Questions tagged [plex]
Questions about Plex media server
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Plex Media Server: Won't find media External Hard Drive
I am attempting to turn an older PC into a home media server with Ubuntu 12.04 using Plex Media Server. I have a newer WD 2 TB external USB HD with all of my media on it.
I can not for the life of ...
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Plex won't enter my home directory or other partitions
I just installed the Plex media server from the Ubuntu Software Center, and opened the web interface. I wanted to start by adding a collection. When it gave me a file browser, I wanted to go to /home/...
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How do I prevent access to shutdown but not reboot?
I have a ubuntu pc running as a plex server. How do I get it so that no one can shutdown the computer but only allow the user to reboot the machine? I know it is possible in windows but I am just ...
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How to set up plexmediaserver in Ubuntu 16.04?
I can install it but it can't see my files. I believe It's a permission issue because plexmediaserver is run by 'plex' user. In Ubuntu 14.04, I could edit /etc/default/plexmediaserver so that it would ...
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How do I add a network drive to Plex?
So I've been looking around and can't find an exact solution to my problem. I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04. I like Ubuntu and want to use it instead of windows. Everything was working on ...
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Problems starting plexmediaserver on Kubuntu 15.04
I have recently installed plexmediaserver 64-bit from the plex site on my Kubuntu 15.04 laptop and am unable to start. I believe it is in the change from how init scripts work?
If you look at the ...
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Where does Plex media server store its cache/settings?
I just want to know where to find the cache/settings locations for Plex Media Server? I just want to save it in case I need to reformat my drive.
I'm not sure if it matters but I am using Ubuntu 14....
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How to mount a Synology Diskstation NAS
I am a long time Windows person, with a little experience in Ubuntu. I am trying to set up Plex Media Server on a new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS machine. My video library is on a Synology Diskstation NAS named ...
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How to resolve conflicting distributions in apt-get
When doing an apt-get update/upgrade I see that warning
W: Conflicting distribution: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease (expected public but got )
I was upgrading to Ubuntu Zesty 17....
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How to make folders ' seen' by PLEX
When I want to add a folder to PLEX I cannot find it.
I have 2 harddrives in my computer. Ubuntu 13 installed on the 120GB SSD and another 1TB normal harddrive which contains 1 Folder called 'Films'. ...
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Plex Media Manager sees external NTFS drive but doesn't see directories
I'm running Plex Media Server. All my media files are on an external NTFS drive. The external drive mounts, I can browse the files in it, Plex Media Manager can see the external USB drive, but Plex ...
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I cannot get Plex server to see any directories
I have tried adding a directory outside my home directory. /media/plex and soft linked my /Videos directory to it.
I have also added plex to udev group and also to my user group
uid=124(plex) gid=...
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How to change mounting point?
By some reason Plex Media Manager won't recognize my partition(/media/radibg2/Radi/). I've tried to start
x-www-browser http://localhost:32400/manage
(this is what the plex shortcut which is ...
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No /dev/dri directory in Ubuntu Server 20.04
I have a headless Intel NUC 11PAKi5 (with i5-1135G7 CPU and integrated Iris Xe Graphics + Quick Sync), running Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS.
I'm trying to enable hardware transcoding in a Docker Plex ...
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Unable to start PlexMediaserver service
My plexmediaserver.service looks as per following.
[Unit]
Description=Plex Media Server for Linux
After=network.target
[Service]
Environment="...
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Plex Media Server Working on Ubuntu
Does anyone know how to get Plex Media Server to work with Ubuntu?
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Mount external Hard Drive with /etc/fstab on ubuntu 14.04 problems
I have been stuck for about two days trying to get this to work properly. I have done all of the following with still no luck.
I'm trying to auto permanently mount to a 2 TB Seagate Central that is ...
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Plex media server trustworthy? [closed]
I just installed plex media server from the .deb package. As soon as it finished, I was able see my server's host name pop up on their web site at which point I could browse the entire file system! ...
