the xml parse error is coming from what exactly? post the output of what you are trying to do ?

I telnet into unraid and change to the  /boot/extra  directory

 

From there:

 

installplg PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.5.178-5c3cf40-unRAID.txz

 

as soon as i run this i get the xml parse error

 

oops - i  am using installplg for a .txz file -  not sure what to use...

 

 

 

Thanks

joe

 

 

 

 

try installpkg......

spidi,

 

Thanks  - just saw that and you had replied!!

 

 

joe

 

Thanks!  I think I need more ram.  2gb seems not enough with Plex running.  I will increase to 4gb and hope that helps.

 

 

 

Ok added more ram (4gb now) and the playback is smooth.  Unraid server is more happy in general, and plex is much more happy.

I must be missing something and the answer must also be in the thread somewhere but I cannot find it:

 

I have installed plex, and can link to the server from my iphone after starting it, Plex can show me a channel directory but for the hick of me I cannot find where I should be able to find my own media that is stored on unraid.. I also cannot understand why I cannot find a setting describing where the media on unraid actually is...

 

This is something I should be able to do with Plex right ?

I must be missing something and the answer must also be in the thread somewhere but I cannot find it:

 

I have installed plex, and can link to the server from my iphone after starting it, Plex can show me a channel directory but for the hick of me I cannot find where I should be able to find my own media that is stored on unraid.. I also cannot understand why I cannot find a setting describing where the media on unraid actually is...

 

This is something I should be able to do with Plex right ?

You need to connect to the Plex Media Manager and setup your sections.

 

In a browser go to http://[Name of your unRAID machine]:32400/manage

 

For more information see here :

 

http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexNine_PMS_MediaManager

 

Also it helps to follow the recommended naming guide for best matching results

 

http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexNine_PMS_Naming_Guide

Any one have this issue? Since I went 0.9.6.3 and now i'm 0.9.6.5 it seems I have lost all my agent settings. Matter of fact if I go to  preferences in the media manager under the agents tab. there is nothing listed. So basically my plex isn't pulling down any metadata. 

 

What can i do to correct this?

 

I am using spidi's was on installing plex into my unraid?

See this post for a solution :

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=14803.msg189966#msg189966

 

For more info read the first sticky post in the Plex Linux PMS section of the Plex forums.

Thanks 

Thanks to the help i received  plex is working and meta-data rolled in fine..

 

I am wondering if there is a way to change skins?

 

Thanks

Joe

Thanks to the help i received  plex is working and meta-data rolled in fine..

 

I am wondering if there is a way to change skins?

 

Thanks

Joe

For windows and os x clients you can. See the Skins section in the Plex forums for choices and a skin manager.

My plex wont start

 

I am running unraid 5b12A

i did an installpkg Plemediaserver - 0.9.6.5

It appeared to load fine

 

I see the settings in the menu but it always says stopped

 

I then telnet and go to directory  /etc/rc.d  i run plexmediaserver start or stop or restart and it responds with

 

bash:warning setlocale:Lc_All cannot change locale (en_us.utf8): no such filr or directory

 

Any solutions?

 

Thanks

Joe

Anyone having performance issues while loading media?  I have PlexMediaServer 0.9.6.5.178 on unRaid 5.0rc5 (only just updated to Plex 0.9.6.5 to test).  Connecting to it via gigabit ethernet (both the unRaid box and my HTPC are attached to the same gigabit switch), it seems to take up to ~1 minute to load any media file.  I get the same level of performance while connecting over a 3g connection on my iPad (which I'm fine with over 3g cause, well it is 3g).  Is there some way to speed this process up?

For reference, I have XBMC installed on the htpc as well and starting to play a file is instantaneous (all files are stored on my unRaid server).

 

In Plex, once the file starts to play, I have no playback issues.  It is only when I initiate the playback that it takes a long time to start playing.  I have tried with numerous files and they are all the same.  HTPC is a Windows PC.

I can see this behavior too, but only if the disk is spun down... If the disk is up it starts immediately.

