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Progress bar appears on screen and won't go away until paused.... ?

Over the last few days when watching films from Plex to my Chromecast with no user interaction the progress bar appears on screen and stays on screen.

The only way to remove it so far has been to pause the film, press play then it disappears after a few seconds.

This setup has worked for approx 1 year with no issues so not sure why its doing this now. Any suggestions or is this a bug with the latest server build ?


Progress Bar does not auto dissapear when watching plex on new LG TV

Hello,

 

I have a new LG TV and have the official plex app installed and I watch a shared library using my own plex account.  That all works great except when I watch any movie or video the progress bar does not auto hide and will show the black border on the top of the screen with the name of the movie and the progress bar on the bottom.  It does not matter where I click I can not get the progress bar to disappear.

 

I have removed the plex app and added it again but the progress bar on the bottom and the title of the video on top are translucent and i can see through them but they wont auto disappear even I i click back on the LG magic remote 

 

I have checked with the person hosting the shared library and their progress bar auto disappears.

 

Any suggestions

 

Wayne

Wifi Connection

I have just recently get Plex for iOs. I have problems using it (for ipad and iphone) using my local wifi, meanwhile it is working properly using 4G. I use WIFi connection in those devices for others application working normally and i do not know if there any kind of configuration that are required for this purpose. Thanks in advance.

Amazon Fire Stick and Plex jitters when playing films

I have an amazon fire stick and I have installed plex on to it and until recently I have had no issues.
However I logged on to the plex player this week and noted that they have done an update. Since then all of the films that I play even though I have played them before seem to jitter.
If I play them directly through the media player on my telly, they play fine.
So the issue seems to be the amazon stick with plex.
The plex stick is only 1 ft away from the broadband and the router has been rebooted and runs at 2.4ghz and 5gh so I don't think this could be the wifi.

Has anyone else had this issue since the most recent upgrades.

Why is Plex transcoding this on a 4k TV resulting in buffering issues?

The media info is as follows and I see no limitations imposed on the server :

Media info:

Video Resolution 4K
Duration 48:21
Bitrate 21489 kbps
Width 4096
Height 2304
Aspect Ratio 1.78
Container MP4
Video Frame Rate 24p
Web Optimized No
Audio Profile lc
Has 64bit Offsets 1
Video Profile high
Part

Duration 48:21
File TimeScapes 4k CineForm (konvertert).mov.m4v.m4v
Size 7.26 GB
Audio Profile lc
Container MP4
Has 64bit Offsets 1
Has Thumbnail 1
Indexes sd
Web Optimized No
Video Profile high
Codec H264
Bitrate 20102 kbps
Language English
Bit Depth 8
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Color Range tv
Color Space smpte170m
Frame Rate 24.026 fps
Height 2304
Level 5.2
Profile high
Ref Frames 2
Stream Identifier 1
Width 4096
Codec AAC
Channels Stereo
Language English
Audio Channel Layout stereo
Profile lc
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Stream Identifier 2
Codec AAC
Channels 5.1
Language English
Audio Channel Layout 5.1
Profile lc
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Stream Identifier 3
Codec AC3
Channels 5.1
Bitrate 640 kbps
Language English
Audio Channel Layout 5.1(side)
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Stream Identifier 4

Playback error after update to 1.8.3.4235

Hello. Since I updated, none of my files will play on my computer. Error message states "Streaming this video is unsupported". All these files played before the update. I am running Windows 7 x64 and am using the latest version of IE. My flash player is also up to date. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Arabic Subtitle have been solved "Finally"

I found what it is wrong with arabic "or any other" sub title that not work in Plex. I trace log file and found the problem.....

1- plex only read UTF8 srt files.... so you have to be sure that srt file is UTF8 (you can easy convert that using notepad++ or any other tool you prefer) 

 

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2- remove any HTML code (ex <b><font color="#ffff00"></font></b> ) except (<i>) and any other thing like {\pos(195,110)}  (the easy way to do that in using reg exp as the following: \{[^\}]*\}|<[^>|i>]*> )

 

[attachment=23819:Untitled1.png]

 

3- add at the end of the file name (ara) before (.srt) (ex. Hours.2013.1080p.BluRay.x264.YIFY.srt => Hours.2013.1080p.BluRay.x264.YIFY.ara.srt)

 

 

that is all.... enjoy.

Issue with Cover Art scanned Front/Spine/Back

For my media library, I didn't just scan the front image; I scanned front/spine/back.

Plex insists on centering the image within a 1:1.5 viewport, so I get part of the back cover, the spine, and part of the front cover.

