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.

Going through this forum I can see many people with the same issue but no fix from Plex.

This is the 2nd time since Saturday my Shield server has just switched itself off, sometimes a reboot fixes it, sometimes 4 reboots fixes it, sometimes uninstalling the server and re-installing form the play store (as it isn't included anymore) fixes it.

It's becoming very very annoying and no response from Plex themselves!

Hi guys!

i've been transcoding on the fly for a while now, and i have recently been thinking of pre transcoding to spare my cpu a little. Im wondering what i should optimize my videoes to in plex.
Does anyone know or have a solution? my cpu is running around 60% when transcoding, which generates alot of heat.

Hi there,
I used to rip my Simpsons DVDs to mp4 back in the days to preserve them. They played fine in Plex. Then I decided to remux them to Mkv for various reasons. Now they don't play anymore (the server is not powerful enough to convert video). Only my Simpsons videos fail that way, every other video plays fine on Android.
Note: I run plex server on a raspberrypi 2

This is the meta data of one of the failing videos:

Video Resolution 480p
Duration 22:16
Bitrate 1203 kbps
Width 640
Height 480
Aspect Ratio 1.33
Container MKV
Video Frame Rate PAL
Video Profile advanced simple

Part
Duration 22:16
File The Simpsons - 2x05 - Dancin' Homer.mkv
Size 191.79 MB
Container MKV
Video Profile advanced simple

Codec MPEG4
Bitrate 923 kbps
Bit Depth 8
Bvop 1
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Duration 22:16
Frame Rate 25 fps
Frame Rate Mode cfr
Gmc 0
Height 480
Level 0.5
Pixel Format yuv420p
Profile asp
Qpel 0
Ref Frames 1
Scan Type progressive
Width 640

Codec MP3
Channels Stereo
Bitrate 128 kbps
Language Deutsch
Bitrate Mode VBR
Duration 22:53
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz

Codec MP3
Channels Stereo
Bitrate 128 kbps
Language English
Bitrate Mode VBR
Duration 22:25
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz

Codec SUB
Language English
View XML

Here is the error in the logs:

Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.253 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Auth: Came in with a super-token, authorization succeeded.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.300 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - We're going to try to auto-select an audio stream for account 1.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.300 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Selecting best audio stream for part ID 2461 (autoselect: 1 language: en)
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.304 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - We're going to try to auto-select a subtitle.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.304 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Audio Stream: 6451, Subtitle Stream: -1
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.306 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - It took 0.0 sec to serialize a list with 1 elements.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.311 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: computed resolution bounding box of 640x480.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.312 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Scaled up video bitrate to 1378Kbps based on 1.500000x fudge factor.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.313 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: received PLEX_PROTOCOL_ANY from client, selected protocol hls
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.313 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: analyzing media item 2437
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.314 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: Direct Play is disabled
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.314 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: media must be transcoded in order to use the hls protocol
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.314 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: selected audio stream is not the first audio stream and direct play stream selection is not enabled
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.315 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/mpeg4
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.315 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/mpeg4/mp3
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.316 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/mpeg4/mp3
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.316 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: no remuxable profile found, so video stream will be transcoded
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.317 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: computed resolution bounding box of 640x480.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.317 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Scaled up video bitrate to 1378Kbps based on 1.500000x fudge factor.
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.318 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - MDE: E01 - Bart Gets an F: selected media 0 / 2437
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.320 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Session 0x72873360:6a8b0f01d5d9426-com-plexapp-android changed from using 2535kbps to 2527kbps of WAN bandwidth.  Used bandwidth is now 2527kbps
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.321 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Session 0x72873360:6a8b0f01d5d9426-com-plexapp-android changed transcode slot usage to used.  Used slots is now 1
Jan 05, 2017 15:33:49.321 [0x640ff400] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Reached Decision id=1684 codes=(General=1001,Direct play not available; Conversion OK. Direct Play=3000,App cannot direct play this item. Direct play is disabled. Transcode=1001,Direct play not available; Conversion OK.) media=(id=2437 part=(id=2461 decision=transcode container=mpegts protocol=hls streams=(Video=(id=6449 decision=transcode bitrate=1378 encoder=libx264 width=640 height=480) Audio=(id=6451 decision=copy channels=2 rate=48000))))

I see those errors and would be happy if that meant that it really just can't be played on Android, but it worked just fine when I tried it with Emby.

