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Time format

How do I prevent Plex from changing my time settings. I prefer 24 hours but Plex change it to 12 Hours...properly when the media server is updated.


Unable to save sync item (Expected X-Plex-Sync-Version: 2)

Hello,

when I try to Sync content it shows the error "Unable to save sync item (Expected X-Plex-Sync-Version: 2)"

I searched the forum already for advice and found a hint to remove all synced content and reinstall the app but it didn't work. After reinstalling the app it still remembers my account. Is there another way to remove the app then rightclick "Remove"?

I think it has something to do whith the recent update i installed on the server. Before it worked fine.

Could somebody please give me further advice or should i try to rollback to the old server version?

Regards,
Patrick

Creating/Editing a huge playlist

Hey all, I'm trying to find out what the most efficient way to create and/or edit a large playlist. I have a TV series (specifically Star Wars: The Clone Wars) that has 6 seasons and of course was released episodically.

The playlist I'm trying to make is based on chronologic order based on the list at http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder. In short it should be something like:
s2e16
s1e16
s3e01
s3e03
s1e01
s1e02
...and so on for 121 episodes.

Short of manually going to each of the 121 episodes and adding them to a playlist, is there some sort of playlist file I can edit with Notepad?

Also, is Plex smart enough to know where I stopped watching it and continue from that point? If it matters, the server is on Windows 10 and I'll be viewing on both the server PC and the the Roku Plex app.

Thanks in advance!

Please reactivate account

Hi,

Was setting up Plex on my Synology but had issues so wanted to start from scratch but now I cannot create a new account with the same e-mailaddress.

Can you please reactivate my account? Mail address is: maxvandijk@ziggo.nl

Thanks and sorry for the extra work.

Max

What GPU to get for hardware acceleration?

Greetings fellow PlexPass'ers.

I've done a little bit of reading on the hardware acceleration topic and from what I can gather is that Plex will use the CPU if it supports Quick Sync. If you also have an Nvidia or AMD GPU it can use that too... but when?

From this article https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/ it states the following:

If your Windows computer also has a dedicated graphics card, such as an NVIDIA or AMD GPU, some functions of Intel Quick Sync Video may become unavailable when the GPU is in use. If your computer has one of these GPUs, please install the latest NVIDIA drivers for Windows or AMD drivers for Windows to make sure that Plex can use your dedicated graphics card when Intel Quick Sync Video becomes unavailable.

That is as clear as mud. When will it choose one over the other? When is the CPU not ever available?

OK, so maybe it doesn't matter in my case. My server uses a XEON X5660 that does not support QS. If I install an NVIDIA or AMD GPU will it use it? Is it required that the CPU also support QS for this whole mess to work?

Basically, I want to speed up the server, if possible, with a dedicated GPU. Help!

Thanks.

Playback Error - streaming this media is unsupported

Hi Everybody,

I recently updated my Plex Server (HP MS, Xeon E3 1260, 16GB RAM, ESXi Debian VM) to version 1.9.4.4325, web Player version 3.20.7.

Since then I cannot play any off my movies and series on my PC (Win 7) using IE 11).
When I start a movie I get a Playback Error - streaming this media is unsupported. The majority of the movies are MKV created with Handbrake from .TS TV recordings.

Photos are also not working correctly. Some photos in the same library are shown some don't.

When I play them on my Samsung TV Client Version 2.009 the movies play fine.

On the Samsung TV though I had to configure the Client to use the local Viewer for Pictures to be enable to see all my photos displayed.

Here is another threat with similar symthomps,
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/290164/playback-error-streaming-this-media-is-unsupported

I appreciate every hint that can help me Fixing the issues.