Any chance Plex could add an advanced option for cover art: align to right of the image?

I'm hoping this will result in the image being cropped to just the front cover.


Pro vs 16GB?

I plan to use my Nvidia shield as a PMS and would like to know whether having a 16GB model (with a USB attached) would perform worse off than the 500GB model. If it would can you explain what those disadvantages are?

Sorry if this topic has already come up, new to the forum.

Conexão Perdida Plex Cloud

Fala Galera, então, estou usando o plex junto com minha conta da Google Drive, onde tem alguns filmes, mas ao tentar reproduzir sempre recebo o mesmo erro, pedi pra um amigo testar e em alguns filmes ele conseguiu rodar normalmente, mas em outros deu o mesmo erro.

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Resolution or bitrate exceeds maximum allowed - Video transcoded

Hello,

Was there any update on the Android TV app related to maximum bitrate management?
Some of my movies are getting transcoded because they exceed the maximum bitrate allowed. I think it was not happening few days ago. It also gets transcoded if the Direct Play is forced, which is really annoying !

Here is an example of file on which this is happening :
Codec HEVC
Bitrate 9416 kbps
Bit Depth 8
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Color Range tv
Color Space bt709
Frame Rate 23.976 fps
Height 960
Level 12.0
Profile main
Ref Frames 1
Width 1920

I believe that this video could easily be played by Shield TV and does not need any video transcoding.

I could not find any option to change that maximum bitrate limit.

My Plex Server is on Ubuntu 16.04, version 1.3.3.3148 and my player in on NVIDIA Shield TV.

Thanks.

[REL] NFL Network

NFL Network Channel

PLEASE READ THIS POST COMPLETELY BEFORE POSTING QUESTIONS!

Updates

23/08/2017 Channel Update

CHANGE: Gamepass section rewritten for Gamepass Europe service. Will need other Developers to help create a service for outside Europe.

25/08/2016 Channel Update

NEW: Added 2016 Archived NFL Network shows in Gamepass International.

25/07/2016 Channel Update

Fixed: St Louis Rams replaced by Los Angeles Rams.

15/11/2015 Channel Update

NEW: NFL.com/Videos now shows 100 videos in a list.

Removed: NFL Now has had to be removed. I have kept the old code around in case I can later add it again, but it seems the changes they made to NFL Now around the start of the regular season are quite drastically different and so it makes it very difficult to grab all the videos.

04/11/2015 Channel Update

NEW: Added more 2015 Archived NFL Network shows in Gamepass International.

05/09/2015 Channel Update

NEW: Changed title of live gamepass games to include game start time.

Fixed: Gamepass archived shows now working.

04/09/2015 Channel Update

NEW: Added Total Access 2015.

NEW: Added Gamepass subscription preference.

02/09/2015 Channel Update

NEW: Added Hard Knocks 2015 and Superbowl Archives.

NEW: After live stream of game finishes, archive of game available (with commercials) from the live menu section until the fully edited version is available in the archive section.

10/08/2015 Channel Update

Fixed: NFL Network Live stream working for gamepass subscribers on Samsung client.

Fixed: 2015 folder for Gamepass US.

NEW: Added Preseason games to Gamepass US.

07/08/2015 Channel Update

Fixed: Game Rewind content rebranded to GamePass US and now working

NEW: NFL Redzone archives from 2014 and 2015 added.

03/08/2015 Channel Update

Fixed: Total Access 2014, NFL Films presents 2014 menus not loading on any plex client.

Fixed: NFL Network archived shows in the gamepass menu were not playing on any client.

13/05/2015 Channel Update

Fixed: Sometimes NFL Network Archive content in Gamepass menu would fail to load a submenu due to an error by NFL Gamepass where they list an invalid URL for one stream in the list.

NEW: Improvements to My Team, now lists NFL Now and NFL.com/videos as sources for My Team Videos.

10/01/2015 Channel Update

Fixed: Only show NFL Now streams that are currently live.

09/01/2015 Channel Update

NEW: added NFL Now.

NEW: added NFL Now live content, which includes NFL Network live channel.

05/11/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: NFL Network Live now working on Roku & Samsung.

27/08/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: NFL.com/videos teams sections will now work.

12/08/2014 Channel Update

NEW: Added 2014 NFL Network archived content to gamepass section.

30/06/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: gamepass and game rewind working again after nfl site changes.

12/06/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: All NFL Gamepass/Game Rewind archived games from 2013 working again.

05/06/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: All NFL Network Archived gamepass content working again.

