Turn A Raspberry Pi 4 Into A PLEX Media Server

In this video, we show you how to turn a Raspberry Pi 4 into a PLEX Media Server for Streaming Videos, Movies, Music, and Photos from the Pi4 to any other device that supports PLEX like an Nvidia Shield Amazon Fire stick, Android TV android tablets or phones and even iPads and iPhones.
This method is pretty simple and along with your Raspberry Pi PLEX media server, you also have access to a full desktop operating system Ubuntu 20.10 or higher.

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[bobowon]

this is the first guide for turning plex into a media SERVER that actually uses the pi as a server and not a client

[SirRob]

My first ever Plex Server was an rPi 3B+. I had pretty decent luck with that. 90% of my viewing was just in-home on the same network so that worked fine on my PC and Smart TV. I live in Canada. Was visiting Japan last year and we were able to stream 1080p with a smidge delay at the start but after it did some buffering it played perfectly. I didn't think the little thing was going to be able to do it but it did. Raspberry Pis really are perfect for getting your first server up and running.

[RonkeyRong]

Omg perfect, I was just looking for how to do this yesterday and you happened to post a video today about it today. Thank god I'm subscribed

[jmr]

I started my Plex journey with a RPI3. I recommend Diet-Pi as an OS. It let's you easily install many different programs like Plex. For a small household the PI4 will work fine. The PI3 even worked well when I used it. If you get too many speed bumps you can try turning off transcoding in Plex. In the OS you can also turn off the Desktop environment entirely.

I ran my PI3 and PI4 with an SSD hard drive for booting. Then for additional Media use a separate USB 3 hard drive for the Plex library.

I eventually upgraded to a NAS after I decided to stick with Plex.

[pugster]

A few things. 1) If you are running a server 24x7, I would use a passive cooled case like one of your reviewed flirc case. 2) You can run the cli version of raspian which takes up less resources 3) Running Openmediavault via docker is much better since it is much efficient in running it and you can run it headless.

[robertthompson]

This is THE BEST video I have seen online for getting a plex server set up. I have been working on something like this off and on for months! Got it set up in a day. Amazing content!!!! I subscribed and liked!!

[Monsterrello]

Great video! great voice, quick, informative, and to the point.
All videos on YouTube should be like yours.
Thank you

[thendakor]

Thank you for this. It's answered a lot of questions for me. I had nightmares try to get plex working on my Pi3 with a USB HDD and Raspberry Pi OS. I got it working eventually but this looks so much easier.

[jonessut]

An excellent ‘How to’, video. I have 12 year old iMac as my Plex server and it will need replacing soon I’m sure. This is a great cheap alternative to a new PC!

[iamapie]

I've had a raspberry Pi 4 Plex server for a while now, I bought Seinfeld on DVD and I didn't want to keep swapping discs just for watching the series, that's what got me into Plex, even though my library has grown I still use the raspberry Pi, also I managed 5 1080p streams once I watched a movie with my friend from my server, no one seemed to have any issues

[davidianmusic]

Totally agree on power consumption, but I’m running on solar north of 49’, so December power is precious. Going to try on a pi2, really, I barely ever stream more than 720. Pi2’s are kinda a sweet spot, not near the 4’s performance, but not shady AND a power sipper.

Thanks for all your info, using a lot of your suggestions. Great channel.

[haydenc]

If you use /dev/shm as the transcode directory...the 8 gig version will definitely help
Very cool it has more oomph than the 32bit ARM processors
For home use, a few transcodes should be just fine anyway
Very nice...keep em coming!

[Richie]

multimedia setup with a Plex interface is simply fantastic! with the rpi4 boars.

[IRWPD]

Never knew that Plex server was that easy to setup.

[davidbugeja]

I have this setup on my Odroid C4 (through your reviews) which operates quite well. Got external hard drives connected to it with a "DIY NAS" setup using greyhole if you want to give that a go. It's basic data redundancy without the fuss of a raid controller or anything like that, and you can just add hard drives to it and it will scale the space on the smb share.

[PixelPlay]

Using a Nes4PiCase with a 2'5 hard drive could be a great solution for a streaming setup.. Thank you for this video !

[JonKho]

Thank you for the tutorial video! It’s time for me to use my pi4 for Plex media server.

[RevolutionSite]

ALWAYS Great Content! Love the Channel! You're a Gem! Quick Question, do you think the Flirc Case, with its Aluminum Housing and Built in Heatsink is will suffice for this CPU Load, or do you think a Fan Solution is more advisable ?

[Champabay]

I've been using a cheap celeron NUC for years as a Plex server and love it. Just wish there was a cheap multi bay 3.5 drive enclosure but my docks work fine.

[Uniblab]

Excellent video. I was contemplating a Plex Server on a 4GB Pi and now for sure I will use this set-up.