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When you're ripping a blu ray and you see like 31 chapters and 26.1 GB and 31 chapters and 27.1 GB, what does it generally mean? I assume the most common thing is theater release vs directors cut but I've had a few where the box doesn't say anything about an expanded/directors cut so not sure if there's another possible explanation. Should I always just take the bigger one? Or will I sometimes get some weird "making of" bullshit where it's the movie with random production nonsense inserted into parts of it?
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Aug 4, 2018 01:11
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IOwnCalculus posted:Similar situation on my side. Roku Ultra, plugged into a Sharp TV, which feeds optical to my old non-HDMI receiver. The TV won't feed anything but PCM Stereo over that link, and the Roku detects this, so Plex downmixes to stereo. I feel your pain. Digital optical has been a scourge on home theater nearly its entire existence IMO. People frequently thought it was the best way to go in all scenarios (omg it transmits data via light!) but it won't do anything besides stereo when uncompressed. You can probably pick up an older used HDMI receiver for dirt rear end cheap.
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Aug 4, 2018 01:19
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veiled boner fuel posted:When you're ripping a blu ray and you see like 31 chapters and 26.1 GB and 31 chapters and 27.1 GB, what does it generally mean? I assume the most common thing is theater release vs directors cut but I've had a few where the box doesn't say anything about an expanded/directors cut so not sure if there's another possible explanation. Install java and point MakeMKV at it in the settings. Some blurays have a thing where it runs some code in the jvm on the bluray player to decide the title. MakeMKV will do it for you if you install Java. Failing that you have to get bluray player software, click play in it, and use a tool that can see which file it has open. Then you can skip through the stream writing down the files and get the sequence. If you just pick one some scenes in the movie will be out of order.
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Aug 4, 2018 01:58
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veiled boner fuel posted:When you're ripping a blu ray and you see like 31 chapters and 26.1 GB and 31 chapters and 27.1 GB, what does it generally mean? I assume the most common thing is theater release vs directors cut but I've had a few where the box doesn't say anything about an expanded/directors cut so not sure if there's another possible explanation. Google "movie name makemkv" and go to their forums. It likely will have the segment map you need. Also check the playing length.
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Aug 4, 2018 02:49
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Dren posted:If you just pick one some scenes in the movie will be out of order. Eeep, I wonder how many times I've done that already. I'll find out eventually I guess. One I'm doing right now is Iron Man 2 and there's a 17 chapter 35.3 GB and a 17 chapter 34.6 but the 35.3 doesn't have any subtitles or any audio streams besides english so I assume I'm safe in choosing the other one? Thanks for the tips both of you, i'll look at that
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Aug 4, 2018 02:57
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veiled boner fuel posted:Eeep, I wonder how many times I've done that already. I'll find out eventually I guess. Nothing is safe. Java for BD+ and the forums are all that matter.
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Aug 4, 2018 03:04
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Title and chapter obfuscation is a still real thing some studios do. If you find it confusing when trying to rip, that's the intent. The really fun ones throw chapters out of order later in the movie so you don't even notice until watching it later. Luckily, like everything else related to ripping disks, it only takes one person on the internet to figure it out.
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Aug 4, 2018 04:28
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veiled boner fuel posted:Eeep, I wonder how many times I've done that already. I'll find out eventually I guess. The Disney released ones have only a couple versions, usually the difference is the language used on the title card. For animated features sometimes the signs and things are rendered in the other language.
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Aug 5, 2018 01:48
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We have a Plex pass. We use the feature where you set up a user and tag stuff to share with it — the sharing menu item in edit mode. For me today, the sharing tab thing is not in the edit mode. Did it move somewhere else? I am stumped.
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Aug 6, 2018 04:03
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crestfallen posted:We have a Plex pass. We use the feature where you set up a user and tag stuff to share with it — the sharing menu item in edit mode. did not move.
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Aug 6, 2018 04:24
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Super weird then. I guess I’ll restart the server and/or my computer and see if that does anything.
