Plex Media Problems

[Stephen Partington]

I have a gen1 chromecast and a gen1 Amazon fire stick. The chromecast is
really slick but needs your phone etc to work. But the fire is nice but a
tad bit underpowered.

With both of these i really think they should have made ethernet adapters.
Life would have been fantastic for both with that.

On Oct 23, 2017 3:59 PM, "Michael Butash" <michael at butash.net> wrote:

> On a side note, I bought an nvidia shield recently after running a full
> htpc for years with kodi, and it's pretty awesome.  Not only do I get best
> kodi player ever that attaches and plays all my local on-net content, but
> it does all the pay services with a full, sanctioned android build as well,
> if you're into the paying sort of thing.  I've installed some apps on there
> as well like a squeezeplayer app for being a squeeze renderer, my various
> automation clients side-loaded (sucks they won't load default here), and is
> really flexible so far as a media player AND android device on my
> tv/receiver.
>
> Lately they just added google assistant voice as well, which besides
> unnerving me with an always on mic the government can/does use, is sort of
> fun to play with.
>
> Roku wha?  A shield is a lot more expensive ($179 now), but well worth it
> so far.
>
> What else are folks doing here these days for media players?
>
> -mb
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Mark Phillips <
> mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>
>> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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