Thanks!!!
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[RELEASE] Edem TV (плагин)

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Плагин для просмотра IPTV от Edem.tv (требуется регистрация)
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За основу взят плагин IPTV.bunle by Cigaras
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Изменено: Главная иконка, иконки внутри приложения, Русская локализация.
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Специально для нашего форума сделал сервер EPG для ЭДЕМА.
ПРОСИТЬ В ЛИЧКЕ
Работает на домашнем ПК, так что не обессудьте если программа не обновится вовремя) Обновление по ПОНЕДЕЛЬНИКАМ в 7-8 утра по МСК
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Для работы необходимо вставить ссылку на Ваш плейлист в поле Ссылка на плейлист а для программы передач вставить ссылку на XMLTV в поле Ссылка на файл XMLTV
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ДАННАЯ ВЕРСИЯ БЕЗ ЛОГОТИПОВ КНАЛОВ

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[BUG]? Problem with fast audio playback for mp2

I have a few videos where the video plays at normal speed but the audio is very fast.
Both Samsung TV and Chrome web player have the same issue (So I assume it's server related). Also Optimized Versions that I transcoded and put on a raspberry pi have the same issue (so physically different server)
The original source file plays fine in vlc.
There are a few files affected. The two I've checked so far are both mp2.

I've had this media for long enough that I'm pretty sure it used to play fine.




No Sound when using T95Z Plus Android TV Box

I am a Plex Pass member and am having trouble with Live TV on the Android TV client. Specifically, when Live TV is direct played OR if I attempt to play a video file in .TS format I get no sound at all on a box I am testing. Prior to obtaining this new box I was using an Android TV box based on a RK3229 CPU (32 bit), running Android 6.01. This box did not have any sound problems while playing Live TV or .TS video files. The new box I am testing is a T95Z Plus, which is based on Android 7.1.2 and has an Amlogic S912 CPU and the GPU is an ARM Mali-T820MP3. This new box is much faster than the old box, and it works great with Emby and Kodi and VLC. But the Plex Client does not seem to be able to handle .TS formatted sound on this box. I have tried EVERYTHING I could think of with regards to sound settings, and nothing has helped.

I would really like to use this new box with Plex, as it is a much faster box than my old one. Also, Plex would occasionally lock up on my old Android TV box. I haven't seen any lock ups of Plex on the new box.

I am going to attach two logs for you. These logs are from the Android Clients, one on the old box (where the sound is working) and one on the new box (where the sound is not working). The log OLD.TXT will show at 16:08 I tuned to TV channel 24.1 and played it for about a minute without any problems. The log NEW.TXT will show at 16:20 I tuned to the same channel (24.1) and played it for a minute. However, I had set the Android Client's Video Quality for Home streaming to 3Mbps, 720p, which caused Plex to transcode the stream. I can hear the sound when it is transcoded. Then, I set the video quality back to Maximum and then tuned to the same station at 16:44. At this point I can see video just fine, but no audio at all. Plex says it is direct streaming the channel.

On the new box if I try to play back a recorded program, I cannot hear the sound because Plex records them in .TS format. I CAN play them back using Emby or Kodi just fine, with perfect audio.

I will say that I do NOT experience this problem on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A, model SM-T550 running Android 7.1.1. However, I do not know if this is related.

Thanks.

Chuck

Anyone else having trouble playing certain videos on Plex Fire TV?

Recently, certain Plex videos won't play on Fire TV 2015 devices (I have seven). They used to. They still play on PC, Web, Apple TV, etc. Just not on Fire TV. It's not all videos. And there's nothing consistent among the videos that won't play. The server is local and working fine.

The error message is "Playback has stopped because the connection to the Plex Media Server has been lost".

Any suggestions?

FireTV Unusable

I have my lifetime subscription and have never been more frustrated with Plex. No matter what settings I use, what troubleshooting I have found on these forums or other web sites, I can't get 90% of my video content to play for more than a few seconds before freezing and eventually causing the FireTV app to crash and then restart. I've emptied my cache, uninstalled and reinstalled, restarted my server and network, etc. Is the Plex FireTV app just crap, or is there something I can do to get it to work?

Plex Cloud don't work in Samsung TV

For the past week, the following image appears when I try to access my Plex Cloud account with GDrive

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A week ago I could see everything without a hitch, but now it's impossible.

