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Plex/Nine 9.01.10
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Interesting - Plex has announced a partnership with LG for their 2011 TVs!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/03/plex-announces-paternship-with-lg-pledges-to-beat-boxee-box-and/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/03/plex-announces-paternship-with-lg-pledges-to-beat-boxee-box-and/
This sounds way better than the DLNA stuff currently shipping with TVs! Great job Plex for landing such a deal, I hope other manufacturers take notice.
That is very interesting. I think this is probably the first i have heard of a "real" media center type app being included on a TV. I really hope more stuff like this happens on more manufacturers TV's!!
I might be missing something but it sounds like the details don't really say that it's the same thing as Plex, but rather can access the Plex media server to stream your content. Still, if they are working with the Plex people, it might actually be the full deal like you said, and not just a simpler interface like the iPhone/iPad app.
Either way it definitely doesn't let you store media on the TV itself, so it's not a "media center" really, it would still connect to the media server running on the same network. Still way better than dealing with DLNA!
I just downloaded this and I have to say it doesn't get props from me. It looks great but I don't understand what this does that front row doesn't. I mean It just ignores the mouse, which makes it very frustrating to use. You have to download plugins to use an apple remote. The application store icon does literally nothing, which means I can't add apps, which means it literally doesn't nothing more than Front Row. It doesn't seem to have any podcast support. The interface is nice but thats about it. The pictures they chose suck.
If anyone can help me understand this better I'd appreciate it. But Right now there is little explanation or information on their end. How do I add Netflix to this?
If anyone can help me understand this better I'd appreciate it. But Right now there is little explanation or information on their end. How do I add Netflix to this?
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it takes time to get it perfect...have you imported your movie and tv libraries yet? the appstore gives all the video podcasts you want...it's truly unbelievable, you download the app, then go to your video plugin and set it as a favorite for quick access
My favorites consists of CNet TV, Geakbeat.TV, MSnbc, Foxnews, Dailyshow, colbert report, Hulu, netflix...basically your favorites become your channel guide
If you don't like the pics, choose a different skin, there are many to download, PlexAeon9 is SICK! go to the plex blog, scroll down and you will see it, with instructions to install (hardest part is that you pick the skin from plex preferences, they forget to mention that)
For a remote you can download the App or get remote buddy software
Plex is the best media server out there...it combines everything, but like I said it takes a little time to tweak it to your preferences
You have to go to the Plex blogs, and Macrumors read up on it, see what others do...that is how I got it PERFECT
Plex has a bit of a learning curve and it's menu is pretty busy. The mouse/remote issue is legacy from the XBMC days (preference setting enables the mouse). Most important is that Plex uses ffmpeg for its playback, which means you can play just about any file out there that doesn't have DMR. It can also provide digital audio A LOT better than FR/QT, including DTS, which is a bit better than Dolby Digital 5.1. Another great thing is its scraper. Saves you from having to metatag your files. Very nice, but takes a bit of getting used to.
I need delete and rename controls in the media manager...it's pissing me off that I can't do either...
This is irritating, I've still got no media scrapers (which means absolutely no info apart from the filename), I've got no plug-ins (picture, music, apps, video) and even my 'Plex Online' thing is just blank.
I've erased anything with 'Plex' in the App Support folder, any prefs. Tried with a fresh user account, same problem.
Anyone had this problem before and fixed it? I've posted this in my thread on the plex forums too.
It's coming in the next revision.
I've erased anything with 'Plex' in the App Support folder, any prefs. Tried with a fresh user account, same problem.
Anyone had this problem before and fixed it? I've posted this in my thread on the plex forums too.
It's coming in the next revision.
Closed captioning is HORRIBLE in Plex. It didn't work in the previous version and doesn't work in this one.
If anyone has gotten it to work, please let me know. I hat having to use Boxee just to use CC.
If anyone has gotten it to work, please let me know. I hat having to use Boxee just to use CC.
None. I know they are well aware of the problem and maybe now that they are full timers, they'll be able to fix it.
Okay, so I ripped my Andy Griffith Show collection to folders on my Mini:
and so forth. Now with this goofy media manager, I can't get it to just treat it as DVDs and use the folder structure. Any help on this?
