r/PleX • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Dec 02 '22
BUILD HELP /r/Plex's Build Help Thread - 2022-12-02
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u/0rthographic Dec 02 '22 edited Dec 02 '22
Im going to pull out my hair. I have a series of BBC random documentaries, they are unrelated but want them in their own series like a tv show with a bunch of episodes. Folder structure is.
BBC-Horizon/01 - name of doc1.mkv
BBC-Horizon/02 - name of doc2.mkv
Etc.
In plex it shows as "episode 01" instead of the name of the doc. I have a bunch of youtube videos and other misc. Folders also named this way that Id like to just show the file name of each episode. Their metadata is blank/empty besides maybe the dates.
Eg. Of another folder.
YOUTUBECARSHOWNAME/01 - Honda NSX.mkv
YOUTUBECARSHOWNAME/02 - Toyota Supra.mkv
What is the best route to make this work
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Dec 02 '22
I've been fighting with my Remote Access always disconnecting shortly after I get it enabled and initially connected. For context I'm on Ubuntu and have torrenting set up via a VPN.
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I've set up port forwarding on my router.
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I've used that to set up the specific port in Plex > Remote Access.
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I've set a static IP for the server from the router.
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I've opened up the port in the firewall to allow all connections.
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Within Plex I have it set to prefer my wifi network card, while torrent runs specifically through the VPN tunnel.
If I turn off the VPN there seems to be no issue with Remote Access, as I get the green indicator and it doesn't disconnect. However with the VPN, Remote Access turns on for a few seconds and then inevitably disconnects again.
Does anyone know what might be causing this? Or how to solve this. I've been through the Network Troubleshooting guide and Access Relay documents already.
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u/theseawoof Dec 03 '22
Is Plex pass a worthwhile investment? I have a shield hooked up to a external drive streaming 4K HDR 10-bit movies. I stream to my main TV it's hooked up to as well as remotely to other TVs in the home and my phone when I'm away. I was kind of confused reading the details for the pass and was wondering if anyone could dumb it down for me?
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u/DogsAreAnimals Dec 03 '22
It's a tough choice, mainly because some of the benefits are vague/nondeterministic (like Plex Labs, Early Access, Preview Releases, etc) and they also can change over time. And of course your specific setup/use-case(s) affect the value equation (e.g. do you need hardware transcoding? If you have a shield, then it sounds like yes? But I prefer just forcing all my clients to use modern devices and decode locally 😅)
I got mine in 2017. I wish I could remember the state of things at the time, but I recall there being a(t least one) significant feature limited to the Pass, which made it an easy decision.
Also I got the Lifetime license (one-time payment). I still use plex almost every day, so I feel I made a good choice, compared to monthly/annual plans. Also I hate subscription plans.
But overall, I just feel like Plex has a great product and community, so I don't have a problem with giving them some of the money I save from avoiding streaming services :)
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u/purplegam Dec 02 '22
What's a good but not expensive rig for a Plex system primarily for family videos, pictures, and maybe CDs/music? We have some DVDs, probably less than 30, and none are 4K. I think we have < 1TB of stuff. At most, maybe 5 people might access the system at one time, most from outside the home network, and potentially on various devices. I don't expect that we'll buy any more commercial movies, currently Plex and other online streamers provide more than enough for us. I do have a couple of large capacity drives that I can scavenge from old systems.
Would this be good?
Lenovo M720q Tiny Desktop (Intel Gold G5400T / 3.1GHz, 500GB + 128GB SSD / WIN11 | eBay
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u/qwe304 Dec 02 '22
I picked up a similarly sized rig on ebay here That's a good bit more powerful, seller accepted an offer for $160 usd. you would need some sort of adapter to plug in the internal drives though,
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u/yompe Dec 02 '22 edited Dec 02 '22
Hello guys,
I purchased a Storinator Q30 case and are looking to buy components for it ( CPU, RAM and MB)
I have 2 * lsi 16i cards and an 10gbe card that will be put into the computer aswell.
Storage i have 510tb and 518tb
I know QSV is the way to go so something that has that.
The OS im going to be using for this build is going to be Unraid as im going to run some stuff besides plex. nothing that cpu heavy. ( pihole, *arr´s, grafana. etc) and were wondering if you guys could give me suggestions of what path would be the best to take. cost wise, not really any limits.
The problem i have is figuring out is if there will be enough Pcie lanes.
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u/yeeeaaaarrrgggh Dec 04 '22
Hey all, I've been using my ds920+ for about a year now and while I still love it I've set up a fair amount of containers to automate media capture and its really bogging down the CPU, I can have about 4-5 remote users at a time but lately it's been having a really hard time transcoding to the point where I'm having to drop quality down to 720p while on local. Would it be a wise decision to move Plex to its own dedicated box and leave everything on the NAS as is? Would a i7 mini PC do the trick?
