Hi guys, my Plex Media Server has /tmp mapped to /transcode to store temp transcode files in RAM when playing back live. Server can easily sustain 8+ HD streams no problem at all.
When I chose to sync for offline playback on a phone or tablet I get the message from the app that the transcode process will take ~ 20 - 30 hrs.
Here's the process the above creates (after requesting sync on my Nexus 6p):
/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plex New Transcoder -i /mnt/movies/Cooties (2015)/Cooties (2015).mkv -filter_complex [0:0]scale=w=min(720\,iw):h=min(300\,ih):force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease[0] -map [0] -codec:0 libx264 -crf:0 20 -pix_fmt:0 yuv420p -maxrate:0 1500k -bufsize:0 3000k -preset:0 veryfast -x264opts cabac=0:8x8dct=1:bframes=0:subme=3:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=hex:cabac=0 -map 0:1 -metadata:s:1 language=eng -codec:1 aac -strict:1 experimental -cutoff:1 15000 -channel_layout:1 stereo -b:1 193k -f mp4 -map_metadata -1 /config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode/Sync/7643863/8368136/4e3d92d364c3eaace1ad.mp4.temp -y -nostats -loglevel quiet -loglevel_plex error -progressurl http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/b3a625fc-f0f1-4ad1-8762-53198eaa24bb/progress
I notice that it rights the temp sync file to /config not /transcode - but that's OK because my appdata for Plex is on an SSD.
The server is mostly idle while the above it going with very low CPU and IO usage so it doesn't appear to be bottlenecked.
Anyone got any ideas or suggestions on how to diagnose this?