Any help what I could try? Any settings on my server or any of the profiles on the disk I could tinker with?

thanks a lot

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PlexKodiConnect (PKC)

Combine the best frontend media player Kodi with the best multimedia backend server Plex

PKC combines the best of Kodi - ultra smooth navigation, beautiful and highly customizable user interfaces and playback of any file under the sun - and the Plex Media Server.

Have a look at some screenshots to see what's possible.

Content

• Warning

• What does PKC do and how is it different from the official 'Plex for Kodi'

• Download and Installation
• Important notes
• Donations
• What is currently supported?
• Known Larger Issues
• Issues being worked on
• Pipeline for future development
• Checkout the PKC Wiki
• Credits

Warning

Use at your own risk! This plugin assumes that you manage all your videos with Plex (and none with Kodi). You might lose data already stored in the Kodi video and music databases as this plugin directly changes them. Don't worry if you want Plex to manage all your media (like you should ;-)).

What does PKC do and how is it different from the official 'Plex for Kodi'?

With other Plex addons for Kodi such as the official Plex for Kodi or PlexBMC there are a couple of issues:

• Other Kodi addons such as NextAired, remote apps and others won't work
• You can only use special Kodi skins
• Slow speed: when browsing data has to be retrieved from the server. Especially on slower devices this can take too much time and you will notice artwork being loaded slowly while you browse the library
• All kinds of workarounds are needed to get the best experience on Kodi clients

PKC synchronizes your media from your Plex server to the native Kodi database. Because PKC uses the native Kodi database, the above limitations are gone!

• Use any Kodi skin you want!
• You can browse your media at full speed, images are cached
• All other Kodi addons will be able to "see" your media, thinking it's normal Kodi stuff

Some people argue that PKC is 'hacky' because of the way it directly accesses the Kodi database. See here for a more thorough discussion.

Download and Installation

Install PKC via the PlexKodiConnect Kodi repository (we cannot use the official Kodi repository as PKC messes with Kodi's databases). See the installation guideline on how to do this.

Possibly UNSTABLE BETA version:

Important Notes

1. If you are using a low CPU device like a Raspberry Pi or a CuBox, PKC might be instable or crash during initial sync. Lower the number of threads in the PKC settings under Sync Options: Limit artwork cache threads: 5
   Don't forget to reboot Kodi after that.
2. Compatibility:
   
   
   • PKC is currently not compatible with Kodi's Video Extras plugin. Deactivate Video Extras if trailers/movies start randomly playing.
   • PKC is not (and will never be) compatible with the MySQL database replacement in Kodi. In fact, PKC replaces the MySQL functionality because it acts as a "man in the middle" for your entire media library.
   • If another plugin is not working like it's supposed to, try to use PKC direct paths
3. If you post logs, your Plex tokens might be included. Be sure to double and triple check for tokens before posting any logs anywhere by searching for token

Donations

I'm not in any way affiliated with Plex. Thank you very much for a small donation via ko-fi.com and PayPal if you appreciate PKC.
Full disclaimer: I will see your name and address on my PayPal account. Rest assured that I will not share this with anyone.

What is currently supported?

PKC currently provides the following features:

• All Plex library types

  • Movies and Home Videos
  • TV Shows
  • Music
  • Pictures and Photos

• Different PKC interface languages:

  • English
  • German
  • More coming up

• Plex Watch Later / Plex It!

• Plex Companion: fling Plex media (or anything else) from other Plex devices to PlexKodiConnect
• Plex Transcoding

• Automatically download more artwork from Fanart.tv, just like the Kodi addon Artwork Downloader

  • Banners
  • Disc art
  • Clear logos
  • Landscapes
  • Clear art
  • Extra fanart backgrounds

• Automatically group movies into movie sets

• Direct play from network paths (e.g. "\\server\Plex\movie.mkv") instead of streaming from slow HTTP (e.g. "192.168.1.1:32400"). You have to setup all your Plex libraries to point to such network paths. Do have a look at the wiki here
• Delete PMS items from the Kodi context menu

Known Larger Issues

Solutions are unlikely due to the nature of these issues

• A Plex Media Server "bug" leads to frequent and slow syncs, see here for more info
• Plex Music when using Addon paths instead of Native Direct Paths: Kodi tries to scan every(!) single Plex song on startup. This leads to errors in the Kodi log file and potentially even crashes. See the Github issue for more details
• Plex Music when using Addon paths instead of Native Direct Paths: You must have a static IP address for your Plex media server if you plan to use Plex Music features
• External Plex subtitles (in separate files, e.g. mymovie.srt) can be used, but it is impossible to label them correctly and tell what language they are in. However, this is not the case if you use direct paths

Background Sync:
The Plex Server does not tell anyone of the following changes. Hence PKC cannot detect these changes instantly but will notice them only on full/delta syncs (standard settings is every 60 minutes)

• Toggle the viewstate of an item to (un)watched outside of Kodi
• Changing details of an item, e.g. replacing a poster

However, some changes to individual items are instantly detected, e.g. if you match a yet unrecognized movie.

