Is Plex still a thing?

thank you both for the reply but i have literally done nothing and it was completely fine two weeks ago.

I dont have a plex pass or another method of streaming it currently.

have considered a Nvidia shield in the future
 
Are your tv and plex server on the same subnet (ie. Both on lan)? Try turning on "Allow insecure connections" to Always.

If there is a setting to "Force direct play", turn that on as well.
 
i decided to delete and reinstall the app resetting all settings.


But yet more issues my libary is loading up fine all new items etc showing, now when i try and start a movie or show it just spins continuously.

A little message pops up in the right had corner say "checking connection speed to GREENFAMILY"

nothing happening here
 
adamg64 said:
i decided to delete and reinstall the app resetting all settings.


But yet more issues my libary is loading up fine all new items etc showing, now when i try and start a movie or show it just spins continuously.

A little message pops up in the right had corner say "checking connection speed to GREENFAMILY"

nothing happening here
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ok fixed this issue its working again but still transcoding to SD
 
Can anyone help explain this?

My setup:
Plex Pass
Plex Media Server hosted on a 2017 Nvidia Shield (ethernet)
Media files on a usb SSD caddy connected to the Shield
Hisense U8K 4K TV using Vidaa OS Plex app (wifi)
Denon 4K AVR
1gb internet

When playing a 4K TV file the file will play for a few minutes, buffer, and then a playback error will occur.

Example:

6fIOTiO.jpeg


MZWrmHr.jpeg


I changed the audio settings in Plex due to using an AVR which caused the (hw) to appear the 2nd time around. It then also jumped the Mbps up.

Interestingly I can play the same video file on my Pixel 7a with no problems what so ever:

Pp8vNab.png


Is my understanding correct that in the 2nd photo it is having to convert the x265 file to x264 so the Plex TV app can play it? Using VLC on the Shield itself and the file plays fine.

Is it an issue with the Plex app on the TV? Or something else if my mobile phone can play it fine and it direct plays locally? I'm hoping to not need to plug the Shield into the TV.

It might be something I'm doing wrong somewhere...
 
For the best experience plug the Shield into the TV.

Having said that, I’d revert your Plex server side changes as you want the file to be played directly and not transcoded. As to why it’s buffering, I can’t say. Are other similar files playing OK? If so then it could down to something in the file that the app doesn’t like. Your phone uses a different Plex app (Android vs whatever Hisense uses) which may point to an app problem.

VLC plays absolutely anything and everything. Don’t be surprised if it plays a file nothing else will!
 
Semple said:
Any reason you won't pay for it? Presumably you've been using Plex for a number of years at least? The lifetime pass was well worth every penny.

I looked at jellyfin (more out of curiosity) about a year ago, but it just didn't feel like much of a polished product. That and the lack of availability of its app.
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I know you didn't ask me, but I switched from Plex to Jellyfin last week after the changes. I've been using Plex for many years, I think based just on me buying the Android app for about £4. This allowed my brother and his gf to stream from my server. The email recently came saying this would now be behind a paywall and my first thought was 'ah well, I'll buy lifetime, I've seen it on offer for £70 at times, it's not a silly price and I've had many years use already', but then I see they've doubled the price?!

Now, if there wasn't any other option, I probably would still have done it, but I tried Jellyfin and actually I'm finding it slightly better than Plex. (It does everything Plex did, but also has automatic scrobbling to Trakt for example, plus a couple of aesthetic touches, like show logos on pause screens, changing show images was really easy)

So, free and slightly better. Why would I not switch I guess...?
 
maj said:
Can anyone help explain this?

My setup:
Plex Pass
Plex Media Server hosted on a 2017 Nvidia Shield (ethernet)
Media files on a usb SSD caddy connected to the Shield
Hisense U8K 4K TV using Vidaa OS Plex app (wifi)
Denon 4K AVR
1gb internet

When playing a 4K TV file the file will play for a few minutes, buffer, and then a playback error will occur.

Example:

6fIOTiO.jpeg


MZWrmHr.jpeg


I changed the audio settings in Plex due to using an AVR which caused the (hw) to appear the 2nd time around. It then also jumped the Mbps up.

Interestingly I can play the same video file on my Pixel 7a with no problems what so ever:

Pp8vNab.png


Is my understanding correct that in the 2nd photo it is having to convert the x265 file to x264 so the Plex TV app can play it? Using VLC on the Shield itself and the file plays fine.

Is it an issue with the Plex app on the TV? Or something else if my mobile phone can play it fine and it direct plays locally? I'm hoping to not need to plug the Shield into the TV.

It might be something I'm doing wrong somewhere...
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In the TVs Plex app, see if you have the "force direct play" option.

I'm certain Samsung and LG version of the app have this, unsure about hisense.


rp2000
 
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