Server Version#:latest, just downloaded
Player Version#:latest, just downloaded for PS4
Windows 7 Pro I7-4790@3.6Ghz 16GB memory, SSD C drive, no Plex Pass
Long story, but just recently trying Plex for my new PS4 which I might not have bought if I had known it’s media server sucks. No problems for years using UMS with PS3, but after the PS4, ANY pause, FF, or backup either kills the server or triggers a audio desync that requires power down to fix. So after reading about how all your loyal Plex fans say they have no such problems, I decided to try it out. First pass I added about 10 tv episodes. Voila! It resolved all the PS4 media server issues and was wonderful. I was thrilled.
So then I tried adding my library of 10,000 odd song titles. After 10+ hours of overnite 100% cpu with little disk activity after about an hour or two, I killed it and read up on the blogs and started over. Uninstalled and reinstalled.
I created a test Music folder with about 20 song titles and some album art, turned off the volume analysis and let Plex loose on it. 3-4 hours later, it’s STILL running 100% CPU, although it’s been up and down from 12.5 (1 of 8 cores) to 100% and all over, but never no CPU. For 20 songs. All of which show in the dashboard, but Plex is still cranking away. Yet I read some people use this for 20,000 title libraries and love it. Something bad is wrong, and I REALLY want to start to love Plex, becase it solves my video issues with UMS and the PS4.
Where should I go from here? I found a number of blogs about high CPU usage, but nothing that stood out as a solution for my situation. Do I need to get into figuring out where all the logs are, deeper debugging and such? Or might there be somebody that can suggest a simple fix or easy things to try.
Any help will be appreciated.
