I have had a recent issue where a movie stalls on the ATV while watching it in Plexconnect. It seems to happen at a regular interval. I have seen some reports that Python is affected by Mavericks App Nap feature and I was wondering if Plexconnect or PMS would also be susceptible. I know you can turn off App Nap per application in the Get Info window. Would it be necessary or possible to turn if off for a script like Plexconnect as well?
Plexconnect should be fine because it's just a program run within python so it should observe the same rules you set for python. However, PMS you may want to make sure it's not getting kicked by App Nap.
Thanks M.
So, to turn off App Nap for Python go to the System Library:
Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/Python.app
Do a Get Info on the appropriate Python.app and select the check box before "Prevent App Nap"
Then go to the Plex Media Server app and do the same thing.
Hmm. I don't get the app nap checkbox on my Python.app (v2.7.5). Is that a newer version than you were on earlier in November — is it possibly linked against the 10.9 SDK now, and can't be opted out?
I haven't noticed any app-napping issues with my PlexConnect yet, but have only been running it four a few days.
Neither do I.
It is there for me in version 2.7.4. Are you going into the framework folder to find the Python.app
Yup. You're running Mavericks? Odd, isn't it, that we'd have different Python versions? Mine is from a clean OS install.
(I do also have the latest Xcode installed -- perhaps that has tweaked my Python? Either way, looks like 2.7.5 can't be un-app-nap'd.)
