Comments on: Release 0.5.19: Fine tuning

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:30:58 +0000

Hi,
I have a MacBook Pro 2009 with a 500GB drive (WDigital, I replaced the 160GB)
I was using Perian to play mkv movies, and yesterday I downloaded Plex to try it out.
But in both every time I play a Mkv file the fans start spinning, I think it’s the fans or maybe the hard drive. But it’s quite a loud whoosh.
Is this normal or playing a mkv file shouldn’t make any sound at all?
Thanks in advance

By: maxrogers

maxrogers — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:12:24 +0000

If anyone also has dropped frame issues with 1080p on a macboook pro, I made a post in the forums about what solved my problems:
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?showtopic=1449

Try it and post your results to see if this is common or if my experience was a fluke…

By: maxrogers

maxrogers — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:56:22 +0000

Maarut,

Something that you should check into (since you have a Macbook Pro like I do) is overheating issues. I was troubled for the longest time by dropping frames with 1080p video etc. I kept trying to figure out why I was having such trouble with some releases and certain files… Then I found out that it was being caused by my laptop overheating!

I solved the issue by keeping my laptop in a cooler place, keeping the lid open, closing all unnecessary programs, and I also installed smcfancontrol to help keep the temps down. I would check to see if that is also your problem. I am willing to bet that the cause of a lot peoples dropped frame issues on macbook pros is overheating…

-maxbox

By: Maarut

Maarut — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:42:37 +0000

Hmm… I’ve found that frame dropping has become noticeably worse in this release. This 1080p video (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/bbc-blue.html) drops frames whereas the previous version didn’t (although Plex says it does when viewing playback information). Any idea why that could be? I’ve not experienced this with any other video. I’m on an 08 MBP with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.

Maarut

By: ihammond

ihammond — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:30:54 +0000

Hi Elan

i ran some tests and i think it was just me..

I ran .5.15 with the skin that came with and it got to 2700rpm

I ran .5.19 with the skin in .5.15 and that got to 2600rpm

I ran .5.19 with the .5.19 skin and it got to 2700rpm

I have not tried the 0.92 Mediastream skin yet though

By: usro3

usro3 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:13:13 +0000

when you expect videomonkey script will be run ok? thnks.

By: elan

elan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:30:35 +0000

I think there might have been a problem introduced by the advancedsettings.xml. Read http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?showtopic=1345&st=0&#entry9284 for more information. Sorry for the trouble!

By: EdBanger

EdBanger — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:20:00 +0000

I have the same problem as Charles is having. I added a few new episodes for 2 shows (Entourage & Weeds), and can’t find a way to get them recognized by the scraper, and added to the library. Other episodes with the exact same naming scheme and in the same folder updated without problems in the previous version.

By: elan

elan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:53:26 +0000

@Charles: I just tossed a new show in (Entourage, I’ve been told it’s good), by adding a new folder, new season folder, and new MKV. When told to scan for new content, it picked it up just fine. Perhaps you want to head to the forums to discuss more with friendly and helpful Plexians?

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:55:17 +0000

I’m having a problem with this release. My library no longer updates my TV shows. I’ve tried manually telling it to update. Restarting the mac completely. Even removing and re-adding the TV source. The source is an SMB share that has (and continues) to work without issue.