Sony Bravia 900E and Z9D Android TV Playback Issues

First, I would like to point out that not having a bug tracker is beyond understanding. I could maybe understand limiting the tracker to Plex Pass users, but even then, that would probably be counter productive to finding a possible solution to a bug by refusing to accept everyone's help.

My problems arrose since the updating of Plex for Android TV in early February, some videos have not been able to play. While some can. I've browsed the threads over the last month to find a solution to no avail. Today I decided to sit down and try a bunch of options to try and find a working solution.

The problem files cause the spinning circle for about 30 seconds until Plex just crashes. All of these files worked fine until the early February update.

So it seems if I mess with the H.264 level in the Advanced settings, changing it from 5.2 to 4.2, then sometimes I can get the problem files to play. If Plex crashes or I reboot the TV, then I would have to change the setting again. Does not matter if I change it back to 5.2, 5.1, or another setting, just changing it allows the files to play for some reason.

I've attached the mediainfo for the problem file and the logs. I'm still going through the logs to see if I can find anything showing me what the problem is.

The Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) is pretty low right now. I've found a workaround by using Kodi with the Plex plugin.

This is just one problem of three. The grey bars still exist for 4K HDR content which is so distracting that we won't use Plex for that until we can get this fixed. The other problem TrueHD streams. I'll deal with the other two problems later, but right now, I just want to get Plex working as well as it was before February.

Oh, Plex admins, please put in a bug tracker.

Bug with high bitrate audio?

I've got some stereo 24bit 96KHz FLAC files which when cast to my Vizio SmartCast enabled TV will appear to start working (the display is correct) but the interface doesn't update and no audio comes through. The phone which setup seems to think it's working as the time progresses.

Anyone run into this issue? Playing the same file via the phone, the web interface, etc. work fine.

DVR scheduling on Apple TV

Just saw the new update that brings DVR to Apple TV. I got it upgraded and checked it out.....cool and all but am I missing something? Is there a way to schedule a show to record from the apple TV? I know its not possible to search for shows on apple TV (highly doubt we will ever see that) but I can't seems to even go in the program guide and select something to record.


Edit feature disappeared

Hi I can no longer edit any items in my library as the pen icon has disappeared off the poster's and the 3 dot icon has only download and get info in it now when before there was a list of half a dozen items can someone please tell me what I've done to create this situation. Thanks in advance

Media will work on certain devices for a time but stop working

I have been noticing lately that when i play a video it says the server is not powerful enough to convert. I know about quality settings and have fixed those issues before. For the past 2 weeks when i add a new video it works on any device (Web, playstation, smart tv, phone) but then after the first time or so i will then get the error on certain devices even though it was working previously. I decided to look around and found an option to optimize media for different players i tested by having my server reproduce a video in original quality and that seems to fix the issue. However i have a lot of media and it took my server almost 12 hours to make a copy of an HD movie when i have thousands. Also i do not want to double the space it takes up on my server to hold the media. Was there a recent update or something that trans-codes the video for certain players then bones that copy for other players? all i want is for my videos to be played in the original format that they are in on my server. Also seems to optimize for phone have not had one issue playing a video on phone yet. But i would like to watch movies on my TV without having to jump through a bunch of hoops to make it work.

[REL] Request Channel

Request Channel

So I wanted to let my users request movies and TV Shows to be added to my server, but I didn't want to install another service so I made a Plex Channel for it. Plex Channel Development isn't the greatest but I think it works well enough.

You can find the bundle on Github at:
https://github.com/ngovil21/RequestChannel.bundle

Features:

  • Allow users to search OpenMovieDatabase, TheMovieDatabase, TVDB for movies and tv shows, retrieving summaries and posters.
  • Manage the requests from users in one central location
  • Couchpotato and Sonarr support is integrated for automation. New: Manage Sonarr shows from within the plugin.
  • Pushbullet, Pushover, Email support is also included for notifications whenever a new request is made.

This will be a beta release so it may not be completely stable yet.

