Questions tagged [plex]
Questions about Plex media server
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DNS issues on Ubuntu 22.04.3 headless server
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Trying to configure a headless plex server on a little Optiplex machine I bought. Everything has gone smoothly until I try to claim my plex server and it turns out there are DNS issues on ...
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Need help with zfs import and getting plex to see datasets
Thanks for taking the time to read and provide any insight. So I didn't export this thing like I should have any did a force import. I have my data there in the new machine as /mnt. I can see the ...
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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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/etc/fstab mount as user?
Good Morning all,
When I use my fstab command below, it seems to be mounting the directory as root causing me to be unable to edit anything:
192.168.1.74:/volume1/Barry/Plex/tv2 /mnt/plex/media/tv2 ...
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Struggling with fstab
I'm really struggling to understand my fstab file, I would like to mount the nfs so that all users can edit the directories (rw) but I seem to get 'root:root'.
My fstab file:
192.168.1.74:/volume1/...
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Please help - directory permissions going weird
I've been working on my home server for nearly 2 weeks, at the same time I'm learning Ubuntu and I got everything to a place where I want it, then today - something, went wrong..
I have three main ...
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Trying to scan my library for the first time in Plex lead me to trying Chng Dir to my external drive
As the title says, I'm now trying to change the directory to external usb drive so I can figure out why I can't get Plex to see the mp4s. Novice Linux user here. I've read and read and it seems that I'...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Plex Hardware transcode
I'm trying to set up a Plex on an Ubuntu 22.04 desktop with Intel N5105 (11th gen), 8GB ram. I cannot figure out how to activate hardware transcoding in Plex (Yes the option is ticked in Plex), 4K ...
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Error when transferring Plex watch history from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 22.04
I have been running a Plex server on a Windows PC, and want to move over to an Ubuntu PC.
I'm trying to do this by just fresh installing Plex and moving over the watch history.
I followed the ...
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Plex and Emby Servers not working
I just applied an update the other day and did a restart. Now, Plexmediaserver is not reachable, even from the desktop it is running on. Plex was working fine for over a year.
So, I thought I would ...
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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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Assigning 2 IPs to Ubuntu Server
I have a server with ethernet being the primary source of internet. I have a plex server running and I can access it locally. I can't port forward coz I'm on CGNAT however I do have a cloud flare Zero ...
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Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source *Plex*
Wondering if somebody could shed some light on a problem I've been having - Ive had a ubuntu server running that was set up as a media server with Plex on command line and its been running 4 years ...
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UBUNTU 22.04 Plex Media Server. Unable to find Media
Server Version#: 1.28.2.6151-914ddd2b3
Player Version#: Web 4.87.2
This is my second time getting Plex up and running on my Ubuntu machine. I’m a complete novice at Linux and setting up Plex is among ...
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postgres 12 suddenly stop accepting connection: connection to server on socket "var/run/postgresql/.s.pgsql.5432 failed no such file or directory
I don't know whats going on, my database just stop running. suddenly when I want to run postgres using user postgres ($postgres psql), it gives me error "connection to server on socket "var/...
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Plex doesn't see folders in /home
Hardware: Processor amd athlon 64 x2 dual core processor 4000+ Motherboard: Asus m2n-mx se rev. 2.01g Ram: 1GB
Ubuntu Server Version: 22.04
I'm new to Linux. And English its not my main language sorry ...
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apt-key is deprecated plex on a raspberry pi 3b [duplicate]
Whats up guys, I'm still a huge noob and I don't understand what is going on even though there are similar problems and solutions.
I have a raspberry pi that i want to use for a nas. i followed the ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 keeps crashing, possibly due to Plex or External Harddrive
I'm at my wits end and prepared to throw this Raspberry Pi at the wall.
I have a Raspberry Pi 4b, installed the latest Ubuntu, and have no problems. Then I install Plex, sign in, and it starts to read ...
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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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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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Looks an easy mistake? cifs_mount failed w/return code = -2 /etc/fstab
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu and I'm attempting to create a Plex Server, I've done the install but I cannot mount my NAS?!?!.. I've decided to log into a Mint VM and to use the command line to try to ...
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Plex and Folding at Home
I had Plex and F@H on my old Win7 server but am going to be upgrading and hoping to switch to a Linux environment (Ubuntu). On my old Win system, I used a program called Automate6 to do macro stuff. ...
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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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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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plex cant see my file path help?
Long story short, I switch to Linux from mac OS originally. First, I tried Pop OS and it was great. After seeing Budgie, I wanted to switch to Ubuntu.
I had followed this article while using Pop to ...
