So I just upgraded my RPi2 to 1.0.3 and the problem does not occur on the RPi2. However the problem persists and is repeatable on the RPi3.
Any Suggestions?
Just got my RPi3 today and reformatted the MicroSD card and ran the GetRasplex utility to get the latest RasPlex on there. After setting everything up it appears that while navigating through some of the libraries on the menu the RPi decides to reboot. If I’m quick enough to get a movie or TV series going it plays right on through. I’ve redone the card twice and tried leaving the settings intact but that didn’t make a difference and it power-cycles.
I remember seeing this at one point with the 2 and then it eventually got fixed. Anything I should look at or change?
@davidiq said:
Just got my RPi3 today and reformatted the MicroSD card and ran the GetRasplex utility to get the latest RasPlex on there. After setting everything up it appears that while navigating through some of the libraries on the menu the RPi decides to reboot. If I’m quick enough to get a movie or TV series going it plays right on through. I’ve redone the card twice and tried leaving the settings intact but that didn’t make a difference and it power-cycles.I remember seeing this at one point with the 2 and then it eventually got fixed. Anything I should look at or change?
Make an issue on the git project on GitHub.
No need for an issue on GitHub as it is not an issue.
Check your power supply, RPi3 is recommended 2.5A, but I can confirm that a 2A works fine, also check the quality of the cable feeding the power, the RPi is more picky on power.
If you have any USB peripherals plugged in try removing them, especially WiFi and keyboards.
Regards
HI there, thought I’d post about this since I’ve recently got a Raspberry Pi 3 and one of the first things I tried doing is setting up PMS on it. I have the RP3 plugged in to the router (BT Homehub 4) directly with Ethernet and have a Synology NAS also plugged in to the same router.
I’ve mounted the drives so PMS on the RP3 can access them.
Performance so far has been hit and miss. I’m not sure what the best way of me being able to test this but it doesnt look like the RP3 is really doing any transcoding. I’ve streamed a 500mb mkv file of a TV episode fine to my iPhone 6, but it wont work with 1gb file in the same format. Although not sure if theres specific differences in the codecs used which could be to blame…
I’d be interested to see if theres any settings I could try to improve performance or if theres anything I could do to help provide some more detail of my setup since I know what I’ve said is a bit vague.
@richimgd said:
HI there, thought I’d post about this since I’ve recently got a Raspberry Pi 3 and one of the first things I tried doing is setting up PMS on it. I have the RP3 plugged in to the router (BT Homehub 4) directly with Ethernet and have a Synology NAS also plugged in to the same router.
I’ve mounted the drives so PMS on the RP3 can access them.Performance so far has been hit and miss. I’m not sure what the best way of me being able to test this but it doesnt look like the RP3 is really doing any transcoding. I’ve streamed a 500mb mkv file of a TV episode fine to my iPhone 6, but it wont work with 1gb file in the same format. Although not sure if theres specific differences in the codecs used which could be to blame…
I’d be interested to see if theres any settings I could try to improve performance or if theres anything I could do to help provide some more detail of my setup since I know what I’ve said is a bit vague.
As I and others have said a number of times earlier in this topic, this is the Rasplex client section, please ask server questions here https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/145717/i-have-pms-running-on-raspberry-pi-2#latest
Regards
Sorry just noticed, please feel free to remove that (and this) post…!
Okay so I have narrowed it down through one thing at a time. At first I changed the mode to 50Hz, and this seemed to work, but at the same time I noticed the wireless card had failed, and was no longer working. So I changed it back to 60Hz and turned off the wireless and turned it back on. At this point it immediately started to blink again. So I left it at 60Hz, and disabled the wireless and the blinking has gone away. Another thing I have noticed is I am unable to connect to anything wireless with the internal card whatsoever, I have two access points and multiple devices working, but this RPi3 will not connect to anything at all with the internal wireless. I do not have an external wireless to test with, but as I have no intention of using the wireless this is not much of a problem for me.
However I would like to get this fixed, how much do we know about the wireless and it’s functionality in the RPi3 and are the drivers properly functioning?
Inbuilt WiFi works, did you enable it in System Settings, you need to remove any other USB WiFi dongle and restart.
Wouldn’t recommend using it though.
Regards
Whats the recommended method of disabling built-in wifi to use an external wifi adapter?
Plug in your external adapter, boot Rasplex, go to System Settings, Network, make sure Wireless Networks is Active, go into Connections and select the external adapter.
