I'm in a musical rut for sure, Tidal is the obvious solution because it integrates with Plex. What plan do you use (if you do)? I use PlexAmp all the time, have a lifetime pro subscription for plex. I prefer high quality but not sure about that $19/month pricetag...

In this guide I will explain how to add edition tags to movies or alter already existing ones. This guide assumes you have access to the plex database.

Limitations

While this solution enables anyone to add/remove edition tags that will show up in any app/website that supports them. Some features are still be restricted to PlexPass subscribers such as displaying other editions on the movie details page.

Method

1. Identify your plex database location.

Generally your database should be located here: [Plex data directory]/Plug-in Support/Databases. But depending on your system [Plex data directory] will be different. Here is a list of common directories.

2. Identify your plex binary location.

This might be a little more difficult as there is no nice pre-made list as there is with the data-directory. Try googling a little. In my case the path is /volume3/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Server, since I installed plex in Volume 3 on my Synology.

If you are unable to locate your plex binary you may still be able to continue if you have sqlite3 installed on your system. Though I have not tested this solution.

3. Connecting to the database

Open your terminal and make sure you can access the plex binary. If your plex binary is on a server or in a docker container you may have to access it using ssh. In my case I have to use ssh: ssh Quark95@123.69.10.420.

You may have to enable ssh access on your system.

Now we can connect to the database using SQLite. The command will look like this: "[Plex binary path]" --sqlite "[Plex Data directory]/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db".

Alternatively you could try sqlite3 "[Plex Data directory]/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"

And for reference my command looks like this: "/volume3/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Server" --sqlite "/volume3/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"

Now a prompt should appear that looks like this:

sqlite>

4. Finding IDs

Now you'll need to find the ID of the movie(s) you want to edit. To do this, find the movie in your plex library on desktop, in the ... menu select Get Info and press View XML. In the XML file that opens you'll find the id as a string here: <Video ratingKey="108014". Where in this case 108014 is the id.

5. Editing the database

Before you continue I must warn you that editing the database in this way is not supported and if done incorrectly, can in a worst case scenario corrupt the plex database. However, as we are doing only minor changes, I feel it is relatively safe.

Here are some examples of common commands I've found useful: Remember to change <your movie id>, <old tag> and <new tag> or you may get an error.

• Add/edit edition tag for a single item: UPDATE metadata_items SET edition_title = "<new tag>" WHERE id = <your movie id>;
• Add/edit tag for a list of items: UPDATE metadata_items SET edition_title = "<new tag>" WHERE id in (<your movie id>, <your movie id>, <your movie id>);
• Edit all instances of a tag from <old tag> to <new tag>: UPDATE metadata_items SET edition_title = "<New tag>" WHERE edition_title = "<old tag>";

That's it!

-- Quark95 🖖🏻

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/679471

Not sure the best place to ask this.

I have a DS420J 4 bay NAS, primarily used for my Plex server and data backups (among a few other things). I currently have 8x6x6 TB Iron Wolf NAS drives in a single volume with SRH and an extra 1 TB SSD JBOD. I have my Plex app and metadata stored on the SSD due to the increased performance I have seen vs. having it installed on the large pool (7200 RPM cap). I am sitting at about 85% used storage of my available 10.8 TB on the primary volume. As such, I am pre-planning my next storage upgrade and am curious about my options while staying with the current hardware. The future plan will be a NAS upgrade, but this little beast has been chugging along so perfectly I want to push it as far as I can.

If I was to remove the 1 TB drive and replace it with another 8 TB Iron Wolf, I would jump to 20 TB available storage. https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator?hdds=6%20TB%7C6%20TB%7C8%20TB%7C8%20TB This increase would last me for quite some time ahead of a full NAS upgrade with more bays. In order to do this, I would obviously need to remove the 1 TB SSD to be replaced by the new drive. I have na external enclosure for this drive that can connect over USB to the NAS.

My question: I am finding somewhat conflicting information on how external drives are intended to be used/what their capabilities are when connected to the USB 3.2 port. It seems the intended functionality for backups (which makes sense). Am I able to utilize a USB connected drive and have it function in a similar manner to it being internal? Are you able to install apps from the Package Center to an external drive? Create volumes? I assume there will be some performance degradation due to the translation from SATA to USB, then back to SATA, but I anticipate the SSD will still perform better than adding the app back to the main pool. I just don’t know if I am potentially missing something with my evaluation. Those that have more experience with USB connected drive with their NAS, I would love to hear your experience. Thanks!

Hey guys, I've used plex in my home for a while but decided to share my collection with a friend. It seems that even when I can get plex to do a direct stream, it still transcodes the audio and he only gets 7.1 channel audio instead of dolby atmos.

Any idea what setting I've got wrong? The file I tested was one I had ran through handbrake, ensuring that I left passthru enabled.

Nowadays I'm practically using plexamp far more often than I watch my own video content on Plex. I started using Plex for music about 6 months ago and plexamp has been such a powerhouse of a music app in ways I never expected. I really appreciate the specific DJs they give you with sonic analysis. I've realized it's also made me enjoy buying CDs again, which are especially cheap these days!

I currently use an Ubuntu distro (Mint) with Plex installed serving media to my local network. I installed docker last night so I can test out some photo hosting services.

Is there a benefit to running Plex through docker vs the traditional method?

This was originally posted by u/studioleaks on r/PleX but wanted to copy it across in case the subreddit doesn’t come back out of private. Without further ado…

so, this is what you do and bare with me…i struggled until i got this to work…so, this guide will be done using docker

1- before you touch docker, create a text 3 files in notepad titled (config.yml , movies.yml , tv.yml)

2- create a folder called plex meta manager whatever you like

3- place the 3 yml files in that folder

4- download latest docker for plex meta manager

5- to go to your docker and launch the container, go to advance settings, go to volume and select the plex meta manager folder you selected, then the box next to it type “/config/”

6- type in your PUID and PGID (i usually use 1000 for both but do you) and type your TZ

your done for docker, now for the fun stuff, open your config file with any text editor, there is many config files but i will give you what i use

7- paste this into your config.yml but replace all the xxxx with your own info https://pastebin.com/ituvJWdF for trakt just fill the first two boxes and the rest will be filled automatically …also remember to use the correct path names for your library

Note: you might have seen in most guides the reference to - git: meisnate12/MovieCharts , ignore it because for some reason this git shit ruins my setup, just follow my steps if you are noob like me

8- paste this into your movie.yml https://pastebin.com/E62fVjcc which will generate movies collections for all the oscars winning movies, best movies via RT for the years selected, trending movies, popular movies

Note: the lines you see with “#” you need to remove the “#”, the reason i have it is because i already ran the code once for these years and I don’t to waste 30 mins to run every time, i assume there is a better way to do it but imma noob…run it once without the # then return the #

9- paste this into your tv.yml https://pastebin.com/jCY7eUwU, this will give you trending shows, popular shows, and best new shows of 2021

AND YOU ARE DONE !

go to docker container for plex meta manager, double click…go to terminal…go to create…“launch with command” and enter

python plex_meta_manager.py -r

now if you followed everything, the script will run…keep in mind it will run daily at 3 am, this is just to kickstart things…there is many many ways to customize this some more, but for now lets stick with this

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 EnigmaNL@feddit.nl

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.