 

For XBMC I would say the disk are alway on, because you have to mount your share.

 

You can try this: take two shows on the same disk. start the first on, an stop it after 2 min. an then start the second one. This one should load faster.

 

My plex wont start

 

I am running unraid 5b12A

i did an installpkg Plemediaserver - 0.9.6.5

It appeared to load fine

 

I see the settings in the menu but it always says stopped

 

I then telnet and go to directory  /etc/rc.d  i run plexmediaserver start or stop or restart and it responds with

 

bash:warning setlocale:Lc_All cannot change locale (en_us.utf8): no such filr or directory

 

Any solutions?

 

Thanks

Joe

 

I would say you have the package "gcc" installed. your only change is to remove it.

I can see this behavior too, but only if the disk is spun down... If the disk is up it starts immediately.

 

For XBMC I would say the disk are alway on, because you have to mount your share.

 

You can try this: take two shows on the same disk. start the first on, an stop it after 2 min. an then start the second one. This one should load faster.

 

The unRaid dashboard doesn't show as the disks being spun down (they all show solid green lights and not flashing green lights).

I tried the same show ~4-5 episodes.  I only have 2 disks (+ parity) so guaranteed that both would have started up.  Same result.  Oddly enough, starting a show was still very slow (not 1 min slow, but still 10-15 seconds) but resuming a show was pretty quick, ie sub 5 seconds start.

 

edit:  Well, I don't know what happened, but I rebooted the unRaid box, restarted Plex Media Server and that appears to have quickened it by a lot.  One thing I did notice is that the log file was huge.  Like 14GB huge after being on for ~16 days.  Is this normal?  Is there something I can/should do to stop debugging or as much logging as it appears to be doing?

With Windows, it is sometimes required to kill an app and relaunch it for better performance.  Is this something that should be done with PMS on unRaid as well and if so, what is the best way to do this?

Spidi,

 

That did the trick - just uninstalled gcc and rebooted

 

Thanks

Joe

new PMS Version is out.

Elan's Blog

 

UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS:

cd /boot/extra
removepkg PlexMediaServer-your-old-version-unRAID.txz
rm PlexMediaServer-your-old-version-unRAID.txz
wget http://plex-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/0.9.6.6/Releases/Linux-Slackware-131-i386/PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4-unRAID.txz
installpkg PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4-unRAID.txz

 

or

 

cd /boot/extra
rm PlexMediaServer-your-old-version-unRAID.txz
wget http://plex-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/0.9.6.6/Releases/Linux-Slackware-131-i386/PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4-unRAID.txz
(then reboot your server)

 

 

 

enjoy...

Installed the latest version.  Thanks Spidi!

Hi,

 

Unraid (5.0 RC5)

plex version: v0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4

 

setting

 

/mnt/disk1/Plex/Library

/mnt/disk1/Plex/temp

 

when i add sections, they do not appear in the library section. any idea?

 

Thank you in advance.

I am running into a problem.  I have the latest version of plex running (0.9.6.6.....) and have 5b13 running.

 

Settings:

 

Library: /mnt/cache/.apps/plex

Temp: /temp/plex

 

Plex starts just fine from settings menu, shows that it is running and works fine for several hours.  Then for some reason I cant access the server from the client.  In the setting menu it still shows that it is running but can not access the web interface or access it from the client.  I just restart it from the setting menu and it will start working again.

 

It almost feels like it is going to sleep or something?  Any suggestions?

dentalba: i have the same problem. I think it might be lack of memory? Anyone else have the same issue?

@dentalba

 

I have mentioned this for at least 5 times in this thread......please, please, please don't use hidden directory's, use cache only shares.......

PMS don't like them (memory use is growing rapidly) and at this point there is no other way .....

Hi,

 

Unraid (5.0 RC5)

plex version: v0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4

 

setting

 

/mnt/disk1/Plex/Library

/mnt/disk1/Plex/temp

 

when i add sections, they do not appear in the library section. any idea?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

can you please explain what you are trying to do?