Installed Image Maid in virtual environment using Python 3.12 on MacOS; similar to Kometa. Kometa works perfectly fine. However, after updating the config.env file for Image Maid with the correct Plex path (~/library/application support/plex media server), I receive an error after running the script that states “No Plex Path Provided.” Any recommendations/suggestions to get Image Maid working on Mac without installing Docker?
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This talks about PIC but all the concepts are the same.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10K5dpN5iwKv1eNrk2T4SSlqDk1X7DdUyOsAmLe5LScI/mobilebasic
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Thanks, will check it out and report back…appreciate it
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@steep sun I attempted the steps in the Google doc and no luck...still states “No Plex Path Provided.” I'm running the virtual environment set up using "bash" do I need to setup it up using "zsh"? Think that will make a difference? I setup Kometa in "bash" and it runs fine.
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<@264628547975380995> I attempted the steps in the Google doc and no luck...stil...
Shell won't make any difference.
steep sun
I've gone through those steps dozens of times while writing that article, but it has to be updated withj the name change sdo I can try them again.
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@steep sun I basically followed all the steps for running locally except for switching to the develop branch. I cloned the repo and created the directory "ImageMaid"; setup the virtual environment "ImageMaid-venv"; activated it and then installed the "requirements.txt"; edited the "config.env" with the required data, and then ran the script using "python plex_image_cleanup.py". The clone didn't create a "ImageMaid.py" file. The script runs, but for someone reason I can't clear the "plex_path" error. If I go to Finder, select go to folder, and go to "~/library/application support/plex media server" it goes straight to the folder that contains the metadata, plug-in support, cache, etc. I enter the plex media server path into the "config.env" file, run the script, and I get the same error message "No Plex Path Provided." I'm wrecking my brain trying to figure it out. I can't get the "correct" path according to the script to leave the virtual environment and hit my plex media server folder on my Mac hard drive. As mentioned previously, I had no issues setting up PMM or switching over to Kometa. The Kometa script runs great in a different virtual environment on my hard drive. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
steep sun
What plex media server path are you entering in the config? oh, wait, not docker.
pure aurora
Correct, not docker...I'm running the scripts locally
steep sun
This could be related to the Plex server being on OS X, since as I recall they symlink some things on OS X and this script might not deal with those correctly. I'm revising the document and will try it specifically on OS X.
steep sun
I'm seeing inconsistent fundamental problems running imagemaid directly on OS X. No idea why that might be happening.
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Interesting...appreciate you taking the time to revise the document and run it directly on OSX. Please let me know if you're able to figure it out and I'll do the same
steep sun
For me it's failing silently on the initial logging, attempting to draw the header. Doesn't hit a breakpoint on the first line of the header method.
Seems environmental, though, since the pre-rebrand code does the same
OK, so here's one issue you will hit running it against an OS X Plex server.
Contents of appdata on OS X:
> ls -al ~/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/
total 120
drwxr-xr-x@ 15 Chaz.Larson staff 480 May 5 10:17 .
drwx------@ 293 Chaz.Larson staff 9376 Apr 8 08:35 ..
-rw-------@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 42 May 5 10:17 .LocalAdminToken
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 Chaz.Larson staff 128 May 5 10:17 Codecs
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 Chaz.Larson staff 192 May 5 10:17 Crash Reports
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 Chaz.Larson staff 64 Jun 27 2023 Diagnostics
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 Chaz.Larson staff 64 Jun 27 2023 Drivers
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 Chaz.Larson staff 96 Jun 27 2023 Media
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 Chaz.Larson staff 96 Jun 27 2023 Metadata
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 Chaz.Larson staff 224 Jan 16 10:23 Plug-in Support
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 Chaz.Larson staff 64 Jan 16 10:23 Plug-ins
-rw-------@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 12330 May 5 10:17 Setup Plex.html
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 Chaz.Larson staff 96 Jan 16 10:23 Thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 Chaz.Larson staff 64 Jan 16 10:23 Updates
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 39774 May 2 17:32 update-log.txt
vs linux [and presumably Windows]:
ls -al /opt/plex/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 14 seed seed 296 May 5 10:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 seed seed 31 Jul 14 2023 ..
drwxr-xr-x 9 seed seed 4096 May 5 10:55 Cache
drwxr-xr-x 4 seed seed 99 Apr 4 16:39 Codecs
drwxr-xr-x 5 seed seed 116 May 5 05:15 'Crash Reports'
drwxr-xr-x 2 seed seed 6 Jul 19 2023 Diagnostics
drwxr-xr-x 4 seed seed 62 Dec 27 14:50 Drivers
-rw------- 1 seed seed 42 May 5 05:15 .LocalAdminToken
drwxr-xr-x 3 seed seed 4096 May 5 10:54 Logs
drwxr-xr-x 3 seed seed 23 Jul 15 2023 Media
drwxr-xr-x 7 seed seed 84 Sep 30 2023 Metadata
-rw-r--r-- 1 seed seed 3 May 5 05:15 plexmediaserver.pid
drwxr-xr-x 3 seed seed 48 Jul 17 2023 Plug-ins
drwxr-xr-x 7 seed seed 96 Jul 14 2023 'Plug-in Support'
-rw------- 1 seed seed 1154 May 5 10:15 Preferences.xml
drwxr-xr-x 3 seed seed 20 Mar 8 2021 Scanners
-rw------- 1 seed seed 12330 May 5 05:15 'Setup Plex.html'
drwxr-xr-x 2 seed seed 6 Jul 14 2023 Updates
Note that OSX is missing that Cache directory [this is where the PhotoTranscoder directory is].
Imagemaid is expecting it to be in the Plex appdata dir, but on OSX, Plex puts it in the user Caches directory:
ls -al ~/Library/Caches/PlexMediaServer/
total 160
drwxr-xr-x@ 17 Chaz.Larson staff 544 May 5 10:27 .
drwx------+ 232 Chaz.Larson staff 7424 May 5 10:33 ..
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 Chaz.Larson staff 64 Jun 27 2023 CL-ICDs
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 2048 May 5 10:19 CloudAccessV2.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 14480 May 5 10:17 CloudAccountV2.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 4048 May 5 10:27 CloudUsersServices.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 64 May 5 10:19 CloudUsersSubscriptionsV2.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 64 May 5 10:19 CloudUsersV2.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 11824 May 5 10:17 Flags.dat
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 Chaz.Larson staff 96 May 5 10:18 OCSP
drwxr-xr-x@ 258 Chaz.Larson staff 8256 Jan 16 10:50 PhotoTranscoder
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 8096 May 5 10:17 Privacy.dat
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 Chaz.Larson staff 96 Jan 16 10:23 Transcode
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 384 May 5 10:17 UpdateChannels.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 9142 Jul 1 2023 autotag_wordlist.json
-rw-------@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 5843 May 5 10:18 cert-v2.p12
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Chaz.Larson staff 2240 Jul 2 2023 relayHostKey.txt
So Imagemaid will fail since it can't find its required Cache dir.
There is currently no workaround for this.
Except that you could probably run Imagemaid in docker with some volume mapping to get the directories in the right places.
pure aurora
Copy all, now it makes sense...thanks for all the troubleshooting and determining Imagemaid isn't compatible with OSX right now due to the cache directory. This may be a good reason for me to start dipping my toe into docker
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Copy all, now it makes sense...thanks for all the troubleshooting and determinin...
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