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So the last week or so, plex keeps disconnecting or disappear from my lg tv media list
Normally it shows up as a DLNA server and has worked perfect for 2years.
Now it just random disconnects or disappear from the lg tv media list
I havent change anything or done anything, it just came out of nowhere
Ok i fixed it by deleting my media folders from plex, deleting plex and then the plex folder on the asustor hdd,
Start all over installing plex and add my media folders inside plex etc.
Last edited by BadAS302T on Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
I wouldn't use the DLNA server options at all. when the library starts getting large, the server starts doing exactly what you describe. Disappearing, losing media, not finding media after it's shown.
It's consistently buggy. Or was when I explored it almost 2 years ago. Plex themselves suggest in many of their forum posts to turn off DLNA for some of the advanced features. Some of those features are incompatible with the way DLNA does things, and can cause the whole server app to lock up. If you do a new install the option is automatically turned off. Upgrades will read your current settings and take those, though.
Depending on the model of LG TV you have, you may already have a Plex Client app available for your TV. I suggest you look at this first, to see if you can get the app installed on the TV first. If the app isn't available for your TV, then I suggest you look at a Roku to attach to the TV They have a few models now selling for under $50. It might cost you another $5 for the app on the Roku.
You don't say whether you have a Plex Pass or not, so I'm going to assume you don't. The Plex clients have issues with certain media types, requiring transcoding of the media unless you have the files and codecs just right. MP4, H264 with AAC audio in the first stream and AC3 in the second are almost universally accepted by Plex clients. Other file containers and codecs can require transcoding when trying to stream to these client apps.
The Roku can take a little bit more, so you may not have transcoding required to play to it. I don't have an LG TV and can't tell you what that app supports for Direct Play.
If you find that your client app does a lot of buffering, the it's likely that the client is trying to have the media transcoded. And the 302T doesn't have enough CPU to handle RT transcoding. If you see this, send me a PM here and I'll send you a link to my conversion scripts and give you some instruction on how to use them. They work pretty easily, but they are going to take a bit of time to do each file.
Ok i fixed it by deleting my media folders from plex, deleting plex and plex folder on the asustor hdd,
Start all over installing plex and add my media folders etc.
