+ Top FAQs with Plex - for more help please check the WIKI.
- How do I add internet video such as TED, YouTube, CNET etc?
- Internet sources are added using the App Store found in the Applications menu. See the following screencast for more info. vimeo.com/3315184
- One of the plug-ins has stopped working.
- If a plug-in stops working, it’s likely that the structure of the site changed. This doesn’t happen very frequently with most sites, but it’s a definite possibility. When this occurs, an entity we call the “Campfire Robot” springs into action automatically and tracks us down to let us know, and shortly thereafter we can push an update. As such, if a site stops working, the best thing to do is to check the App Store for updates. If you have automatic updates turned on, check your install history to see if an update got installed while you were getting coffee.
- I don’t see the Applications Menu Item.
- If you previously used v5 of Plex we suggest deleting the folder called Plex found in ~/Library/Application Support/. Many things have changed and a fresh install will ensure the best performance with Plex.
- How do I make Movies and TV Shows show up in their respective areas with poster art, plot info, etc?
- View this screencast for more info vimeo.com/2758185
Release 0.5.20: Progress is the opposite of Congress
*** Hold off on this release for now, there’s something borked with the settings ***
First of all, I want to make a big shout out to our forum members (citizens of Plexville). We just passed 10,000 posts, and we’re just a hair’s breadth away from 2,000 members. It’s a friendly, productive, helpful community, and we like it that way. A warm welcome to the new members, and a sincere thanks to everyone who helps out, we couldn’t do it without you!
We’ve been busy working on some awesome new features for the upcoming 0.7 development version, but we wanted to step away for a moment and fix some of the lingering bugs in the 0.5 series before we declare it stable. You can find the download on the home page or via Sparkle, as soon as I update the appcast.
- NEW: We now turn off the backlight on displays that are blanked, many thanks to James. I hear the sound of happy Mac users rejoicing.
- NEW: The menu button brings up shutdown menu instead of just exiting, as requested, holding play zooms into photos, and holding menu returns to normal zoom. Also, the escape key has been made to act just like the menu button on the remote. Thanks to Isaac for these improvements!
- NEW: Added the ability to cycle through the available displays. This works in windowed or full-screen modes, and you can use the new ?-Shift-? and ?-Shift-? keyboard accelerators to do it. Fun! Plus, ever time I connect things in XCode’s Interface Builder, I get little shivers of pleasure.
- FIX: Weather conditions are correctly localized (thanks, Enrique!)
- FIX: James fixed a small bug with the display brightness setting.
- FIX: The audio device is now saved and restored correctly in all cases. Seriously.
- FIX: The problem affecting video with some LOL releases (and others) has been fixed (thanks to elupus for the fix to ffmpeg).
- FIX: A rare bug causing a crash when blanking displays (thanks, Enrique!)
Since Isaac has made tweaks to the keymap and advanced settings, unless you’re an expert user who has made your own edits, you’ll want to delete advancedsettings.xml and Keymap.xml from ~/Library/Application Support/Plex/userdata/ so that the new defaults can be installed.
As usual, we’ve also pulled fixes from the XBMC code, including shoutcast fixes by the ever-productive vulkanr, the latest scrapers, the usual assortment of brilliant stuff by jmarshall, and more (RTMP fixes, etc.). I also pulled r15344 as requested by chitz.
This is a photo of Barkley with his brother (i.e. littermate)Johann. We met him by chance at the dog park we used to frequent in Pasadena after noticing the striking resemblance.
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LOL his brother. Hey Elan a dl link would be nice
The download link is on the http://www.plexapp.com main page. You can also use Sparkle auto-update. I’m just editing it on the wiki.
Ah gotcha, I was looking at the wiki that’s why I didn’t see it.
Ouch. This release borks my keymapping completely. Crashes instantly on trying to enter any of the settings menus except for ‘Skin’.
OK, crap, there is an issue with a new setting. Stay tuned for a new release shortly.
that’s what happens when you skip migueld testing™
BTW I’m loving the new cycle-display keyboard shortcuts. Nice work
It is ok. Turn off the backlight on displays that are blanked it is cool, but when i exit display is still black. Plex doesn’t turn on the blacklight.
And my receiver still can’t accept the dd5.1 from PLex.
Anyway thanks for this new and awesome release.
Another top release elan et al. With my iMac connected to an HDTV, I think it would be useful to be able to turn off backlight displays automatically on video playback only.
Is this possible?
@rickler: Does your iMac backlight actually turn off or is the brightness just set to the minimum value? BTW, there’s a topic for this in the forums: http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=1357&view=findpost&p=10500
Hmm. I have updated (via Sparkle) and when I press Menu when in the root in Plex, the Shutdown Menu does not appear. It just quits as earlier.
Also, I dont know what you mean by backlight now being off, but when I have my iMac screen as blanked, its still greyish (like its light shinning behind it still).
@Atrus: You need to whack the Keymap.xml for that change to take effect.
still seems to have incredibly quiet analogue audio output on my mac mini (core2duo 1.83ghz).
vlc, quicktime, mplayer etc; are deafening with the mac at full volume and the monitor at full volume; plex is audible and thats about it.
i’ve checked and volume is set to 0.0db using “=” key and menu option, the only movement is down - which does decrease the volume even more.
hi guys.. my plex appear with a blue screen when i see movies..
@marcelo come over to the forums http://forums.plexapp.com and discuss this. there are many people there willing to help!