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Adding a network share to Plex server as a library
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 in a virtualbox to test out my use cases before taking the plunge and installing it on my machine, trying to get plex server configured to communicate with my Asustor NAS and ...
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How do I make external drives readable and writable to all users when mounted?
I am used to macOS, where external drives are mounted under /Volumes and are accessible to all users. I would like to mimic this behavior on Ubuntu so I can configure a samba share for another user ...
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installing deb file [duplicate]
It just shows a circle and nothings happening for 10 mins +.
What can i do to install this software?
See solution in comment below
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Hardware transcoding stopped working after host reboot
I have a Intel NUC 9 with a Quadro P2200. ESXi 7.01 is installed on the nuc.
I have enabled passthrough on the host and rebooted the nuc.
Passed both parts of the GPU - Audio and Video to the Ubuntu ...
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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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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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Ubuntu Server Install for Plex - not using HDD just small NVME
On an unused machine that was formally a windows pc I have installed Ubunutu Server and then installed plex. This, through a process of trial and error, is working. I had a number of media files on ...
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Extremely slow access of nfs nas on raspbian by Ubuntu
I have my NFS NAS set up on an RPi 4, 4gb with external drives of WD SSD in a powered enclosure formatted ext4. I am using Ubuntu as my Plex server accessing that NAS RPi 4, 4gb also.
I correctly add ...
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Plex Appliance for HP PC
I've been struggling to set up a dedicated headless Plex server for a few days now. Learned a lot along the way but once again hit a brick wall.
Now my question is at this point; is the Plex appliance ...
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Plex service cannot start
I have tried to install Plex media server on my Ubuntu 18.04 server edition using this method:
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-plex-media-server-on-ubuntu-18-04/
But the command "sudo ...
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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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Is there a sector by sector mirror imaging utility for Ubuntu?
I have been using headless Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for quite a while now and it's been updated every time there was an update, it's installed on my Dell PowerEdge T710 Server, and now every time I log in ...
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Random crash on Ubuntu 18.04
I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on an Intel i5 based PC, mainly for media purposes, Plex server, ect. I find it unreachable every now and then, once every couple of days maybe.
I tried checking the disk ...
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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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Really slow upload/cast compared to smartphones and other laptops in the same network
I really wanted to cast videos to my Google Chromecast, but I'm facing a really slow connection that doesn't occur with other devices in the same network.
For example I'm trying to send stuff from ...
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Ubuntu Plex and Amazon Firestick
I'm new to this plex software media center stuff.
I have a desktop w Ubuntu which gets internet via an ethernet port in a wifi router (from the cable tv company). Plex is installed on the desktop.
I ...
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plex: how to add a local .mkv file to a library?
Looking to play this mkv file:
thufir@dur:~$
thufir@dur:~$ tree /home/thufir/plex/
/home/thufir/plex/
└── The.Last.Dance.S01E01.HDTV.x264-BRISK[TGx]
├── [TGx]Downloaded from torrentgalaxy.to ....
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starting and running plex media server?
How do I start plex and navigate to its configuration page?
thufir@dur:~$
thufir@dur:~$ sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/...
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Getting HW transcoding to work on headless machine
Okay i give up..
Im done.. I cant for the life of me get HW transcoding to work on my plex server.. Im out of ideas.. Im pretty new to this Linux thing.. But i have read everything i could find and i ...
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Permission denied in Makemkv
I'm trying to get plex working on Ubuntu and when I use Makemkv to get the files off my disk, I get the error 'Posix error - Permission denied'. I am trying to put these files on a bigger external ...
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Permissions problem with Sonarr move
I am having a problem getting Sonarr to post-process downloaded files, then move them to my Plex media folder. Sonarr runs as myuser and Sabnzbd runs as sabnzbd. Sabnzbd downloads to /home/sabnzbd/...
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Mount two different network folders as local folders, only one will mount
I have edited the fstab file to have
//192.168.12.14/Silver Screen /media/Movies cifs redentials=/home/chase/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,gid=1000,uid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
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Plex media servers appears offline
I have set up a plex media server, after struggling with permissions, my files finally show up in the plex web app. The server is listed on my phone and ipad, but it appears offline.
I'm new to Linux,...
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Remove Metadata from Moviefiles with bash script
I have a movie library and wanted to remove all metadata saved in any movie file. Is there a bash batch script, that removes them automatically, so that I don't have to check for every existing file? ...
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Giving Plex Media Server Access to External EXFAT Drive on 19.10.1 RaspberryPi 4 4gb
Edit2 (SUCCESS): First off, thank you to all who responded! I got my Plex server working perfectly. I didn't get email notifications with updates to the question for some reason so I just checked and ...
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