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Plex Media Server

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Moving away from the hidden directory to a cache only share seemed to have fixed my problem of PMS becoming unresponsive.  I also took this as an opportunity to move all other plugins to cache only share.  The only that that was painful was crashplan because I had to track down a setting in an xml file that was using the old path.

 

Thanks for the great plugin spidi!

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sorry can someone explain the new way to install?  i only know how to drag and drop plgs lol..

 

is this some telnet install?

 

so i create /boot/extras on the root of the flash drive and drop the file in?

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thats basically it, yes!

 

(on the root of the flashdrive you create only "/extra"; if your system is running you have to create an folder named "extra" in "/boot"

i'm trying to delete my plex library but it won't let me on windows or mac... can someone tell me what i need to do to delete it? can i do it via telnet?

 

tried to install the newest version

 

and when i try to start it i get this

 

root@Server:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start

/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.utf8): No such file or directory

nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

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root@Server:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start

/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.utf8): No such file or directory

nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

 

let me guess you are running unmenu, and you habe a package named gcc-.*.tgz in /boot/packages/

root@Server:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start

/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.utf8): No such file or directory

nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

 

Spidi... I have the same error... what does it mean? And yes I have unmenu and those packages... how do I fix this problem?  I do not know what those packages do. or if they are necessary for unmenu to function. 

 

 

let me guess you are running unmenu, and you habe a package named gcc-.*.tgz in /boot/packages/

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it looks like gcc messes something up, and you can't export LC_ALL any more.

 

the only solution is to remove the gcc package, but I think you need it, if you want status emails (if I remember correctly), for this I would suggest to use simplefeatures replacement GUI.

Can you tell me how to remove it?  Do I just delete all of the gcc files from my packages dir? or remove via UNMENU somehow?

 

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I would say disable it in unmenu (if thats possible haven't used unmenu in quite a while )

I would say disable it in unmenu (if thats possible haven't used unmenu in quite a while )

 

I just removed the files, did a reboot and voila! it works!  thanks again Spidi!! You rock!!

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np, glad I could help (and its not the fault off PMS  ;D)

Looks like I need to move Plex out of hidden directory and make a cache only share ?  What's best way to do this ?  I've not used shares before.

 

Thanks

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-stop plex

-create cache only share ( assume /mnt/cache/plex/)

- mv /mnt/cache/.plex/Library /mnt/cache/plex/

 

then you should have a path like /mnt/cache/plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/

 

point in the webgui to /mnt/cache/plex/Library

- start plex

 

that should do it!

Thanks spidi that did it!

root@Server:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start

/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.utf8): No such file or directory

nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

 

let me guess you are running unmenu, and you habe a package named gcc-.*.tgz in /boot/packages/

 

thanks that worked for me too...

 

now can you tell me how to delete my multiple plex libraries ( i kept creating new ones cause and have created a mess that for sure reason i can't delete off the disk)

Spidi,

I just moved to your new package version of PMS because I was suffering from some bugs in 9.6.1... But now PMS won't auto start when I reboot. I have tried putting the PMS install file in the extras and in the packages folders, but both require me to telnet in and use the rc.pms to start it manually after a boot.

 

Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot?

 

Cheers,

Whiteatom

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Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot?

 

can you give me the output of

 

/etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver version

 

and of

 

ls -al /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/plexmediaserver/event/

 

This all looks like how I would expect to see it....

 

root@knox:/boot/extra# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver version
v0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5
root@knox:/boot/extra# ls -la /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/plexmediaserver/event/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  0 2012-06-08 04:52 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  0 2012-06-08 04:52 ../
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47 2012-06-08 04:52 disks_mounted*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47 2012-06-08 04:52 unmounting_disks*

 

Cheers,

whiteatom

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yes thats right, looks all good!

 

Do you get error messages if you start it with "/etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start"?

 

 

No, that's the strange thing.. It starts perfectly with the command line. I rebooted again and in the console I'm getting this a few seconds after the login prompt comes up...

 

Unable to install PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz:  tar archive is corrupt (tar returned error code 2)

 

But I can just start PMS immediately after that without issues...

 

root@knox:/boot/extra# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start
nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

 

And I can stop it and re-run the install manually and start it again with out issues...

root@knox:/boot/extra# installpkg PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz 
Verifying package PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz.
Installing package PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# Plex Media Server
#
# Plex bridges the gap between your computer and your home theater, 
# doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. 
# Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats without having to install any third
# party video plugins and can stream online audio and video content served by Plex Media Server. 
# Your media has never looked this good!
#
# http://www.plexapp.com
Executing install script for PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz.
Package PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz installed.

root@knox:/boot/extra# /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start
nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

 

It just doesn't seem to like the package on boot. I'm going to try redownloading it when I get home from work, but it seems strange that there is actually something wrong with the package when I can install it manually without issues.

 

Very strange....

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MD5 (PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.3.143-4466fb5-unRAID.txz) = 344367b8e6cb2339464a33436cb83369

Spidi

 

will it be possible to install this without reboot ?

 

just run installpkg ?

will it overwrite the old one ?

 

 

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use

 

upgradepkg PlexMediaServer*.txz

 

and remove the old file from /boot/extra/

 

After that restart pms

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