Server Version#: 1.41.3.9314
Player Version#: 4.145.0
PMS is being setup on an Armbian Odroid C2.
cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 24.11.3 bookworm"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.armbian.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.armbian.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://www.armbian.com/bugs"
ARMBIAN_PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 24.11.3 bookworm"
After building a new server for a friend, I noticed a lot of invalid '-Plex-Device' header value in the Plex Media Server.log file. I first thought it was because the server was configured incorrectly, specifically a device name mismatch. However maybe this is an issue with how aarch64 systems add a hex 00 (null) to the end of “device”?
Here is what I am seeing in the Plex Media Server.log.
First lets look at the output of Plex Media Server.log using xxd:
00000050: 342d 6130 6266 6238 3337 3020 2d20 4465 4-a0bfb8370 - De
00000060: 6269 616e 2047 4e55 2f4c 696e 7578 2048 bian GNU/Linux H
00000070: 6172 646b 6572 6e65 6c20 4f44 524f 4944 ardkernel ODROID
00000080: 2d43 3200 2061 6172 6368 3634 202d 2062 -C2. aarch64 - b.
forth character of the last line is hex 00.
Next using VI there is a “^@” (hex 00) in a couple of lines. See the following:
Feb 08, 2025 16:45:02.455 [281473128534240] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.41.3.9314-a0bfb8370 - Debian GNU/Linux Hardkernel ODROID-C2^@ aarch64 - build: linux-aarch64 debian - GMT -06:00
Feb 08, 2025 16:45:03.044 [281473124315360] ERROR - [MediaProviderManager] [HttpHeader] invalid '-Plex-Device' header value (Hardkernel ODROID-C2^@)
Feb 08, 2025 16:45:04.452 [281473089233120] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Job running: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/CrashUploader "--directory=/mnt/hdd/plex/Plex Media Server/Crash Reports/1.41.3.9314-a0bfb8370" --version=1.41.3.9314-a0bfb8370 --platform=Linux "--platformVersion=12 (bookworm)" --serverUuid=7213d1cee25d96ec20c4e99adae04b0eb0c7a49e --userId=kylef557@gmail.com --sentryUrl=https://o17675.ingest.sentry.io/api/1233455/ --sentryKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "--vendor=Debian GNU/Linux" --model=aarch64 '--device=Hardkernel ODROID-C2^@'
I have attached Plex Media Server.log file for ODROID-C2 here:
Plex Media Server.log (133.5 KB)
I am not sure how this all gets into PMS, but I feel like this issue might originate as follows.
xxd /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model
00000000: 4861 7264 6b65 726e 656c 204f 4452 4f49 Hardkernel ODROI
00000010: 442d 4332 00 D-C2.
Last character is hex 00. It feels like this extra “00” value is being read in by PMS and cause device setting issues.
On an x86_64 machine the otput is different as product_name has hex 0a which is line feed, I guess.
xxd /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name
00000000: 4f44 524f 4944 2d48 340a ODROID-H4.
PMS on ODROID-H4 doesn’t seem to have any issue with ‘X-Plex-Device’. Repeating the steps above and using VI to output the first line of Plex Media Server.log, notice that it doesn’t contain a “^@” character
Feb 08, 2025 17:05:08.781 [140195255012152] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.41.3.9314-a0bfb8370 - Debian GNU/Linux HARDKERNEL ODROID-H4 x86_64 - build: linux-x86_64 debian - GMT -06:00
Here is the full log for ODROID-H4:
ODROID-H4 Plex Media Server.log (120.5 KB)
