Version 1.23.2.4656
Plex-1.31.1.2262-74fdc6b7
about a month ago I opened an issue on GITHub stating that after updating to the windows media player Plex-1.31.1.2262-74fdc6b7 using Plex has been a problem. The CPU rate is high, the system takes a long time to respond to any commands to pause, fast forward, rewind or stop when playing shows/movies. It was suggested that we try HTPC but that had its own issues. I just saw on another topic that there was not any plans to update the media players and that HTPC was the new direction. I would like to get an older version of the windows Media player that i can reinstall since i did not have these issues before and the current situation is very frustrating.
HTPC replaces PMP.
PfW/PfM live on.
What does your media look like?:
https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download
Something like ‘this’ would go a long way to providing a shortcut to a solution:
General
Unique ID : 13513756966217284953892817004950238903 (0xA2AA7A8DA585BD2E8558C82F340B6B7)
Complete name : G:\1960s\Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966) [1080p x265]\Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966) [1080p x265].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 1.75 GiB
Duration : 1 h 53 min
Overall bit rate : 2 196 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2021-03-24 07:22:59
Writing application : Lavf58.54.100
Writing library : Lavf58.54.100
ErrorDetectionType : Per level 1
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L4@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 1 h 53 min
Bit rate : 1 960 kb/s
Width : 1 800 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 5:3
Frame rate mode : Variable
Original frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Stream size : 1.56 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x265 3.3+4-rarbg-30eb4de83092:[Linux][GCC 8.3.1][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings : cpuid=1111039 / frame-threads=4 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1800x1080 / interlace=0 / total-frames=0 / level-idc=0 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=4 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / open-gop / min-keyint=23 / keyint=250 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=4 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=25 / lookahead-slices=4 / scenecut=40 / hist-scenecut=0 / radl=0 / no-splice / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=2 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=3 / limit-refs=3 / limit-modes / me=3 / subme=3 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / no-frame-dup / no-hme / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / no-sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=4 / selective-sao=0 / no-early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=1.00 / no-rd-refine / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=abr / bitrate=2000 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=2 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=3 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=2 / transfer=2 / colormatrix=2 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / hist-threshold=0.01 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr10 / no-hdr10-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / no-idr-recovery-sei / analysis-reuse-level=0 / analysis-save-reuse-level=0 / analysis-load-reuse-level=0 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=1 / refine-ctu-distortion=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-analysis-type=0 / copy-pic=1 / max-ausize-factor=1.0 / no-dynamic-refine / no-single-sei / no-hevc-aq / no-svt / no-field / qp-adaptation-range=1.00 / no-scenecut-aware-qpconformance-window-offsets / right=0 / bottom=0
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Matrix coefficients : Identity
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1 h 53 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 156 MiB (9%)
Writing library : Lavc58.105.100 ac3_fixed
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
As would a clue about what the server is running on.
Media
Duration 59:54
Bitrate 3669 kbps
Width 704
Height 480
Aspect Ratio 1.78
Video Resolution 480p
Container MPEGTS
Video Frame Rate NTSC
Video Profile main
Part
Duration 59:54
File The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) - S03E03 - Water’s Edge.ts
Size 1.54 GB
Container MPEGTS
Packet Length 188
Video Profile main
Codec MPEG2VIDEO
Bitrate 3285 kbps
Anamorphic true
Bit Depth 8
Chroma Location left
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Closed Captions 1
Coded Height 480
Coded Width 704
Color Range tv
Frame Rate 29.97 fps
Height 480
Level 8
Pixel Aspect Ratio 40:33
Profile main
Ref Frames 1
Scan Type interlaced
Stream Identifier 256
Width 704
Display Title 480i (MPEG2VIDEO)
Extended Display Title 480i (MPEG2VIDEO)
Codec AC3
Channels 2
Bitrate 192 kbps
Language English
Audio Channel Layout stereo
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Stream Identifier 257
Display Title English (AC3 Stereo)
Extended Display Title English (AC3 Stereo)
Codec AC3
Channels 2
Bitrate 192 kbps
Language Español
Audio Channel Layout stereo
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Stream Identifier 258
Display Title Español (AC3 Stereo)
Extended Display Title Español (AC3 Stereo)
Codec EIA_608
Embedded In Video 1
Stream Identifier 256
Display Title Unknown (Closed Captions)
Extended Display Title Unknown (Closed Captions)
View XML
So I did see “plex for windows” - Windows 7 SP1 or later (64-bit only)
2.58.0.1076-38e019da" vs just “plex” - Windows 10 or later (64-bit only).
1.31.1.2262-74fdc6b7". I installed “plex for windows” and so far I have not seen any issue. I want to let it go for more than 30 minutes to see if it continues to work.
A’ight…
It should be Direct Playing that video - I just tried one of my own MPEG-2 Streams and all appears to be well with PfW:
If you have any problems, check the Dashboard Details and you may find it transcoding - depending on your server that might be the troublemaker.
Isn’t that what you had before?
I still have PMP installed and have been using Both off and on but Plex for Windows more and have not had any trouble since.
before i just had the Plex for windows installed. Now I have both Plex for windows and Plex media player. The problems went away after installing plex media player.
Ok, just trying to understand. It sounded like you were saying your issue was fixed by installing 1.31.1, which is Plex for Windows, not PMP.
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