Using Plex Media Server to create "NickFlix"
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2022
- My personal digital media management journey has been going for two decades or more at this point, going all the way back to mp3's and ripping CDs in the 90s. But for TV shows and movies, the level of effort required is orders of magnitude more difficult and taxing than making a mixtape CD.
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Do you manage your own digital entertainment media at home?
Doesn’t everyone? Lol
Jokes aside, plex has been the best thing. Have been using it for years in my home.
Yeah, and my friends and family are very appreciative.
been at it for longer. since before 2006. im on unraid now and it works awesome! it uses a live usb and everything is on ram while its running including holding temp data from transcoding with gpu passthru.
I run a dedicated Windows 10 Plex server, 64 gb ram, 3900x and a 1660 super. I use a product called Drive Bender to pool any drive I put in it, just like Windows Home Server used to. So far I have 16 tb of drives in it. I've got about 700 DVD's, and 200 Blurays on it. Ripped using AnyDVD HD and Handbrake. There are 25 people I share the server with, all over the United States. Looking at the dashboard now, I've got 8 streams going at the moment, with no issues. Great vid BTW!
I been using plex for a few years now. Works great!
“Fun and Spicy” should be your caption for future videos 😂👌
Nothing like a saturated 10GbE link to get me feelin all spicy!
I'm not really a mediaphile. I don't watch a ton of television or movies, but it can be frustrating when certain shows that I do like, that I watch frequently, are spread over 12 streaming services. The ability to buy the DVD's, Blu rays, or screen record where neither are available (Granite Flats) and put them on my own in-house streaming service has become too enticing to ignore. The ability to load in all my wife's old movies and our kids shows that we own is just icing on the cake. I'm currently buying, ripping, and converting as we speak.
Exactly
For me, docker inside an lxc … hosted on proxmox has been the way to go. No permissions issues to speak of, and in Linux, I feel like permissions issues are generally easy to solve. What’s been nice is that even on older hardware, I’m using barely any resources, and I’m still able to do cpu transcoding from within the Plex container. It all just works, and in fact, Plex gave me the least amount of issues when compared to some of my other containers. Pihole with unbound as a recursive dns server, as well as qbittorrent with OpenVPN built into the container are some of the ones that come to mind.
My own media center journey started back on the og Xbox with yamp and xbox media player before they merged and eventually became Kodi. (Yes I'm aware there was several name changes in between that)
Dude, seriously, I have watched hundreds of videos about Plex and the best way to install it. HUNDREDS! But this is BY FAR the most upbeat and fun one to watch! You got yourself a subscriber! 😉
I'm just sorry there's nothing more about it in your channel. 😥
Thank you! You're just in time, too! The Plex series is about to kick into full gear now that the whole Datacenter is up and running (teaser: The Plex library now resides on a NetApp storage array)
@@datacntrdude Eagerly waiting 🙂
First time I've ever Liked and Sub'ed, within a few secs. There's something about you that just 'clicked' with me.
Thanks for this channel! :)
Thanks! And welcome!
This video was very exciting as I cannot wait for follow videos related to Plex. One of the things I would love to resolve is the lack of fail over or redundancy regarding Plex servers. Can’t wait for your next video.
Great video!!! We have a very similar background in regards to you media library.
Just found your channel... many similarities. look forward to tuning in !
thanks for the demo and info, have a great day
Great video, have been (legally) building my movie collection slowly too 😅
Don't lie 😂😂😂😂😂
I would recommend Unraid! Very friendly to manage drives, dockers and VMs
this works great if you also have a nas set up on the same drive your movies are on. you can add movies to the server from any device that can connect to the nas.
This title is exactly what I was looking for.
Curiously, how does the native transcoding on Plex compare to Emby/Jellyfin, etc.
Great video - I need your help to know how to set the video aspect ratio in Plex automatically when viewing a new movie than viewing a classic movie?
Bro... found your channell last night while going down the rabbit hole of using Plex with Windows, i really enjoyed this video. I liked and sub'd... We need a series on Plex man. I know ya have heard it before lol. I tuned my old gamer PC w/ AMD FX 8350 Asrock Killer 99fx killer mobo with 32 gigs of ram. ssd for boot drive & 4-6TB HDs managed with MS storage spaces with parity mode... and it works well. but i am ready to build a new PC for Plex only. Thinking later Gen Intel I7with Quicksync , not sure what mobo... I really want to use Windows because thats what i know. Anyways was hoping to see a series on this topic... Thansk for the video. Hope to see more...
I just got a used ultra-small form factor PC with a recent-ish Intel CPU for < 200 bucks on ebay, and use its QuickSync for HW transcoding. It works just fine, even with 4k as long as it's not more than 2 4k streams. Idle power consumption is < 10w so the monthly power bill is just ~5€. OS is Ubuntu server, storage for the ~10TB library is on a NAS but I use a dedicated local NVMe drive just for Plex metadata, so combined with 32GB of RAM all the thumbnails, etc. just load practically instantly.
How reliable has Ubuntu Server been for you?
I recently bought an Intel Nuc with 32 GB of ram and am looking for the most reliable operating system.
which model/config did you get?
@@Screamer1989 I got a ThinkCentre M710q with i5-7100T and a 512GB M.2 NVMe. I upgraded the RAM to 32GB (this is overkill) and added a SATA boot SSD.
I no longer use Plex, I migrated to Jellyfin mostly because Plex lacked AV1 support for a long time and me and my friends who stream media all much prefer the Jellyfin UI. Jellyfin now runs directly on the NAS (Pentium G4520) with a Quadro P620 for transcoding. The old Plex server is now part of a 5-node Proxmox + Ceph cluster running other services.
Please another part would be awesome!
It's coming, I swear! I've been distracted with events and shows the second half of this year. Full content mode will resume here shortly.
I get where you are coming from, but I worship at the alter of Emby.
How do you enjoy HDR+10 on plex? Do you steam 4k or direct play? What do you use to stream true 4k?
i got a question for you.? if i want to stream movies for 20 peoples and 15 devices whast the best nas you would recommend me to buy and which hardware should i use?
Your dilemma will be bandwidth, not hardware. For 20 simultaneous streams, at 5-10Mbps per stream, I hope you’ve at least got a gigUP link. Any consumer NAS can handle serving the media with the right amount of capacity, just depends on budget.
I am brand new to Plex and found this software from another RUclips channel called audials that records tv shows that you have from streaming services. My question is what is the best format for Plex? I like MKV for my movie rips but think it may be to hard to stream to Roku. What about Webm? That's the one I have been liking cause it automatically gives me a thumbnail preview in Plex.
Did you ever do a part 2 on this?
Actually with Chromecast With Google TV I can use a very power efficient server that doesn't transcode. But I can run Plex on my laptop (hooked up to the shared libraries on the server) if I need to transcode at some rare occations.
This has been over a year, when are you likely to release a part 2 to this series?
Yes. There has been a ton of experimentation with windows, Linux, docker, and ultimately ending up back on windows. In addition, I’ve tried several different storage solutions like native NetApp storage, unRAID, and ended up just repopulating the 60TB of media back onto the Synology. Also testing limits of Intel CPUs with QuickSync vs GPU transcoding. There’s tons of stuff to talk about that have happened in the last year, and I’m just trying to find a useful and/or entertaining way to put it all together.
I have an 11th Gen I7 Intel Nuc showing up Monday with 32 GB of ram, low power consumption and integrated GPU for transcoding.
I'm just wondering which operating system to go with.
@@erichubbard7754 Windows, unless you’re super-comfy around Linux and permissions.
@@datacntrdude Please Do! I am really looking forward to part 2!!!
When does the follow-up is coming ?
All the way back to the late 2000s ? Wow - kinda boggles the mind ;)
my Plex setup now comprises two machines, a storage server running Truenas Core, and an application server running Ubuntu desktop with docker where Plex and other apps run.
Excellent!
Any update videos coming?
.. and here I was thinking I was a geek! - Im humbled! 😂
Tx Nick👏
Q: Why not FIRST transcode stuff you wanna share to mp4, then put them all in a share library? Would that not solve the on-the-fly transcoding issues?
I have 2 HDD in my PC with movies on. I have added both directories in Plex and now it shows up two "Movies" folders.