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Error when trying to start plex
When running:
sudo service plexmediaserver start
I receive this error:
~$ sudo service plexmediaserver start
Job for plexmediaserver.service failed because the control process exited with error ...
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How can I prevent hibernating if CPU usage is above say 40%? (Plex, Couchpotato, Transmission)
I am using a netbook as Plex Media Server.
I use wake on lan to start Ubuntu when I feel like watching a movie. Windows prevents my pc from going into hibernation when Plex is streaming a video to a ...
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Alternatives media servers instead of Plex Media Server
I am running a Plex Media Server and I have a major issue with it not seeing all my media. I also have a second server that uses Greyhole and I mounted that "Drive" that has some media on it ...
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what permissions should i give to a plex server
so im setting up a plex server on an old laptop that i have.
the laptop is running 'ubuntu server' os.
i installed qbittorrent-nox and all the downloads going to the folder
/home/qbittorrent-nox/...
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How to recognise if someone is watching plex media for my bash script
Hey I have a (for me at least) quite difficult question.
I have plex media server installed on my Ubuntu server. I'm writing a script that will automatically check if there's an update for the plex ...
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How to enable integrated GPU (with QSV) on Coffee Lake CPU in Ubuntu 18.x
I am so far unable to get Plex/ffmpeg to recognize the integrated GPU in my Core i7-8700 CPU. From my research it appears this is a common issue related to Coffee Lake CPUs, not just this specific ...
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How can I access a Windows NTFS drive on a plex server
I'm using Windows 10 and Ubuntu dual booting.
I've installed plex server but it cannot access my Windows volume (C,D)
I have run the commands
sudo chmod -R 777
gedit /etc/fstab
and added the volume ...
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How do I access a shared volume from terminal?
I am attempting to use a shared hard disk(Ubuntu 17.04/Windows 10) with a Plex media server, running as a service on the Ubuntu distribution.
However, it accesses the linux file system, and I cannot ...
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how Install plex medi server on 16.04
I got a recurrent error
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.0.0.2261-a17e99e) ...
OK
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/plexmediaserver.service to /lib/systemd/system/...
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beignet-opencl-icd not available in Ubuntu 22.04
I just installed a Plex Media Server on my Ubuntu 22.04 server. According to Plex's website: https://support.plex.tv/articles/hdr-to-sdr-tone-mapping/, beignet-opencl-icd is required for hardware ...
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Folder with red and green arrows - what does this mean and why can't I see this in Files?
Does anyone know what these arrows mean and why I cannot see this folder in "Files" as a selectable folder? My media is loaded in my ZFS array here but I cannot see this folder to populate my Plex ...
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How do I set up a Single Application Kiosk in Ubuntu 18.04 (custom xsession .desktop)?
Does anyone know how to run Ubuntu 18.04 in Single-Application, or Kiosk mode, with direct boot to Application, without logging in or anything?
I want to start Plex-Media-Player (like Kodi) directly ...
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Debugging RPC Authentication Error from showmount
I have an NFS server which exposes a couple of shares to the local network. It's been up and running for nearly the last year, and I've been using it just about every other day. Today, however, I ...
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Selective routing: how to route the traffic of specific ports through OpenVPN in Ubuntu Server 16.04.4 LTS
My home LAN is organized as follows:
DHCP is assigned by a (very) basic modem provided by my ISP (Modem).
A server runs Plex Media Server (uid=plex, hereinafter: PMS) and Transmission (uid=debian-...
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Why is a ThinkPad running Ubuntu 16.04 and Plex Media Server bringing down my entire LAN?
I'm running Plex Media Server 0.9.16.6 on a ThinkPad running Ubuntu 16.04.
I haven't timed it, but it seems like this happens every two weeks or so:
All of the devices on the LAN lose connectivity ...