Regards
@NedtheNerd said:
No need for an issue on GitHub as it is not an issue.Check your power supply, RPi3 is recommended 2.5A, but I can confirm that a 2A works fine, also check the quality of the cable feeding the power, the RPi is more picky on power.
If you have any USB peripherals plugged in try removing them, especially WiFi and keyboards.
Regards
I think you were dead on with that. Was using the Google Chrome plug which is rated at 850mA :))
Just plugged it into a 2.5A adapter and the GUI feels even snappier and no reboots. Thanks for the heads up. :-bd
Just got a RPi3 and knock on wood it’s running pretty damn well with the latest Rasplex release. Only issue I have is the UI isn’t scaling correctly, there is a black bar at the bottom on the UI. But if I got to System Settings then the UI is full screen. I don’t see the issue on the latest build on an RPi1 with the latest build. I’ll try a reinstall when I get home from work.
Has anyone ever tried the new Plex Media Player on the Raspberry Pi 3? It’s quite slow for me, OpenPHT works fine.
Free advanced menu to setup Raspberry Pi 3.
Main menu options are listed below
•Network Configuration - Configure network options.
•Media Configuration - Add USB drives and NAS, CIFS shares etc.
•Plex Configuration - Upgrade or change PMS version.
•Utility Configuration - Add plugins.
•Exit - Exit this menu without rebooting.
•Exit & Reboot - Exit and reboot your Raspberry Pi.
•About - About this configuration tool.
Network configuration sub menu options are listed below.
•Install Wireless AP - Setup Raspberry Pi onboard Wi-Fi as wireless hotspot.
•Install Wireless client - Connect Raspberry Pi to existing network (WPA-PSK).
•Install DNS/DHCP Server - Setup Raspberry Pi as DNS and DHCP server (Ethernet).
•IP Forward & Masquerade (Ethernet) - When onboard ethernet adapter is connected to internet.
•IP Forward & Masquerade (Wi-Fi) - When onboard wireless adapter is connected to internet.
•Restore Network Config - Restores the original default raspbian os network configurations.
•Exit - Return to main menu without rebooting.
The network menu configuration options easily configure the Plex Media Server as a access point server (Wireless AP ) or join your raspberry pi to a existing Wi-Fi network (Wireless Client). Ease of setup for Wireless AP or Wireless Client is achieved by simply selecting a option from the interactive network menu. Wireless AP allows client devices and applications to connect directly to the Raspberry Pi to consume streaming content. Wireless Client allows the Raspberry Pi to connect to an existing wireless network where any clients on the existing wireless network can access the the Raspberry Pi to consume streaming content. Wi-Fi configurations can work together or simultaneously with the LAN Ethernet adapter regardless of the LAN adapter configuration, by default the LAN interface is set to acquire a IPv4 address unless the Install DNS/DHCP Server option is used. IP Forwarding and Masquerading can be used to configure your Raspberry Pi PMS as a internet enabled Wi-Fi access point where one of the network connections is internet facing. DNS and DHCP are automatically deployed in Wireless AP option, however if you need your Raspberry Pi to also be a standalone Ethernet connected server the Install DNS/DHCP Server can be selected.
Media configuration sub menu options are listed below.
•USB Drives (NTFS) - Mount ntfs usb drives and make it persistent.
•Shared Drives - Mount NAS, CIFS or Windows shares
•Exit - Return to main menu without rebooting.
The media menu configuration options easily configure the Plex Media Server USB (two drives) or Share connected media. Simply plug in your USB drives and or complete the previous network connection configuration section so that you can reach network shares of NAS devices then select the option required and answer basic configuration questions. After simple menu driven configuration a quick reboot provides the mounted drives for access.
Video: Demonstration of free advanced configuration menu
Site link here: http://www.iiot.co.za/Solution_Raspberry_Pi_Advanced_Configuration_Menu
I run a pi3 as my media server. It can stream different movies to multiple
users/devices at the same time quite happily but it does struggle to
transcode a lot of the time especially if both the video and sound need
transcoding. If it can stream one of them directly it is usually OK. I
use the optimize function to create versions for family accessing remotely
to get around this.
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! Have you faced actually any lagging or delays??? :o
Optimised movies work perfectly. It can stream multiple movies at the same time if they are optimised but can only cope with one transcode and sometimes buffers with them but overall does a good job at a great price and costs bugger all to run 24x7
