If you're running Windows I made this video going over some options you have to connect to your new Linux server :D th-cam.com/video/SNYnOYWoeAw/w-d-xo.html
I have setup proxmox with several VMs running and plex server media virtualized in TrueNas VM. I have an issue with my zpool on Truenas VM with HDD pass through keeps on failing to mount after it running for a week. I have also had a HDD test on my drives and passed the test. Here is my setup HP z620 Dual xeon with two zpool ; one running proxmox running on 240gb SSD ; local storage configured in first zpool (three 500gb HDD) and the second zpool (two 4TB HDD mirrored) running on TrueNas VM through virtio SCSI HDD pass-through.Any advice will be appreciated
My windows file explorer won’t let me add anything to the server because it won’t connect what shall i do and also can i add movies with usb if yes than how please help anyone
I switched to linux around 5 years ago, I was using it mainly as developing machine. I was coding, playing with i3wm vim and other open source software. I get really comfy with linux ecosystem. And really really now I see when I created my own server how great that decision to move myself to linux was!
Thanks for this amazing guide. It feels super great to find interest in stuff like this old laptop sleeping in my desk which now is Plexing all my Chromecasts.
Hi Tech Hut, Great video and everything worked out great with the install. One thing though is how do you add more storage to the server as in external drives connected through usb and a hub. I see the drive in the server machine but i don't know how to access it or add it the plex server. could you or someone please post a link? Thanks again. Really great job.
I just want to install Plex media server in ubuntu server so that I don't want to stay my pc on and connected to internet everytime So does this work for me?
nice video! I tried first jellyfin but plex is way better. I also tested the outside network access to my local server and... it works when you access through web browser, and the quality is a bit poor, when you access with plex app (phone or tv) it doesn't work. By the way, a laptop is not good for server because the screen consumes energy right? I'm planning to buy a second hand dell optiplex
Hey so I keep getting a permission denied when I’m staying to ssh into my ip. What is causing this and any work around (yes the password is for the server and it’s correct)
Thx for the video , i try to install plexmedia on Ubuntu Core , but have problems to map nfs drive to ubuntu core on Raspberry Pi 3 as everthing seems to be write protected and cant edit fstab
Great video. Do you have any video to explain how to forward the port or to do any thinkg else to get our local server web sites on internet using our online domain name ? Update: I found a solution !
i did command to check if the server was running and it said plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-06-18 13:44:44 UTC; 16min ago Process: 944 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir > Process: 946 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{> Main PID: 946 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3. Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server. Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
Fantastic video, thank you! I REALLY appreciate the step by step instructions and the cut and paste commands and links. My current Plex server is on a Mac Mini, but I prefer to use Linux instead mainly for the low OS overhead alone!! Again, thank you and keep up the good work!
Great and informative video (as always) How can one grant permissions to a remote server on the network. Plex needs to be allowed to have read and write access. Thanks to anyone!
Hehe, it's a bit funny seeing the T450 called old. People are still recommending T420's for daily use. (2012 laptop) I EDC a T450S and that's "new" to a lot of Thinkpad people.
Lol I just use my phone for that. I never watched porn on a computer in my life. Idk what my wife uses to watch porn. I think her phone. You know what ima ask her I never thought about that lmao. She probably uses her phone tho but he I knows.
You've been uploading for 9 years straight, you always made very helpful tips and you only have 20k subscribers. Hopefully you grow wayy more in these next few years.
Awesome tutorial! I really enjoy your videos. Here are some tips for those who bumped into some troubles along the way like me: Recent versions of Ubuntu Server have the UFW firewall activated by default, so in every step that you take, make sure that open the respective port for each application. e.g.: Opening ports in ufw for being able to ACCESS Plex web interface 🤣: [~/]$ sudo ufw allow 32400 Also, the SFTP protocol is very slow compared to samba transfers. I had much better results sharing the Plex media folder trough samba. Also make sure to allow samba 🤦♂: [~/]$ sudo ufw allow samba
Hey! Can you please add "sudo service plexmediaserver stop" "sudo addgroup plex YOURUSERNAME" "sudo service plexmediaserver start" commands to your tutorial? I could not find any other folders except /home without these commands.
