Will there ever be a linux supported player?
See the build/version info at the top of the thread.
I stumbled on a rather big problem when using dual monitors. I usually keep the Plex HTPC on the second monitor, which has a 2k resolution and the main one is a Macbook Pro 15’’.
If I use the dual setup, the FPS is constant and it works just fine on either monitors, however, when I remove the monitor, the FPS drops significantly on Macbook, even though the playback information shows the same value for FPS. Tried playing around with the settings, lowering the quality of the video, but I didn’t found a fix for this. Any thoughts?
// Later edit: it seems as if Plex remembers the 2k resolution and tries to match it when using only the Macbook, which causes stuttering/fps drops.
Another user posted similar experiences 6 days ago and one reply suggested that this is an issue with the automatic graphics switching. Since you didn’t mention which MBP you are using across the 16 years of computers with that name, I’m going to assume that you are using one with a discrete GPU where every model that I know of requires the discrete GPU when you are using an external monitor and can use the integrated one when only using the internal display. So it seems likely your problem is the graphics switching (as also mentioned previously in this thread).
Under Settings > Layout I only see Auto and TV and both gives me same result. Is there a way I can revert back to original version please?
Also didn’t notice Download option, it isn’t available for Linux HTPC?
There => Plex HTPC for Mac, Windows, and Linux - #11 by Moussa you can download the linux version. The install instructions are in the first post of this thread.
Oh, didn’t mean that. I am already using Linux HTPC but Downloads feature isn’t available there so wanted to confirm if it’s available.
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One of the option i miss from the original PHT & then Open PHT is the ability to open plex using the menu button on the remote(i use a harmony, but also worked on the apple remote back then!) Would be nice to have this functionality back!
Otherwise this seems to be working great on my 2014 mac mini, the odd time when i play a movie (first one of the evening) i get a black screen, but if i press fast forward, it seems to work fine after & for all following movies.
I’ve got it sorted on my Harmony 650.
I just created a windows key for it in the Harmony software and assigned it to one button next to the screen.
I’ve also got Flirc and could have done it that way too.
i’m not sure if thats possible on a mac, i’ll have to dig into it!
USB Flirc will do it as well and it plays nicely with Plex and my 650. I really need to make more use of its mapping abilities.
I think what you are asking for is Plex for Linux which is not yet released anywhere (but will be soon). The old Plex Media Player application had two interfaces which caused a bunch of issues (especially when users didn’t know how to find the toggle and complained they wanted the other one). To resolve this, the application has been split into two (as described in the announcement thread which is linked in the first post of this thread). This thread is centered around the HTPC app.
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Sounds interesting… did I miss a post about this, any more info on it’s positioning ? eg. is it supposed to be a Linux equivalent of Plex for Windows ?
I’m fairly certain it was mentioned tangentially in this thread somewhere.
Yes.
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Any possibility we could see the shutdown options at the exit screen enabled/disabled with toggles/buttons in settings like Kodi does.
I know a few people have mentioned it before. Personally, I would only want Exit on the exit screen and having a toggle for the options would help ?
I know this is a side project and there are core functions taking the focus as it should be but thought I’d raise it.
Does Plex HTPC support HDR on MacOS or Windows?
I know its not possible on Linux just yet.
Linux Mint has a Debian version which i installed tonight. Will Plex-HTPC run on it? I installed Plex-HTPC on it and it won’t launch where as it worked ok on LM Ubuntu.
My System Info https://termbin.com/2xh9
I feel pretty dumb asking, but I’m not that familiar with snaps. Can somebody please post how to install plex-htpc in linux? I’m currently using ubuntu 21.10 and will be switching to 22.04 soon. I downloaded the snap 1.14.1 snap package. I see the script, I copied the contents of the script into a file and made it executable. when I execute the script it says :
error: cannot install zero snaps
error: snap “plex-desktop” is not installed
error: snap “plex-desktop” is not installed
error: snap “plex-desktop” is not installed
error: snap “plex-desktop” is not installed
error: snap “plex-desktop” is not installed
I’m sure it’s something simple. I tried browsing through this thread but didn’t find an answer. Was hoping somebody could post quick what i’m missing or doing wrong…
I found a post on reddit that solved it for me. In case anyone else was wondering.
Just put it in an install.sh and run it. (sudo ./install.sh plex-htpc.snap) 
Can you share your logs?
(Is your Linux Mint install up to date?)
Just wanted to post a follow-up.
- System
I was able to reproduce it now on my 1080p (Windows) system as well. The reason why I have not recognized it in the first place was due to VRAM being filled first. On the 4K - AMD Apu - setup the 2Gb VRAM where filled relatively quickly and then system memory was used. On my main rig (1080p Setup) the GPU has 8Gb of VRAM - so I never was able to reproduce it as easily, but indeed the VRAM fills (Yes all 8Gb!) to the same extent and then swaps over to main memory. The logs do not give any hint why. So VRAM is not flushed correctly or is there a memory leak somewhere?
- Lua
I was under the impression that Lua works but somehow it does not. No matter if I use the build-in mpv-1.dll or my own one - it loads the script but somehow Plex HTPC is not using it. What I have done is I added scripts=c:\path\to\script.lua to the mpv.conf and hoped it would work.
The Plex HTPC logs won´t state anything regarding Lua scripts being loaded. Whereas the mpv-log (log-file=c:\path\to\plex-htpc-mpv-log.txt added to the mpv.conf) would state that the script has been loaded successfully - but it’s simply not working. Unfortunately, mpv is not very verbose about lua scripts. So I used the mpv lua test hook script (https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/TOOLS/lua/test-hooks.lua), which simply prints out some info about the state of mpv while playing a video, to see if the lua scripts would work at all. The same thing - the mpv-log only states that the script has been loaded but nothing else. When the standalone mpv player is used the log is full of “test-hook lua” messages.
So this was probably a placebo that I thought it would work. It never had. I mean in the standalone version of mpv the script works perfectly but just not in Plex HTPC. Sorry for the misinformation!
- Log verbosity
Since Version 1.14 the log verbosity is reduced quite a bit. Many useful mpv Infos are missing. Is there a reason why?
