Plex issues with MKV

AfricanTech said:
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?
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Roku is wireless on dedicated 5Ghz WiFi channel. the .mkv is only 1.2 MB. If I load it onto a flash and plug it direct into the USB on the Sammy, it plays fine.
 
Drifter said:
Roku is wireless on dedicated 5Ghz WiFi channel. the .mkv is only 1.2 MB. If I load it onto a flash and plug it direct into the USB on the Sammy, it plays fine.
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1.2MB - you sure it's not playing so quickly that you're missing it :D





Jokes aside, I presume you meant 1.2Gig - that is odd. If you access that movie/tv show via the Plex Player (which is a piece of ****e) on your PC, does it play or does it only give problems on the Roku?
 
AfricanTech said:
1.2MB - you sure it's not playing so quickly that you're missing it :D





Jokes aside, I presume you meant 1.2Gig - that is odd. If you access that movie/tv show via the Plex Player (which is a piece of ****e) on your PC, does it play or does it only give problems on the Roku?
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LOL, 1.2GB...... Been a long week. I cant see it in the Plex server, although it is in the series directory. Probably a naming std as others have indicated. I will read up on it a bit this weekend and see if it changes anything.
 
Drifter said:
LOL, 1.2GB...... Been a long week. I cant see it in the Plex server, although it is in the series directory. Probably a naming std as others have indicated. I will read up on it a bit this weekend and see if it changes anything.
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Ahh, so it's in the directory, but Plex isn't picking it up.

Post a screenshot of the directory with the offending file

Edit: I use Sonar to rename all the files correctly - need to remember that Sonar won't rename if Plex has the file locked - usually not a problem since Plex will release it after indexing, but if it is, I usually just exit Plex (right click on the icon down at the bottom), let Sonar do it's thing, and then restart Plex.
 
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Drifter said:
LOL, 1.2GB...... Been a long week. I cant see it in the Plex server, although it is in the series directory. Probably a naming std as others have indicated. I will read up on it a bit this weekend and see if it changes anything.
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Boet, go to the Plex icon in the bottom right of your Windows taskbar, right click and update library.
 
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Drifter said:
LOL, 1.2GB...... Been a long week. I cant see it in the Plex server, although it is in the series directory. Probably a naming std as others have indicated. I will read up on it a bit this weekend and see if it changes anything.
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CamiKaze said:
Boet, go to the Plex icon in the bottom right of your Windows taskbar, right click and update library.
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Heh, reason I'm asking for a s/s is it's happened to me before - ie file ends up in a different directory (same naming convention but a different drive) and because your eye "auto corrects" you don't pick up that you havent actually configured Plex to scan that directory - much head scratching then ensues...:D
 
AfricanTech said:
Heh, reason I'm asking for a s/s is it's happened to me before - ie file ends up in a different directory (same naming convention but a different drive) and because your eye "auto corrects" you don't pick up that you havent actually configured Plex to scan that directory - much head scratching then ensues...:D
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I actually have to update my library every time as I see it is not auto updating with this recent install of mine. Is it just me or does an update to your existing Plex mess things up?
 
Drifter said:
LOL, 1.2GB...... Been a long week. I cant see it in the Plex server, although it is in the series directory. Probably a naming std as others have indicated. I will read up on it a bit this weekend and see if it changes anything.
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Try making a "Home Videos" collection if all else fails and drop it in there. Should ignore the naming convention then.
 
CamiKaze said:
I actually have to update my library every time as I see it is not auto updating with this recent install of mine. Is it just me or does an update to your existing Plex mess things up?
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haven't noticed that...I have 2 PMS's running and they're both behaving themselves.
 
Drifter said:
I have Sonar as well, but ditched it when it would pick up Utorrent. Will see if I have any luck.

I see there are tons of tools that will do this. http://www.therenamer.com/ is one.
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Noooooooooo, The Renamer is kuk compared to what Sonar does - you just need to configure Sonar properly (eg to not use uTorrent, etc)

I have Sonar - SABNzbD - Plex all working in concert - the only time I have to intervene is if I download something 'manually'* in SAB - then I do the following:

1. Stop Plex
2. [-]Copy[/-] Move file into relevant directory
3. Rescan directory in Sonar - run the Sonar "auto rename" function
4. Restart Plex (it auto scans)

Profit

* In fact, I only have to do steps 1-4 if (when) I forget to label the download as belonging to the TV category when I initiate a 'manual' download


CamiKaze said:
What? That is not reason enough to ditch such a lovely application.
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This
 
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