June 24, 201214 yr Author @PleaseWork can you point to new Library point maybe "/mnt/user/Plex/Library_test" and check if it works then?
June 24, 201214 yr Interesting...that appears to have fixed the issue (thanks Spidi). I am very curious why though; the previous library folder had the same permissions as any other share (I changed the owner and permissions). Just tried a reboot test and Plex started like a champ. However, it did not persist the settings I modified in the plex management interface. How do you make plex persist those changes?
June 24, 201214 yr Author I have a Acer Revo R3600 stand alone box with xbmc on it, serviio i installed the plugin on my server ( stat's in my sig ) and added my unsorted movies folder to test whats the hardware spec for your unRAID server? do you run Linux or Windows on your Acer Revo R3600. If Windows, you can try the windows Plex client.
June 24, 201214 yr My standalone sever specs Server: Asustek - F1A55-M | Amd A6-3500 APU | 4 GB - 1333 MHz | Drives - 2x 3TB, 2x 1.5TB 1x1TB Cache | Flash - Store N Go 8GB Unraid Pro v5.0rc4 : SimpleFeatures | Sabnzbd | Sickbeard | Couchpotato v2 | iTunes server | Plex media server My revo is running Windows 7, ive tried running Plex media server from my imac - i3 with 4gb memory and I dont have any issues one thing I noticed, with plex running on the unraid sever, it virtually kill's my internet, i couldn't even stream basic iplayer untill i stopped the plex service - it's not possible it's constantly scanning for new devices is it?
June 24, 201214 yr Author your server should be strong enough to transcode anything..... you have to use the Plex Media Center for mac or windows if you want to watch something from unRAID. When do you have this stutter? only if you watch something with you LG TV and Medialink or when you watch it from your Mac also?
June 24, 201214 yr Rebooted again after doing a proper stop on the array. The settings were persisted that time; I am betting the issue was a delayed write to disk for the settings. Thanks for the help!
June 25, 201214 yr To kill: /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver stop if that doesn't work, you can also try /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver forcestop
June 26, 201214 yr When I install plex it seems like its changing the permissions. The only user on my unraid is "root." I am a newbie at linux. How can I get PMS to not change my permissions?
June 26, 201214 yr Author you can't... the user will be automatically created on the first installation (unraid-plex). Why do you want PMS running as root?
June 26, 201214 yr When do you have this stutter? only if you watch something with you LG TV and Medialink or when you watch it from your Mac also? It was only when watching TV yes, i've decided to start from scratch with Plex and started a new library (placed on /mnt/disk1/plex), tested some 1080p 3D content and it's played fine, so I'm presuming it was something to do with either my cache drive or the library it's self Thanks for you help ill get back to you once I've scanned in my TV to report any errors
June 26, 201214 yr Hi, Is the plex server unraid 5 only? I'm still running 4.7 and was looking at alternatives to my mac mini for plex. It'll be running on a HP N36L microserver (dual core AMD Neo CPU), so I'm guessing that's no good for transcoding?
June 27, 201214 yr you can't... the user will be automatically created on the first installation (unraid-plex). Why do you want PMS running as root? No reason really, I just hadn't created any other users and thought I had to use "root." So are you saying I should choose "unraid-plex" after the first install as the user? I don't think I even saw that or it only gave me choice of "nobody" and "root" in gui.
June 27, 201214 yr Author No reason really, I just hadn't created any other users and thought I had to use "root." So are you saying I should choose "unraid-plex" after the first install as the user? I don't think I even saw that or it only gave me choice of "nobody" and "root" in gui. If you use the official installation file from plex, then you can't choose which user you want to use..... there should be NO dropdown menu
June 29, 201214 yr Can someone tell me how I connect to this. what's the port no. ? The default port is 32400. This is something that needs to be in this package. There needs to be a link to the plex media server page when plex is enabled. Ugh, I seriously agree with this. I just spent the last hour finding this.
June 29, 201214 yr Author sorry, but what do you think the Blue "Plex Media Server" on the bottom is ??
June 30, 201214 yr sorry, but what do you think the Blue "Plex Media Server" on the bottom is ?? Unfortunately, I found that link about 5 minutes after I tried connecting to the port and got the xml. For us older dudes maybe a little message beside it that says "<==== Click here to manage Plex".
June 30, 201214 yr I have Plex pretty much working but if I reboot the unraid server, Plex forgets where I set my movies, tv shows, etc. directories for the library in the media manager. Can someone tell me how to make this survive reboot?
June 30, 201214 yr Author where do you keep your Library? this has to be on cache or on a protected disk. (user/disk share)
June 30, 201214 yr where do you keep your Library? this has to be on cache or on a protected disk. (user/disk share) According to the settings ---> Plex Media Server page, it is as follows: /mnt/users/plugin_data/pms/library /mnt/users/plugin_data/pms/tmp But when I look at /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver, it shows this at the top: DEFAULT_PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME="/usr/local/plexmediaserver" DEFAULT_PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/tmp/Library" So which file does it look at when the server boots? I am confused.
June 30, 201214 yr Author on both, these (DEFAULT_PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME="/usr/local/plexmediaserver" DEFAULT_PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/tmp/Library") are only used if no /boot/config/plugins/plexmediaserver/plex_settings.cfg is present.
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