Do you just keep it plugged in and have the battery at 100% will it be dangerous and bad for the batter? Or is there a way to make the batter start charging at 20 and stop at 80 or something like that?
This is an excellent guide! That being said I personally found it much easier to just run windows and remote desktop from my daily driver. I actually wanted to use Linux but the Linux remote desktop was so difficult to get working consistently that I abandoned it. Primary reason for this setup it is the same machine I rip and download on so I need full remote functionality. Are there alternatives to this, or something I'm missing?
Good video!!!! For me.... I just use LMDE4 (Debian 10) as my server. I like Emby over Plex. I have enough Internet Bandwidth to share my media with family and friends. Something I do to help Emby run better is to pre-transcode all of my media to x264 in a mp4 container. I seldom have anyone needing to transcode video for playback when I do this. Just about every device on the planet will play x264 mp4 files. Only on slow family/friends Internet connections does transcoding need to be done. Pre-transcoding takes a lot of load off your CPU.
Old HP probook 4340s laptops (Intel i3) are currently much cheaper than raspberry Pis (especially if you add screen and kboard. I got one for £25 with a missing battery. You can replace the DVD with a drive caddy too. The HP BIOS is great with loads of options. It does WoL and boot on detection of A/C, so I attached to a cheap smart plug so I can boot it from my phone. It now lives under the TV and does everything servery.
Great video - I've been waiting for something like this. However, I'm stuck at the SSH login stage, which is giving me a 'permission denied' message. Do you have any suggestions, please?!
Something possibly just as important as the server, is storage. I'm looking to upgrade in the near future and wondered what you would suggest for a home storage solution for my media which is mostly currently made up of 1080 content but I've been adding more and more 4K content all the time. Keep in mind this is for home use and only for me so I don't want to overspend but I also don't want to get something I regret buying. Data redundancy is important so something like a raid setup is what I'm looking at, I'm just not sure what to go with.
This is one reason I don't use PLEX. I Don't see the point of having to login to a internet account to view or manage my local media server. I use Emby which is better for me as I don't need accounts to get to my media on my server. That is just insane. Yes they offer a account if you want more stuff and access from the internet but NO. No outside connections... I use a old Dell laptop as my music server with a external USB drive as storage and I have a media/video server. Yes I know I can do both on one, I just like them separate... :-) Great video on how to set up a media server. It is really that simple... Lol LLAP P.S. the SFTP tip was golden!
Who cares about the software, I need to figure out the practicalities of how to handle multiple drives. Not sure how I feel about a bunch of external hdds, or even a 4 bay DAS over USB
I just posted a question on r/plex referencing this GREAT video, but asking for help for a recent video because it has been since 2018. Someone suggested I ask if you can make an updated one. I thought that was self-centered of me to ask, but some of the commenters said it's not uncommon for YTubers to post updates after commenters on the video asked for it.
Great video to personal lesson. thank you. its just so much easier when someone walks you through the steps and shows you the ropes. I really like this kind of content.
Thank you @TechHut for recording and sharing this video, it was an incredibly valuable resource as I was setting up Ubuntu Server as a VM on my M1 Mac. Although it wasn't exactly 1:1 to my purposes (as I am not using Plex on my Ubuntu Server) your video helped me out greatly.
Very useful thank you, but I have a question. I am using a NAS for picture andf videos from the phones, but I also want to use it as a file server. I tried to use it aas a Plex server and found its limits. How would I point Plex server to the NAS where the Movies files are located? TIA
It's crazy, i would never have done this without you. What an amazing tutorial! A few hickups these days, like plex user not having access to home subfolders, but nothing you can't google. Thank you!
Hi! First of all, thank you for all the explaining! Seccond, it would be so cool if you could do a Windoes version of main PC. Starting with SSH Into server from WINDOWS. It is not *that* different, but I had to search for this online. I am not running Ubuntu on any machine so there was some reverse engeneering from my part to be able to forward on your steps. I am now stumbling upon the SFTP step, because I do not know what is the equivalent of Nemo in Windows, so more research on that. Other than that, all the install and updating steps worked like a charm and it was of real help you showing this on actual video. Seems more organic than just copy-pasting some comands until you get it over with. Thank you once more!
