nice job finding the issue.

 

My question is why didn't this happen to anyone else?

 

I didn't need to make this change, has anyone else?  Better yet, should we?

 

What permissions do you have on /dev/null ?

 

never had issues with Plex and mine are

 

root/root

0666

 

never had issues with Plex and mine are

 

root/root

0666

 

mine was 0600 (just root permissions).

 

Do you have any other user defined other than root?

I just have root user defined under unRAID webUI.

 

i have 5 users defined in the unraid gui

each member of the family has their own login in every computer so when they connect to unraid to watch a movie access is determined by the user ....

don't want the kid to see the xxx parody of scooby doo   

i have 5 users defined in the unraid gui

 

maybe that is the reason you have different permissions on /dev/null

 

i have 5 users defined in the unraid gui

each member of the family has their own login in every computer so when they connect to unraid to watch a movie access is determined by the user ....

don't want the kid to see the xxx parody of scooby doo   

 

I don't think I want to see the parody either!  :))

I found this on PLEX wiki:

 

PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=true

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

 

Where can I place it for it to work in unRAID?

 

put this:

export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=true

to

/boot/config/plugins/plexmediaserver/exportsettings

 

but I'm not sure if it survive a reboot...

put this:

export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=true

to

/boot/config/plugins/plexmediaserver/exportsettings

 

but I'm not sure if it survive a reboot...

 

What about /boot/config/plugins/plexmediaserver/settings.ini?

 

I saw now that there are similarly named constants there.

 

 

not at this point, you have to export it because it  has to exist in as an environment variables.

 

Does anyone else have a problem that Plex Media Server process kills itself after a period of time?

Plex DLNA is still running.

 

I have the following 2 processes:

Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /mnt/cache/unRAID_Apps/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/2/Python/bootstrap.py --server-version 0.9.6.7.204-266f05d /mnt/cache/unRAID_Apps/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/System.bundle

/usr/local/plexmediaserver/Plex DLNA Server

 

and the following process is missing (usually exists):

./Plex Media Server

 

In addition the user RUNAS=unraid-plex doesn't work for me (I have only root permissions on /dev/null so rc.plexmediaserver doesn't work)

Also this user is hardcoded in the rc.plexmediaserver script under plex_stop.

 

new version is out: http://cdn.plexapp.com/PlexMediaServer/0.9.6.8.228/PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.8.228-e6ae65a-unRAID.txz

haven't installed it yet so not sure how this whole paying for a plex pass thing to get extra features works

 

there's an updated version now with some "minor bug fixes":

 

http://plex-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/0.9.6.7/Releases/Linux-Slackware-131-i386/PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.7.204-266f05d-unRAID.txz

 

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...

Thanks for the heads up harry. I don't use Plex as much to justify the cost

I updated I'm only using it for DNLA till my 2012 samsung tv's get the client, but they fixed the samsung dnla profile tho.  I don't use any of the my plex stuff anyways.  Update all good.

yeah, after reading more about it, i'm not keen on paying to be a beta tester (or the other implication, that they'll hold back the release of features to the freebie crowd to keep a differntiation with the paying members). plus the vague talk of premium features they'll charge for gives an indication of the direction they'll take - they're already ignoring bugs with the (free) clients, can't see how that will get any better when they're supporting paid features.

the new media manager looks nice, but only accessible if you're paying for plex pass (one of the dev's said in the comments it will be available for all in a "few weeks" - i'd wager it will be months).

I think i'll spend the weekend looking at setting up XBMC/MediaPortal/MediaBrowser to see how they perform vs Plex...

Can anyone confirm the path that user DLNA settings should be saved to. The default one that is overwritten at startup is at:

 

/usr/local/plexmediaserver/Resources/dlnaclientprofiles.xml

 

I wanted to try and get DLNA running to a Panasonic Plasma.

 

Thanks

 

Tolax

 

 

http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/42523-writing-profiles-for-dlna-devices/

spidi - Thanks for the link. I did find the same thread. Contains definitive examples of where the file should be for Windows and OSX but not for Unix. I will do some more searching on the forums. Sure it is me being dense (again)

I think it has to be there:

/path/to/your/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/

 

As far as I remember this file doesn't exist, you have to create one.

I looked into /boot/custom/plex/user.conf file

less /boot/custom/plex/user.conf

 

It referenced /mnt/disk1/plexapp, so I went there.

 

That plex page (http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/42523-writing-profiles-for-dlna-devices/) talks about two different profiles a System Profile, and a Client Profile.

 

My System Profiles are at :/mnt/disk1/plexapp/Resources

 

and my Client Profiles are more difficult to find. I think this is it: /mnt/disk1/plexapp/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/System.bundle/Contents/Resource

 

good luck. Post solution if it works for you, and how you did it.

 

 

 

spidi - Thanks for the link. I did find the same thread. Contains definitive examples of where the file should be for Windows and OSX but not for Unix. I will do some more searching on the forums. Sure it is me being dense (again)

Thanks for the responses. I'll play around over the weekend and report back with a definitive answer (in case there are others with my level of intelligence....)

It's been updated again. Minor fixes mostly. v0.9.6.9

 

http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/Downloads#Plex_Media_Server_.28PMS_-_standalone_server.29

Just to summarize in one post

 

So in my plex install I defined the library directory as:

/mnt/user/plex/Library

 

Therefore the user DLNA client profile needs to be at:

 

usr/mnt/user/plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/dlnaclientprofiles.xml

 

Thanks to spidi and dkerlee who pointed me in the right direction.

 

Tolax

Sorry to flog a dead horse but I still have some questions after your explanation:

 

1) Why wont the web config interface let me edit the text in the Library directory and Temp Directory which are defaulted to /tmp/Library and /tmp respectively. Even if I wanted to use those directories, where do they actually physically reside?

2) I dont have a cache drive as I only use relatively large slow files like DVD ISOs. My server contains nearly 20 TB of movies under just one share "movies"

3) Give what you wrote earlier will it be impossible for me to allow plex access to all of my movies?

4) if I wanted to set it up to use movies, what is the actual path I should change the settings.ini file to?

 

Sorry for such a large number of questions but I'm really confused as to how you would use PMS for the most obvious application, a huge directory of movies!

 

Thanks in advance!