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I'm using the official Plex Inc Docker container. Not tried the binhex container. I now have the transcode directory on the cache drive. I'm not sure what messed up my linuxserver.io container. It's interesting to do a new install of the linuxserver.io container to check if the problem still exists. Maybe writing to /tmp messed everything up. On the other hand I copied my docker plex linuxserver.io config to the new docker plex inc container. So it's running with the same settings. Of course I did change the directory of transcode location in the setting of plex server.

Yes I did! Thanks for confirming.

sata --> sas = reverse breakout. sas --> sata = forward breakout. ...but wait with ordering till some else also confirms. To be sure.

See this post: https://lime-technology.com/forums/topic/6723-sas-to-sata-cables-forward-or-reverse-which-where-why/

To be honest I never heard the Plex Team Member saying that Plex Inc doesn't support containers. The problem is not Plex Media Server. The problem in my situation is the Linuxserver.io container for some reason that container is not working correctly on my server resulting in not be able playing AMZN WEB-DL. I then tried the official Plex Inc container, and now everything is working fine. I had set my transcode directory to the memory as Jonp suggested. Resulting in the following error in the log: Apr 22, 2018 14:01:21.267 [0x149a6d9fa700] DEBUG - [Universal] Using local file path instead of URL: /tv-series/Blindspot/Season 3/Blindspot.S03E18.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv Apr 22, 2018 14:01:21.270 [0x149a6d9fa700] DEBUG - Job running: EAE_ROOT='/tmp/pms-a5565b46-af26-47c5-969a-2b7d3001353b/EasyAudioEncoder' FFMPEG_EXTERNAL_LIBS='/config/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Codecs/7814ac9-1285-linux-ubuntu-x86_64/' XDG_CACHE_HOME='/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/' XDG_DATA_HOME='/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/' X_PLEX_TOKEN='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Transcoder' '-codec:0' 'h264' '-codec:1' 'eac3_eae' '-eae_prefix:1' 'l2ndpct267ryayw07j9ymhuz_' '-ss' '0' '-noaccurate_seek' '-i' '/tv-series/Blindspot/Season 3/Blindspot.S03E18.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv' '-filter_complex' '[0:1] aresample=async=1:ocl='\''stereo'\'':osr=48000[0]' '-map' '0:0' '-codec:0' 'copy' '-map' '[0]' '-metadata:s:1' 'language=eng' '-codec:1' 'aac' '-b:1' '256k' '-f' 'dash' '-min_seg_duration' '5000000' '-skip_to_segment' '1' '-time_delta' '0.0625' '-manifest_name' 'http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/l2ndpct267ryayw07j9ymhuz/664ffe5b-af62-46de-8316-72376c754009/manifest' '-avoid_negative_ts' 'disabled' '-map_metadata' '-1' '-map_chapters' '-1' 'dash' '-start_at_zero' '-copyts' '-vsync' 'cfr' '-y' '-nostats' '-loglevel' 'quiet' '-loglevel_plex' 'error' '-progressurl' 'http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/l2ndpct267ryayw07j9ymhuz/664ffe5b-af62-46de-8316-72376c754009/progress' Apr 22, 2018 14:01:21.271 [0x149a6d9fa700] DEBUG - Jobs: Starting child process with pid 411 Apr 22, 2018 14:01:21.273 [0x149a737ff700] DEBUG - Jobs: '/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Codecs/EasyAudioEncoder-141-linux-ubuntu-x86_64/EasyAudioEncoder/EasyAudioEncoder' exit code for process 410 is 13 (failure) The Plex Team member thought it was some kind of owner/permission problem. I then set the directory to my cache drive, but that didn't solve the problem. I played a bit with owners and permissions, but that didn't help either. So I ended up in trying a different Docker container. As you already know that solved the problem for me.

Not dumb interesting to know! I don’t know either...

Someone of the Plex Team is now looking into this EAC3 matter, but he warned cause Plex is running in a Container and on unRAID his expertise will be extremely limited.

Ah, clear! Nice price for the Z10PE-D16 WS.

I'm a bit experimenting. When I start a tv-show the Plex Server want to transcode the stream to another codec. See picture: But for some reason the stream is not starting..

Yes, indeed that was the problem. Thank you!

Yeah, Im just guessing. A bit strange that they sent the wrong part even with a picture..

Maybe there is a misunderstanding..

Okay, that's a bad experience. My experience is far more beter. I also had a problem they send my a rail set to little. I mailed them, and three days later I received the missing rail set. They even called me, but I missed the call so they left a voice mail with a apology.

If a device supports EAC3 then it's playing the track of course. So Playing these files on the Apple TV 4 with the Plex client there are no problems. It would be indeed nice if Plex Server transcode the EAC3 stream if a device not support EAC3.

I changed the identification of my server, but I still see "Tower" in Finder. Also the icon is wrong of my new server name. What did I forgot or wrong?

Thanks John for your help. Appreciated!

I can do something like this "find /mnt/* -name @eaDir"

How to easily delete all these annoying "@eaDir" files on my unRAID drives. These files where created on my Synology NAS. Anyone?

Hi MrLeek, out curiosity why not use a server board?

Thanks for sharing guys! What I eventually did was ordering my chassis by Xcase. I already had good experiences with Xcase so it was the right thing to do ordering again by Xcase. Good shop, good support, and nice people. If you have suggestions of good webshops selling server chassis please post them in this thread. So we create a good topic of advice and experiences!

Ah, it's EAC3 issue. Indeed all the files that don't play have a EAC3 audio track. Thanks! Is it not possible to add AC3 track? So the original track is preserved. I'm not sure if this is possible with Handbrake. Do you know?

I'm not sure if this is Plex Server Docker related, but all of my amzn web-dl / web rips are not playing when viewed via the Plex Server webui or iOS. Someone having similar problems?

Before my posting I considered a 1TB model, because like you said a SSD is very quickly to small. So you don't advice a EVO. I already thought that EVO's are not suitable for server purposes so good that you can confirm. Thanks for the confirmations!

Hi, I have a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB as cache drive, but it's way to small. I like to know whats SSD you use/recommend also the size. Do you use just one SSD or a RAID 0/1 solution? Other things to think of? It happend again my SSD was totally full and a few Dockers crashed...

Thanks Johnnie for mentioning the LSI 9207. Didn’t know it was pci-e 3.0. I always assumed that I needed a LSI 9300..