Stuck on trying to access the server from windows command on Windows 10 as even though I'll enter the password, I always get an access denied message afterwards and cannot get past that part. Any tips?
I feel like im missing a step for Plex, for some reason my Media folder is not showing in Plex. It could have something to do with me using WinSCP when I was putting my movie files into the server but I can't figure it out
hi - thankyou for this video - can you help me for have an access from internet to my local sever (help like port forwarding and something like that)- thankyou for your support.
One question...The email Registration thing, is it optional and if not why exactly is that needed? When only sharing the plex server on the lan it doesnt has anything to do with wan, right?
Please tell me why whenever I reboot or shutdown this server, it never works afterwards? What needs to be done in addition to these steps? I can't even start the openssh service
Thank you for the detailed process! I've been able to do all! But can't read the files from plex. I have make all the folders inside my user route user/media/.. but when I add the route through flex it only identifies my user folder and not the subfolders. If I add the whole folder it doesn't recognize the folders, any help?
Hi TechHut. great video. Thank you! One of the challenges I keep facing with my old laptops is the hardware doesn't support 64 bit architecture, and It looks that Ubuntu Server only supports x64 architecture, so I couldn't install it on my old dell satellite laptop unfortunately.
TechHut so I followed your instructions to install Ubuntu 24.04 to my Asus ProStudio Laptop. Everything works except when I get to the point where I am trying to log in on sftp into Plex to manage the folders and all on the server. I have successfully ssh into the server on my iPhone and my MacBook Pro but not having luck logging in on sftp. I am on the same network as the server. I have tried using chrome, file browsers, etc. Any suggestions?
Once you actually add the library to plex is the process to add more moves just consist of adding them using the drag and drop method you used to add the movie? And does plex automatically update with the metadata for the new movies.
If you're running Windows I made this video going over some options you have to connect to your new Linux server :D
th-cam.com/video/SNYnOYWoeAw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you bro, new Sub you deserve it --> I usually never sub to anything 🙂
is it possible to use ubuntu server in wsl?
Dopeness.... Thank You!
I have setup proxmox with several VMs running and plex server media virtualized in TrueNas VM. I have an issue with my zpool on Truenas VM with HDD pass through keeps on failing to mount after it running for a week. I have also had a HDD test on my drives and passed the test.
Here is my setup
HP z620 Dual xeon with two zpool ; one running proxmox running on 240gb SSD ; local storage configured in first zpool (three 500gb HDD) and the second zpool (two 4TB HDD mirrored) running on TrueNas VM through virtio SCSI HDD pass-through.Any advice will be appreciated
Worked like a charm! Thank you!
My windows file explorer won’t let me add anything to the server because it won’t connect what shall i do and also can i add movies with usb if yes than how please help anyone
Fillzilla
I switched to linux around 5 years ago, I was using it mainly as developing machine. I was coding, playing with i3wm vim and other open source software. I get really comfy with linux ecosystem. And really really now I see when I created my own server how great that decision to move myself to linux was!
hello, how can we do this setup by using a MacBook as the main system?
Just for cleaning up in my confusing file system, I made a server like this. Very helpful video.
Did you ever make a video about securely connecting to the server outside local network?
1:32 - "So enough f*ck*ng introduction lets go ahead and go onto our computer and burn the disk image of the ubuntu server installation".
HAHA
😂
Thanks for this amazing guide.
It feels super great to find interest in stuff like this old laptop sleeping in my desk which now is Plexing all my Chromecasts.
Great video. I love your detailed step by step approach to this.
