I finally figured out the log location. Here is the relevant bits:
log.txt (35.6 KB)
It looks like it logs this line May 13, 2022 20:45:55.458 [31192] DEBUG - [MPVEngine/CodecFetcher] Fetching h264 and then you hit back 13 seconds later. The result of this attempt to fetch the codec is not present in your logs (presumably you cut it off before it could time out). This is what it is waiting on.
Is there a reason why your client would not be able to talk to plex.tv? I don’t see a single request in the entirety of the log segment you posted. Of course I cannot answer this question for myself because you didn’t include a complete log.
The codec fetching itself is done in a different component and thus logs to a different file. You will find it in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Plex HTPC\Plex Media Server\Logs\
Now that I disabled UHD on HDMI on my Samsung, the app works great. Still have a weird entry vbug where the screen will briefly flash a white box before the Plex logo intro but no longer get the whole screen flashing black on entry and exit.
Love that the audio device setting now sticks.
The selectable UI res works well.
What’s this mean?
Isn’t it a white screen with a black box in the middle? This is one of those we were well aware about but just wasn’t high enough priority. I fixed it yesterday (Qt was responsible) when I was fixing the HDR switching. Though neither is likely to make the cutoff to be apart of the 1.17.0 release.
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On our Samsung TV, you enable UHD within settings for each HDMI port (for 4K HDR).
I have Plex HTPC running on an AMD 2700X to a Denon AVR and then to the Samsung, all via HDMI.
See the link below - not our model TV (ours ls later) but same process.
How to enable HDMI UHD Color in Series 6 4K UHD TV(KU6470)? | Samsung India
If I enable UHD on the TV (passing through 4:4:4 at 60 hz, then I get a black screen flash opening Plex plus the logo animation doesn’t work and when I exit Plex HTPC. I get the same black screen flash.
Appears to be Plex HTPC not handling the screen res.
I’ve tried all sorts of options with colour space, screen res, refresh etc but the only thing that works is turning off UHD on the Samsung.
That then sends a 4:2:0 60 Hz signal to the TV.
I’ve reinstalled from fresh Plex HTPC. Checked on and off every option. Deleted the ini file multiple times after changes.
The black screen flash isn’t a major issue as playback seems OK. It is more a WAF thing.
It could all be user error ofcourse given no one else has seen it.
Note - only happens in fullscreen Plex HTPC mode. So, suspect it is Plex not handling the screen signal being sent.
On mine, it is a black screen with a white box where the Plex logo animation starts. Very brief.
Not a huge deal, again, just an annoyance that doesn’t impact the apps use at all.
Does anyone know when commercial skip will be added?
I went ahead and decided to force the issue by creating a PR (which I see you already discovered): ra_d3d11: corrected VRAM leak. by gbooker · Pull Request #10191 · mpv-player/mpv · GitHub
This seems like a driver issue to me. At this point in the app the only thing that’s going on is an instance of Chromium is loading a page which uses WebGL. Apps shouldn’t care how the data is transferred to the display especially since the parts you are describing (the UI) are using SDR-only. The only thing that HTPC does in relation to the display at this point is read the display modes available but it doesn’t try to change them (because it only does that on playback and only if the pref is set).
It appears to not be on the roadmap at the moment.
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Perhaps. Have done a DDU a few times now, Tried OEM drivers, MS drivers, AMD drivers. Clean install. Only app that ever displays the black screen is Plex HTPC. Fresh Win 10 install.
Doesn’t do it with Emby, Jellyfin, VLC, WMP all in full screen. Just with Plex HTPC.
No problem once in the player, all video plays fine.
I’ll live with it.
Edit - Nvidia guys having similar issue a while back (including with HTPC). The Windows client runs at around 20-30fps ? My display and Windows is set to run 60 fps. Well, the display runs higher but will take what Windows provides it with.
I seem to remember a few years back there was also an issue with certain dlls that Plex installed that caused an issue like this. Plex team got users to try updated qt dlls and it resolved the issue. Could be a red herring.
Yeah, I’ve been waiting for this one for a while as well to complete my otherwise well working setup. Curious that skip intro WAS added but not the commercial skip. Seems more like an oversite.
Any chance you can push to get it on the roadmap @gbooker02 ??!!
Looks like now it’s scheduled for the the version after 1.17.0.
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I saw there is a plex-htpc release for linux - “plex-htpDc_1.17.0_amd64.snap”
Seeing the .snap extension I excitably assumed it would be a snap install. Sadly my stupidity got in the way again, because the attempt to sudo snap install failed dismally.
Is there a magic spell to make it work? If so, would some kind soul share it?
Many thanks in advance.
Put this in an install.sh file, make it executable (chmod +x install.sh) and run
sudo install.sh plex-htpc_1.17.0_amd64.snap and you are ready to go!
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Thanks
When I first installed plex-htpc last week went full screen (Linux), which was nice… 
When I started it up yesterday it went to a windowed mode and now there seem no way to fully maximise it when playing videos.
The header and footer desktop panels are always visible,
I can’t find a menu item to set full screen. Is there a keyboard short cut or something else I should be aware of to get videos to play full screen?
Thanks
I’ve been using 1.10 for the past few months with very good performance / usability. I’ve tried using newer versions, but I get two issues since 1.10: stuttering (almost regardless of settings), and much darker picture.
I just tried 1.17 (latest), and still at least get the latter: darker image on a 4K HDR file. I am connected to a Samsung TV, via Windows 11 (HDR turned on). I still have “Plex Media Player” installed, and comparing that picture vs. HTPC 1.17, there is a drastic darkness difference.
Any ideas why? HTPC 1.10 is much closer to “Plex Media Player” from a darkness perspective.
Never mind. Found it,
My brain couldn’t process that MAXIMISED <> FULL SCREEN
I seem to be unable to passthrough audio via the HDMI port using the Mac HTPC client. Has anyone been able to get this working, or is this not possible at the moment?
RELEASE!!!
Plex HTPC is now officially on the downloads page. Additionally we’ve added a section for Linux with links to the snap store pages for both HTPC and the Plex for Linux app.
We are so excited about this we had to create a blog post around it.
This Thread
While this thread did provide a lot of useful feedback and information along the forum preview period of HTPC, it has grown to nearly 1500 posts. This makes it unwieldy for a new user to find any useful information contained in it. So over the next few days I’ll make a pinned thread with some of the tips/tricks gleaned from this thread and close this one out.
In the future feedback should be put into new topics in the Desktop Players category with the Plex HTPC tag.
Thank you
I want to thank everyone who sat through issues, ran experiments, etc to help us to get this app out to an official release.
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