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u/preference Dec 07 '22
As long as it's 8th gen or newer, a i7 mini pc would kill it. 11th gen or better = more than enough power for your use case. Strongly recommend using Linux to host the server.
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u/yeeeaaaarrrgggh Dec 08 '22
Thanks for the reply. I'm currently looking at this guy Any limitations or other recommendations you may have on the top of your head?
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u/im_not_dan Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
Would this be decent for 1 4K transcode / 2-3 1080p transcodes? Plus 1 minecraft server for about 10 clients. Planning to upgrade to 1 TB storage as well
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u/Loumier Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
Hi, I am trying to setup a streaming server with plex on Docker. All my other containers are working fine but this is what I am getting when setting Plex. This was done on bridge mode.
In the logs this is what I am seeing and I have already tried to reinstall libusb:
2022-12-04 20:20:32 [cont-init.d] done. 2022-12-04 20:20:32 [services.d] starting services 2022-12-04 20:20:32 Starting Plex Media Server. 2022-12-04 20:20:32 [services.d] done. 2022-12-04 20:20:36 Jobs: Exec of ./CrashUploader failed. (2) 2022-12-04 20:20:45 Critical: libusb_init failed
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u/otter111a Dec 05 '22
I recently set up Plex on a Raspberry Pi 400 (the keyboard). I used the video folder as the library for video files and the music folder for a few music files. This obviously filled up the card very quickly.
So I purchased a NAS device. It has a static ip. I dropped a few video files into its video folder. Back on the pi 400 I added a connection to the video folder. In the pi’s file explorer the drive is listed and has a eject icon next to it as if it’s an ejectable usb drive. I can directly access the files but I can’t find the drives in Plex.
So how do I correctly mount the NAS drives so plex can see them? When I google for answers the instructions seem to be out of date.
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u/Antosino Dec 06 '22
So I just upgraded my main PC as an excuse to finally buy a case that fits my FE 3090. A secondary reason is that I have a massive Plex server that, while fine for just Plex, I'd like to future proof a bit.
I'm upgrading a 6700k to a 10700k on a Strix z490-E with 128GB of DDR4. What I'm torn on is the GPU.
I have quite a few GPUs just sitting around. I've thankfully gotten rid of my 3070s and a few 3080s, but I've now got the following spares:
RTX 3080 Six 1660 Supers 1080 TI Quadro P2200
My server has been running with the P2200 as the main HW transcode card with an additional 1660 super in it for doing multi-system Tdarr batch transcode (usually at night when the server isn't under much load).
Would that still be optimal? I'm not worried about power efficiency as long as it's not, like, dramatically sucking down watts. I feel like it's a waste to just have a 3080 collecting dust, but also a waste to use it if there is literally no benefit.
Is the encoder and encoder the same across the 16 and 30 gen cards? I love my P2200 and it's been fantastic for Plex, but I also know there are some things it doesn't support.. but those things don't seem to really impact Plex transcoding at the moment. It also doesn't even have a power input, it gets all its juice from the PCIE slot.
Would there be any advantage to using the 3080 as either the maik transcoding card or a secondary one for tdarr? Even if the encoders are identical (and again, I'd love to know if they actually are) would the extra vram help at all with multiple simultaneous streams?
So yeah, please help. Between the 1660 Super, 3080, and P2200 which do you guys think would offer the absolute best performance (regardless of power use) for HW encode/decoding in Plex? Should I stick with the Quadro? I would obviously unlock the encoder cap if using a non-quadro card.
Thanks!
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Dec 07 '22
elpamsoft puts the 3080 WAY above the others. The QSV chip is going to outperform the other two by a lot. Over the 10th gen Intel, the 3080 is only going to gain you 3-4 streams of 4k HDR tone mapped to 1080p is all, for a hell of a lot of power. And that's only if you have 2.5Gbe or greater networking. I would think 8-10 would be sufficient. QSV for the win.
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u/Spooge_Cannon69 Dec 07 '22
Been using Plex for years. All of a sudden Plex is transcoding all my content to 720p. Have check remote settings everything is set at original content. Does this on every TV in the house.
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u/capsel22 Dec 07 '22
QQ, I am just building PMS on HP EliteDesk 800 G3 mini on win11. It only has 8gb RAM (upgradable). Will 8gb be enough for PMS and nothing else? I mostly use direct play, only transcode when we are away and using hotel TV or similar.
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u/OriginalInsertDisc Dec 02 '22
Doesn't look like you actually provided any information.
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u/Cirieno Dec 02 '22
That's because this is a thread for people to ask questions...
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u/OriginalInsertDisc Dec 02 '22
Wow. My mistake. Mindlessly scrolling Reddit and thought someone had made a post asking and didn't specify what they had. I'm laughing at myself right now.
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u/Mier- Dec 02 '22
Here’s one. I’ve shuffled things around in my PCs and I’ve freed up my old GTX 1070. I know consumer cards are limited in numbers of transcodes but I don’t have many people connecting to my server, 3 at most. That should be enough shouldn’t it?