Last month (January 2016) my movies and TV shows would play locally and remotely on my Apple iPhone and iPad with the iMac as the server. Before going away last weekend I updated to the latest Plex software version and there were no issues playing TV shows remotely however movies wouldn't play (movies are stored in an USB powered external hard drive plugged into the iMac). Only two out of 108 movies would successfully play locally without buffering (I'm sitting with my iPhone in front of the iMac so Wi-Fi signal strength isn't an issue). Usually after attempting to spool up the movie it stops attempting to play with poster art disappeared or the message, 'Couldn't create playback session for this item.' So I reverted to the previous software version, more movies played successfully on my iPhone or maybe I just picked the right ones but I still have the same error messages and problems with most movies. Something else that is confusing is that occasionally in the settings menu when I try to go the server menu this message appears, 'Server settings are unavailable.' I have tried trouble shooting with the obvious solutions like dropping the local speed to 8 Mpbs and sitting in next to the iMac (server) and AirPort Extreme (lastest model). I have checked settings like DLNA, network, transcoding, that the Plex is available remotely (with the previous software version installed). I have had this iMac, Plex Apps and set up running successfully for two years plus I test each DVD / Blu-Ray / HD DVD after I rip it onto the iMac for TV shows and Western Digital 2 Tb external drive for movies. Other information: I haven't changed anything other than using TeamViewer since December as PocketCloud doesn't work remotely anymore. I have had Unblock-Us DNS in my router long before the iMac and Plex came onto the scene. The iMac has an Ethernet cable plugged directly into the router. Nothing else runs on the iMac - it is just set up as a media server. The only thing that I can think is the software update changed something behind the scenes or it is a setting that I missed and reverting to the older version didn't correct the change. Please help!!
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