# Plex Notify
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345
**Category:** Dev/API Corner
**Tags:** other-dev
**Created:** [January 9, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345 "2014-01-09T00:54:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 43
### Author:  [@mjbxx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mjbxx)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/841 "2014-02-20T20:03:25Z")
> As for movies that Are deleted off the plex server, This issue is solved. I dont delete the data. I keep it and it gets the images from TMDB.
Thanks for bringing back the scraping of poster art data by the Plex Media Server. This is great as it shows the poster art of my choosing. I am constantly adding and deleting videos to my Plex Library for different sections. I treat Plex much like one would use a DVR. We are losing the poster art when a video is deleted as shown by empty poster art in Plex Notify. It just looks unkept and incomplete. Is there anyway you can provide a delete button to remove information about Movies and TV Shows that are removed from the library on the Statistics page?
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/842 "2014-02-20T20:08:43Z")
> Thanks for bringing back the scraping of poster art data by the Plex Media Server. This is great as it shows the poster art of my choosing. I am constantly adding and deleting videos to my Plex Library for different sections. I treat Plex much like one would use a DVR. We are losing the poster art when a video is deleted as shown by empty poster art in Plex Notify. It just looks sloppy and incomplete. Is there anyway you can provide a delete button to remove information about Movies and TV Shows that are removed from the library on the Statistics page?
I included in the last patch notes that a tool for managing your image cache is coming. There is no plan to delete data at the moment as it would skew statistics. I will look into the disappearing art. It should not be deleted when you remove a show from plex.
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### Author:  [@dlanor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dlanor)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/843 "2014-02-20T22:04:52Z")
@JBurlison:
I understand that you have a lot of things planned for the program, and it is hard to remember to check every part of the new implementations, but that is where we beta-testers come in. Right ?
The main purpose of this post is just to inform you that some of the timestamp changes discussed recently don't seem to have had quite the intended effect in the version 0.54 that I'm using.
But I think there may be something wrong with the update checking code as well. At present I'm not sure what the latest available release is, since I get no response whatever from clicking the "Check for updates" icon in the settings window. I assume that there's supposed to be some kind of message response even when no update is available. But I get absolutely no response at all. It's just as if the click never occurred. It did update fine to .54 earlier today, so it may just be that I expect a response that's simply not implemented yet.
The remaining timestamp issues I see are:
1: When clicking any notification poster to bring up the details for that video, the "Estimated End Time:" now uses a mixture of the default US format and my custom template format. The date is displayed using my template, but the time-of-day is displayed using the default US format.
2: When viewing a list of notification events in the main 'Plex Notify' window the '{EndTime}' timestamps are also shown with the same hybrid format, using my template for the dates but the US default for the time-of-day parts. But when viewing the same events in the 'Statistics'/'Log of events' the '{EndTime}' timestamps use my template for the entire string, both date and time-of-day. So the 'Statistics' entries are already good.
3: The notification popup messages also have the same hybrid format for '{EndTime}' as described for point #2 above, and since this entry must have the same source as the entry added to the main window, you may be able to fix both errors in one place of the code.
Best regards: dlanor
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/844 "2014-02-21T02:50:58Z")
Alpha v0.0.0.55
- Fix for manual updates.
- Fixed end time not showing in the users Datetime format.
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### Author:  [@Flx\_4K](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Flx_4K)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/845 "2014-02-21T02:52:08Z")
Have now uninstalled "Plex Notify" several times and reinstalled it "Crashing every time"
Uninstall it again, trying "Eusing Cleaner" from "[http://www.eusing.com](http://www.eusing.com)" cleanup Registry, reinstall "Plex Notify" HURRAY now "Plex Notify" working again.
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/846 "2014-02-21T02:56:06Z")
> @JBurlison:
> I understand that you have a lot of things planned for the program, and it is hard to remember to check every part of the new implementations, but that is where we beta-testers come in. Right ?
>
> The main purpose of this post is just to inform you that some of the timestamp changes discussed recently don't seem to have had quite the intended effect in the version 0.54 that I'm using.
>
> But I think there may be something wrong with the update checking code as well. At present I'm not sure what the latest available release is, since I get no response whatever from clicking the "Check for updates" icon in the settings window. I assume that there's supposed to be some kind of message response even when no update is available. But I get absolutely no response at all. It's just as if the click never occurred. It did update fine to .54 earlier today, so it may just be that I expect a response that's simply not implemented yet.
>
> The remaining timestamp issues I see are:
>
> 1: When clicking any notification poster to bring up the details for that video, the "Estimated End Time:" now uses a mixture of the default US format and my custom template format. The date is displayed using my template, but the time-of-day is displayed using the default US format.
>
> 2: When viewing a list of notification events in the main 'Plex Notify' window the '{EndTime}' timestamps are also shown with the same hybrid format, using my template for the dates but the US default for the time-of-day parts. But when viewing the same events in the 'Statistics'/'Log of events' the '{EndTime}' timestamps use my template for the entire string, both date and time-of-day. So the 'Statistics' entries are already good.
