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Plex/Nine 9.01.10

belvdr said:
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.com

You 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.
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Ha, I thought I had the concept down pat. I was also going by the lines I found in my hosts file (basically hundreds of "adserver.com localhost" lines) which seemed to suggest that they just redirect any requests into a blackhole.

And that second part makes sense a lot more sense when it's the other way around, I thought as I was writing that it didn't sound right.

Well, there you go, learn something new everyday. Thanks for clearing that up so quickly.

And I don't know why that line was missing, maybe in some distant past I had messed it up (because it had the line "localhost localhost" and no "127... localhost").
 
belvdr said:
Okay, so I ripped my Andy Griffith Show collection to folders on my Mini:

Code: 
Andy Griffith
  Season 1
    Disc 1
    Disc 2
  Season 2
    Disc 1
    Disc 2
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?
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Anyone know how to do this? I think it is a really dumb idea to think that everyone is going to suddenly rip every episode from their existing DVD rips. I may have to go back to the old Plex, as this one is a pain in the neck for what I want.
 
Tilpots said:
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!
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Great Link! Thanks. The older versions of Flash are found in there, down graded and now my plug-ins work great!
 
belvdr said:
Anyone know how to do this? I think it is a really dumb idea to think that everyone is going to suddenly rip every episode from their existing DVD rips. I may have to go back to the old Plex, as this one is a pain in the neck for what I want.
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Sorry, belvdr. I haven't ripped my TV shows yet, so I'm really not sure. I remember reading something similar to what I think you're asking from the Plex/Nine Database thread. Check it out this post and Elan's reply right below. As I said, not sure if it answers your question, but it may give you a little insight.

Cinab1mt said:
Great Link! Thanks. The older versions of Flash are found in there, down graded and now my plug-ins work great!
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Rock on!
 
HI folks,

I recently read through this whole thread. Back in May I bought a Mac Mini and only recently set it up with Plex. As soon as I got plex 8 sorted I found out plex 9 was the most recent and installed that.

I have to say I am not totally blown away. I want to be, but I find the remote control use is not intuitive. Then I read about apple remote problems. I am having a hard time figuring out if plex 9.1 and OSX 10.6.5 are free and clear of remote problems or not and what those old remote problems actually are.

I also have a lot of saved TV shows off my tivo as well as a few downloaded shows like Top Gear. So plex recognizes top gear in my TV Shows section but it appears that when it doesn't recognize my other shows (and I don't expect it to) it doesn't show them at all which is what bugs me.

Worded another way I want to be able to have some TV shows that are successfully scraped and some that don't need scraping appear in the same plex section. How can I get this?

Also, can I get full screen music visualization without cover art or text blocking the screen. I have not figured that on out either.

Thanks for your help.
 
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vwDavid said:
Worded another way I want to be able to have some TV shows that are successfully scraped and some that don't need scraping appear in the same plex section. How can I get this?

Thanks for your help.
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Good question. When I tested out Plex 9 I was wondering the exact same thing. I don't think it's possible to NOT scrape something is it?
 
Correct. it appears you can't but I am not fully versed in plex yet.

Plex won't successfully scrape shows I've copied over and converted from my Tivo or other video capture devices. For example you could have home movies that you want to appear in your TV show section along side your TV shows. Personally I record documentaries but plex can't scrape it and therefore it doesn't appear in my TV show list although I've added it.

help
 
They've added a lot of metadata features to the media manager in the last two incremental releases, which may be what you're after (be careful though as they aren't bug-free and are still work in progress).

If you want to give it a try it's available to download from the Plex blog.
 
Sdashiki said:
You MUST get a logitech harmony remote.

Plex suffers without it. And so will you.
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I've been using Plex for quite a long time now and I never felt the need for anything other than the Apple remote (may it be the physical one or Rowmote for iPhone). Version 9 made it even easier, since one doesn't need to type in TV show or movie information any more.
 
For Apple remote issues, check out Candleair or an iPhone remote app like Hipporemote.

And for metadata editing check the Plex blog link listed above. They've made manual editing possible and gave us the ability to lock information from being scraped.
 
Yes, I understand there have been remote issues in the past, but I have seen no documentation suggestion they still exist (plex 9.1.2 + OSX 10.6.5) or if they have been solved. Does anyone know?
 
Metadata editing

So how do you exactly edit metadata? I right click on a movie in Plex and do not get the same list as he shows in the blog.

Update: I found the media manager in the menu bar drop down. But there still is not an edit when I right click. I do get a Fix Incorrect Match but that is all I get to try to fix the problem. I still need to be able to fully edit the metadata. I am running Plex 0.9.1.2 in snow leopard.
 
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vwDavid said:
Correct. it appears you can't but I am not fully versed in plex yet.

Plex won't successfully scrape shows I've copied over and converted from my Tivo or other video capture devices. For example you could have home movies that you want to appear in your TV show section along side your TV shows. Personally I record documentaries but plex can't scrape it and therefore it doesn't appear in my TV show list although I've added it.

help
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I have not been using PLEX very long and am certainly not an expert but the solution to this problem for me was down to naming convention. Plex will not add anything to TV shows unless the naming convention of the file adhers to the TV shows naming convention.
 
Phillie14586 said:
That is what I did but I only get

Reveal in Finder
Fix incorrect match
Split Apart
Refresh info

I don't get the edit metadata
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You need to make sure that you restart the Plex Server before it'll run the latest version installed in your applications folder. If you click the menubar icon and select "About Plex Media Server" it should say 0.9.1.7 unless it hasn't been restarted.

To restart, just select quit from the menubar icon and then open Plex and it'll start up. If you then go into the media manager you should see the metadata editing options (assuming you've already downloaded and installed the latest incremental build).
 
I will check the version when I get home but this is the first time Plex has been installed on this computer. I thought I got the lastest version.
 
Phillie14586 said:
I will check the version when I get home but this is the first time Plex has been installed on this computer. I thought I got the lastest version.
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i think you need to click on the link in the latest blog post to get the version with the editable metadata.
 
As of yesterday Plex was working perfectly for me. Today I thought I would try the incremental update (0.9.1.7). I am suddenly getting -

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Error:
Cannot determine input format

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Does anyone know what that means?
 
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ginopiazza49 said:
As of yesterday Plex was working perfectly for me. Today I thought I would try the incremental update (0.9.1.7). I am suddenly getting -
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Where did you get 0.9.1.7? I found out why I didn't have the ability to edit metadata. The Dec 02 blog entry has a link to 0.9.1.2. The Nov. 25 post has a link to 0.9.1.5. The later one has metadata editing.
 
Phillie14586 said:
Where did you get 0.9.1.7? I found out why I didn't have the ability to edit metadata. The Dec 02 blog entry has a link to 0.9.1.2. The Nov. 25 post has a link to 0.9.1.5. The later one has metadata editing.
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Go to the Blog section and look at the very top of the blog page: "You can download this latest incremental click here"
 
ginopiazza49 said:
As of yesterday Plex was working perfectly for me. Today I thought I would try the incremental update (0.9.1.7). I am suddenly getting -

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Error:
Cannot determine input format

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Does anyone know what that means?
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Found this thread which describes your problem. I didn't read thru it, but thought you might be able to find some help there.
 
Anybody running into problems trying to view certain VIDEO_TS rips? Every time I try to play any of the LOTR movies and several others, I get an immediate crash of Plex upon the movie selection. There's a related thread on the Plex Forums, but I can't find a fix. Anybody have an idea? I"m running the latest public release. The new hot fix doesn't mention anything about this issue.
 
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