24/05/2014 Channel Update

NEW: Added Top 100 players of 2014 to NFL.com/videos section

FIXED: NFL.com/videos section now working again following there new site design.

11/05/2014 Channel Update

NEW: Improvements to gamepass menus and submenus

NEW: Added Top 100 players of 2014 to Gamepass>NFL Network Archive

FIXED: Huge improvements to URL service code.

09/05/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: Another Bug fix for manual selected bitrate of live streams.

NEW: Tidied Main Menu so that nfl.com videos has a new sub menu.

08/05/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: Bug fix for bitrate value for manual selected bitrate of live streams.

06/05/2014 Channel Update

NEW: Added preference option to control selection of bitrate for gamepass live streams. Default is same as before (Auto) and should only be changed if you are having buffering issues.

04/04/2014 Channel Update

NEW: Added NFL Network Archived Shows section for Gamepass subscribers (2013 only, as couldn't get older shows to work)

FIXED: Made some tweaks to code to make it tidier

03/03/2014 Channel Update

FIXED: Changes to code for NFL Game Rewind subscribers

17/11/2013 Channel Update

NEW: Now on and Next on information for NFL Network Live TV Channel.

25/10/2013 Channel Update

FIXED: Changed code to fix Samsung client issue with Archived Games.

15/09/2013 Channel Update

NEW: Redzone Archive added to gamepass menu.

UPDATED: Removed game highlights as no longer exists on nfl.com/videos

08/09/2013 Channel Update 2

NEW: Added NFL Redzone for Gamepass subscribers (Only on clients that support encrypted HLS streams)

08/09/2013 Channel Update

FIXED: Game Rewind works for 2013 games.

05/09/2013 Channel Update

NEW: Added NFL Game Rewind (for US subscribers only).

19/08/2013 Channel Update

FIXED: Live feeds for NFL Network Live and Gamepass working again on clients that support encrypted HLS streams. Gamepass subscription now needed to make NFL Network live feed work.

13/08/2013 Channel Update

FIXED: Support for Gamepass users in the Netherlands that don't require Gamepass subscription/login.

05/08/2013 Channel Directory submission

^^^ Click Show for Update information ^^^

Features

For Anyone:

- Videos from nfl.com/videos

For Gamepass Europe Subscribers:

- Archived games from 2013 onwards (full length, condensed, or coaches film).

- Archived NFL Redzone channel videos.

- Archived NFL Network shows.

- Live streams of games.

- Live stream of NFL Network TV channel.

- Live stream of NFL Redzone TV channel.

^^^ Click Show for Features information ^^^

Troubleshooting & FAQs

Q: I'm using a VPN/Proxy/DNS service to give me access to NFL Gamepass but getting some problems, what can I do?

A: This will most likely be an issue with your VPN/Proxy/DNS service, you will need to take this issue to there support or start a separate thread in the forum. Please can I ask that you don't post any issues about this in this thread. I don't like this to be discussed as it breaks US/international copyright laws. Equally it would be hard to support something that is most likely an unrelated problem to the functionality of this channel.

Q: I can't see where to download this channel?

A: It is in the official Plex Channel Directory within a plex app or plex/web.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201053758-Adding-Removing-and-Updating-a-Channel

Q: After an auto update I'm having a droplem?

A: See this article to uninstall and reinstall the channel again

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201053758-Adding-Removing-and-Updating-a-Channel

Q: How do I obtain logs?

A: View this guide - https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201869908-Log-Files

Q: I have read all of this but have a question, or error I wish to report. What shall I do?

A: Please post your questions in this thread, and if you have an error please also include the PMS version, plex client version and logs files for the channel, plex media server and your plex media client.

Remote Access not functional on Server configured as Edge Device

Like many others on this forum, I am trying to troubleshoot Remote Access to my Plex Media Server. However, all of the articles that I have found on troubleshooting remote access in Plex make the assumption that a separate router is on the external network boundary, which is not true in my case.

The PMS operates on a machine running Windows Server 2016 Standard. This machine is also used for DHCP and VPN access into the network. Consequently, it is configured as my Edge Device and has two network interfaces: a "public" interface that is directly connected to my cable modem, and a "private" interface that provides DHCP to wired and wireless clients (with the help of an Airport Extreme running in bridge mode). Right now, Plex displays my Public IP address for both the Public and Private interfaces (see screenshot), and shows that remote access is not available. I can confirm via my Plex for iOS app that direct connections to the server are not possible and that indirect connections are marginally successful (that is to say, I made it work ONCE).

