the involves PMS, and I've read somewhere that the Cache directory could be ignored on backups. Are there any other directories I safely can ignore?
View ArticleChannels not providing content
When I try to access region specific channels (CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.) the plex player is unable to provide the content giving "There was a problem playing this item." in the message. I believe this is...
View Articlesubtitle locations
Have searched extensivly and cannot find the answer to my question. I have a home media server running on ubuntu, and a laptop server/player running on win 10 laptop. I have copied parts of my library...
View ArticleProblems migrating PMS to a new CentOS server
To keep this brief, I have the latest PMS running on a CentOS 7 server (we'll call this old-plex). I have rebuilt plex on a new server, also CentOS 7 (we'll call this new-plex). Following the migration...
View ArticleExtra Info page not loading
I just put my server on a Ubuntu machine (16.04 desktop) and now when I use the plex app, no matter the platform, when I select a movie or tv show it will not show the extra information page (the page...
View ArticleLousy transcoding speed with PMS
Dear all, I am having serious issues on transcoding speed and after spending considerable time in troubleshooting the issue, I am starting to run out of ideas so your help would be highly appreciated....
View ArticlePlex + Chromecast
Hi all - I recently configured a new Raspberry Pi 3 to run Plex Media Server. I intend to use this with my Chromecast. All media is stored on a mounted external drive which is recognized by Plex....
View ArticleSystem error and plex server crash after upgrade to 0.9.16.6.1993 from...
My Plex media server crashes on startup and will no longer connect to remote clients after upgrading to 0.9.16.6.1993
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Installing Plex with Bitcasa support on Ubuntu 14.04 | DigitalOcean 512mb
Setting up Support with Putty Please note that this tutorial is designed for x64 based machines. To make theses's steps a lot more simpler (just copy and pasting), were going to be using an application...
View ArticleYum Repo CentOS
Hi, The web UI for my PMS has been showing as having an update for around a week now, and I've been doing yum updates to try and pull it assuming it was taking a while to filter down to the mirrors,...
View Article[Kubuntu 16.04] Can't see all my folders when trying to add a library
Hi, I've just installed Linux on my machine, and I'm trying to get PMS to work. I can see all of my root folders, and even the folders on my NTFS formatted drive, but once I drill a couple of layers in...
View ArticlePlex will not start on new server
Building a new server loaded the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as was on the old box. Copied the /var/lib/plexmedia server and then loaded the latest plex for Linux 64 bit. Ended up changing the owners and groups...
View ArticleWD My Cloud Path to Plex Server
I have my files stored on a WD MyCloud 3TB and my Plex server is on my Ubuntu laptop for some reason I can't find the path to my WD My Cloud to point to my media, can anyone help me out with the path?
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