Code:
Andy Griffith
Season 1
Disc 1
Disc 2
Season 2
Disc 1
Disc 2This is news to me. Flash is a problem? I haven't seen this anywhere being the culprit on the Plex forums.
How the heck is flash affect it anyway?
(Thanks for the heads up, at least I know what it is now)
This is a pretty good summary of the issue:
Plex and Flash 10.1
Basically, you'll need to uninstall 10.1, then install the last version of 10.0x. Pretty sure links are on that link above.
Whether or not it will solve all of your problems, I don't know, but it'd be a good place to start. I had 10.1 installed and none of my apps worked and it gave Plex lots of problems. Since I installed 10.0x, Plex Nine has worked great!
Thanks for the links.
I uninstalled installed r45 and restarted. No go at all.
I guess I'll just have to wait it out, keep this thread open for updates.
I uninstalled installed r45 and restarted. No go at all.
I guess I'll just have to wait it out, keep this thread open for updates.
Sorry, sammich. I'm at a loss. Hopefully they'll help you out on the Plex boards.
When you say restarted, you restarted the computer, right? Just a last guess...
Sorry, sammich. I'm at a loss. Hopefully they'll help you out on the Plex boards.
When you say restarted, you restarted the computer, right? Just a last guess...
Yeah, restarted the computer
Been on the plex boards, and they haven't posted any help except for deleting the apps support folders.But from the looks in the thread, the issue with Flash is the missing video in some plugins. I have a different problem I think, I'll be hunting around more for info.
It's a much better decoder which uses full HW acceleration (and both cores). You will notice this with more demanding content.
That's odd... remote should be supported out of the box. I never saw this issue before unless you use OS 10.6.1 where the OS had a bug (fixed by apple in 10.6.2).
For support: go to their wiki. I looked for the netflix plugin for you and came up with this through the wiki: http://anomiesoftware.com/Anomie_Software/Plexflix/Plexflix.html
Plexflix
Automatically move Movies and TV Shows from Netflix and TV Shows from Hulu into your Plex TV Shows and Movies folder.
Note that I'm an XBMC user which is a sibling but not the same, so I'm not an authority on Plex. But I did use it for awhile with a lot of success. Plex (nor XBMC) ever disappointed me.. they rank under the best pieces of free software I ever encountered.
I fixed my problem for anyone interested:
My hosts file didn't have the line "127.0.0.1 localhosts" in it, because of that the server that drives the info providers could never be reached by the media server.
Anyway, it's scanning now All happy again!
My hosts file didn't have the line "127.0.0.1 localhosts" in it, because of that the server that drives the info providers could never be reached by the media server.
Anyway, it's scanning now
All happy again!
I fixed my problem for anyone interested:
My hosts file didn't have the line "127.0.0.1 localhosts" in it, because of that the server that drives the info providers could never be reached by the media server.
Anyway, it's scanning now
Why didn't you have that file? Not that I know what it does, just don't understand why you wouldn't have it.
No, I have the file but it was that particular line that was missing.
The hosts file is a series of lines that tell a computer where to look for something on a network. There are two things on each line, the first is an address corresponding to a request and the second is the address that the computer will map that request to when it comes across that first address.
For example: if you had "www.google.com www.google.com.au" any request that OS X receives that is "www.google.com" will be translated to "www.google.com.au". Some ad-blockers also block ads by using this method (ie: www.adserver.com localhost will point to nothing).
Since I was missing "127.0.0.1 localhost" (which is the default address for the local machine service) any request looking for 127.0.0.1 would never find a service running on my machine. And since all Plex scrapers are python servers, if it can't find them, it won't use them.
hosts files do not perform aliases. They only do IP-to-name mappings. So the way some block ads is to point the server to 127.0.0.1 (or any other 127.x.y.z IP for that matter):
Code:
127.0.0.1 www.adserver.comYou have that backward. Anything looking for localhost wouldn't be able to resolve it to 127.0.0.1. Anything connecting directly to the IP of 127.0.0.1 will work without the hosts file entry, as it is going directly to the IP.
This is there by default, so it's weird that yours had those lines removed.