January 7, 201511 yr I think you would probably have better luck getting support if you switched to using the plugins by PhAzE. This thread hasn't even been posted to since July. The PhAzE plugins are still being supported.
January 10, 201511 yr Hi I've just upgraded my unRaid from 50rc12 to 5.0.6 When I first started to configure my system Plex was one of the first plugins I installed (using ControlPanel->PMS updater) and it worked just fine. A few days later I continued configuration and installed Crashplan and UnMenu. Since then Plex doesn't start any more. There's obviously some conflict, but I cant find any clues in the logs. The only thing in the syslog is: Jan 7 22:42:28 Tower pms: Starting Plex... Jan 7 22:42:28 Tower su[12160]: Successful su for unraid-plex by root Jan 7 22:42:28 Tower su[12160]: + /dev/pts/0 root:unraid-plex Jan 7 22:42:30 Tower pms: Check 1: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong! Jan 7 22:42:33 Tower pms: Check 2: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong! Jan 7 22:42:36 Tower pms: Check 3: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong! Jan 7 22:42:39 Tower pms: Check 4: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong! Jan 7 22:42:42 Tower pms: Check 5: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong! And to me that isn't very helpful. I've tried to start Plex manually using /etc/rc.d# rc.plexmediaserver start But I got no errors except for /boot/config/plugins/plexmediaserver/exportsettings: line 10: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF- /boot/config/plugins/plexmediaserver/exportsettings: line 10: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-: No such file or directory But I don't think that the problem. I'll be very grateful for ideas, or info on where to find some logs that actually contains useful info. Thanks Unmenu installs GLIBC file which stops the ability to set the locale, and plex requires that. Look through the unmenu extra packages and make sure glibc is not installed, if it is, uninstall it, then reboot. Also, I'm not sure if that plugin for plex is still updated or not, but you can always switch to my plugin, it functions 10x easier when it comes to updates. Its just one button press for updates. If you do switch, you need to check out the thread on how to make the change, as one of the library folders needs to be changed which takes like 2 seconds usually.
January 21, 201511 yr Is there any quality loss for video and sound when transcoding on Unraid for Plex? If I am playing Plex on my Xbox One will it be 100% the same quality as if I was playing the file locally on a computer?
January 21, 201511 yr By definition the answer is, Yes there will be quality loss when transcoding. When transcoding video Plex is at best reducing bitrate, and sometimes by a lot, and at worst also reducing resolution. It just depends on the client and if you are talking about local or remote. Remote almost always needs transcode to reduce the bitrate over the intertubes.. Locally I would say you likely wouldn't notice unless doing side by side, possibly frame by frame, comparison. Ignoring transcodes for remote clients, if you are really worried about local transcode quality then I would suggest using handbrake to transcode before hand using more time and processing power to put your videos into a client compatible format that can direct-play / direct-stream. You'll have higher quality because you're trading real-time transcode for a slower but more robust analysis. As for audio only transcodes, then yes again since it is usually doing it to reduce the number of channels.
January 22, 201511 yr I am using a local wired network on my xbox one. Most of my files are m2ts or mkv. Which files are considered client compatible?
January 22, 201511 yr AFAIK m2ts are not plex compatible at all. As for MKV, or any other container, it is a question of bitrate and h.264 features. There are whole discussions on the plex forums, but here is a good primer on the handbrake settings needed so that plex won't have to transcode on a Roku http://www.rokoding.com/. The answer will be different depending on the client.
February 19, 201511 yr I have just installed plex but i am seeing this message: WARNING: Your config directory is not persistent and WILL NOT survive a reboot. Please locate the directory on disk for persistency WARNING: Your transcode directory is located in RAM. This will bloat your server's RAM usage and could cause instability problems. It is recommended to move this folder to a physical hard drive. can someone tell me what DIR should this be set to so it can survive a reboot? I have a cache SSD in place as well, should i set it to that?
