Plex Media Server works very well, it's just setting up your database that's the pain in the ass. Really, if you have a Roku3, why not use a flash drive as mentioned, or a powered external hard drive? That is, if editing your database is too onerous. I did that once early on and what little editing I had done to that point was screwed.
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I have since then resisted the temptation to update. Again, it helps to follow the recommendations on the Plex website on naming conventions and syntax. It took a few hours to fix everything, but it's done.
#PLEX MEDIA PLAYER ROKU PLUS#
I have nearly 600 movies cataloged, plus a helluva lot of captures, documentaries, music. For really stubborn ones, you have to delete *all* the bogus fields (director, year released, everything) and re-enter. This won't invariably solve the problem, just reduce its incidence.
#PLEX MEDIA PLAYER ROKU MOVIE#
If it's a movie for which there's an original *and* a remake (Red Dawn, Conan the Barbarian, etc), append the year to the title. Then carefully rename the file, paying attention to the recommended syntax. Best in that case to move the file to another, unshared location and rescan the database, then delete the "trash". Yeah, it's a bastard when it misidentifies a file and your edits won't "take". Now the question: Is there an alternative media server, compatible with Roku, that does not require the sophistication of a technically proficient person to use? Thank you for your attention.ĭunno of anything better than Plex for the Roku. By the way, after the application's built-in Uninstaller, there are left behind some 30,000 files, not to mention the hundreds of registry ones. I, a short while ago, installed the latest update. When a file is properly identified and selected, I must say, PMS works. It fails to catalogue files definitely on my computer, incorrectly identifies music files, for instance, as movie ones, misnames files, displays totally unrelated posters for files that then require a one by one search to locate, displays files not on my computer, does not save changes I make, despite assuring me it has, and so on. PMS has a number of defects and deficiencies, as I'm certain many of you already know about, but in my experience with it, it is often sorely confused.
Wanting to expand streaming to include downloads and other files on my computer, I installed Plex Media Server. It works very well with all streaming channels to which I subscribe. This is my first post, so if I flub accepted form, or protocol, please advise me of same so I may correct it in future.
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