A few month ago we started a forum preview for the native version of PMS on the Apple Silicon cpu, a.k.a. the M1 and Apple fans rejoiced. Well, now we have something for you Windows fans. Introducing PMS 64-bit. Since the introduction of PMS for Windows, it has always been a 32-bit program. Fina…

I just reinstalled windows and the latest version of PMS (completely rebuilt my server) yesterday and it is crashing so bad. I wish I had seen this, so I could have rebuilt my server with this version as a clean install. I went ahead and installed this version in hopes my crashing stops. My questio…

[image] beauchristopher: My question is anytime a new PMS version comes out will both versions, 32 and 64 release at the same time? Yes, we will be maintaining both versions for the time being. If you run the 32-bit version, it will update to the 32-bit version, the 64-bit will update to the…

I’m curious to see how it turns out. Depending on settings, a 64bit PMS should transcode more efficiently…

@Dalmus In theory it should be using more of the memory during transcoding (due to not having the 4GB 32bit memory limit) which should help a lot.

PMS shouldn’t be using more than 4GB of memory so there shouldn’t be anything noticeable there.

Thanks. I am using it and so far it’s good. Will report back if I develop any issues.

Okay, I downloaded the .exe file. Do I just run it on my PC? Will it keep my libraries in place? Will it keep all my usual settings? Anything I should be careful about when I install the 64-bit version? Thanks for any insights.

So what are the advantages/disadvantages ? I remember the accidental notification months ago :slight_smile:

Would like to try this too but wondering what the advantages are before I run it.

I was finally able to get a couple really big music compilation boxes (200+ cds) to be added to my library. It spiked the scanner to over 20GB for a couple hours so obviously that wouldn’t work on 32bit. Niche case, for sure, but I was happy it worked.

Preview: Plex Media Server for Windows 64-bit version

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anon18523487 July 21, 2022, 5:05am 4

Yes, we will be maintaining both versions for the time being. If you run the 32-bit version, it will update to the 32-bit version, the 64-bit will update to the 64-bit. This may change in the future, but that is the current plan.

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