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
Click to expand...

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.
Click to expand...
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...
Click to expand...
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
 
Has the "Favourites" option disappeared from the Plex TV Guide? I'm using the web version on a PC and usually my TV Guide defaults to showing my favourite channels, but now is showing all channels. Plex online help says to use the ... menu at the top of the guide to set and access favourites, but I don't seem to have that either.

edit - Ah, looks like somehow it has lost my favourites, if I select a channel and make it a favourite the option to just show favourites reappears.
 
Last edited:
Ombi performance has been pretty poor, and it's rarely updated. There's still no official docker image either. I've been trying (and failing) to migrate the Ombi database from the in built one to MySQL/MariaDB. I've probably spent 6 hours in total trying to get it to migrate without success. I asked for some support in Discord - zero response.

Figured I'd give Overseerr a go - it's so much better. Shame about the lack of iOS app, but it's pretty simple to walk someone through adding a PWA to their Home Screen. Just need to figure out notifications, but so far so good.

I've also moved my Plex Server from TrueNAS /w AMD GPU to my Mac Studio. I was getting some weird behaviour before, probably due to Plex/AMD support, but even direct plays would randomly stop. Performance on the Mac is ridiculous, I got bored after 10 concurrent 4k to 1080p (also tried 720p) transcodes with performance to spare. That prompted me to move my entire supporting Docker stack over to it as well. It's not true containerisation on Mac OS as it runs a Linux VM in the background to support it, but you don't notice that.
 
ChrisD. said:
Do you use docker virtualisation or apples framework? I’m tempted to try the docker one to see if it’s any quicker.
Click to expand...
I haven't been tracking the new framework since initially reading about it, I should see how things look now. My Mac mini has an M1 chip with 8GB ram, the Servarr stack + Plex has put usage at around 6.5GB. All those apps are run natively. I *did* use Docker to run Overseerr but moved over to OrbStack (free licence for personal use) as it's more efficient than Docker on macOS.
 
uvarvu said:
I haven't been tracking the new framework since initially reading about it, I should see how things look now. My Mac mini has an M1 chip with 8GB ram, the Servarr stack + Plex has put usage at around 6.5GB. All those apps are run natively. I *did* use Docker to run Overseerr but moved over to OrbStack (free licence for personal use) as it's more efficient than Docker on macOS.
Click to expand...
Will had to give OrbStack a go, cheers.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom