Plex

I've recently upgraded my Plex instance to separate out the storage side and the compute side. In general, I couldn't be happier - the compute side is a little HP prodesk with a quicksync-capable CPU, and the results have been phenomenal.

I have one user who has been complaining about stuttering playback when doing Direct Play on a Roku 3 (2015). When they switch to transcoding, it works perfectly. The only time I've seen it, it has been doing a direct stream of MKV -> MPEGTS for the video container with a transcode of DCA 7.1 -> Stereo audio.

Bandwidth is not the issue and they were the only ones streaming at the time.

Do you think the Roku choking on it somehow? My 2017 Shield TV can fully direct play it without issue.

Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?

Been building this server up for about 5 years, adding hard drives as needed.

Running unraid

E5-2698 v3
64gb ddr4 ecc
X99-E WS
P600 for transcoding
10gbit networking w/ 3gbit fibre WAN
15 HDDs of assorted sizes, totally 148TB, 132TB usable

I've uploaded 52 of my favourite prerolls for you to enjoy!

Check out the Plex support article to learn how you can add them into your movie watching experience!

Edit: Dalek.zone (a PeerTube instance) doesn't have a means to download the videos directly, so instead you can use YouTube Downloader and paste the list of links in quafeinum's comment below.

Edit 2: This is another option for downloading. Thank you [email protected]

It was supposed to be a temporary setup but it's stayed like this for a while.

I've been using https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eF19dUvZ6ic&pp=ygUQcGxleCBwcmVyb2xscyA0aw%3D%3D for a while and I love it!

Version 1.70.2 has been released for Plex for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

NEW:

Added support for new password requirements.
Discover Together: Add context menu option to share library with friend in Profile page.
Discover Together: Update Social button zero state in the pre-play pages.
Show all friends and accounts in Library Sharing Modal and Watch Together.

FIXED:

(Mac) Fixed application not quitting correctly
Community: Fixed an issue that could cause an infinite spinner in the play button of a Activity page.
Discover Together: Fix View State Sync upsell positioning in Profile page.
Discover Together: Fix remove activity from watch history not refreshing list.
Discover Together: Hide pre-play friends activity when setting is disabled.
Discover Together: Hide social proof zero state in pre-play pages.
Discover Together: Prevent error message when visiting home admin profile.
Fix DVR schedule broken links.
Fix loading spinner in managed account Watch Together modal.
Remove the legacy ‘Plugins’ page from the global app settings.
Removing a Plex Home user causes wrong display list.
Restored the star rating to artist pre play
Search: Fixed wrong poster style for People results in search results page.
Updated device icons for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.