Hi all. I have another suggestion that would be greatly appreciated.
We don’t all have an enterprise-grade server for our Plex Media Servers to run on. Some of us use old hardware, some of us use a NAS with a Plex app, and others may use a Raspberry Pi with an SSD connected. When we add files to our media servers, features such as automatic intro and credit detection can be very resource-intensive across different hardware. As mentioned in another feature suggestion, my server has been detecting intros and credits for the past three days following a rebuild. My hardware isn’t anything special, running a meagre Intel Core i5 9th-gen processor with 32GB of RAM, so the fans have been screaming this whole time while it processes the current jobs.
My request is simple. Active Hours.
Active Hours would be a feature that allows users to tell the server to pause any current jobs within a specified timeframe and resume them at a more suitable time. Active Hours will allow the hardware to rest when processing many jobs and keep things quiet during daytime operations, especially for those of us who share a room with our servers. Additionally, a feature like Active Hours can significantly reduce stress on hardware, prolonging its lifespan and keeping temperatures down for both the hardware and the rooms where it is kept.
What are your thoughts? Is this a feature that you would also make use of in your own PMS? Please upvote and discuss.