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Process "/bin/sh -e /proc/self/fd/9" - what starts it and why?
I have a process /bin/sh -e /proc/self/fd/9 that runs on my system. sh -e /path/to/file in dash (which sh is symlinked to on my Kubuntu 14.10) just tests for existence of a file. In /proc/self/fs I ...
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Can I cap the monthly network transfer of a process?
I'm looking for a way to monitor and/or cap the monthly network transfer of an Ubuntu Server 12.04 process. I'm running a Plex Media Server, and while my current ISP is very lax on my bandwidth usage, ...
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Plex installation doesn't give option to setup server
Server Version#: 1.19.3.2852-219a9974e
I’ve just installed Plex Server on a Ubuntu VM following this guide How to Install Plex on Ubuntu 20.04, I was able to get the server working but I don’t have ...
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ufw application profile to allow for specific source ports
I have UFW and PlexMediaServer setup on my server. I have a UFW profile for PMS as so:
[PlexMediaServer]
title=Plex Media Server
description=This opens up PlexMediaServer for http (32400), upnp, and ...
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plex media server keeps asking me to install plex media server
I've installed plex media server, but it keeps asking me to install plex media server on its web interface:
Apparently, it doesn't find some other component of itself, because it says "Looking for ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 usb drive only available after opening in Nautilus
I'm running a vanilla install of Ubuntu 16.04. There's a USB drive that I want to access through Plex but it's not available to Plex (the media server is unable to access files) until I have manually ...
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Installing Plex media server unofficial appstore?
Looking to install the unofficial appstore from Plex to add some oher channels. I just installed ubuntu 14.04 lts. I've been trying so many things. I got the zip to download into the plexmediaserver ...
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Ubuntu - Plex Media Server: not seeing additional drives
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I have successfully installed Plex Media Server on my SSD which has access to my Synology NAS. I have an additional drive (NFS HDD) installed (photo below) which I would like ...
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how to us the chown command and mv with find command
I have been searching around and found this question which almost solved my problem. The goal is to have a folder on Ubuntu server which other computers connect to and save files. I have two ...
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Cannot mount NTFS external drive
New Ubuntu Server install 20.04, for Plex Media Server (not yet installed). Popped in a USB NTFS drive which works on other machines. It has media on it which I need Plex to server. #
Attempts to ...
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Plex media server, media location
I have installed plex media server plexmediaserver_1.1.3.2700-6f64a8d_amd64.deb on Ubuntu Desktop 16.04LTS 64bit. The web app works when I place media in /var/lib/plexmediaserver as per the default ...
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Mounting Drives, Replacing with an Array
So I currently have a boot drive, and a 500gb Drive, and a 2TB Drive. I have just aquired a HP ProLiant Microserver, and I will be aquiring 4x2TB Drives in around a month, which I will put in Raid 5.
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Plex can't see ZFS pool when trying to add library
So I just set up a new server (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS), installed Plex via snap, and set up a raidz1 pool. I can copy files to the pool, but when I go to add a folder on it to a plex library, the pool ...
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sudo apt update error, plex and pi-hole not working
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 (note: I am a complete novice) on my old windows laptop.
After a few weeks I wanted to install Pi-hole and found out I have an sudo apt update error.
Now Plex has ...
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Upgrading / Downgrading to a different version of plex package
How can I upgrade / downgrade to a different package version of plex
I can see what's upgradable by typing in.
pi@pistorage:~ $ sudo apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
plexmediaserver/public 1....
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Unable to remove plexmedia server from Ubuntu 14.04
I am unable to remove Plexmedia server from Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop 64-bit.
Whenever I try to remove it via apt-get or dpkg -r, I am getting following error message.
happy@happy-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --...
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Can I stream media from a Windows partition?
I have Windows 7 installed on my desktop. I have 2 hard drives. My operating system is on one and the other is media storage (NTFS). My family regularly streams media (using PLEX) to multiple devices ...
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