3 Ways to Start Your Own Plex Server

Plex has too much garbage on it.
I don't want Netflix or live tv shit on Plex.
So jellyfin is better.

jellyfin is better

5 minutes in and we finally get the content we clicked for. Man...

I used to stream my movies from my windows pc using ms media server to my PS3 with virtually no effort back in 2007. This is so complicated for no reason

Hi, I dont have a PC only a Chromebook laptop. Is this still possible?

Where do you get legally obtained DRM files?

Seedbox?

I run plex on a Pi4. Has been running without a glitch for months.

Sorry but some of us need step by step tutorials. Not this.

If anyone is curious. The Nvidia Gforce GTX 680 STILL supports native transcoding for Plex. Yes… My now ancient gaming rig is now my Plex server

Thanks for making this... literally an IT tech explaining this to people 2 months prior. They show me this video (I have already watched it, and have my own server and pfsense router for several years) and now very adamant about making their own of course with my help for very if not nothing compensation... I NEED NEW FRIENDS...

Edit: I will make them pay with computer parts...

I'm plexer i get lifetime in 2020 and I used since 2018

I have my Plex server running on my oldest spare computer. (a 2009 build upgraded with SATA SSD and 980-TI for Minecraft and Roblox when the kids have friends over) When Its drive got too close to full I just made a shared media folder on another computer with room to spare and pasted the shared folder's network address in plex. So easy to setup.

Plex is garbage on Apple TV. Lip sync issues that they refuse to update.

1 in 7 is actually kinda low for a tech company that only hires nerds

Hey Jedi Rocks rocks

why would anyone use unraid instead of proxmox? am i missing something?

Wait a minute, is Linus being sponsored by @renault ? cuzz that tshirt shows it all

what happened to the closed captions

im using linux mint and i have a plex server and it will not see the external drive it's driving me nuts

so... if i have a cloud storage, i can upload my stuff there and watch it on plex without have my pc turn on? Im looking for a solution to not let my pc burn, when im watching movies in plex. External drive is not a good option for me

What if your house burn down or your server suddenly suffered unrecoverable damage? Google Cloud, or iCloud ... ... offers a peace of mind compared with Plex, isn't that the main difference?

Still rocking an old 13’ XPS with 2x USB 8TB drives. FreeNas OS but will be upgrading soon. Still hopeful for a Plex OS down the line 😋

I Did This & Its Looks Nothing Like What's On Here It Pretty Much Looks Like A Basic Streaming App....It Never Gave Me The Option To Do The Setup wizard thing

Thank you! Had no idea both Plex app and plex media server app were required

i would like to try jellyfin. but in 2023 i would NEED LTT and Level1Techs to do a collab on DIY pc NAS for media/game server uses. much like your ultimate PC build guide. could be a 2 part series covering DIY hardware build in one and software options including scalability options in the other. sooo many things to sift through on the software side unraid, freenas, docker, truenas, emby, proxmox etc. make it make sense.

As of April 10th 2023 plex no longer supports older windows or Apple operating systems and is also discontinued on Playstation 2. You have to be on windows 10 or newer

Why not just set up a free nextcloud server with free dynamic dns? You can't beat free.

i actually exclaimed out loud because i found it so ridiculous...YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR HARDWARE ENCODING?

Plex is rubbish! Especially when you trying to have three or more servers in one place, continuously disconnecting servers doesn't like vpn etc.

I'm a user of Serviio Media Server, while I love the server I wanted a Netflix like app to access my library of Movies And Shows and all the metadata thing, and Serviio only stream on VLC Media Player, it doesn't have a app of its own for streaming
(It does have quite a useful app for android just to control the server remotely like updating it refreshing, adding new folders, customizing transcoding, subtitle and videos and everything like that which is super useful)

I'm going to try JellyFin because of all the comments praising it
But still I wanna give a shout-out to Serviio for being more than enough for an average user who just want to stream their favourite video music and pictures

WARNING IF YOU CANT ZERO KEY ENCRYPT YOUR FILES WHERE ONLY YOU HAVE THE ENCRYPTION KEY DONT PUT YOUR OUT THERE FREE IS NOT FREE THESE APPS COLLECT YOUR LIFE. DON'T DO THIS

I've tried the others but keep going back to plex. It just works better (for me). Wish they kept the plex arcade thing though. What Plex needs is to add customization and a simple means to send out notifications to your users. Reminding people not to transcode 4K down to 480p for instance.

Why plex hasn’t designed their own ssd media server yet, is baffling

Too complicated. What even is the point of this headache inducing waste of energy? All my media lives on 7x 5TB external HDDs.

I'm Still Using Old Windows Media Server that comes with windows media player. I have a Jellyfin server but to share media file from my pc windows media sever does the job.

I love plex

How do you obtain "legal, drm-free" files?

"legally obtained"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I paid for Dropbox for 10 years and it was cheaper than to get home nas and Plex

PLEX FTW

1 of every 7 people in our office....so only Linus.

If you use your main pc for your plex server, a good way to manage your media library is to partition your drive/add a second drive and make folders for that.

How about using the Google chromecast with google tv with external HDD attached to it via USB C type hub and power delivery (ideally via mini UPS backup)?

glad you specified " legally obtained movies without DRM " lmfao

Do you guys use home assistant? if so could I use my home assistant blue with google coral in the same way youre using the nvidia Shield Tv?

I just cannot add a single folder to my Plex :S cannot add a movie folder, a tv folder... It always says my changes could not be saved :S

Anyone able to help with getting the igpu through in unraid? I followed multiple guides and it isn't working (using jellyfin, but it should be similar anyone)

WTF DO I DO IF IT FAILED!!!

Someone help me please? I don’t download any videos or no intention of doing so, I just want to setup a computer at home and when I travel, I d like to bring roku and stream from my server at home. ( I just dont like to put my address and password at hotels for a security reason and I have heard Netflix will be blocking if you travel out of state) is Plex right for me as a server for streaming?