Issues being worked on

Have a look at the Github Issues Page. Before you open your own issue, please read How to report a bug.

What could be in the pipeline for future development?

• Plex channels

• Movie extras (trailers already work)

• Playlists
• Music Videos

Checkout the PKC Wiki

The Wiki can be found here and will hopefully answer all your questions. You can even edit the wiki yourself!

Credits

• PlexKodiConnect shamelessly uses pretty much all the code of "Emby for Kodi" by the awesome Emby team (see https://github.com/MediaBrowser/plugin.video.emby). Thanks for sharing guys!!

• Plex Companion ("PlexBMC Helper") and other stuff were adapted from @Hippojay 's great work (see https://github.com/hippojay).

• The foundation of the Plex API is all iBaa's work (https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect).

Всем лучи добра.
Подскажите как решить проблему?
1.Имеется Атв 3, которая находиться не в моей сети WIFI
2.На Атв 3 установлен Плекс, вместо Trailer.app
3.На маке Установлен Плексконект
4.Есть подписка (не знаю влияет ли это)
Как эту всю балалайку заставить работать из вне?
Заранее спасибо

I tried using Plex before but dropped it because it wanted to transcode absolutely everything. But I thought that it might have changed, but no....
No matter what files I try, it tries to f*cking transcode it. It don't get why it's so poorly made, it drives me nuts.

I don't ever want Plex to transcode, is it really not possible to completely disable transcoding?!

Okay, dont with the rant about **** coding. I like the UI so I'm willing to give it another go. Here's the setup:

• Synology DS1813+

• NVIDIA Shield TV

• Google Chromecast Ultra
• LG 65" 4K (Shield), LG 42" FullHD (CC Ultra)

Okay, so playing from Kodi on the Shield works perfect. No matter what files, whether its x264 or x265, it just works! Direct streaming everything.
Trying the DS Video app from Synology everything, apart from videos with DTS or x265, works flawlessly - no matter if it's on the Shield or the CC Ultra.

However.... trying Plex on either device results in utter sh*t. Amazing.
The files I've tried with:

File #1 (7.41 GB, 22m)
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 24fps (h264 high L4.0, yuv420p, 1920x1080)
Audio: DTS 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps (dts, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s)
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (srt)]

File #2 (90 MB, 1h20m)
Video: HVC1 1280x720 23.976fps [V: hevc main, yuv420p, 1280x720]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo [A: Stereo [eng] (aac he-aac, 48000 Hz, stereo)
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (srt)]

File #3 (4.36 GB, 1h23m)
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x720 23.976fps (h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1280x720)
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 384kbps [A: English [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)

I've set the subtitles transcode setting to "only image formats".

So.. how do I get Plex to stop being massively worse than Kodi or DS Video ?

Видео Ultra HD тормозит при воспроизведении на телевизоре Samsung.
Телик подключен к сети по кабелю.
В чем может быть проблема?

XMovies8Org.bundle

XMovies8Org.bundle - High Quality HD Movies

Features:

Search & Search Queue

Bookmarking

Plex Media Server:

• Windows
• Linux
• Mac

Plex Clients:

• Plex Home Theater
• Plex/Web
• Samsung Plex App
• Android Kit-Kat (Samsung Galaxy S3)
• iOS (Apple iPhone6)

Known issues and future development:

• None so far
• A file checker is implemented to display [Online]/[Offline] sources.

Installation:

• This channel can be installed via WebTools.bundle or manually follow the directions below.
• Extract zip file downloaded from github to the Plex Media Server plugins folder and rename the folder to XMovies8Org.bundle. Restart Plex Media Server.
• Unix based platforms need to chown plex:plex -R XMovies8Org.bundle after moving it into the Plug-ins directory (user:group may differ by platform)

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to jwsolve and Twoure.

Hi please can you advise when the Plex app will be available on the above TV as I have spoken to LG and they said they needed Plex to sign up. I have tried PLAYz app but it does not do surround sound and I have also tried X Play app but it buffers a lot.

