Some (maybe small) problems

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Hello from Germany,

 

i switched from the Windows Mediacenter to Plex. I installed Plex on one of my two servers, and my live TV-Card (TechniSat CableStar HD2) on my other Server. Working perfectly together with DVBLink.

Then i bought a Raspberry Pi B+ model and put Rasplex on it. I was ready after about 10 minutes, including download and installation - wow. It's working good, but i have a few problems i could not solve by myself, so maybe you might help me.

 

  • When watching live TV, it's not possible to stop, forward or rewind with Rasplex - why?
  • I have some (oldschool) analog 5.1 speakers (Creative). I would like to use them, but they need front, rear and center/sub signals. In a german Pi forum they said i need to buy an external USB soundcard, what i did, this one: http://www.ebay.de/itm/301316975870
    Someone said that would work, only the Vol up/down button on the top would not work, which is ok for me. But: I get no sound. I restarted my Pi, it said there is some new Hardware, but i was not able to read what the Pi installed, it was not shown very long. So i swtiched form HDMI audiooutpu to analog, but nothing happens. Any ideas? Would really love to use my old speakers.
  • It's all a bit "slow", when i push a button on my remote control i could count "21...22..." and then Rasplex is reacting. I know its still under construction, all i wanted to know is: Is the Pi not strongh enough (maybe the CPU?) to run Plex smooth, is it because RasPlex is in a early state or could it be that i did anything wrong?
  • I would love to integrate iTunes. So i checked the plugin, put the path to the xml in it and saved it. Everytime i open the plugin and click on artists or anything else, my Plex server breaks down. Is this a known bug?

A short overview:

 

- Raspberry Pi B+

- IR receiver connected (for Remote)

- USB Soundcard (as shown above)

- LAN connected (DHCP, working fine)

 

Regards, Foxhunter

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Zero views? Isn't it the right forum here? Thought it's the official rasplex forums, but not even a view within days..:? Did i missed something? :blink:

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Zero views? Isn't it the right forum here? Thought it's the official rasplex forums, but not even a view within days..:? Did i missed something? :blink:


There have been views, unfortunately views don't show until someone responds, this is the way Plex Inc's forum software works, currently 52 views.

You'll have to wait until someone shows an interest, I cannot offer any advice as I don't have the hardware to investigate this, perhaps someone will chip in, or no ones interested!

Regards
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  • When watching live TV, it's not possible to stop, forward or rewind with Rasplex - why?

Correct. There is no way to fast forward or rewind. You can stop, pause, play, seek(backwards, forwards). I believe it's 15 seconds forward, 30 seconds back or something like that.

My setup uses a CEC compatible TV and everything "just works" with the TV remote. Seeking on my remote is the left/right selection arrows.

To help with the slowness make sure you have at least a Class 6 SD card, preferably Class 10.  You could try enabling the caching as well. Mine runs reasonably well on a model B with Class 6. Maybe an average ~2 sec delay between menus unless someone gets impatient with the controller. 

As for the other issues I'm sorry I can't help you.

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