Should My Plex Library Folder Be Over 200 GB?
Doing some spring cleaning this morning and noticed that my one of the Plex support folders (path below) is just over 200 GB. Is this normal? What specifically is stored in that folder? And is it...
View ArticleConsolidating media content into new volume
Hi, I have been running a growing library with multiple external disks hanging off a Mac mini. I have finally decided to bite the bullet and consolidate on an external RAID5 enclosure, and will start...
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Cant connect to Plex.tv from browser on other devices
i always get this error on every device i use to connect to plex.tv the only place where it works is where Plex is installed but other than that thats all i get. Once in a while it works but thats...
View ArticleDiscover setting not saving?
I noticed with the latest update to Plex Server for Mac there is a Discover drop down on the Homepage. When I change from All Libraries to Movies or TV Shows, it does not save. When I close a browser...
View ArticleAuto purge Plex transcode directory ?
Hi guys I have a question hope you can help me. I create a ramdisk on my OS X server 4GB and move the transcode to this volume I wonder if there is any way to purge this directory on a regular...
View Article"Recently added" section showing stuff that was NOT recently added
So for the past month or two the "recently added" section of plex has been randomly showing things that were not recently added to the server, or changed on the server in any way. This seems to only...
View ArticleNew Mac 10.11
Plex Server is not reading the new Mac OS X 10.11 Photo App's Library. All was well with iPhoto library but once new Photos app install it automatically upgraded the iPhoto Library to the new Photo...
View ArticleStarting Plex Media Server on Boot
I have read the numerous threads discussing the challenges trying to start PMS as boot. I am receiving the following error message as others report. I have read on other blogs that when trying to start...
View ArticleCPU Utilization very high with no transcoding in Plex Media Server Version...
The CPU utilization on my Macbook Pro is through the roof since updating to Version 0.9.16.4.1911-ee6e505 and upgrading to El Capitan. In my Activity Monitor, it says Plex New Transcoder is using...
View Article"There was a problem playing this item." error
Hi Guys, Trying to view media stored on an external wireless HDD (WD mybook live) via Plex. PMS finds the files/metadata, but when trying to play back the file either within PLex.Web or via...
View ArticleUpdating an old Mac for Plex
Hi everybody, So I have a MacBook Pro from 2008 that I turned into a Plex Server. For most of my usage it works fine, but when I use the computer to add new movies and stuff it's reaaaally slow. I'm...
View ArticlePassword Reset Instructions Not Recieved
I'm running Plex Media Server on my iMac but I can't link it to my account because I can't remember my password. I can still access my Plex account because my password has been saved by the browser,...
View ArticleNo getting movie Posters or meta date for my movies
I recently switched computers, Mackbook Air to Imac..and re scanned my movies library and Plex does a scan, but no posters show up or meta data..what do i need to do to have it rescan and find the info...
View ArticleCrashing during video playback
Hi there, Plex Media Server (v0.9.16.3.1840) is crashing for me during media playback. Have updated and restarted a few times across several updates now and the problem is persisting. Only during media...
View ArticlePlex doesn't read the subtitles
I have a movie library working great. However, one day I decided to change the location of my files (which are on an external disk), so I did that and updated my library in the Plex settings. Now...
View ArticleMoving Files - Keeping Custom Metadata.
I feel like this should be so simple but is apparently very difficult if not impossible. I have a file I've added custom posters and metadata to. Then I move this file to a different folder or drive....
View ArticleFolder View for TV shows is missing Bug
Hi, We were very grateful to have folder view mode for TV shows a while back because we store all of the shows in Genre folders. At least a few weeks ago this stopped working. The TV shows still show...
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Remote Access Not working... Tried everything.
I have read pretty much every tshooting doc in here. I am not able to get my Remote Access working. I have the lifetime pass, I have enabled port forwarding on my Asus RT-AC66U firewall/router, I was...
View ArticleHow do I make TV shows index correctly when in genre folders?
Pretty simple... current behavior is currently that /anime/tv show1/season 01/tv1s01e01 /tv show2/season 01/tv2s01e01 /tv show3/season 01/tv3s01e01 Will all show up as TV show1, and not even show tv...
View ArticleMajor issue playing MKV files from PMS.
So this issue pops up when playing some MKV files. It should be playing direct stream for audio and video but it just stops and goes back to the play screen. It will repeatedly stop at the same point...
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