Trying Plex Media Player

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I want to have a look at Plex Media Player for my Pi2. I have been running Rasplex 0.7.1 for a while and am pretty happy with it. Can I just swap out the memory card for a new one with a fresh install of PMP?
Would I be able to just swap them out as needed. I want to test out PMP but put Rasplex back on at night so my family doesn’t freak out :wink:
Thanks.

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@erlin@mac.com said:
I want to have a look at Plex Media Player for my Pi2. I have been running Rasplex 0.7.1 for a while and am pretty happy with it. Can I just swap out the memory card for a new one with a fresh install of PMP?
Would I be able to just swap them out as needed. I want to test out PMP but put Rasplex back on at night so my family doesn’t freak out :wink:
Thanks.

Yep, no problems in doing that, don’t forget to ‘Shutdown’ the RPi before pulling power.

Regards

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Hi,
sorry for jumping in this conversation… I’m running RasPlex 0.7.1 too…

How can I try this new PlexMediaPlayer on my Ransperry Pi2??

Have you a link to read something Erlin?

Moreover…do you know if it will work with a plex media server installed on a Synology DS214play?

Thanks

Marco

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Just download and flash a different SD card with PMP (see https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/208050647-Getting-Started) then swap out your SD card with the one you have Rasplex on, if you find you prefer Rasplex, swap the cards back.

Regards

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It was easy enough to get it up and running. However I just found out that PMP does not support the VC-1 codec for BluRay rips. I need to do some more testing with uncompressed BluRay rips that are not VC-1 encoded.
Also there is no “shutdown” function anywhere in PMP :wink:

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@erlin@mac.com said:
Also there is no “shutdown” function anywhere in PMP :wink:

Yes, there is.
Go back to the home screen, press ‘Return’ (at least that is the button I use on my CEC compatible remote).
If you have a USB keyboard on your Pi you can also use Esc or Backspace.

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@erlin@mac.com @OttoKerner

Can I suggest that you take any further discussion on Plex Media Player across to its own forum, this is after all the Rasplex forum.

Thanks