Regards

Capw00

I'm having a problem with the Plexconnect DNS randomly shutting down, here's a copy of my log: http://pastebin.com/fTPVizjY and my system information:

OS: Windows 8 x64

Apple TV version: 3

Apple TV firmware: 6.0

Apple TV IP: 192.168.1.178

DNS server: 192.168.1.131

Plex Media Server IP: 192.168.1.131

Plex Media Server: 0.9.8.6

Plexconnect version: 0.2

My Settings.cfg file:

This crash/shut down has happened multiple times and always ends with the following in the log file. 

So I optimized a show so my parents could watch it on my old XBOX 360. But Plex still picks the file it has to transcode both audio and video for eventhough I have a Direct Play version.

Edit:
I changed the title because the problem is not with optimization, it is with slow filter querys.

~~I have a problem with slow querys that have filters like unwatched, from what I have read you need to optimize the database and I have tried that but it did not help.
When I checked the logs i get these messages stating that there is a problem optimizing the database and this might be the problem why I have slow querys.

Does anyone have any idea why it fails to optimize the database?~~

Edit:
PMS Version 1.3.3.3148
OS: CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)

Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Request: [10.1.0.200:56614 (Subnet)] PUT /library/optimize (5 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in Token (Tagnard)
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: Optimizing database. Starting by capturing all sessions.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 0.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 1.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 2.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 3.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 4.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 5.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 6.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 7.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 8.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 9.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 10.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 11.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 12.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 13.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 14.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 15.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 16.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.870 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 17.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.871 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 18.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.871 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Captured session 19.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:49.871 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: Rebuilding full text search tables.
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:51.903 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:16): 2.030000 seconds
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:53.044 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:26): 1.100000 seconds
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:54.196 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:35): 1.140000 seconds
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:54.816 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/FullTextSearch.cpp:45): 0.620000 seconds
Jan 10, 2017 20:18:54.825 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: starting.
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.674 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Database optimization: complete.
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.679 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.683 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.686 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.690 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.693 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.697 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.700 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.703 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.707 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.710 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.713 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.717 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.720 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.723 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.727 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.730 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.734 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.737 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.740 [0x7f3c53ffa700] INFO - SQLITE3:0x10, 17, statement aborts at 57: [select * from metadata_items limit 1] database schema has changed
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.743 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Running database fix-ups.
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.929 [0x7f3c53ffa700] WARN - Held transaction for too long (../Library/DatabaseFixups.cpp:169): 0.180000 seconds
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.929 [0x7f3c53ffa700] DEBUG - Running database fix-ups completed in 0.2 seconds.
Jan 10, 2017 20:19:01.930 [0x7f3ca17ff700] DEBUG - Completed: [10.1.0.200:56614] 200 PUT /library/optimize (5 live) TLS GZIP 12059ms 268 bytes

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.

I lost a hard drive, and a lot of content, so I have a lot of "unavailable" items in the library.

I attempted to empty the trash as specified here
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200289326-Emptying-Library-Trash

After emptying the trash, there are still unavailable listings.

Is there a way to get a list of what's unavailable so I can go in and manually delete them?

Will plex DVR work Sling or justTVNow apps?

hey guys, I tried sharing my server via remote to my ipad when I am outside of my network and it just does not work.

It always gives a red cross next to internet which means it denies the access for my server to the internet.

can anybody please help?

my modem is a ch7485e from tele columbus for cable internet access and my router which does DHCP and stuff is the TL-WR940N / TL-WR941ND.

I had no luck so far :(

Trying to cast a 1080p HEVC file and it's transcoding. Couple of things I notice from the log below:

• It's choking on the HEVC level. What is level 120? I thought that the level system was similar to H264.

• No mention of DTS or AC3 in the supported audio list

If I manually change the Chromecast profile to be more lenient it all suddenly starts working.

Log:

Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.629 [0x7f276ebff700] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Augmented profile: { "directPlay": { "mp4": { "mimeType": "video/mp4; codecs=\"avc1.42E01E\"", "video": { "codecs": { "h264": {}, "hevc": {} }, "maxBitDepth": 8, "maxFrameRate": 60, "maxLevel": 42, "maxWidth": 3840, "maxHeight": 2160, "maxBitrate": 8000, "maxVideoResolution": "1080" }, "audio": { "codecs": { "aac": { "maxSamplingRate": 48000 }, "mp3": {}, "ac3": {}, "eac3": {} } } }, "mkv": { "mimeType": "video/webm", "video": { "codecs": { "h264": {}, "vp8": {}, "hevc": {} }, "maxBitDepth": 8, "maxFrameRate": 60, "maxLevel": 42, "maxWidth": 3840, "maxHeight": 2160, "maxBitrate": 8000, "maxVideoResolution": "1080" }, "audio": { "codecs": { "aac": {}, "mp3": {}, "vorbis": { "maxChannels": 2 }, "ac3": {}, "eac3": {} } } } }, "directStream": { "video": { "codecs": { "h264": {}, "hevc": {} }, "maxBitDepth": 8, "maxLevel": 42, "maxWidth": 3840, "maxHeight": 2160, "maxBitrate": 8000, "maxVideoResolution": "1080" }, "audio": { "codecs": { "mp3": {}, "aac": {}, "opus": {} }, "maxChannels": 6 } } }
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.630 [0x7f27703fe700] DEBUG - Auth: Came in with a super-token, authorization succeeded.
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.632 [0x7f27623fe700] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:58986 (Loopback)] GET /library/metadata/5260 (14 live) GZIP Signed-in Token (XXXXX)
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.642 [0x7f27623fe700] DEBUG - We're going to try to auto-select an audio stream for account 1.
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.642 [0x7f27623fe700] DEBUG - Selecting best audio stream for part ID 8404 (autoselect: 1 language: en)
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.643 [0x7f27623fe700] DEBUG - We're going to try to auto-select a subtitle.
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.643 [0x7f27623fe700] DEBUG - Audio Stream: 128520, Subtitle Stream: -1
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.643 [0x7f27623fe700] DEBUG - It took 0.0 sec to serialize a list with 1 elements.
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.644 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - HTTP 200 response from GET http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/5260?X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx08f-4794-aa48-6f493d16376a
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.645 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: analyzing media item 7996
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.645 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: XXXXX: Direct Play is disabled
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: XXXXX: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/hevc
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: XXXXX: no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/hevc/aac
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - Contrapasso - video.level limitation applies: 120 > 42
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: XXXXX: no remuxable profile found, so video stream will be transcoded
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: computed resolution bounding box of 1920x1080.
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - Scaled up video bitrate to 10035Kbps based on 4.500000x fudge factor.
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - MDE: XXXXX: selected media 0 / 7996
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Adding session 0x7f2751c864a0:12p0rcinh3o8nbulufljv8ia4i which is using transcoder slot.  Used slots is now 1
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Added session 0x7f2751c864a0:12p0rcinh3o8nbulufljv8ia4i
Nov 11, 2016 16:36:18.646 [0x7f275f3f8700] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Reached Decision id=5260 codes=(General=1001,Direct play not available; Conversion OK. Direct Play=3000,App cannot direct play this item. Direct play is disabled. Transcode=1001,Direct play not available; Conversion OK.) media=(id=7996 part=(id=8404 decision=transcode container=mkv protocol=http streams=(Video=(id=128519 decision=transcode bitrate=8000 encoder=libx264 width=1920 height=1080) Audio=(id=128520 decision=copy channels=6 rate=48000))))

So I've been using Plex.com inside Chrome for a few months to stream from my server to my laptop and several other computers but I don't keep my server at my house.

I installed Rasplex but I didn't ever get a chance to login to my account. Now Rasplex just doesn't see any media.

How do I login?

Thanks!

#######
### Setup Traffic Control to limit outgoing bandwidth
### Sourced from
### http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-traffic-shaping-using-tc-to-control-http-traffic/
#######

### Sleep for a second
sleep 1

### Delete all TC rules for eth0 
/sbin/tc qdisc del dev eth0 root

### Activate queueing discipline
/sbin/tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1:0 htb

### Define class allowed 2500kbit burst to 2500kbit (kbps=kiloBYTES)
/sbin/tc class add dev eth0 parent 1:0 classid 1:10 htb rate 2500kbit ceil 2500kbit prio 0

### Create iptables mangle rule for outgoing port 32400 (Plex Media Server)
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -t mangle -p tcp --sport 32400 ! --dst 192.168.5.0/24 -j MARK --set-mark 10

### Assign the rule to the proper qdisc
/sbin/tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 prio 0 protocol ip handle 10 fw flowid 1:10

### Notes
## show TC rules
# /sbin/tc -s -d class show dev eth0
## Show iptables mangle rules
# /sbin/iptables -t mangle -n -v -L
## Show actual bandwidth being used on 32400
# watch -n 1 /sbin/tc -s -d class show dev eth0