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I have tried to look up the process for configuring Port Forwarding in Windows Server 2016, but I can only seem to find results that pertain to configuring RRAS ("Routing and Remote Access Service", or something to that effect), which I have already successfully configured, and don't appear to pertain to regular network traffic.

I did configure Windows Firewall on both the Inbound and Outbound Rules sides to allow communication on all ports to the 4 main Plex services (Plex DLNA Server, Plex Media Server, Plex Tuning Service, Plex Scripting Host), but the problem persisted. I don't know if Windows Server fully supports UPNP for the necessary connections, although the Inbound Rules were already present.

At the moment, I am able to access the server while on the LAN or through a VPN tunnel into my LAN, which further supports the notion that remote access is not configured corrrectly. However, I am out of my own (self-taught) depth here.

[REL] Dreambox plugin 0.1 is done

A first draft for your viewing pleasure

Hey everyone,
Early January I gave the very talented Sander a challenge, and we worked a week on it. The challenge was to try and create a Dreambox plugin which I could use in my setup which would fetch my cousins dreambox content.
I am pleased to say that we have a working first draft which you guys can tryout if you want to.

It uses the raw stream at a specific IP, but we also tried to build in support for having a transcoder at a seperate address in case people outside your network wants to view, but has limited bandwidth.
The development of that plugin is on hold at the moment, but you are welcome to try it out: https://github.com/sander1/Dreambox.bundle

 

EDIT: The above link is for the original version which now is outdated. The latest greeeny101-version can be found here: https://github.com/g...Dreambox.bundle

Go into the plugin, choose preferences. In the host field you add the IP address to your dreambox. In the "web interface port" you add the port which the web interface uses. This plugin uses the web interface to change channels. The field called "Streaming video port" should contain the port from which you stream transcoded material (if any).

Maybe in the future Sander will have time to help me flesh this out, but for now this is what exists. Let me know how it works for you guys.


Limitations: This plugin is only tested with the web interface that is called Enigma Web Interface - Pli Edition. Until more development is done to support the Dreambox API, no other web interface will work I believe.

TV tuner for Plex on FreeNAS?

I just saw the announcement that Plex now supports live TV. I've been waiting for this. I'm currently using a Tablo via its app (not the Tablo channel) and would love to integrate TV viewing into Plex even if it doesn't support time-shifting yet. I'd like to use my existing hardware if possible but am open to buying new hardware if necessary.

Are there plans to add support for using a Tablo as a tuner?
Do the Hauppage tuners (WinTV-dualHD or WinTV-quadHD) work with Plex on FreeNAS?

The WinTV tuners aren't marked as supported in the NAS column of supported DVR devices but that designation doesn't appear to include FreeNAS. It isn't listed on the NAS devices page or in the NAS Compatability Guide.


Metadata Not Downloading For Movies

Past 2 days or so my metadata has not been downloading for movies. TV shows are working fine. I have tried changing around agents to see if it helps but so far nothing seems to work. Some pro advice would be appropriated. Seem like the main error i am getting is

(content type 'image/jpeg' not cacheable in Agent plug-ins)

Here is my plex imdb log.

https://pastebin.com/btDVyf6Y

New version 6.4.2.1697 for fire stick gen 1 causes video micro stuttering?

Plex Movie agent will not pull metadata from IMDb for existing library items

I recently switched my Movies library over to use the Plex Movie agent, instead of The Movie Database agent. I have it set to pull ratings from IMDb. For new movies added to the library, it works fine, and I get IMDb ratings. But if I refresh existing library items, they still pull ratings from The Movie Database, not IMDb.

I found this similar post: http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/227682/pms-not-using-imdb-only-the-movie-db

However, the solution offered by @OttoKerner doesn't seem to work. After following those steps, refreshing my library items still does not pull ratings from IMDb. The only thing that works is to "plex dance" the items (basically remove/re-add them to the library as a new item). I don't want to do this, mainly because I don't want to lose the "date added to plex" info - I like to sort by recently added.

Any idea what's going on here/any suggestions to get this working?

Thanks!

HELP

I just downloaded Plex and paid the fee. BUT I can not figure out how to set up the movie pics to get started where do I go. THanks

Plex crashes immediately after launch

Hello,

I am having some problems with Plex Media Server running on Windows 7(64bit), I've recently rebuilt my computer and yesterday after some updates it began crashing after it launches. (I will see it in the system tray but trying to mouse over it makes it disappear) I tried uninstall and reinstall, and nothing. I've tried 2 different version and still the same thing happens.

I am running PMS 1.8.3.4235-2d20185b0 and before that 1.8.1.4139-c789b3fbb

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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