Alex unable to import External HD Files
Hi All, New Plex user and poster so please take it easy on me! I have two My Passport WD external HD's hooked up to my iMac. I added a few movie files to the HD's that were originally curated from a...
View ArticlePlex Media Server Sometimes Requires a Restart?
For the past few months I've noticed that Plex Media Server will become unavailable at random (at both plex.tv and localhost addresses). I'm running PMS on a Mac Mini. The PMS log looks like this: Dec...
View ArticleLyric find not working
Hello, I manually updated plex web server to 9.14.6 a couple of weeks ago to try out the new lyrics feature. I followed the instructions saying to reanalyse the music library and waited. Its been 3...
View ArticleWill this proposed setup work?
Hi all, I have a Synology DS214play that I tried using the Plex Server app on, but kept having buffering issues and the shoddy DS Video app refuses to play many proper .mp4 files for no reason over...
View ArticleImporting 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 ArticleA problem has been detected with a core component of Plex Media Server.
2016-01-01 20:22:06,854 (10660d000) : DEBUG (runtime:814) - Found route matching...
View ArticleForce Refresh didn't remove missing items.
I just lost the entire contents of my external hard drive. It was just my Time Machine backups and about 90% of my Plex media. Fortunately, I have a list of all the things I need to re-download, but my...
View ArticleDo we anticipate any new Plex server that will make remote access possible...
I've been through all the troubleshooting steps for port forwarding on my Netgear WNDR4500 a half dozen times, and can't get the server to connect to the Internet. Is this port forwarding problem...
View ArticleAm I correct about advantages / disadvantages of Plex
Hi all, First post, but am reading as much as possible. I am thinking of turning over my media library (music, TV shows, movies) to Plex. Could anyone comment if I have the below...
View ArticleIs Plex always going to require advanced firewall configuration? Any chance...
On a separate thread I had a discussion with a couple folks about my inability to get the server to make itself available outside my home network. I'm now to a point where Plex thinks it's available,...
View ArticleTitle Lock Doesn't Work
So I have a Home Movies Library on my Plex media server, under it i have my media divided into different folders (Family Movies, Vacation Movies, etc) and I use folder view to browse them. When all the...
View ArticlePlex Server only streaming movies for 33-34 seconds before buffering/stopping
I have several friends whom have attempted to stream movies from my server and up until recently didn't have any issues. Now, I can say consistently across the board (various different clients from...
View ArticlePlex Media Server uses 100% CPU when Generating Index Files
I am running PMS v 09.11.7 I recently added alot of content. PMS will start fine and will host connections and work correctly. In 10-20min, sometimes less, the CPU usage will spike to 100% and stay...
View ArticleRun Plex as an OSx daemon / service
How can I run Plex as a daemon? I do not want to run a foreground user because of the security and restart issues.
View ArticleWhy is Plex Media Scanner still running hours after new media has been detected?
I downloaded a couple of TV episodes early this morning. They finished downloading at around 2:30 AM. When I woke up this morning about 8 hours later, the Plex Media Scanner was still running on my Mac...
View Articleadded new drive to synology NAS - PMS doesn't see it
I have a DS411j. Plex media server on my mac mini has no problem seeing the other drives in the NAS, and one of them used to be the 'movie' folder. I added a 6Tb HDD with the intention of keeping the...
View ArticleViewing Trailers/Extras Offline
Hello, I wanted to know if I get the Plex Pass if it can gather the trailers/extras files for playback offline? My goal is to create a mobile unit that I can take with me that is connected to my hard...
View ArticleWill Plex Connect to an Airport Extreme with HD connected to it?
Will Plex Connect to an Airport Extreme with HD connected to it? Thanks!
View ArticleRemote Access Stopped Working with Verizon FiOS
I've been running a plex media server on my Mac for 3 years now with close to no problems until recently. Not sure what happened but nothing changed to my internal network but for some reason I can't...
View Article"Sort title" ID3 tags aren't working
I am running Plex Media Server Version 0.9.12.4. In reading the release announcements 0.9.12.2 was supposed to "read sort titles from ID3 tags in local media agent". I have a number of files which...
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