I am curremtly app,ying this to my laptop with a jellyfin server.
my plex not upgraded bro it is leaving plex and upgrading rest 🤔
the lid tips was awesome thank you
Bruv is that T450s and u call it old? Man i bought it a month ago and its the best pc i had hahHhHaa
cute fish
indeed it is
Hi Tech Hut, Great video and everything worked out great with the install. One thing though is how do you add more storage to the server as in external drives connected through usb and a hub. I see the drive in the server machine but i don't know how to access it or add it the plex server. could you or someone please post a link? Thanks again. Really great job.
I address this in my Jellyfin server guide. You should be able to do the external drive thing with PLEX. :) th-cam.com/video/eJvQKLVrmU8/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
lol love the thumbnail oooh looks so sophisticated.... na just htop
how to ssh from windows plz
Thank you, I learnt a lot.
I just want to install Plex media server in ubuntu server so that I don't want to stay my pc on and connected to internet everytime
So does this work for me?
Plax keeps disconnecting for me does anyone know how to fix this I have static ip and port forwarding turn on for my server
nice video! I tried first jellyfin but plex is way better. I also tested the outside network access to my local server and... it works when you access through web browser, and the quality is a bit poor, when you access with plex app (phone or tv) it doesn't work. By the way, a laptop is not good for server because the screen consumes energy right? I'm planning to buy a second hand dell optiplex
Hey so I keep getting a permission denied when I’m staying to ssh into my ip. What is causing this and any work around (yes the password is for the server and it’s correct)
But it consume a lot of power. I'd make a pi server. It consumes only 5 watts
Oh yes Brandon!! This video is gonna be useful currently. Will DM you if I succeed :)
Just what I was looking for! :)
Could you tell me how I convert my laptop to VPS to use for the SMTP server?
Thx for the video , i try to install plexmedia on Ubuntu Core , but have problems to map nfs drive to ubuntu core on Raspberry Pi 3 as everthing seems to be write protected and cant edit fstab
Can you invite someone else to your server so they can see your content as well, but through their profile?
Top tutorial, many thanks.
Great video.
Do you have any video to explain how to forward the port or to do any thinkg else to get our local server web sites on internet using our online domain name ?
Update: I found a solution !
i did command to check if the server was running and it said
plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-06-18 13:44:44 UTC; 16min ago
Process: 944 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir >
Process: 946 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{>
Main PID: 946 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 18 13:44:44 media systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
does anyone know if i restart it somehow or fix this?
How can i add movies from nasserver in to plex in linux
I am wondering the same, let me know if you figured this out. I have a synology nas and plex setup on ubuntu server
do you relly need plex if its a file server
Hello there, at 05:51 the box showed me a message like "not connected". Will that cause an issue if I want to use ssh command from windows 10?
Fantastic video, thank you! I REALLY appreciate the step by step instructions and the cut and paste commands and links. My current Plex server is on a Mac Mini, but I prefer to use Linux instead mainly for the low OS overhead alone!! Again, thank you and keep up the good work!
great video
This is a very comprehensive guide, thanks a lot man
Great and informative video (as always) How can one grant permissions to a remote server on the network. Plex needs to be allowed to have read and write access. Thanks to anyone!
Thank you 😊...I've been trying to figure out how to do this for sometime now. Your instruction simplified things.
any chance you could give me some help. im stuck at ssh, the password I've set keeps saying incorrect, gone back onto the server pc and works fine
Will this be able to work for running a simple application
Thanks, the best up-to-date video so far. Very informative and helpful. Might try setting up Ubuntu server again instead of freenas.
Great help
Thanks
May I ask of you the model and specs of the Thinkpad? An old T400 of ours falters when running h.265 under Windows.
Hehe, it's a bit funny seeing the T450 called old. People are still recommending T420's for daily use. (2012 laptop) I EDC a T450S and that's "new" to a lot of Thinkpad people.
I use a t520 for daily use and i love it
T440p here!
I was going to search about how to turn laptops into a server... 😏
Finally, I can re-use my ancient laptop beside for seeing adult content.
and use that to watch adult content using plex.. win:win (;
Adult content 😏
very in character for max
Lol I just use my phone for that. I never watched porn on a computer in my life. Idk what my wife uses to watch porn. I think her phone. You know what ima ask her I never thought about that lmao. She probably uses her phone tho but he I knows.
