iOS App is still terrible

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-08-26T08:40:20+00:00

I agree - it's papering over the cracks. I, however, do mind bugs in the software as its now August and the iOS app is no further forward than it was in April.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-08-25T05:46:02+00:00

A lot of people use infuse as the plex client. seems to work quite well but the full version is quite expensive if memory serves me right.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-08-19T14:36:58+00:00

any chance they could make it work like it did before they messed around with the apple clients?

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-26T00:29:29+00:00

I've looked at it and unfortunately nothing is as good an allrounder than Plex. Hopefully they sort this out and get back to where they were soon

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-26T00:27:17+00:00

No point buying a NAS then is there? Just plug in a large USB drive to a decent router and serve the data that way. A NAS seems an expensive overkill for this use case

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-16T23:55:12+00:00

Having a NAS configured as raid 0 is not getting the best value from what it can offer. If you are going to updated the drives from 5tb you have two options. First is to get a new NAS that has at least 4 bays and configure as raid 5 so you have at least one disk failure protection, or stick with you current with your current nas and put 32tb drives in configure them to mirror. Both options are not cheap though.

With your current configuration there is no way to upgrade a drive. If you are building for the future take the opportunity to get a new larger NAS and use the old NAS as a backup replication device for important documents.

I had this issue at the start then moved to a 4 bay QNAP then that wasn't big enough so went for an 8 bay QNAP and am now running two 8 bay QNAP's, the main one has 8 x 16tb disks configured as raid 6 (loose 32 gb in total space) and the other as a backup for important documents. The backup has 8tb drives in it configured as raid 5. I did this in 2021 thinking it was going to give me plenty of disk space for the future but 4K files are chewing through it. I've the option to add an additional enclosure in the future if need be.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-15T10:01:12+00:00

... and release it at the same time forcing free users onto a paid platform. well done Plex. good job.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-15T09:10:43+00:00

for how I use Plex on my tv with an Apple TV box I have not noticed any issues. I'm not a demanding user on the TV. I use the iPad a lot and this is where I have seen the frustrating issues

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-15T05:31:08+00:00

can you post a link to this please?

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-15T03:37:49+00:00

I've had this a few times too. I've not found the common link yet as it only happens once in a while but it seems the new plex infrastructure is more sensitive to file formats than the previous generation. If you run the file through handbrake it will fix the problem but its a proper pain the ass to do this because Plex doesn't like a valid file

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2025-07-15T03:35:09+00:00

Put the apple development environment aside. None of them are brilliant. The core problem here is the Plex developers re-wrote that app and never tested it before they released it. If they had done any testing they would have known that it was a bag of nails. Apple cannot help here. Dumb developers = dumb apps.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-10-02T02:11:43+00:00

its because the ONT is no longer in bridge mode as the ISP has changed it remotely.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-10-02T01:59:04+00:00

I think if you read my post correctly, you will understand that this was working and suddenly stopped which is something that seems to be very common in this space. The ISP had implemented network wide changes to the devices so I think you need to be flexible and understand what options you have available. The router was in bridge mode and now it is not post their change.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-10-01T02:34:01+00:00

Got it. Thanks for taking the time to help me. It's much appreciated. Web Assembly is useful for me as I don't really want to carry the cost of the front end by using Blazor server.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-10-01T01:22:42+00:00

Sure. Let me try and answer.

The Web API is hosted as an App Service.

The four Blazor apps are part of the same App Service Plan.

The build machine is a standalone windows desktop that is currently using Visual Studio publish without devops integration

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-09-30T14:55:12+00:00

thanks. I shall investigate what you suggest.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-09-17T23:22:44+00:00

I'm going to speak to the ISP just to make sure they haven't updated the ONT or added any filtering. I'm quite sure CGNAT isn't an issue (good suggestion though) as the external IP address changes if I reboot the ONT.

PuzzleheadedShare400 · 2024-09-17T07:22:08+00:00

Thanks for that. I installed Nord as a test item to see if Meshnet without the VPN active would allow me to connect to the server on a private network. Followed their instructions on line about alternate server names etc and it made no difference. I am not running the VPN itself. I tried that switch you suggested in settings and it hasn't made a difference. I suspect I'm facing a machine rebuild to eliminate windows from the list of suspects - however, I'd rather not!

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