Plex issues with MKV

[SauRoNZA]

It is clean, straightforward and it just works. Plex has no useful purpose.


1) You have too many TVs
2) You watch too much TV
3) The bedroom is for sleeping
4) Just remember where you were last in a video.


I have one PC that I use at home and it has 10TB of storage that is shares. My TV has a Pi3 and the TV in my daughters room has a Pi2. Simple as that. PS4 and Eggsbox are games machines - fools play games on them.


It's suppose to play videos, not be the best OLTP on earth. What are you on about?

Kodi plays x265 MKV fine on my Pi3.


Kodi is designed to be a media centre that plays media from many sources. Plex is designed to be a useless bit of middle ware.

You Sir have no idea what you are talking about.

It's obvious you've never used Plex and if you did for no longer than a few seconds.

I on the other hand used XBMC for many years since the original Xbox project and through it's evolution and even on OpenELEC.

Until it no longer catered for my purposes.

 

[Neoprod]

I see the Opel driver is as happy with the bare essential in his Media setup as he is with cars.

Oh wait. He rides a bicycle most of the time and can't stop telling us how it's better.

So makes perfect sense that he has no clue what he's talking about when it comes to Plex.

Fundamentalism is the new liberalism

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Kodi is designed to be a media centre that plays media from many sources. Plex is designed to be a useless bit of middle ware.

I'm sorry if Plex has hurt you in any way but as you can tell there are many happy Plex users. Maybe you should give it another try sometime, it's growing up very quickly.

 

[Rouxenator]

No, I don't know anything about plex. Just like I don't know anything about AIDS. Because I don't need to have it. Everything is awesome without it.

 

[DA-LION-619]

1) You have too many TVs
2) You watch too much TV
3) The bedroom is for sleeping
4) Just remember where you were last in a video.

Just lol

 

[SauRoNZA]

No, I don't know anything about plex. Just like I don't know anything about AIDS. Because I don't need to have it. Everything is awesome without it.

Then WTF are you doing in this thread?

 

[raind33r]

I see someone is on a mission again today

 

[dualmeister]

Ran Kodi (Android TV box) --> SMB shares for log time
Looked for better solution to manage content across many devices
Ran Kodi (Android TV box) --> SMB shares / Kodi / MySQL to sync all data
Thought there must be a better way
Tried Kodi --> Plex Media Server
/saw the light, never looked back

No, I don't know anything about plex.

That is obvious

 

[backstreetboy]

No, I don't know anything about plex.

 

[AfricanTech]

@ Roux trolling everyone on a Friday

I find Plex (paid version) invaluable for setting up different profiles for the different users in the house - easy way to ensure that the younger ones don't have access to content not appropriate for them yet.

 

[Rouxenator]

There is your problem, you want to watch two or more TVs at the same time. That's just crazy talk. Get 1 TV and watch it with your 2 eyes.

Kodi on a Pi3 will play x265 = thread solved.

 

[Neoprod]

The only reason I can think of for a TV episode not showing up at all is the file name...if you've set up Plex to look at a folder expecting tv episodes, the filenames need to follow the pattern or the media server ignores it.

This would happen regardless of container (avi, mp4, mkv).

The movie folder is different - the media server shows everything in the folder or folders added to the Movies section.

 

[raind33r]

Kodi on a Pi3 will play x265 = thread solved.

Probably at 720p and 10 fps :crylaugh:

 

[raind33r]

Anyway, we don't know if it's the x.265 issue.

 

[Drifter]

The only reason I can think of for a TV episode not showing up at all is the file name...if you've set up Plex to look at a folder expecting tv episodes, the filenames need to follow the pattern or the media server ignores it.

This would happen regardless of container (avi, mp4, mkv).

The movie folder is different - the media server shows everything in the folder or folders added to the Movies section.

You might have a point there. MC Aus is in two different folders in my Plex library. 1st 30 or so episode show as Master AUS, the rest as MC Espana. Will look into this. Is there a naming standard convention that I need to follow?

 

[Rouxenator]

Probably at 720p and 10 fps :crylaugh:

Have not tried HD, it was SD content at 30fps. But that is besides the point, you need to simplify. Don't make things comPLEX. Just get a TV and Kodi and you're sorted.

 

[AfricanTech]

I left out that little detail. Plex is running on my Roku 4 that is connected to my Samsung.

Is your Roku connected wirelessly or via and Ethernet cable?

Have you fiddled with the transcoding setting on the Roku Plex App to see if that makes a difference?

What's the size of the .mkv you're having trouble with?

 

[raind33r]

Is there a naming standard convention that I need to follow?

Yes there is.

 

[AfricanTech]

Have not tried HD, it was SD content at 30fps. But that is besides the point, you need to simplify. Don't make things comPLEX. Just get a TV and Kodi and you're sorted.

Go away, OP wants actual help - you were funny to start with, but the adults are talking now.

 

[dualmeister]

And PS,

Kodi can play nicely with Plex Server to.