April 7, 201412 yr Hey, I have a plex appliance running on a xen vm, unraid6,4. The plex server functions fine, and i can connect to it through the ip address. However, on my mac the plex media server sends out DLNA broadcasts my TV can pick up the server and play from it. When I run plex through the VM, the TV cannot pick up the server at all.. Is this a multicast issue through the bridge in unraid? Or a VM issue not configured for sending out multicast signals? Where to start?? How does one check out what Multicast signals are going through the bridge, if any at all? I'm not that savvy at networking, please forgive me
April 8, 201412 yr I've just built an Arch VM using Ironic's image, installed Plex and pointed it at my media store. Seems to be working fine through the web interface and on the mobile app. My Sony TV won't see the server using DNLA. On unraid 5.0.5 it worked fine. Sorry I can't offer any help Ryan but it looks like it might be a VM config issue.
April 9, 201412 yr Author MTA99, Thank you anyway. It work after some time, then dropped again. Not sure what happened.. maybe it was something to do with promisc.. i'll try again. I have a more pressing issue which probably deserves a new thread. The VM won't connect to the network at all right now.. it doesnt seem to be a problem in the VM itself as i've just downloaded a fresh copy (that worked before). SO it must be something in dom0. =/
April 10, 201412 yr Author I came home today, and turned the TV back on - the problem is still there. No plex broadcasting DLNA signals I can ping out from my VM to the TV.. so i'm not sure what's happening
April 10, 201412 yr Author after futher inspection i can't seem to see any DLNA broadcasts to my TV IP, only ARP resolves.. [root@IronicsArchVM_v4 Plex Media Server]# sudo tcpdump -vvvAi eth0 host 192.168.1.39 tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes 18:26:34.433179 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.39 tell 192.168.1.2, length 46 ........dp..4..............'.............. 18:27:04.444622 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.39 tell 192.168.1.2, length 46 ........dp..4..............'.............. 18:27:34.456069 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.39 tell 192.168.1.2, length 46 ........dp..4..............'.............. 18:28:04.467492 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.39 tell 192.168.1.2, length 46 ........dp..4..............'.............. 18:28:34.478901 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.39 tell 192.168.1.2, length 46 ........dp..4..............'.............. 18:29:04.490353 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.39 tell 192.168.1.2, length 46 ........dp..4..............'..............
April 11, 201412 yr Author Another update. I have instaled plex as an Unraid packaged in dom0 - my TV picks up the DLNA broadcast instantly - what's interesting is it also picks up the one in the vm too. When i stop it, it lasts around an hour then disappears. So it looks like it's some sort of a bridging issue with plex not being able to broadcast properly though?
April 12, 201412 yr I have Plex running perfectly on Ubuntu 12.04 in VM with no issue. Bridge is named xenbr0. Kryspy
April 12, 201412 yr Author I have Plex running perfectly on Ubuntu 12.04 in VM with no issue. Bridge is named xenbr0. Kryspy Hmm OK. I don't really know where to start troubleshooting. Like i said, dom0 plex works.. maybe it's the TV not picking it up properly? for now i've changed eth0 to promisc mode to stop it dropping packets that it doesnt know where they belong. ip link set eth0 promisc on I've tested plex with it on.. off.. on.. off etc.. and it seems to do the trick, i'll report back later this evening or something if it solved or not.
April 13, 201412 yr Stupid theory but are you sure your VM isn't running out of memory and the Plex process is getting clobbered? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
April 13, 201412 yr Have you tried this fix for the DHCP delay? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=32682.msg300210#msg300210 I screwed up my old plex VM (trying to add a data.img) so created an as-close-to-stock VM using Ironic's Arch img, updated the packages, connected my shares (using cifs) and installed Plex. The only difference between my first failed DLNA attempt and this one was applying the fix Tom suggests in that post. That doesn't necessarily mean it is the solution (you know how these things are!) but I didn't change any network/router settings and I reused the arch.cfg files so the VM is the same "hardware". It's worth a shot..........
April 13, 201412 yr Author So promisc mode wasn't the problem.. Stupid theory but are you sure your VM isn't running out of memory and the Plex process is getting clobbered? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Kryspy, quite a viable theory i guess but doesnt apply to this vm.. RAM: 589 MB / 4005 MB
April 13, 201412 yr Author Have you tried this fix for the DHCP delay? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=32682.msg300210#msg300210 It's worth a shot.......... Thanks for trying! but unfortunately, i had this already turned off..
April 13, 201412 yr What kind of TV do you have? My lg has DLNA and this works fine for me. Didn't even have to give it the IP of the Plex server. Autodetects. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
April 13, 201412 yr Author What kind of TV do you have? My lg has DLNA and this works fine for me. Didn't even have to give it the IP of the Plex server. Autodetects. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk It's a Sony Bravia KDL40. I'm really stumpted here.. some times it works - other times it doesnt.
April 13, 201412 yr Hmm. Let me check some things on my setup and I'll get back to you. Might be a little later today. Got some shopping to do this pm :-) Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
April 13, 201412 yr Author Hmm. Let me check some things on my setup and I'll get back to you. Might be a little later today. Got some shopping to do this pm :-) Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk many thanks!
