Plex is now up to version 0.9. It's a major update. If you have a mac plugged into a HDTV, you should be using this app.
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You don't realise how many times I've checked their homepage to see when this was coming! 
EDIT: Plex app out for iPhone too!
EDIT: Plex app out for iPhone too!
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Fair play, I updated yesterday and I've not been disappointed!
The iPhone app is a nice touch as well!
The iPhone app is a nice touch as well!
Soldato
Updated to the new version earlier ... really not liking the media presentation aspect in the new version.
Previously I had a source defined which was a share on my NAS which I could then browse and select a file to play. Now I have added that share into the media manager to be indexed but in the main interface I just get a list of files in a random order
Admittedly I haven't played with it very much yet (probably <10mins) ...
Previously I had a source defined which was a share on my NAS which I could then browse and select a file to play. Now I have added that share into the media manager to be indexed but in the main interface I just get a list of files in a random order
Admittedly I haven't played with it very much yet (probably <10mins) ...
Yeah, it takes a while to index. Once media manager has index it all gets a lot more organised. There are still quite a few bugs to iron out too.
The idea behind this release was to de-couple your library from the interface. Think having one plex media manager in your house then all plex's being able to access that same data.
The idea behind this release was to de-couple your library from the interface. Think having one plex media manager in your house then all plex's being able to access that same data.
Soldato
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Will this stream to a PS3?
I need something that works better than PS3 Media Server really..
I need something that works better than PS3 Media Server really..
Soldato
I don't have an issue with doing the splitting of the functionality ... I just don't like the way it's handling the files.
It finished indexing earlier ... for some reason it's made a complete pigs ear of indexing the files. Although it's a bit better than it was it has taken a structure of the form:
Summer 2010\Show\episode xx.mkv
where there are about, say, 8 or 9 shows as subdirectories, and just listed
Summer 2010\Season 1\episode xx.mkv
with Season 1 and Season 2 being the only ones existing (and there only being those two equating to only two of the shows under there ...)
It has a problem reading MKV files at the moment.
http://elan.plexapp.com/2010/09/01/state-of-the-release/
http://elan.plexapp.com/2010/09/01/state-of-the-release/
Soldato
well tvdb is blocking all plex scraping at the moment got about 100 tv series all sorted in files correctly from using plex 8 but plex 9 cant scrape the details from tvdb
Soldato
films are ok but like i said above your post http://thetvdb.com/ which is were the data is coming from for plex is blocking it at the moment due to high traffic use
They're not ok!
I don't have any film posters or information other than the name of the film.
When trying to fix wrong data nothing works!
Give it a couple of weeks while they hammer out some bugs and the traffic to scraping sites decreases.
The release of this caused TVDB to fall to it's knees.
Soldato
Link talks about m4v files not mkv's
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None of my media was found. Joy of joys 
Added the 4 directories where my media is kept, and left it chug through overnight. Woke up and not a single film had been found in the media manager. Disappointed to say the least. Plex 8 finds every file with no hiccups (see my media centre thread).
Worst part was I wiped Plex 8 (with my skins) off using AppZapper to make sure this install/upgrade went smoothly, but really all it has done is screw my set up for the foreseeable future.
I do like the way the media manager is separate now, but it's pretty pointless if you can't import your files.
Added the 4 directories where my media is kept, and left it chug through overnight. Woke up and not a single film had been found in the media manager. Disappointed to say the least. Plex 8 finds every file with no hiccups (see my media centre thread).
Worst part was I wiped Plex 8 (with my skins) off using AppZapper to make sure this install/upgrade went smoothly, but really all it has done is screw my set up for the foreseeable future.
I do like the way the media manager is separate now, but it's pretty pointless if you can't import your files.
Soldato
Well had a bit of a further play this evening ... and got a bit further.
Adding a new item into Media Manager which was pointed at the Summer 2010 directory then correctly indexed the directory structure under there so it appear that it didn't like my existing directory layout ... bit of a pain, I liked the ability to just browse from before, but I'm upgrading the NAS disks soon so I can adjust layouts then.
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Anyone know a way of getting fanart/posters working for TV shows at the moment though. I assume that with thetvdb.com blocking nothing will come down automatically so I tried dropping a poster.jpg etc into the folder with the media files and doing various refresh infos etc but it's not being picked up.
Adding a new item into Media Manager which was pointed at the Summer 2010 directory then correctly indexed the directory structure under there so it appear that it didn't like my existing directory layout ... bit of a pain, I liked the ability to just browse from before, but I'm upgrading the NAS disks soon so I can adjust layouts then.
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fromplexforum said:
Anyone know a way of getting fanart/posters working for TV shows at the moment though. I assume that with thetvdb.com blocking nothing will come down automatically so I tried dropping a poster.jpg etc into the folder with the media files and doing various refresh infos etc but it's not being picked up.
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Soldato
you could add your own in plex 8 but not looked in to it in 9,
i have noticed that with my tv shows that are appearing (18 out of 80+) that the only episodes in the tv series that show up are specials or ones that are named different to how the rest are name, ie all of them are name 101,102,103 etc but the specials are named s00e01 and so on which is BS wish tvdb would hurry up and sort it