Raspberry Pi Plex Server: Setup Your Very Own Media Server [OLD]

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In this video I show how you can setup a Raspberry Pi Plex server so you can have your entire media library in one location. Anyone with a valid connection to it will be able to stream from it.

There is currently no official ARM version of Plex so instead we will need to download an unofficial package. This is done by dev2day.

One of the best things about the Plex client is the amount of devices it’s supported on. There is almost no mainstream device that you won’t be able to install the client or at the very least access it via the web app.

There of course some bottlenecks for using the Pi as a streaming server. This includes the 2.0 USB ports if you’re looking to hook up a hard drive to the Pi. The pi will still make for a decent plex server probably handling 2-3 people.

If you have trouble getting the package to download, then change the URL in the package source list to just plain HTTP. (I explain this in the video) It should then download without any issue at all. However, the standard way should work just fine. (It didn’t for me unfortunately.)

There are quite a few ways you’re able to store your media on the plex server. The best way would be on an external hard drive. You can make this a network attached storage so you can access it anywhere within your local network.

You should find that all the official clients should find your server automatically without needing to add the IP in. If you want to use the web app then you simply need to enter the IP with the port 32400 and then /web/.

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[uhNid]

This video saved me so much headache I was running into with the official element14 tutorial. It's a great tutorial but my results were not identical to the ones they suggested. A lot of repo issues. Thanks for taking the time to make this! I appreciate it.

[DBMedStuff]

I've been thinking of getting into using RaspberryPi and your videos make it seem WAY more useful and accessible!

[scaryrich]

3:59 - when I type sudo nano /etc/default/plexmediaserver I just get a blank page for the media server (not sure what to do next) Any advice?

[arian]

perfect. i have been trying to fix my server for the entire day and it seems like that user change sorted it all ;) thanks buddy.

[dimislaz]

Hello, when i choose the folder and check the HDD (hdmovies) click the ADD, click add library nothing happens. its blank without movies and say no movies, the HDD its full of them. whats wrong?

[stewiegriffin]

When i reboot the pi after i installed plex, it won't work again. I cant ssh in it and i also cant see it in my network. What is going wrong?

[moj]

Is there a way I can run a tv hat for US use? Trying to turn the raspberry into a TV tuner

[kreigsr]

Fantastic video along with the work sheet on your site. Thanks!

[ponycorral]

Had this all working fine but after a few minutes of browsing my movies on my phone and even watching something on the pc through the plex pi server, everything says my server isn't available now or my website isn't reachable (when using the browser). any suggestions as to what I could try? my phone app says the server is offline...

[niknicholson]

Minor correction 5:49 it's a colon, not a semi-colon. Thanks for a good video.

[rasikadeshpande]

error is there like : gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found

[user]

help here please when i reboot it it just went back to the normal raspberry screen .isn't supposed to start with plex already?

[SuperRD]

The plex media server seems to stop working after 10 days; any fix for this?

[richardk]

followed all the steps however when I attach an external HD, it recognizes it but not the content on it. I tried using a usb stick and same issue. Any suggestion as to where I went wrong?


thanks in advance

[logangustafson]

When I go to add a library I can see my USB drive but none of the folders inside of it appear. I can view and play the files from my desktop so I know they are on there. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?

[sucramplaysmc]

Im getting an error, The following packages have unmet dependencies: plexmediaserver : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.19) but 2.13-38+rpi2+deb7ull is to be installed

Depends: plexmediaserver-installer but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[ZahidHasan]

I went to the Plex site and it seems, the free version has a 1 minute limitation of video and photo is watermarked?

[ricodonnelly]

I can't update to 1.5.6.1079. Has anyone had success with this? Also its really slow when streaming remotely, any suggestions?

[DKH]

It works but I have to manually mount my external usb storage before it can be read. I can't SSH to the rasp with Putty for some reason. Any suggestion to get that working?

[Bessskar]

How can I link this to a pie that is being used as a Torrent Box with VPN