How do i get plex to use the cover art embedded in my files?

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OK here follows a highly inofficial fix, which may cause your computer to spontaneously catch fire, so tread carefully: :wink:

  1. quit Plex server

  2. go to /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-???????/LocalMedia.bundle/Contents
    in there, edit first the Info.plist file and insert the following

<key>PlexPluginDevMode</key>
<string>1</string>

then edit the Code/helpers.py (create a backup first!)
Use an editor which is aware of proper indenting for Python. If your working platform is Windows, I recommend ‘notepad++’.
and replace the def unicodize(s): (lines 20-30)
with this:

def unicodize(s):
  filename = s
  try: filename = unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', unicode(s.decode('utf-8')))
  except:
    try: filename = unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', unicode(s.decode(sys.getdefaultencoding())))
    except:
      try: filename = unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', unicode(s.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())))
      except:
        try: filename = unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', unicode(s.decode('ISO-8859-1')))
        except:
          try: filename = unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', s)
          except Exception, e:
            Log(type(e).__name__ + ' exception precomposing: ' + str(e))
  try:
    filename = re.sub(RE_UNICODE_CONTROL, '', filename)
  except:
    Log('Couldn\'t strip control characters: ' + filename)
  return filename

These changes are overwritten when you install a new server release.
Let’s hope thse changes are officially confirmed soon and get into an official release.

  1. start Plex Media Server
  2. see if it changes anything for you, especially if the error messages continue or not