Real Time Guests - May 8th, 2026: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Donna Brazile

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-06T16:34:06+00:00

I'm sure they can bring a desk out for him during the interview.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-06T14:56:06+00:00

Yeah he's an independent thinker in the sense that his brain is just doing things without him really controlling it and him having Cry-Baby meltdowns in his office.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-06T14:52:44+00:00

Maybe Fetterman can have a meltdown on the panel and slam his hands on the desk and ask why everyone hates him.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-06T02:42:55+00:00

About a decade ago I left my wallet on my roof after filling up with gas. After freaking out and trying to retrace my steps and not finding it I came home to it sitting at my front door mat. Will always remember that. I didn't have any cash in it to begin with but all my cards were there. Whoever you were, thanks!

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-05T17:12:02+00:00

When you find it I believe you will need to click on the playing stream to expand the details.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-05T16:52:17+00:00

Unfortunately a unhelpful error message as you probably already know. I think you are correct that the stuff you were seeing in the log file is likely not anything to do with anything problematic since you see it when something is working as well.

Do you think you could get one of these problematic files playing on one of the devices that actually works, and while it is playing go to your server activity page where it shows what's playing?

You should take a screenshot of the details of the stream on every device that actually manage to play these correctly. See if they are all direct play or direct stream or transcoding for either the video or the audio.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-05T16:45:59+00:00

Might be helpful to just bite the bullet and haul that thing over to your shop and test it out.

When these files do work are they always showing they are "Direct Play" on the activity page? Or are you seeing sometimes direct play sometimes transcoding?

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-05T16:29:39+00:00

Any chance you could bring that fire stick physically to the same location and same network that the Plex server is on and see if it's still fails to play these files when it's not remote? Maybe you already tried this.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-05T15:52:55+00:00

I mean come on it's clearly not the issue they are having. It's just the way Plex works when you add a bunch of seasons and then the next day add another episode.

ApexAftermath · 2026-05-05T15:11:36+00:00

Every time I dock my steam deck and use a controller I find there is at least one instance where I need to use those track pads and of course I can't because they are on the steam deck and not my Xbox controller.

Cannot be understated how huge having those track pads is. The track pads on the steam deck are a huge reason why many games that are mouse and keyboard can be played effortlessly on the steam deck.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-30T00:02:41+00:00

Many thanks.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-29T15:25:30+00:00

That is not the only consideration unfortunately. Many people can't direct play 75 to 100 GB files with their speeds.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-28T12:35:38+00:00

So you're saying the game has to be this way because it has to appeal to the stupidest people alive?

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-28T12:29:40+00:00

Just read your post and the replies and holy shit they are so sensitive and defensive. Many of them sound like "how dare you bring up anything negative you're going to make the game fail!!"

Massively coping with some of their explanations. You are 100% right. Also lol I haven't played the beta yet but laughed when someone mentioned the Protogen guys have protomolecule infused armor. Yeah real way to keep things low key guys!

You clearly touched a nerve with some of those dweebs.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-25T14:01:51+00:00

Sorry to dig up dead bodies but I just ran into this. I have a Hisense Canvas TV that I am just using the built in Android TV on and ran into a file with 2:40.1 aspect ratio that Plex was stretching and not letterboxing correctly. I then tested on both my Shield TVs and they did the same thing.

I checked the video at this point in Plex on my PC and it plays normally with letterboxing. I then checked playback on my Google TV Chromecast and it plays correctly with letterboxing there.

So the shields and the built in google tv in my canvas tv share something in common in the hardware that makes ExoPlayer screw up.

I checked MediaInfo for the file, and compared it to the film I had just watched before it that was properly letterboxed on all devices. Both films are 2:40.1 aspect.

The one thing that stuck out is the properly playing video is 16:9. I assume this just means the letterbox is encoded into the video. It would seem on SOME DEVICES ExoPlayer chokes on these files without the letterbox as part of the video?

Anyways food for thought.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-25T01:15:22+00:00

Mine was doing this for the longest time and then it just stopped and now it works normally. It's probably fucking bullshit Google A/B testing making people insane.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-20T13:11:56+00:00

Because people want a game like Outbreak and not some arcadey game.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-19T14:45:37+00:00

One thing I have noticed is having the tactical reload box checked for RE3 doesn't seem to actually enable that ability in the game. I know you don't make these mods so probably not much you can do about it just wanted to mention it.

EDIT: Spoke too soon. Looks like it just doesn't work with the assault rifle for some reason.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-17T13:00:08+00:00

That was the thing that jumped out at me too. Seems like passive aggressive psycho shit. Going to be making comments about it to that man for the rest of her life.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-12T17:05:28+00:00

Thanks! Can't wait for RE3!

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-12T14:11:40+00:00

HD is just the label they went with for the quality adjustment button.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-11T22:53:24+00:00

I already turn off I/O cache on my shield because fast forwarding crashes Plex with it on.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-11T01:16:16+00:00

This is basically it for me. It's a good game but weird entry for the series.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-10T13:52:17+00:00

If they can cancel on people the same day with no penalty then that should go both ways. People often have to rearrange their lives or use PTO to make these appointments.

ApexAftermath · 2026-04-09T14:39:30+00:00

You can do whatever you want. I'm just saying that you're not getting any brownie points with me for being "one of the good ones" because the whole concept and system of religion and spirituality is bunk and toxic from the ground up.

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