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November 13, 2019, 10:19am
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Yes, the same thing happens to me and has been happening for years. There are a couple of threads about it, but no solutions yet (other than I’ve found hiding the app reduces the CPU usage if you’re only listening to music):
Hello Guys,
I don’t know why but very often when I open the Plex Media Player the Fan instantly begins to spin very loud. When I start to watch something it often stops but then begins again when I just browse my Library. Why is that? Is it normal? What I also noticed is that the Player is scanning the TV Section. But since Plex starts to scan the TV Section from it’s own I can’t really do much. but just wait it out and letting my Mac heat up, lol
As seen in the Activity Center Plex Player use…
I have an Intel NUC setup and have noticed major CPU usage by PMP when it is doing nothing. I always leave PMP running on the NUC and just switch the TV off (the NUC also acts as my PMS so I dont have a problem leaving it always on).
I notice this because when I walk into the room in the morning I hear the NUC fan running at 100% . I checked windows task manger and saw PMP using 60%-70% of CPU resources. This happens very often and now I have just decided to close PMP after each use (i dont lik…