I would like all the movies on the two HDDs to show up in plex under ONE folder called "Movies". How is this done?
Can someone answer a question for an old guy that has archived his collection?
My TV show are in a TV file and each show has its own file , each episode has the show title and episode number
Example
That 70's Show
S1-E3
But only season 1 shows up on my plex server.
What am I doing wrong?
@Ken I would start here... support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/
There's also an AWESOME tool that is worth every penny called FileBot that you absolutely must have. I think it's $10?
are you going to post the other plex videos you talked about making?
Absolutely! They're coming this month. They got pushed back in the schedule because the new storage array showed up. 🤘
@@datacntrdude yay! I can't wait!
My plex is a dcker container on ubuntu, in a proxmox vm on a 2012 mac mini. I passed the iGPU through and it transcodes ok. Granted, I mostly only ever have one stream going at a time.
Does unraid run good on windows ? and is windows easyer to use then plex is confusing
Beware great Dude, for a grasshopper told me,
"If you look into the data center, the data center looks into you"
(and that's nothing to snort at.)
im trying to watch a movie by doing doing watch party-how do i do this-do you need plex pass for this
Moving to unraid was the best thing I ever did
Welcome to the party pal
Enjoyed this video..if you can have a playlist on just PLex alone it will be very helpful
Definitely will once I get some more videos on it up! They're coming, I promise!
I use truenas. Was not hard. I would like to use unraid at some point. My sever is a dell r720 and i added a 16gb card for transcending for 100-150 bucks
I use Win 10 LTSC or IoT Enterprise if I need a light OS
I just had a copyright violation message pop up on Plex, Should I be worried?
I added a TV show, and it popped up with that message.
I turned off the NAS and shutdown plex as a precaution.
Well, sounds like I'm in way over my head. I have a few tb worth of media and am getting sick of airplay-ing it to my TV down stairs but I didnt understand the majority of what you said so I guess airplay it is! Appreciate the effort you put into this video. Its easy to see it was very well made.
Check out hardware haven he has a pretty detailed video on doing this and I’m a complete noob but understood most of it!
I run TrueNAS on a mobile AM4 CPU installed in a full ATX motherboard and convert all my media down to 720 for direct play.
9months ago and no part2 yet?
Are you sure that sever is not your altcoin miner? ;-)
That’s a different rig. ;)
Personally, Unraid is really the way to go.
This seemed like a video that explained a lot without explaining a lot 😅😅
The tore browser
I used plex to make my own Chinese Netflix i pawn off access for 5 bucks each to everyone and I'm saving up for a balling out server setup.
Hey dude, I had the same idea today, can we please keep in touch where I ask for a little bit of advice? Discord, Gmail, Instagram, anything! 😁
@@santhannaidu8589 i can help u with that
@@reklamador27 hi could I message on discord or something. I would like to ask some questions
@@reklamador27 can I get your discord?
Now I wish my name was Nick so I can have a cool name for my media server lol. Haven't been able to come up with a name..
Windows 10 ltsc, give it a try, it's so nice
Huh?! I searched your videos for the follow up videos, talked about in this one. Seems to have never materialized. Oh well, on to someone elses channel... 😕🤷♂
They're coming this month. Got delayed due to some prioritizing of other content. We'll be upgrading the server, and going over some of the in's and out's of transcoding configuration.
Im no expert but from my experience as long as the server forces max quality and the end users do the same in their settings, there is no need for transcoding. That is a latch ditch effort imo. Yes, it requires bandwidth but nowadays its accessible and affordable to get 1 gig upload from many ISP's. I'm not critizicing you but many plex "preachers" talk like you need a beefy cpu and gpu in a server rack case which scares away people from making their own server. So I believe talking more about hosting on less intensive hardware, as you mention your Synology NAS, might alleviate some people's concern when dipping their toes into plex. I've been hosting a dozen people with just a raspberry pi 4 for the past 2 years to give you my perspective.
Really low end gpus do video just fine though.
Holy crap a dozen people on a raspberry!
