Plex media server is slick

[Mr. Analog]

Which Plex client?

Haven?t had it reboot a device.

Android

VLC worked fine so I could still watch my show but the Plex client just bombs every time

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[Lazybones]

I would uninstall and re-install.

There is some stuff that sometimes gets messed up between major releases of the client.

[Mr. Analog]

I would uninstall and re-install.

There is some stuff that sometimes gets messed up between major releases of the client.

Good call

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[Lazybones]

Plex is adding Retro games

https://www.plex.tv/en-ca/blog/game-on-a-plex-blog-story/

[Mr. Analog]

Bwuh!?!

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[Thorin]

Uh...  Yeah, okay, that's something different!

[Melbosa]

Yeah that is crazy... but very kewl!

[Lazybones]

Requires a windows or mac plex server AND an additional subscription cost so it is a pass for me right now. Still neat especially since it gets them onto phones and Apple TV etc which is neat.

If they support linux servers in the future I will probably check it out on trial at least.

[Tom]

Check your plex server configs, https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/ddosers-are-abusing-the-plex-media-server-to-make-attacks-more-potent/

[Lazybones]

I already manually port forward but it is on the default port, and I only allow TCP traffic not UDP.. Need more info on the tack as the mitigations appear to be speculation at this point.

[Mr. Analog]

Just migrated my library off my oldest machine over to my main one. Took a long time given there was 9 GB of metadata and such... Genuinely happy that it's all working

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[Melbosa]

Just migrated my library off my oldest machine over to my main one. Took a long time given there was 9 GB of metadata and such... Genuinely happy that it's all working

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Nice!  Bought my parents a Google TV and man does it work great with Plex!

[Lazybones]

I have used Apple TV 4ks (my setup), recent Roku boxes and recent Android TVs, the experience across all 3 is VERY good these days short of some extremely specific differences when using high end Audio or 4K video.

I don't miss the early days where devices were super unreliable.

[Thorin]

Except when the internet goes out and you can't log in and view your local library.

Don't forget to set your List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth while you have internet, so you can still view stuff locally when you don't.  Or when the Plex Auth servers have an outage (which has happened to me three times this past year).

Note that this will leave you logged in as the last Managed User to access Plex, if you're using Managed Users in your Plex Home (I am, so that everyone has their Continue Watching / On Deck lists).  So if my daughter was watching something, then the Plex Auth servers die, then I can't switch to me, I'll have to watch under her user (Managed Users are not the same as Accounts).

[Lazybones]

Except when the internet goes out and you can't log in and view your local library.

Don't forget to set your List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth while you have internet, so you can still view stuff locally when you don't.  Or when the Plex Auth servers have an outage (which has happened to me three times this past year).

Note that this will leave you logged in as the last Managed User to access Plex, if you're using Managed Users in your Plex Home (I am, so that everyone has their Continue Watching / On Deck lists).  So if my daughter was watching something, then the Plex Auth servers die, then I can't switch to me, I'll have to watch under her user (Managed Users are not the same as Accounts).

Which client do you use?  IIRC both the Apple and Android based clients support credential / auth caching so I don't even remember the last time this impacted us.

It is howver one of the reasons I keep an eye on alternatives like Jellyfin / Emby if Plex ever folds / screws up too much.