Beautiful, but it is not working with external drives. It would be fun with an usb HDD, where plex folders and transmission folders are on the external HDD. Until it is a pain. THX!
So useful this video. Thank you. One question, I am planning to buy a barebones Mini PC and then tag on RAM and SSD to it. Can I just flash the ISO on ether on my mac and then stick the USB to the Mini PC and have it boot off that and that should work instead of buying a MiniPC with a Windows OS?
Base debian with no gui and docker is the way to go. But as i wrote in here, today plex is more common and shareable so performance of the server weights in a lot
Whata pain. We need a casaOS type system that has the OS with it. Like Home Assistant does in the full version. It would take care OS updates and networking.
I didn't follow the video so closely but what is the performance of the device? i think in this time and age a plex server is rarely a media server for the household but rather the one who runs it shares it with family and friend with ez. A tiny Pi or whatever is running it can rarely handle 5-10x simultaneous streams. Just in my house we can have 2-3 streams going with the kids etc and then some 1-5 streams from the outside. just because you can host a plex server on something isn't always the right way to go is my point.
Try both. CasaOS is very easy to spin up and get going. OMV is more difficult to setup, but with Tehnodad's video, it wasn't that bad. Personally, I stuck with OMV. But CasaOS is good too.
Hi TechnoDad, I followed this guide. had casaOS on a raspi4 but got a n100 mini pc so did the upgrade, but now, every few minutes or even while using plex the files are no longer availlable . always have to restart the server for plex to be able to read the files. Is it a power managment thing ?
@@TechnoDadLife everything keeps working and I can access casaos and all the containers. It's just Plex that cannot access the external hard rive where all the media is
It is easier to set up shares with the base desktop. You can always use the terminal, but this video is to help make it easier for people who are new to linux.
Your video has been the most helpful, but CasaOs is not for beginners or anyone that does not know Linux programming. I now have CasaOs installed but still has problems. Tried adding an external drive, installing it following your instructions, it did not go exactly like your instructions, seems to be installed. Next hurdle is trying to upload video folders, Having to upload one at a time with 30% failure rate will take weeks. I am not impressed with anything about CasaOs, it is crap, nothing but bugs, with little support. Most "programmers" appear to be guessing at problems. I like technology but CasaOs is for people that have no other life.
Thanks for a beautiful tutorial
Beautiful, but it is not working with external drives. It would be fun with an usb HDD, where plex folders and transmission folders are on the external HDD. Until it is a pain. THX!
Hi Jeff, very useful video, thanks!
nice video. How do you connect to anther computers share drive and use it with the system?
So useful this video. Thank you. One question, I am planning to buy a barebones Mini PC and then tag on RAM and SSD to it. Can I just flash the ISO on ether on my mac and then stick the USB to the Mini PC and have it boot off that and that should work instead of buying a MiniPC with a Windows OS?
You should be able to flash the ISO with BalenaEtcher on MacOS. It works just like Rufus but just for MacOS.
can i ask, why did you installed desktop gui? it's seems, you could install only minimal server setup
I assume not to scare a windows viewer pal who never saw bash before?
Base debian with no gui and docker is the way to go. But as i wrote in here, today plex is more common and shareable so performance of the server weights in a lot
The gui only adds 350mb the way I added it with a minimal install. It will have zero effect on anything manufactured in the last 8 years.
Hi, I wonder why not use Ubuntu Server as base image for install? or some other reasons to prefer Xubuntu?
Love the videos! What if you want to add a hard drive but don't want to format it. I have a drive with data I want to use, how do I mount it?
Good question! It depends. I would give more information on the CasaOS forums.
Whata pain. We need a casaOS type system that has the OS with it. Like Home Assistant does in the full version. It would take care OS updates and networking.
CasaOS is very easy to install but missing basic nas functionality like simple user / share management
I didn't follow the video so closely but what is the performance of the device? i think in this time and age a plex server is rarely a media server for the household but rather the one who runs it shares it with family and friend with ez. A tiny Pi or whatever is running it can rarely handle 5-10x simultaneous streams. Just in my house we can have 2-3 streams going with the kids etc and then some 1-5 streams from the outside.
just because you can host a plex server on something isn't always the right way to go is my point.
This is a bare minimum server so it will run things well, but it depends on how much transcoding you are doing of course.
The "Shared" function is related to CasaOS? or is just File Browser
Good video as usual. How is casa os compared to openmediavault? I am thinking for a bigger server, not a mini pc.
Try both. CasaOS is very easy to spin up and get going. OMV is more difficult to setup, but with Tehnodad's video, it wasn't that bad. Personally, I stuck with OMV. But CasaOS is good too.
If you have more than one user or have a need for raid, use openmediavault.
how to enable or use recycle bin in OMV.???
@technodad, are you moving away from open media vault?
I am just trying out new things. I get bored using the same stuff all the time.
What about upgrade to OpenMediaVault 7?
Hi when you update addons example Plex does the location change because you move the location ??
I changed where the media files are stored.
Hi TechnoDad, I followed this guide. had casaOS on a raspi4 but got a n100 mini pc so did the upgrade, but now, every few minutes or even while using plex the files are no longer availlable . always have to restart the server for plex to be able to read the files. Is it a power managment thing ?
It could be a faulty power supply. Try installing something else and see if the porblem continues.
@@TechnoDadLife everything keeps working and I can access casaos and all the containers. It's just Plex that cannot access the external hard rive where all the media is
would this also work on a mac? Ive been looking for a way to get casaOS working on a mac mini.
You can install linux on an intel mac pretty easily. A new m mac, no guarantees.
Why not Ubuntu Server?
Because Ubuntu is a flavor some people prefer. I would go bare Debian route. But that's just another man's preference.
There are extra steps for Ubuntu. I did a video on that already.
Just install Ubuntu server os base Debian for CasaOS why Ubuntu with x server
It is easier to set up shares with the base desktop. You can always use the terminal, but this video is to help make it easier for people who are new to linux.
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Your video has been the most helpful, but CasaOs is not for beginners or anyone that does not know Linux programming. I now have CasaOs installed but still has problems. Tried adding an external drive, installing it following your instructions, it did not go exactly like your instructions, seems to be installed. Next hurdle is trying to upload video folders, Having to upload one at a time with 30% failure rate will take weeks. I am not impressed with anything about CasaOs, it is crap, nothing but bugs, with little support. Most "programmers" appear to be guessing at problems. I like technology but CasaOs is for people that have no other life.
casaOS is good but only outdated Apps not good 👍
They are docker apps...so they should be the :latest releases
@@haydenc2742 which is easy fix