Plex introduced an Auto-Sync Subtitles feature that aligns subtitles with audio using an algorithm that detects voices, supporting external SRT files and those from OpenSubtitles.com.

The feature requires a Plex Pass subscription, voice activity detection, and media analysis enabled on the server, but won't work on some systems like FreeBSD, Nvidia Shield, and certain NAS servers.

Plex is expanding its app offerings, including a new dedicated photos app in open beta, and currently offers a 20% discount on Lifetime Plex Pass subscriptions.

Have just replaced the super convoluted Spotify process for getting local files to my phone with Plexamp.

Straight up streaming into CarPlay.

Well done Plex.

@plex @plexamp

I host a Plex server for our household, which includes a couple of teenagers. All members of the household (myself included) have a PIN protected managed user profile on our Plex server.

The problem is, if I let the teenagers have my Plex account password to login to our Plex server, it automatically logs them in with the Home Admin profile, whereas I'd much rather it force them to select from the list of profiles on our server (eg. just like Netflix does).

This means that, every now and then, I have to manually go to whichever new device they want to run Plex on (such as a Playstation) and handle the login process myself, so I can be certain they're logged in with their own user profile - not the Home Admin profile.

I've set a PIN on the Home Admin profile, but that doesn't help unless you've already logged in first, then go to use fast user switching to select a different profile. On very first login, Plex will always auto-select the Home Admin profile.

I've searched high and low, but can't find any info or settings that help me change this behaviour.

So, my question is simple: is it possible to prevent auto-login as the Home Admin profile, and force selection from the list of managed users instead?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I should have provided more details about what I've tried so far. We have tested out using a separate Plex user account for the oldest kid, as all the reading I did suggested she would "inherit" my server's Plex Pass rights when streaming from it.

But, we found that the iPhone app could still stop playback after a minute. Plus we couldn't log her account onto the shared Chromecast TV, so she could watch her shows on the house TV. So we ended up moving her back to a managed user profile on our server.

EDIT 2: after some more reading, it now seems the mobile app must either be logged in with a Plex Pass account (mine, in our case) or the user has to pay a once-off fee to unlock it.

I could've sworn it was different when I first read about it a year or two back, where the app would "inherit" the server's rights, but I guess that's either faulty memory or they changed the rules. The once off unlock fee isn't a big problem, so that's one hurdle overcome.

The second problem is how to use multiple Plex accounts on the Plex app for Chromecast, so the kids can enjoy their content on the big screen when they want to. Has anyone cracked the code on how to achieve that?

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I'm having a hard time googling this question, so I'm asking here. I have a Plex server with content, and I want my dad and my sister to have access through their account at their homes. Does this require a Plex pass only for me or for all users?

@plex
I'm trying to build some smart playlists:

The Genre selection works but the album / track ratings fails to add tracks to the list.

Rating something 1 star I don't want it to be included

match-all {
match-all{
match-any {
album-rating is-greater-than 1stars
album-rating is 0stars
}
match-any {
track-rating is-greater-than 1stars
track-rating is 0stars
}
}
match-any {
album-genre is soundtracks
...
album-genre is film-scores
}
}

How I do Streaming Music - @plex , @plexamp and Prologue:

https://fastchicken.co.nz/2024/03/10/how-i-do-streaming-music-plex-plexamp-prologue/

Hey everyone, for anyone with SNL collections do you have a place you know of where I could get SNL "Bumper" images?

Some images are the nice host images from TVDB, but a lot are missing. I can go through each episode and take a screencap, but that feels dirty and it'd be a ton of effort.

I'm hoping someone out there has or knows where to find a zip or something of all of them.

Thanks!

Has anyone else noticed a problem with #plex subtitles on ad supported content? I was watching a foreign language film with subtitles and every time it went to an ad break Plex would disable the subtitles and the only way to get them back was to go to playback settings and turn the subtitles off and on each time. This is extremely annoying to have to do this, considering how many ad breaks they insert into the average film on this platform.

#film #movies #cinema #streaming @plex

I'm looking to create an easy solution that is child/wife friendly. I'm hoping to get a set up going without internet. I however would like it to run like a Chromecast with plex.

I was thinking of a

Dell Optiplex 3020M Mini PC USFF, running windows 10

An external hard drive with content.

From here is where I have gaps. Could I set up a plex server offline on the device, with plex media player and use an Flirc remote with pre-programmed buttons?

Essentially, I'm trying to create the experience of watching Netflix on a Chromecast but with plex and a pc remote control of some sort (with pre-programmed buttons that load up content so kid and wife only have to press one or two buttons to get to their shows)

Thanks!

In an email to customers who run Plex servers at the large German hosting company Hetzner, Plex said that access will be blocked next month. It’s not clear if Hetzner is the only hosting company this applies to, but several customers confirmed that they received the same email.

Has anyone here on Lemmy got this notice? Self-hosting is still in the green, but with this precedent who knows what Plex could do later.

How do you handle the new #psyche #disorder of feeling compelled to #retweet your twee... X, (shh! i'm twittering a new X!) i'm proliferating something random about #Unicode ? Anyway... here it is:

I usually have #NBC on in the AM. But #PeacockTV won't stream on #Linux. How do you like that, @nbcnews ? I went with @abcnewstalent on @plex this morning.#CBS now which I'm guessing is the @amazonfreevee #broadcast #network #news. I came to mention: I like this better and It's more #Black

Can SnapRaid restore the a lost drive in the case where the other data drives have been written to since the last sync? My understanding of the principles is probably just lacking, but I worry that using parity based on the other drive's data would only work if the data on the other drives had not changed since the parity was last calculated.

So do I invalidate my last sync as soon as I write new data to a drive in my arrray?