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Aug 6, 2018 04:35
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Plex on my Shield TV now has a grid view for live TV. Thank god
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Aug 6, 2018 18:21
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crestfallen posted:Super weird then. I guess I’ll restart the server and/or my computer and see if that does anything. User selection. 2 users exist:  Sharing configuration. Share by this label:  Edit screen for a movie. No sharing thing widget exists:  It's weird.
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Aug 7, 2018 00:01
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and you are logging into N right? that is the only one that could set the sharing
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Aug 7, 2018 00:33
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derk posted:and you are logging into N right? that is the only one that could set the sharing I was super hopeful it was an overly aggressive ad blocking extension, but no dice there. I'll leave this open for a couple days and do some more Googling too. Might end up having to just nuke it and reinstall everything.
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Aug 7, 2018 00:46
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crestfallen posted:Rebooted the server and my computer. Still don't see the sharing area. Plex server is up to date. Account correctly shows that I have a Plex pass. I turned all my browser extensions off just to make sure, that didn't do anything either. Here are some screens to demonstrate:    
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Aug 7, 2018 00:47
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So I was looking for a file that got misplaced and noticed I had a giant download in my Plex TV Shows directory that didn't belong there. Made me wonder how many files are in my directories that Plex skipped (because they aren't media files, or couldn't find information, or it was a Movie in the TV Shows directory, etc) Is there any way to audit that? Look for files in my directories that aren't tied to a Plex entry?
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Aug 7, 2018 13:45
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Medullah posted:So I was looking for a file that got misplaced and noticed I had a giant download in my Plex TV Shows directory that didn't belong there. Made me wonder how many files are in my directories that Plex skipped (because they aren't media files, or couldn't find information, or it was a Movie in the TV Shows directory, etc) If you install the WebTools addon one of the tools does exactly that. Also one for missing subtitles, though I think the Subzero addon does a better job with those (not to mention subtitles in general).
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Aug 7, 2018 14:08
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Does anyone use a plex plugin that will turn a youtube channel into the closet thing to a tv show possible? What I'd consider the minimum is: * Be able to subscribe to a channel and have it show up as a linked series * Be able to have a watched/unwatched status on the individual videos in the series Nice to have: * Be able to sync the videos to a mobile device with plex pass. What I'm doing now is running youtube-dl on a separate library per play list but it's kinda heavy load to add one. (Make the directory, set up youtube-dl in a cron job to check, add the library to plex, tell it to sync to the device.)
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Aug 7, 2018 14:34
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Ixian posted:If you install the WebTools addon one of the tools does exactly that. Also one for missing subtitles, though I think the Subzero addon does a better job with those (not to mention subtitles in general). PERFECT thanks! 25gb ISO file in there 
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Aug 7, 2018 15:12
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After Plex redesigned the UI on the Android app, I can't get the "Only Unwatched" filter to stick. Go to All Movies, set the filter, change to Shows, go back to Movies and it has been reset. I'm 99% sure the filter setting worked in the previous layout. Is it just me doing something wrong?
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Aug 7, 2018 20:37
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If I'm migrating from a single Kodi to Plex and I want to sync "watched" status, is the easiest way to get a Trakt account and link it to both then kill it?
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Aug 10, 2018 02:30
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Hed posted:If I'm migrating from a single Kodi to Plex and I want to sync "watched" status, is the easiest way to get a Trakt account and link it to both then kill it? Yep
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Aug 10, 2018 02:36
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Is there a good way to add metadata about what kind of media a movie comes from? Like, "this is ripped from the 2013 US Bluray?"
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Aug 12, 2018 00:55
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So I'm a long time XBMC/Kodi user who is trying out Plex. I'm using an Nvidia Shield as my server that streams content from a network share. Last night I was playing a movie that has 7.1 audio and I kept getting a message that I didn't have enough resources to play the file. Another movie with 5.1 sound works just fine. I did some reading and it seems that in most cases, the 16GB of space on the device may not be enough. Would adding an SD card to handle temp storage help fix this?
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Aug 12, 2018 14:17
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The Plex apps on iOS/tvOS seem like garbage... click "Play" and nothing happens, or if I restart the Plex server it might stream then pause or put up a spinner at random intervals. My server is a multicore Xeon and the apple TV is on the (wired) LAN. Is that to be expected?
