Server Version#: 1.19.4.2935 Player Version#: varies Server OS: Windows 10 Pro Players: Firestick app (primary), Android app (secondary), web (rare) Plex User Accounts: 1 (admin) I am having a weird issue with certain media in my library in which Plex can’t remember the location last watched in…

[image] rfehr613: Doesn’t allow starting in the middle of a series or jumping from one episode to the next? Not if you expect Plex to keep track of episodes and put them in On Deck correctly. On Deck starts at the beginning, and continues on, one episode at a time, until the end. If you skip…

It isn’t difficult to code the program to cache the last-watched file, then resume from that point by command. Numerous programs can do this for movies/music/TV. Name any streaming service you can think of and it does it this way (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc). Its absurd for Plex to a…

[image] rfehr613: When you “resume” anything on any platform, the assumption is that you are “resuming” (where you left off). That is true. And that is what Plex is tracking. The difference, and what appears to be happening in your case, is if you skip an episode and watch a different episod…

We aren’t skipping ahead or jumping around on episodes on purpose. We generally watch everything in order, but there are certain scenarios where we might decide to or might need to interrupt that chain: We decide to begin watching the show at a season other than season 1. We came from Netflix & …

Your usage is fine, but the intent of OnDeck was 2 fold. 1 - allow resuming a partially watched episode and to track the next unwatched episode in chronological order, so an episode is not skipped. For most shows, watching things in chronological order is the preferred method. There are exceptions…

Understood. But Plex needs to stop marketing this as a true “resume” feature, because it isn’t at all. Its very misleading. And it is apparently causing playback problems, which is all the more reason to at least change the description to something more accurate. I would submit a feature request…

[image] rfehr613: But Plex needs to stop marketing this as a true “resume” feature I’ve never seen Plex advertise this. Do you have a specific link to something? I’ve seen Plex say things like “resume where you left off”, but that’s mostly to imply finishing a move or episode you started, n…

[image] anon18523487: I’ve never seen Plex advertise this. Do you have a specific link to something? I’ve seen Plex say things like “resume where you left off”, but that’s mostly to imply finishing a move or episode you started, not tracking what is next. That is what I’m saying. “Resume whe…

I guess it’s a difference of interpretation. To me “left off” is where in the series, not my files. If there is an unwatched episode, that to me is where I “left off”. That way I can finish anything I missed. For example, you watch episode 10 of a show. You then go back to episode 5 to look up …

It should play 6, just like any other service on the market today does. If you jump episodes, you lose the old spot. That’s standard practice, which is why I’m so confused that Plex seems to be the only company that doesn’t follow this rule.

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