"data center dude" can't get Plex to work on Linux... Being able to utilize Linux properly kind of seems like baseline s*** for a data center dude :/
Eh, would be a problem if it was a commercial project, but if it works out of the box for his use case **shrug** Same reason I’ve never jumped to Linux for my gaming rig; the fun of tinkering has diminishing returns when just gets more in the way of your ultimate goal
Gotta say, lost me at the very end with “back to windose”. Was hoping for a new and exciting method to old(er) tricks. NFS with SSD cache still wins. Alongside nVidia’s “budget” cards from 4 years ago… with a failing fan. If you come up with a better nic teaming method for us poor folk I’m all ears!
Less air quotes
as long as you dont use it for photos. its like they let toddlers smash the keyboard in the coding department, lol music and movies are as good as many are. livetv is 3rd place after channeldvr and jellyfin. as of this day no plex user can use the photos section without it going bonkers after plex refresh/scans in the background.
Do Jellyfin as it's much better than Plex
I've thought about it, but the level of cutover that would be required across the board just doesn't seem worth it right now. I'll def tinker with it at some point in the future.
My plex has shows that hbo max recently cut out so...yeah plex is a win and will be more relevant in the coming years as these greedy streaming services try to play Powerball with creators. It's sad but if this Discovery plus or whatever its called is any indication of the future we will see more corporate buy outs and content just wiped from existance....anyone remember driveclub or the content and games that sony erased from their servers?? That's an example of where this whole streaming direction is unfortunately heading...we may see a day when episodes from shows streaming that are paid for just simply vanish or are "edited" and censored for whatever reason...actor gets fired from a scandal...great we can just edit in their replacement like some classic bands "remaster" some albums to remove a drummer or singer. Or better yet...Star Wars "Special Editon" it all and make the previous versions unavailable where fans go insane for years trying to restore the original versions. Sad times.
It's easy to make a server but hard to convince friends/family that it's not illegal and they aren't going to get their house raided for using it. Legit nobody I ask will even try my server because they think it's immoral or illegal. So weird. Literally scared of technology.
If you frame as just streaming your content, that might grease the wheels.
40 years of seeing the FBI warning before a home movie starts.
I have never Ben able to direct conect to my plex server from outside my network.
You might need to setup port forward on your router. Other than that there are some other things you can do in your OS to secure it
A lot of talk here but no real information for someone new and trying to setup a Plex Media Server. Seems like boasting to show how smart he is... not helpful for those of us who are not as smart.
Couldn't be further from the truth. Just trying to pass on my experience of what worked and what didn't. But I take this feedback on-board, and will try to be more helpful in future videos. Thank you!
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I discovered blocks about 10 years ago. It my parents were not very knowledgeable. That means we had Internet in her house and Wi-Fi but but it was 100MB capped Wi-Fi. This was very annoying because is that Wi-Fi speed slowed down the router which made it really annoying to use my plex Server. I know I have on my own a NAS with 10GB of ram and a 1tb Internet router. My network storage is plugged directly into the router which makes it very quick to watch anything from my server on any device even remotely from anywhere in town. I have thousands of episodes of TV shows and thousands of movies on my plex Server. I get really annoyed when my 3 streaming services that I have don't have a show or movie that I wanna watch so I just download it and put it on my plug server and 10 minutes later It's good to watch and I don't have to worry about the server failing because it's my personal server. I also think plex is at its best when you pay you pay for the lifetime ownership and you should never do the $7.99 subscription grip shin for plex because you will end up paying more than what it cost for the lifetime ownership or plex pass as it's called called. I did subscribe to plex because I wanted the ability to watch on my phone or tablet of it and the free version is fine if only you want to watch on your TV but I highly recommend just pay for the one time ownership ownership rather than the subscription I did subscribe to plex because I wanted the ability to watch on my phone or tablet of it and the free version is fine if only you want to watch on your TV but I highly recommend just pay for the one time ownership ownership rather than the subscription. If you only want to watch your movies and TV shows from your personal server on your TV free is just fine but if you want to be able to do remote access from anywhere in the world you have to pay for it because the free version doesn't let you watch on your phones or tablets although you can't get around that by watching plex through the browser on your phone rather than the app. That being said the plex app makes it much easier and much better for your phone or tablet or tablet so I highly suggest palice suggest paying for the lifetime ownership wants rather than the subscription or free.. I've done all 3 of these and I've never regretted paying the one time ownership lifetime payment.