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Aug 12, 2018 22:11
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Hed posted:The Plex apps on iOS/tvOS seem like garbage... click "Play" and nothing happens, or if I restart the Plex server it might stream then pause or put up a spinner at random intervals. My server is a multicore Xeon and the apple TV is on the (wired) LAN. Is that to be expected? Nah, should play almost right away.
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Aug 12, 2018 22:18
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Hed posted:The Plex apps on iOS/tvOS seem like garbage... click "Play" and nothing happens, or if I restart the Plex server it might stream then pause or put up a spinner at random intervals. My server is a multicore Xeon and the apple TV is on the (wired) LAN. Is that to be expected? My Apple TV app works flawlessly.
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Aug 13, 2018 01:07
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Hed posted:The Plex apps on iOS/tvOS seem like garbage... click "Play" and nothing happens, or if I restart the Plex server it might stream then pause or put up a spinner at random intervals. My server is a multicore Xeon and the apple TV is on the (wired) LAN. Is that to be expected? Nope, something is hosed with your Plex set up. Is your server transcoding? Are you accessing your content remotely? Or local network?
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Aug 13, 2018 01:15
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I'm thinking of adding some more smart TVs with Plex to the house, but would, in certain circumstances, want to be able to access my DirecTV for streaming / recorded video. Is there a guide somewhere on either setting up the IR blaster / capture configuration to make it available as a "channel" or similar for Plex? Or is there a way to do this with software & networking?
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Aug 13, 2018 16:10
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FunOne posted:I'm thinking of adding some more smart TVs with Plex to the house, but would, in certain circumstances, want to be able to access my DirecTV for streaming / recorded video. Just get receivers. You're gonna drive yourself crazy making something that sort of works.
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Aug 13, 2018 16:17
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TheScott2K posted:Just get receivers. You're gonna drive yourself crazy making something that sort of works. The hope was I could rig something up for the handful of times I want to be able to get a hockey game onto this TV. Otherwise I gotta pay DirecTV another loving receiver fee, remote, cable, etc.
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Aug 13, 2018 16:26
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Do you get DirecTV NOW as part of your physical subscription? If so, pick up a cheap STB like a Roku Xpress and use the app on that. It's not the fastest thing on earth, but when I messed around with it it didn't seem bad.
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Aug 13, 2018 16:34
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FunOne posted:The hope was I could rig something up for the handful of times I want to be able to get a hockey game onto this TV. Otherwise I gotta pay DirecTV another loving receiver fee, remote, cable, etc. Have you looked into third party app logins?
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Aug 13, 2018 16:35
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Matt Zerella posted:Have you looked into third party app logins? Fox Sports streaming is either live or replay. No DVR functionality (last year when I checked) on those games. Maybe they fixed it?
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Aug 13, 2018 19:20
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FunOne posted:Fox Sports streaming is either live or replay. No DVR functionality (last year when I checked) on those games. Maybe they fixed it? No idea. I doubt they offer their own dvr tho.
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Aug 13, 2018 19:22
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I've found that after switching from Kodi to Plex, a lot of my old (~10 years) 1080p encodes are all pixellated and don't play properly in Plex. What's the deal with that?
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Aug 16, 2018 02:10
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wolfbiker posted:I've found that after switching from Kodi to Plex, a lot of my old (~10 years) 1080p encodes are all pixellated and don't play properly in Plex. What's the deal with that? Plex transcodes server-side. Kodi transcodes client-side. There are too many variables to answer your question (how are the videos encoded to begin with, what server are you running PMS on, what client are you using for playback, and so on) but the basic answer is Plex is probably not direct-playing the videos and that could be your PMS server, client, or both.
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Aug 16, 2018 02:55
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Could also be these 10 year old rips are from the before-fore time when some people were still doing weird poo poo like releasing 1080p Xvid rips.
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Aug 16, 2018 03:03
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TheScott2K posted:Could also be these 10 year old rips are from the before-fore time when some people were still doing weird poo poo like releasing 1080p Xvid rips. Yeah, run Media Info or GSpot on the files and screenshot what comes up.
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