I have only tested this with PlexWeb and Android, so there may be more bugs on other platforms. Sometimes Plex won't want to show posters so you might have to manually change from list to another view format. Also in PlexWeb when entering in input, you have to use the searchbar, a new textbox won't pop up. On other platforms there you click the link and a box should pop up. The default Pushover key will have a limit of 7,000 hits per month, if you want to avoid this, you can use your own Pushover keys.

Let me know if there are bugs and feel free to fork the project on GitHub. If anyone would like to create some more icons that would be great as well.

* Note: Sharing Channels is currently a PlexPass only feature. See the following link on how to share channels
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204232573-Restricting-the-Shares

If you find a bug with the plugin, please post here or send me a PM with the Log. The location of the log can be found here:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201106148-Channel-Log-Files


Changelog

3/24/17 - 0.9.0 - Added periodic checking for completed requests and user notifications
2/02/17 - 0.8.3 - Fixed adding movies to Radarr. Added year to movie titles during request.
2/02/17 - 0.8.2 - Added Radarr support for adding movies.
1/28/17 - 0.8.1 - Added Slack support for notifications, fix for Pushbullet, other minor changes.
8/25/16 - 0.8.0 - Added preliminary music with Headphones support, plus numerous minor changes.
3/15/16 - 0.7.5 - Added ability to toggle between alternative input menu and default device (use if menus options don't appear)
3/14/16 - 0.7.4 - Added ability to manage CouchPotato in channel
3/09/16 - 0.7.3 - Added Dutch translation by Ruvetuve
3/05/16 - 0.7.2 - Added support for search results in different languages using TMDB and TVDB. Fix for weekly limits in some clients
3/02/16 - 0.7.1 - Added French localization. Translation done by seb972.
2/28/16 - 0.7.0 - Users can view and delete their own requests.
2/27/16 - 0.6.9 - Added support for reporting problems with specific media files with ability to navigate through library.
2/19/16 - 0.6.8 - Use unique sessions for each login. Option to check admin user using plex.tv. Add Season Folder option to Sonarr.
2/17/16 - 0.6.7 - Add preliminary SickRage support. Ability to rename users.
2/16/16 - 0.6.6 - Fixed sending to Couchpotato when using TMDB. Also added posters when confirming request in Plex Web
2/15/16 - 0.6.5 - Fixes for managing users. More specific user information displayed and cosmetic improvements.
2/13/16 - 0.6.4 - Manage Sickbeard shows in the Channel, allowing for manually selecting of seasons and episodes
2/12/16 - 0.6.3 - Added rudimentary ability for users to notify admin user of problems. The issue will be sent to admin through notifications only. More features added to this in the future.
2/12/16 - 0.6.2 - Added ability to view changelog in the Plex Channel. Find under 'Manage Channel'.
2/11/16 - 0.6.1 - Changelog added. Version information will be added here. Added a ability to manage sonarr from the channel.


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Plex playing wrong file for a movie

I'll will set the scene
I'm with my wife and kids about to watch The Emperor's New Groove(2000), then for some reason it plays Despicable Me(2010), i thought that it was just me **** up the naming again, the next day i check and they were named correctly, so i checked if plex was using the right file, it said it was but it was not, so i created a new library with just The Emperor's New Groove(2000), and again it was playing Despicable Me(2010), the even weirder thing is when i go to play Despicable Me(2010) i thought that it would play The Emperor's New Groove(2000), but it played Despicable Me(2010) as intended
somehow somewhere, plex got confused and is playing the wrong file and i have not been able to fix it since
please help me, this type of stuff realy annoys me..
thanks for reading the post and i hope you can provide help!

Disappearing Show

This is the first time i've had an issue with PLex and it has me stumped.

At first i thought it as a naming issue, So i made it exactly as Plex looks for and the problem continues, i've tried a few different variations

So when i scan for files, it detects the new show, it appears for a second in the TV Shows area of plex then vanishes before the data is downloaded from the Net

I've attached my File Structure and a copy of what appears in the library before it vanishes

Any help would be great!

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