![]() ![]() Depending on the size of the initial media transfer, setup can last for hours. Plex Media's software setup requires users to create individual files and folders with specified media content in order for that content to be loaded into the system. The setup process can be complicated to most users. After downloading and installing the software, users will be instructed to complete the initial setup of the software to integrate it successfully into the computer's hard drive. This software is compatible with most operating systems developed after 2012 including the updated versions of the Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems. When Plex was working even heavily encoded MKV were playing around 1.4 MBps with the very occasional stutter but mostly watchable, it was just frustrating that it played fine one day and the next day every file was "corrupt or unsupported".Overall Opinion: To use Plex Media, users simply have to visit the company's official website to download the free software. If possible it may be worth it to install the OS onto a HDD/SSD in the system so you don't have any bottle necking issues. If you are running Plex from the USB it may not have enough throughput to accommodate any transcoding that may be required for the BluRay videos. Other thing to consider is the format that the BluRay's are ripped to. One more thing that's just occured to me in the last few minutes is that I'm using the onboard Realtek Ethernet port which if IIRC can cause issues with FreeNas, so I will invest in a NIC card next payday ) but it's a bit pedantic when trying to stream media through my 2 blu ray players (Sony & Pioneer) and my SIII, but it's sweet as when streaming to my PC.ħ: Any form of Media streaming results in the same thing. The folder goes into the directory but all files inside the folder disappear, so just an empty folder goes into the directory.Īny help would be VERY appreciated as this is starting to make me tear my hair outġ: I have not tried to install FreeNas on a hardrive as the only drives I had were 1TB+, but I recently procured a 160 GB Hardrive so I might give that a shotĢ: I can access all the files through my PC directly, when MiniDLNA sets up the directory in my media folder it only sets up a folder, not the actual media file, I can point my PC towards the original location and play it from there.ģ: Only using the SATA ports on the motherboard (0 - 5)ģA: I only have two drives Raid (Samsung 1 TB striped) for my music, they are matching modelsĤ: All drives are approximately 1 year old, I ran multiple Disk Check programs and SMART is telling me that they're healthyĥ: This is the one problem that I can think of and according to the FreeNas forums this is a big no-no, they are a mix and match bunch (bar my two music drives in raid which match) but each drive has it's specific media type, I don't have say Movies spread over two unmatched drives, drives are as follows: Drive - Raid Type - Mediaġ + 2 - Samsung (HD 1035SJ) 1 TB - Raid 0 - Musicģ - WD Caviar Green (WD20EADS) 2 TB - No Raid - MoviesĤ - Seagate Barracuda (ST2000DM001) 2 TB - No Raid - TV Seriesĥ - Samsung (HD154UI) 1.5 TB - No Raid - PC BackupĦ: I am using Plex 0.9.9.9.5.411_1 installed through FreeNas itself, it installed fine and it was a breeze to add to the jails (although a wee bit time consuming Not wanting to have to reinstall and rebuild the library every other day I installed MiniDLNA and configured it as such:ĭestination goes: (mnt/Movies/jails_2/minidlna_1)/media/Folder All the files also played perfectly fine through my PC Start the blu ray again "corrupt or unsupported", copied a file to a thumb drive plug it into the blu ray and what do you know it works fine. My problems started when I installed the Plex (0.9.9.5.411_1) and MiniDLNA (1.1.0_1) plugins, installed Plex, added media to it correctly as all smartphones and the blu ray/PC all recognisedĪnd streamed the media, two days ago started the blu ray head into Plex and lo and behold all files were "corrupt or unsupported", reinstalled plex built the library back up all good. I recently set up a FreeNas Box (9.2.0) to function mainly as a media server and image/document backup machine. ![]()
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