>
> 3: The notification popup messages also have the same hybrid format for '{EndTime}' as described for point #2 above, and since this entry must have the same source as the entry added to the main window, you may be able to fix both errors in one place of the code.
>
> Best regards: dlanor
Thanks for info I pushed a update to address the datetimes.
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/847 "2014-02-21T03:27:08Z")
I finally found the bug crashing the update.
Alpha v0.0.0.56
- GUI tweaks for truncating data.
- Update tweaks.
- Another datetime fixed.
- Fixed logic for starting a new session on a video.
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### Author:  [@dlanor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dlanor)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/848 "2014-02-21T12:39:26Z")
> Thanks for info I pushed a update to address the datetimes.
Thanks, all the timestamps I've checked now use the correct template, so I think that implementation is now complete.
This was tested with version .57 which I just installed, but the way in which I had to do it was a bit odd, so I'd better describe it.
As I've said before, I was using .54 with auto updates disabled, so I can control when an update is to be made.
Now when I clicked the 'Check for updates' I first got no response at all, and when I clicked it again I got an odd message that a check or update was in progress, even after a longish interval. So I then terminated the program and relaunched it again, at which it informed me that a new version 0.0.0.55 was available for installation, which I then gave permission to do. The install then proceeded without errors, resulting in 0.0.0.57 being installed. So it installed a newer version than it had announced as available...
This is not a serious error, so I'm not reporting it as a bug, but just a heads-up that the announcement should refer to the latest version available, since that's the one which will be installed on confirmation.
Another remaining non-bug issue is that the "Check for updates" command gives no response whatever if no update is available.
I really think this needs to be changed so that it gives a simple message stating that "No update is currently available." or "You have the latest version." or something like that.
Having no visible indication at all that the command was received raises doubt that the GUI even noticed that click.
Best regards: dlanor
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/849 "2014-02-21T13:35:30Z")
I will be away on vacation. So no new development til Monday. Have a good weekend everyone.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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### Author:  [@SiscoPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SiscoPlex)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/850 "2014-02-21T14:09:22Z")
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### Author:  [@liiight](https://forums.plex.tv/u/liiight)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/851 "2014-02-21T17:32:39Z")
> I will be away on vacation. So no new development til Monday. Have a good weekend everyone.
>
> Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
Have a good one!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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### Author:  [@Pakorro](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pakorro)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/852 "2014-02-21T19:13:35Z")
Hi, I am your .57 version and I can see any bugs in statist module screen...
Date in Estimated Time is incorrect...
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and ServerName size in screen need a litle space for name of server and PM time characters.
[http://prntscr.com/2uk8ae](http://prntscr.com/2uk8ae)
Regards
Paco
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### Author:  [@Flx\_4K](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Flx_4K)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/853 "2014-02-21T19:28:10Z")
Smaller bug to Monday :)
"Clear Image Cache" don't work anymore :(
Have a nice Weekend B)
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/854 "2014-02-21T20:05:54Z")
> Smaller bug to Monday :)
>
> "Clear Image Cache" don't work anymore :(
>
> Have a nice Weekend B)
Make sure statistics is closed, wait a couple minutes and try. The images might be in use.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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### Author:  [@JimBurlison](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JimBurlison)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/855 "2014-02-22T03:52:20Z")
> Hi, I am your .57 version and I can see any bugs in statist module screen...
>
> Date in Estimated Time is incorrect...
>
> [http://prntscr.com/2uk5xn](http://prntscr.com/2uk5xn)
>
> and ServerName size in screen need a litle space for name of server and PM time characters.
>
> [http://prntscr.com/2uk8ae](http://prntscr.com/2uk8ae)
>
> Regards
>
> Paco
please review your DateTime settings monthis capital M and minutes is lowercase m.
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### Author:  [@Pakorro](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pakorro)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/856 "2014-02-23T18:24:26Z")
> please review your DateTime settings monthis capital M and minutes is lowercase m.
Ok, solve it, I have typed my correct datetime format as dd/MM/yyyy but it will be very interesting if statictics window was resized... because space between literals "Server Name:" and literal "Time Started:" is short... If you modify this windows feature all it's ok!...
Regards
Paco
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### Author:  [@SiscoPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SiscoPlex)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/857 "2014-02-23T18:38:07Z")
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### Author:  [@liiight](https://forums.plex.tv/u/liiight)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/858 "2014-02-23T20:22:26Z")
Direct stream and direct play are two different things
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### Author:  [@mjbxx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mjbxx)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/859 "2014-02-23T21:33:42Z")
The "Streaming Media - Direct Stream And Direct Play" page ([https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200250387-Streaming-Media-Direct-Stream-and-Direct-Play](https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200250387-Streaming-Media-Direct-Stream-and-Direct-Play)) defines each.
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### Author:  [@SiscoPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SiscoPlex)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-notify/53345/860 "2014-02-23T21:44:35Z")
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