Plex stores older versions of PMS on your mac when you upgrade. Folder doesnt exist for me OSX high sierra. From my reading in other forums, I believe that the Updates folder is not going to be reliable. I believe it is supposed to be purged after an update. So they just upgrade from a previous version?? Please post the links here, thank you. How to get a previous version of PMS for Windows? Remote Access problems with version 1.
For craps sake, do any of you search this forum? This page is not available to all plex user or forum members. Recording failed. Please check your tuner or antenna. Previous versions I have information for back to 1. Plex Media Player on Windows Plex Media Server update 1. There was an unexpected error loading this library. Plex Constantly Loses Remote Access. Continued crashes with 1.
Thanks ChrisAWallace. Really did Not find that before. Plex will open your browser of choice and prompt you to log in with your account. If it doesn't, select Open Plex from the server menu. Plex's Setup Wizard will find your server on your network and ask you to give it a 'friendly name' — a moniker that will help you identify your server and tell it apart from any others you might connect to.
It'll also ask whether you want to access your server outside your home. If you say yes, it'll do its best to automatically adjust your network settings so that you can see the media on your server from anywhere with an Internet connection. You don't have to add all of these at setup — my server only has movies and TV shows — and you can always add libraries later if you wish.
When you're done, Plex will finish setup, start scanning the folders you specified to catalog your media, and then use the Internet to pull in artwork, descriptions, and other metadata for everything in your library.
This might take a minute or two. Plex's Web app runs in your browser. Like Plex's other Player apps, it'll play all your music and video, but it has lots of powers the other apps don't. To open the Web app on the computer running Plex Server, choose Open Plex… from the Plex menu on the right side of the menubar.
That'll work anywhere, as long as you have an Internet connection. Open the Accounts menu and select Users. You'll be the only user listed, but you can add new ones or enable guest access.
You can add existing Plex users to your server by entering their e-mail address or Plex account username, or create managed users under your own account — say, separate logins for your spouse and kids. For each managed user, you can choose which libraries they have access to, and limit content by movie or TV ratings or particular labels you've given your media. In the list of accounts, click the lock icon next to an account's name to specify a four-digit pin that user will need to access their account.
That's a good way to keep smaller people away from inappropriate audiovisual experiences. Next, open Settings. Plex generally does a good job of making the different categories here self-explanatory, and of setting up your server so that you don't need to go tinkering with settings any more than you want to.
But let's review a few quick essentials. You can download or learn more about each update here. New versions tend to roll out about once a month, if not more frequently. Remember to set your maximum upload speed here, so that you don't choke Plex or your own bandwidth when you're serving yourself media away from home.
Check your internet connection's speed to figure out what number to set. Finally, you're probably wondering, you know, how to play your media. The home screen will show the last three movies or TV shows you've been watching recently. If you have TV shows, it'll list what's 'on deck' — the latest or next episode in each series you've been watching. It also provides recently added TV episodes or series and movies.
You can jump directly to any of your libraries under Libraries on the left sidebar. If you want to add more libraries, look for the plus sign that appears when you hover over that header.
Roll over any of the items on the main screen, and you'll see a play icon in the middle, to jump right into watching or listening. The pencil icon in the lower left lets you edit that file's metadata, in case Plex got its name or any other info wrong. The … in the lower right provides general options like Optimize , to create a smaller compressed version of the video for easier storage and streaming, Download to move a copy of any media you own to your local device for offline viewing, or the self-explanatory Delete.
Clicking anywhere else gets you to the show or movie's page, with a plot synopsis, cast or episode lists, and other data. The web app works great and doesn't look too shabby, but if you'd like an interface that'll look even better on a big screen, get the Plex Media Player for Mac. It starts out looking identical to the Web app, but you can click the fullscreen button in the upper right corner of its main page to activate a slick TV-oriented interface that plays well with remote controls.
Once you've got the basics up and running, here's what you'll need to turn Plex into a substitute for your set-top box:. After you start setup, Plex will look for tuners connected to your network. Make sure your HDHomeRun tuner is hooked up and running before you start this step. Plex will pull in all the channels it finds on your tuner, then ask whether you want broadcast or cable listings, and request your ZIP code. With that information, it can match local channel names to the channel numbers on your tuner.
In the list that appears, select the channels you want Plex to include, and make sure they're correctly matched with the channel names next to them. If not, you can use the pulldown menus next to each channel number to assign it the correct name and information.
Plex pulls in this information a lot faster than some other DVR software I've tested, but it'll still take a few minutes to download two weeks' worth of listings and program info for the channels you've selected. Plex lets you start browsing and watching while it pulls in that data. On Plex's Web and iOS apps, you'll see a swanky grid view with all currently airing shows on your channels. The Mac app's not there yet as of this writing, but give it time.
It uses the older Discover view, which you can still get through the Web app, showing currently airing shows, shows due to air next, and forthcoming new episodes, movies, sports, and news broadcasts. Click a network in the Program Guide to start playing a live feed, or an individual show for more information and the ability to record. You'll find record buttons in the Program Guide, or on the listing pages for overall series to record all episodes or individual episodes.
Under 'Show Advanced' in the lower left, you can adjust a recording's start and end times, choose whether to keep lower-resolution or partial recordings, determine if or when you want to delete recorded shows, and turn on Plex's automatic commercial-skipping feature.
Commercial-skipping works reasonably well, but not perfectly. On my server, trimming out commercials took about one-third the duration of the original recording to process. Sometimes it cut off the last few minutes of an episode, or the first few minutes after the end of a commercial break.
Test it first on shows you don't want to keep, because any commercials — or video it thinks is a commercial break — that it snips out are gone for good. Most if not all of these record features are also available within the Media Player app for Mac, so you don't need to log into the Web app to set up or manage recordings. Now that we've covered setup and the basics, we'll delve into a few of Plex's cool-but-lesser-known features. Once they accept, they can return the favor and make their libraries available to you.
From the main screen, look for your server's friendly name at top left, just below the Home and Back buttons. Click it to see other servers connected to yours, and switch to them to browse through their contents.
Just remember to be kind to your friends' bandwidth! Okay, not really. But Plex Pass users can use the Dashboard under the status menu to see bandwidth graphs, chart the most popular items on their servers, and more fun statistics. On the main page for a TV series or movie, look for the pencil app in the upper right.
There, you can edit a show's metadata and change its poster art. Plex pulls in a wide selection for you to choose from, and you'll probably find something you like if the default just doesn't look right. When you record a basketball, baseball, football, hockey, or soccer game, check the recording options.
Instead of recording just This event , you can tell Plex to record all sporting events from that league, or from either of the teams playing. Do you habitually forget to include subtitles when you rip your Blu-rays or DVDs?
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