PlexConnect settings keep getting lost/reset

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I initially reported the effect of this issue here (https://forums.plex.tv/topic/114840-plex-videos-crashreboot-appletv/) and now I understand the whole issue.

 

This has happened at least 5-6 times in the last few months for me.  When going to play video via PlexConnect, it might play for a few seconds then reboot.  I go back to PlexConnect and check the settings.  Sure enough, at a minimum the Transcoder Quality setting has been reset from my setting of 720p 4Mbs back to its default of 1080p 10Mbs, which chokes my poor little ATV2, causing the reboot.

 

Any idea why this is happening, and what can be done to keep that setting saved?

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BUMP!

This is still happening on my ATV2.  So am I the only person seeing this issue about the transcoder quality settings?

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are you stopping plexconnect without shutting it down correctly (ctrl C in the command window) as it only saves the ATVsettings.cfg file on a clean shutdown, therefore if you reboot the plexconnect host any settings done form the ATV will be lost, unless you shut Plexconnect down cleanly first.

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I absolutely did not know that about the PlexConnect software.  I'm running it on a Windows 2008 server right now, and whenever I reboot the server I never do CTRL+C, I just close the window.  I assume I can just modify the ATVsettings.cfg file myself, right?  Lastly, anyone know of a way I can safely shut down plexconnect without doing CTRL+C?

Thanks for the info, drewbie!

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You could alway just install plexconnect directly onto a jailbroken atv2 on iOS 5.3 (post 231):

https://forums.plex.tv/topic/88905-plexconnect-on-atv2jailbroken-launchctl/page-12


Not only does it make the aTV 2 portable but you could also do away with your other plexconnect host.

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Thanks for the suggestion, but I would prefer not to jailbreak anymore since it's just too much of an administrative hassle, and that server runs PMS and does a ton of other stuff so no problem with that.

I just edited the config file so now the 720p 4Mbps setting will stick no matter what I do.  Problem solved!  :D

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If you use the windows autostart as service process, it handles the clean shutdown of plexconnect.  https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Win-autostart

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If you use the windows autostart as service process, it handles the clean shutdown of plexconnect.  https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Win-autostart

That's even better.  Hooray for Windows services!  Just finished setting it up.  Thanks for all the advice.

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Hey,

i followed the instructions according to:

https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Win-autostart

what i want is that the plexconnect.py to start up automatically each time i boot my win pc up. i have downloaded the correct version of pywin but the bat file wont launch. any help?

Thank you

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Hey,

i followed the instructions according to:

https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Win-autostart

what i want is that the plexconnect.py to start up automatically each time i boot my win pc up. i have downloaded the correct version of pywin but the bat file wont launch. any help?

Thank you


The instructions launch it as a service so you will not see any windows appear.
It isn't really clear from the above if you have it working manually, what the error is etc..
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Hey,

everything works fine. I can open Plexconnect on my ATV and i have no issues with that. I just wondered if there is any possibility that the plexconnect.py file can automatically be executed when i boot my pc so that i can directly open the Trailer app on the ATV. I don't know if that's what the instruction is about. 

Thank you

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>>that the plexconnect.py file can automatically be executed when i boot my pc

Well, that's exactly what the daemon (or service) is for.

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So do i have to the install and start batch file into the autostart folder of windows or how can i make sure that the plexconnect.py is executed? When i double click on each of them the cmd console prompts up and closes immediately saying something like "the file cannot be executed"

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You don't put the batch file anywhere, ensure you close down PlexConnect and then look in the "support/win" folder and double-click the "install.bat" to install PlexConnect as a Windows service (essentially making it run as a background process that will automatically start when Windows boots up and shutdown when you close down your PC).

Test to see if PlexConnect is working once you have done this (you may have to go out of the trailer sn ap on the ATV and then back in).

If it does not then let us know and we can work from there :)

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