Heading to the beach with a portable @plex server, router, and a WireGuard tunnel back home.
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I currently have 90Tb of libraries shared via a Windows server. I've been using Mediasonic hard drive enclosures with 8 or 16Tb drives and Windows/Intel storage spaces for 4 drives for the "Movies" library, 8 drives for the "TV" library, and another 4 drives for "Photos" and other random NAS. I literally only share with family, but, that's still about 12 users across the US due to school. I have a stable 1000/1000Mb fiber connection that has been working perfectly for the past few years. So, my issue now is, I want to host my own Lemmy, Matrix, and NextCloud servers, but they all seem to need a Linux-based server. I've read in the past that Linux Plex servers run into a lot of issues since it was designed to run on Windows. I'm not averse to buying yet another computer, but, before I do that I thought I would seek some advice if I should combine everything into one Linux server, or leave Plex as its own Windows server and put everything else on a new device.

I'm very new and I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there any way to set folder (and future subfolder) permissions on Ubuntu?

I use the Arrs and new folders are made automatically when something completes, but I constantly have to use Plex to optimize my videos before they'll play. Unfortunately, the new folders get locked when they're made.

I'm not sure what I've done to my setup, but I'd love some help if anyone is willing.

My computer crashed recently, and I had to reinstall everything. Since then, I could not have anything above 720p anywhere besides playing directly on the computer that runs plex.

It looks like the maximum rate is 2 Mbps regardless of the original format.

I my install is pretty much the same as before.

I run plex as a docker container on Kubuntu.

CPU : I5-4590

GPU : GeForce 1030

I installed the Nvidia toolbox for docker as well, and everything should be good

I tried activating, deactivating HW transcoding, playing with the transcoding speed option, disabled the iGPU to use only the 1030, but nothing seems to make any difference.

I first thought it was a certain format, but it seems to affect everything. I tried to optimize a file by encoding it with the plex option, but the issue stays.

I thought about a network limitation, but nothing is supposed to have changed.

I'm kind of clueless now on what to do next

Any idea on where to look?

Edit2:

Solved!

I unchecked the "use relay" option, and that fixed it.

I still have issues with certain clients, but that's another problem.

I found it odd that everything defaulted to relay when it could have direct play with certain clients.

Thank you for the help!

I'm in a musical rut for sure, Tidal is the obvious solution because it integrates with Plex. What plan do you use (if you do)? I use PlexAmp all the time, have a lifetime pro subscription for plex. I prefer high quality but not sure about that $19/month pricetag...

In this guide I will explain how to add edition tags to movies or alter already existing ones. This guide assumes you have access to the plex database.

Limitations

While this solution enables anyone to add/remove edition tags that will show up in any app/website that supports them. Some features are still be restricted to PlexPass subscribers such as displaying other editions on the movie details page.

Method

1. Identify your plex database location.

Generally your database should be located here: [Plex data directory]/Plug-in Support/Databases. But depending on your system [Plex data directory] will be different. Here is a list of common directories.

2. Identify your plex binary location.

This might be a little more difficult as there is no nice pre-made list as there is with the data-directory. Try googling a little. In my case the path is /volume3/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Server, since I installed plex in Volume 3 on my Synology.

If you are unable to locate your plex binary you may still be able to continue if you have sqlite3 installed on your system. Though I have not tested this solution.

3. Connecting to the database

Open your terminal and make sure you can access the plex binary. If your plex binary is on a server or in a docker container you may have to access it using ssh. In my case I have to use ssh: ssh Quark95@123.69.10.420.

You may have to enable ssh access on your system.

Now we can connect to the database using SQLite. The command will look like this: "[Plex binary path]" --sqlite "[Plex Data directory]/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db".

Alternatively you could try sqlite3 "[Plex Data directory]/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"

And for reference my command looks like this: "/volume3/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Server" --sqlite "/volume3/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"

Now a prompt should appear that looks like this:

sqlite>

4. Finding IDs

Now you'll need to find the ID of the movie(s) you want to edit. To do this, find the movie in your plex library on desktop, in the ... menu select Get Info and press View XML. In the XML file that opens you'll find the id as a string here: <Video ratingKey="108014". Where in this case 108014 is the id.

5. Editing the database

Before you continue I must warn you that editing the database in this way is not supported and if done incorrectly, can in a worst case scenario corrupt the plex database. However, as we are doing only minor changes, I feel it is relatively safe.

Here are some examples of common commands I've found useful: Remember to change <your movie id>, <old tag> and <new tag> or you may get an error.

• Add/edit edition tag for a single item: UPDATE metadata_items SET edition_title = "<new tag>" WHERE id = <your movie id>;
• Add/edit tag for a list of items: UPDATE metadata_items SET edition_title = "<new tag>" WHERE id in (<your movie id>, <your movie id>, <your movie id>);
• Edit all instances of a tag from <old tag> to <new tag>: UPDATE metadata_items SET edition_title = "<New tag>" WHERE edition_title = "<old tag>";

That's it!

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Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, a figure that represents more than 20 percent of the company’s staff, according to a Slack message from CEO Keith Valory obtained by The Verge. The layoffs affect “every department,” Valory wrote.

Hey guys, I've used plex in my home for a while but decided to share my collection with a friend. It seems that even when I can get plex to do a direct stream, it still transcodes the audio and he only gets 7.1 channel audio instead of dolby atmos.

Any idea what setting I've got wrong? The file I tested was one I had ran through handbrake, ensuring that I left passthru enabled.

Nowadays I'm practically using plexamp far more often than I watch my own video content on Plex. I started using Plex for music about 6 months ago and plexamp has been such a powerhouse of a music app in ways I never expected. I really appreciate the specific DJs they give you with sonic analysis. I've realized it's also made me enjoy buying CDs again, which are especially cheap these days!