Why no client for Linux?

Plex Players Desktop Players
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I have the server installed on my Linux box. It seems to be working fine. I use my Linux box as my home theater PC. So, logically I would like to play content on it. However, with no native client available, I’m kind of SOL. Kodi’s plugin doesn’t support the Live TV & DVR functionality.

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I don’t use Linux but I found this on Google Plex Media Player packages for Linux

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Thanks for posting this. Yes, I did try this. It appears to be a docker image of one of the embedded clients by Plex. However, after a minute or two of playback, the video starts stuttering pretty badly.

I’m running on a Gigabyte BRIX I5-4200 (Intel HD 4400 graphics), so it’s not exactly anemic…

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I’ve compiled and ran PMP on various flavours of Linux. I had no problems with decoding video nor freezing on the systems I tried. What does vainfo say about your system?

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I have never heard of this program before. I just installed it.

libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

This Gigabyte has Intel onboard graphics.

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This might provide some useful info:

System:    Host: htpc Kernel: 4.15.0-54-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Console: tty 2 Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   Mobo: GIGABYTE model: MMLP5AP-00 v: 1.x Bios: American Megatrends v: F6 date: 12/08/2014
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 2600 MHz 1: 1784 MHz 2: 1594 MHz 3: 1637 MHz 4: 1462 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           tty size: 129x28 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA v: k4.15.0-54-generic
           Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8723ae
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 24:0a:64:b6:23:ba
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 74:d4:35:42:c7:40
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (22.1% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Crucial_CT120M50 size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 103G used: 18G (18%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.50GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 68.0C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 239 Uptime: 15 days Memory: 3365.5/7896.7MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
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I’m trying to build the client myself, but cmake is dying. Looking at the error file is confusing because it looks like it’s just running a bunch of tests to figure out compiler flags. But on the terminal I see:

-- Downloading https://nightlies.plex.tv/directdl/plex-dependencies/plexmediaplayer-qt/206/konvergo-qt-
-release-206d4d1.tbz2.sha.txt to konvergo-qt--release-206d4d1.tbz2.sha.txt...
CMake Error at CMakeModules/FetchDependencies.cmake:59 (message):
  Failed to download
  https://nightlies.plex.tv/directdl/plex-dependencies/plexmediaplayer-qt/206/konvergo-qt--release-206d
4d1.tbz2.sha.txt:
  "HTTP response code said error"
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Is there a good forum to ask for help when running into problems manually building PMP?

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