February 20, 201511 yr I have just installed plex but i am seeing this message: WARNING: Your config directory is not persistent and WILL NOT survive a reboot. Please locate the directory on disk for persistency WARNING: Your transcode directory is located in RAM. This will bloat your server's RAM usage and could cause instability problems. It is recommended to move this folder to a physical hard drive. can someone tell me what DIR should this be set to so it can survive a reboot? I have a cache SSD in place as well, should i set it to that? You should configure Plex to use the cache disk e.g. PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/mnt/cache/plex/" PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR="/mnt/cache/plex/tmp/"
February 20, 201511 yr Also, when you create the "plex" share be sure to make it "cache-only" or your plex library will disappear when the mover runs
July 3, 201511 yr Hi all, I'm having real trouble with Plex at the moment and unfortunately the official plex forums are down. They were apparently hacked the other day and so forced everyone to update their passwords....ever since then i can't seem to get it to work correctly. It's really weird, i can access it on my phone but when i try to use the webui or stream to my standard pc its like the box isn't even on and the plugin isn't on the installed list yet i can still watch stuff on my phone!? I've tried to install it again manually but i get the following error message: plugin: installing: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz ... done Warning: simplexml_load_file(): /tmp/plugins/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ?7zXZ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 plugin: xml parse error Any help would be greatly appreciated...
July 3, 201511 yr Hi all, I'm having real trouble with Plex at the moment and unfortunately the official plex forums are down. They were apparently hacked the other day and so forced everyone to update their passwords....ever since then i can't seem to get it to work correctly. It's really weird, i can access it on my phone but when i try to use the webui or stream to my standard pc its like the box isn't even on and the plugin isn't on the installed list yet i can still watch stuff on my phone!? I've tried to install it again manually but i get the following error message: plugin: installing: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz ... done Warning: simplexml_load_file(): /tmp/plugins/PlexMediaServer-0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21-x64-UnRAID.txz:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ?7zXZ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 plugin: xml parse error Any help would be greatly appreciated... See here
July 3, 201511 yr thanks...sounds like me and him are in the same boat....but its weird...thats exactly how i installed it the first time and it worked...
July 13, 201510 yr During holiday, new mac and phone, I managed to block my plex account. Back home I unlocked it and is now able to log in again. But now I can´t see my local server, only my friends share. I found a link on plex.tv about this, but it do not help Here is the text I found, and tried: "Can't Access Server Settings In some cases, you may find that the Server entry doesn't appear for you under Settings in the web app and thus you can't try to sign in to the Server. This typically occurs when you're not yet signed in on the Server and you're using the hosted Plex Web App. Load the "local" version of the Plex Web App on your Server computer using http://localhost:32400/web or http://127.0.0.1:32400/web, for instance Sign in to the Plex Web App Access the Server settings and sign in to the Server Once you've done that, your Plex Media Server should appear when using the hosted Plex Web App, too." I still do not see the "server" entry Any ideas? UnRaid 5.0.5 - Plex 0.9.12.4.1192 PlexPass
July 14, 201510 yr You need to use the IP address or hostname of unRAID, not localhost or loopback (127.0.0.1). In other words, http://tower:32400/web or http://192.168.1.20:32400/web, assuming hostname is tower and IP is 192.168.1.20.
July 16, 201510 yr You need to use the IP address or hostname of unRAID, not localhost or loopback (127.0.0.1). In other words, http://tower:32400/web or http://192.168.1.20:32400/web, assuming hostname is tower and IP is 192.168.1.20. Hi I did, and still the server page do not show
July 19, 201510 yr Hey All, I had a restart on my Unraid a day ago and Plex is not starting. Like many I get the non-descriptive "Check 5: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong!" After further investigation I discovered that it has something to do with my Library folder. If I change setting to point to Library2 (newly created folder), it starts up just fine (other than I don't have any library). I tried changing the Library/ folder to root:root, and then tried starting plex. It began the long process of chown-ing the Library folder. Several hours later, it finished, but still gave me the "Check 5: Plex has NOT started yet, something is maybe wrong!" I'd really like to avoid having to rebuild my library from scratch. What other steps can I try or logs I can look at? Thanks
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