Now I have no idea what is going on. I moved the XD Roku to another TV in
another room, and it streams plex just fine. Must be Gremlins in the
network...
At least they both work, now!
Mark
On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Mark Phillips <
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
wrote:
> Actually, I discovered the source of the problem. I have two Roku 2
> players, an XS and an XD. The XS works just fine, with an occasional stop
> and re-buffering after the first minute and then no issues after that. It
> is the XD that won't stream any more with the latest Linux plex server.
>
> I don't think it is a plex issue. I think it is a Roku issue, and it is
> time to get some new Roku hardware. They are pretty cheap on Amazon. A Roku
> 4 is less than $100.
>
> Any suggestions from the group on the best upgrade for a Roku?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Snyder, Alexander J <
> alex@misteralexander.com> wrote:
>
>> Holly crap, I'm not the only one! For me, the video seems to crap out
>> after a commercial, or at least the 2 second black screen gap where a
>> commercial was edited out. The audio continues, but the video is black. I
>> have to back out of the video and then "resume" from where I was and then
>> it's fine.
>>
>> I'm also running a Roku on WiFi and it works fine with other apps. This
>> also happened after the latest update.
>>
>> I suspect Plex will patch this bug soon. They are usually on it with this
>> kind of stuff.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex.
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
>>
>> On Oct 22, 2017 10:09, "Mark Phillips" <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have been running a plex media server on an older Debian laptop for
>>> years. I upgraded to the latest version (1.9.4.4325), and now it is not
>>> working. I am not sure how to diagnose this problem. I can't reload the
>>> older version I was using, as I don't remember which version it was.
>>>
>>> I access plex through a Roku box connected to my LG TV using wifi. The
>>> symptoms are that the video quits after a few minutes. and the roku plex
>>> app dies, but not the plex server. I can play movies through the plex
>>> server without any issue on a computer or Android table over Wifi or hard
>>> wired. Needless to say, the roku works just fine with Amazon, Netflix, etc.
>>>
>>> I looked in the log files and don't see any error messages. I tried
>>> disabling the firewall on my plex server, and the symptoms are the same -
>>> the video starts and plays for a few minutes then the roku plex app goes
>>> away and I have to reconnect to the plex server. The plex server on the
>>> computer does not die.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for debugging this problem further would be greatly
>>> appreciated!
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
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