Importing iTunes music library to PMS
Hi, With the recent announcement of new features, I've decided to give playing music through Plex another go. I have a rather large iTunes library I would like to access via Plex, and I don't want to...
View Articleplex/web/app redirect loop
Notes: Server running locally on an iMac. Typically, I visit Plex in Chrome on my iMac by going to plex.tv and clicking "launch". This will redirect me to my local app, however it gets stuck in a...
View ArticleNo Plex Media Server version works......
I have tried PMS for the Apple TV, the Synology NAS (a DS-213, which is where my media files reside), and the MacBook Pro (an early 2015 model. All of these devices are running the latest OS in their...
View ArticlePlex Server on Mac Mini + External Hard Drives
Good Evening I have been using plex for numerous years but never really got to the bottom of the above so i was wondering if anyone could help a little. Ok my set up is as follows Mac Mini - Plex...
View Articlehow to change the name of my server?
I cannot figure out how to change the name of my server. The default server name assigned gives away too much personal information . Could someone please tell me step by step how to do this?
View ArticleHow do you delete an old, unused and unavailable server from your Plex account?
Hello, I'm trying to delete an old server I no longer use but I can't seem to figure out how. The server says "unavailable" and it has a red, triangular caution symbol next to the server name. I've...
View ArticleHow do I configure Plex to stream 4K videos on my MAC Mini? Specs of the mini...
Model Name: Mac mini Model Identifier: Macmini7,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 3 MB...
View ArticleShuffle NOT Random
Perhaps someone can help me understand. This is both a roku and chromecast issue for me. So, for the past two months or so I have been using playlists. I made one large playlist of sitcoms that my...
View ArticleFalse Duplicate Episodes
OSX Plex server 2.7.4 I have 425 False duplicate episodes. This has been occurring for the past month at least; maybe longer. Some of them were caused when I trans-coded from x264 to x265 and changed...
View ArticleTrying to change Transcoder temporary directory.
Hello, I am trying to change my transcoder temporary directory as my mac (i7 2.7ghz, 16gb ram) is struggling to stream a 50gb mkv file to my PS4 (via cat6e), even though i have 100gb of free space on...
View ArticlePlex Media Player cannot find my media folders or files.
I have removed and reloaded Media Server and I still have the same fault.
View ArticleFLAC files with CUE?
Hi, lately I've received a bunch of FLAC lossless audio. Most of the audio is one file per disc with a .cue file that matches up to the tracks. This doesn't appear to be supported in Plex 9, although...
View ArticleDefault Audio to 5.1
New to Plex...Is there a way to default my entire library to 5.1 audio automatically if available? Some movies have both Stereo and 5.1 channels and it always seems to default to Stereo. i've gone...
View Articlecant open plex media server 1.3.3.3148-B38628 on imac sierra
Hello, cant open plex media server 1.3.3.3148-B38628 on iMac Sierra. Dubble click on PMS and you can see it is poping up in the dock but it disappears directly... So I can't open the program and get...
View ArticleEl Cap (OS 10.11.x) update - now PMS ( Plex Media Server 1.3.3 ) won't launch
Plex Media Server won't launch - crashes on launch (A bunch of these threads but none of them seem recent, nor relating to new OS, so here we go:) 2014 5k iMac OS 10.11.4 Tried so far: Uninstall Plex...
View ArticleMovie naming and look-up bug: Plex folder with one movie
If a folder contains 1 movie, Plex looks up the movie using the folder name instead of the actual movie title. I classify movies by their primary genre and place them in the corresponding genre...
View ArticleWrong subtitles fetched
This problem is occurring for me for several TV shows. Episode 1 gets a correctly matched subtitle from opensubtitles. Episode 2 however, ends up with the same subtitles as Episode 1. So does Episode...
View ArticlePlex on Roku Won't Wake Mac mini
I just installed Plex on my newly purchased 2012 Mac mini, which is replacing my Windows 10 computer. Sleep settings on Windows were so wonky that I never let that computer sleep. I would love to have...
View ArticleSorting Albums by Artist name and Album Title (Alphabetically) and not by...
Hello, I have a large music library and i like to show up the albums like this: Albums orderd by Artist (easy to do) and then ordered by Ablum Title Alphabetically (now they are ordered by release...
View ArticleHide Plex Media Server Icon From Dock
Probably an obvious fix to this, but I've yet to find it. I've been running plex from my laptop until I can get some hardware to run a headless setup. Is there a way to hide the icon on the dock whilst...
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