April 13, 201412 yr OK few more questions. Do you own a smartphone or tablet that you can test with? Plex has mobile apps that auto detect the Plex server running on the network. Curious if that auto detection works on there as well. Also, if you have it running in dom0 and it works fine, chances are the issue is either with the VM, Xen, or a combination of those things. Still have a few things to look at tonight on my setup as well. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
April 14, 201412 yr Ok, took a closer look at my setup tonight. I don't think my TV is actually using DLNA after all. I have a 2012 LG 55LM7600-UA TV. This model happened to come with a feature called MediaLink. This feature enabled me to get Plex support directly on my TV. The Plex logo actually pops up when I browse to it. This is different than DLNA which I see pop up as well on my TV vis a vi my router. My router actually broadcasts that it is DLNA capable because it supports USB-attached storage devices for media serving itself, even though I don't use that feature. Bottom line, my configuration is NOT what you are trying to achieve, so alas, I can't really assist here. That said, I'm pretty sure I probably just did the same Google searches you did and it seems you're not the only one that is having challenges with that model TV and Plex/DLNA. I found this one in particular: https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/73737-profile-fro-sony-bravia-2010-and-plex-981/ What's odd is that you say it works when you install Plex on a Mac and serve it through there... That's what doesn't make any sense to me. I would try to create a Windows VM, install Plex on that, and see if that works. If so, you know you've got a VM problem...
April 14, 201412 yr Author OK few more questions. Do you own a smartphone or tablet that you can test with? Plex has mobile apps that auto detect the Plex server running on the network. Curious if that auto detection works on there as well. Also, if you have it running in dom0 and it works fine, chances are the issue is either with the VM, Xen, or a combination of those things. Still have a few things to look at tonight on my setup as well. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk I will try the ios app later see if that picks it up.. I did mention earlier that i tried it on dom0 but it actually results in the same problem. 20% of the time it shows on the TV. I'm starting to think it might be a router issue.. I'm using DDWRT as a bridge to my main network, but the TV is on the same subnet and the right side of the bridge so i don\t see why it shouldn't work. I will have a go at fiddling with my topology later i think.. With regards to my TV.. I might just give up and buy a media player or something. Those Amazon Fire's look nice just not EU yet. I just don't liek giving up! Thanks for your help.. jonp I will also have a look into the VM - but having said that the plex install on the mac works 100%.. on the same side of the bridge as the media/tv etc etc.. Could it also be an issue in dom0 for the main network configuration? It's a little tricky to troubleshoot...
April 14, 201412 yr OK few more questions. Do you own a smartphone or tablet that you can test with? Plex has mobile apps that auto detect the Plex server running on the network. Curious if that auto detection works on there as well. Also, if you have it running in dom0 and it works fine, chances are the issue is either with the VM, Xen, or a combination of those things. Still have a few things to look at tonight on my setup as well. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk I will try the ios app later see if that picks it up.. I did mention earlier that i tried it on dom0 but it actually results in the same problem. 20% of the time it shows on the TV. I'm starting to think it might be a router issue.. I'm using DDWRT as a bridge to my main network, but the TV is on the same subnet and the right side of the bridge so i don\t see why it shouldn't work. I will have a go at fiddling with my topology later i think.. With regards to my TV.. I might just give up and buy a media player or something. Those Amazon Fire's look nice just not EU yet. I just don't liek giving up! Thanks for your help.. jonp I will also have a look into the VM - but having said that the plex install on the mac works 100%.. on the same side of the bridge as the media/tv etc etc.. Could it also be an issue in dom0 for the main network configuration? It's a little tricky to troubleshoot... The plot thickens. Hold off buying anything new yet. Might have an answer to your problem. If you don't mind, send me a pm with an IM account you use so we can troubleshoot together later. Sent from my LG-V500 using Tapatalk
April 14, 201412 yr I am having an issue with Plex on tretflix vm on xen.... I cannot talk to it from outside (using dd-wrt to forward port 32400 to the VM). It seems to work fine within my network. Myplex says that it can see the tretflixVM... Wonder if this is related? Tony
April 14, 201412 yr I am having an issue with Plex on tretflix vm on xen.... I cannot talk to it from outside (using dd-wrt to forward port 32400 to the VM). It seems to work fine within my network. Myplex says that it can see the tretflixVM... Wonder if this is related? Tony Yeah, I've been having a similar challenge but never really cared to fix it. Are you a plex premium customer as well? Will be taking a closer look at this today as well...
April 14, 201412 yr I am having an issue with Plex on tretflix vm on xen.... I cannot talk to it from outside (using dd-wrt to forward port 32400 to the VM). It seems to work fine within my network. Myplex says that it can see the tretflixVM... Wonder if this is related? Tony Yeah, I've been having a similar challenge but never really cared to fix it. Are you a plex premium customer as well? Will be taking a closer look at this today as well... I was having a similar problem with Plex installed on a Ubuntu VM. It seemed to go away when I manually assigned a port within Plex (which I think disables the UPnP configuration) and then manually configured the port forwarding on my router (Actiontec FiOS router from Verizon). I don't use DLNA and always have it turned off.
April 14, 201412 yr Yes - A plex pass user.. I have also tried manually assigning ports but still no joy!. Tony
April 15, 201412 yr Ok, I bothered to test this out tonight and confirmed it works for me too. In my situation, I have AT&T Uverse and they provided me a router, but I also have my own Asus AC66U router that I use to connect all my machines. So I had to port forward on BOTH the Uverse router/gateway as well as on the Asus device. 32400 passed through the whole way. To test, I turned my phone's Wifi off so it was just getting LTE and attempted to stream. Worked like a charm. Now just an FYI if it says it can't connect to the server under the myPlex settings page, I'm pretty sure that's not referring to connecting to the VM, but rather, to the Plex network (their hosted servers) so that it can both validate your premium membership as well as allow you external access (as that is a premium only feature). So if it can't connect, that means you won't be able to connect to the VM from outside the network. If you can share more details about your environment (equipment, VM config file, etc), that might help us track down this issue better...
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