By adult content do you mean taxes and stuf???
You've been uploading for 9 years straight, you always made very helpful tips and you only have 20k subscribers. Hopefully you grow wayy more in these next few years.
You called it he got 30k now
Almost 40 now
67.8 now
its 71k now
80k!
Awesome tutorial! I really enjoy your videos.
Here are some tips for those who bumped into some troubles along the way like me:
Recent versions of Ubuntu Server have the UFW firewall activated by default, so in every step that you take, make sure that open the respective port for each application.
e.g.: Opening ports in ufw for being able to ACCESS Plex web interface 🤣:
[~/]$ sudo ufw allow 32400
Also, the SFTP protocol is very slow compared to samba transfers. I had much better results sharing the Plex media folder trough samba.
Also make sure to allow samba 🤦♂:
[~/]$ sudo ufw allow samba
Plex recognises my home folder but not the folders I created like you did.
Hey! Can you please add "sudo service plexmediaserver stop" "sudo addgroup plex YOURUSERNAME" "sudo service plexmediaserver start" commands to your tutorial? I could not find any other folders except /home without these commands.
Did this fix plex not being able to see the movies and TV shows files for you?
@@Johnyboy-wj6ls yes
worked for me thx @taman
Worked for me too! Thank you so much!
Do you just keep it plugged in and have the battery at 100% will it be dangerous and bad for the batter?
Or is there a way to make the batter start charging at 20 and stop at 80 or something like that?
This is an excellent guide! That being said I personally found it much easier to just run windows and remote desktop from my daily driver. I actually wanted to use Linux but the Linux remote desktop was so difficult to get working consistently that I abandoned it. Primary reason for this setup it is the same machine I rip and download on so I need full remote functionality. Are there alternatives to this, or something I'm missing?
Good video!!!! For me.... I just use LMDE4 (Debian 10) as my server. I like Emby over Plex. I have enough Internet Bandwidth to share my media with family and friends. Something I do to help Emby run better is to pre-transcode all of my media to x264 in a mp4 container. I seldom have anyone needing to transcode video for playback when I do this. Just about every device on the planet will play x264 mp4 files. Only on slow family/friends Internet connections does transcoding need to be done. Pre-transcoding takes a lot of load off your CPU.
Thank you for adding the lid tips, just transitioning from a pi and that was my biggest concern.
please make a video with doing the same with jellyfin
I just wanna watch whatever I want on VLC on mobile
Old HP probook 4340s laptops (Intel i3) are currently much cheaper than raspberry Pis (especially if you add screen and kboard. I got one for £25 with a missing battery. You can replace the DVD with a drive caddy too. The HP BIOS is great with loads of options. It does WoL and boot on detection of A/C, so I attached to a cheap smart plug so I can boot it from my phone. It now lives under the TV and does everything servery.
Great video - I've been waiting for something like this. However, I'm stuck at the SSH login stage, which is giving me a 'permission denied' message. Do you have any suggestions, please?!
Try: ssh username@ in front of the ip adress. Hope that might help :)
@@geirfammestaddonski4835 You beauty! Result!
Glad to hear it helped :)
@@geirfammestaddonski4835 This also helped me. Thank you!
@@kevinallister8373 glad it helped 👍
Something possibly just as important as the server, is storage.
I'm looking to upgrade in the near future and wondered what you would suggest for a home storage solution for my media which is mostly currently made up of 1080 content but I've been adding more and more 4K content all the time.
Keep in mind this is for home use and only for me so I don't want to overspend but I also don't want to get something I regret buying.
Data redundancy is important so something like a raid setup is what I'm looking at, I'm just not sure what to go with.
This is one reason I don't use PLEX. I Don't see the point of having to login to a internet account to view or manage my local media server.
I use Emby which is better for me as I don't need accounts to get to my media on my server. That is just insane. Yes they offer a account if you want more stuff and access from the internet but NO. No outside connections...
I use a old Dell laptop as my music server with a external USB drive as storage and I have a media/video server. Yes I know I can do both on one, I just like them separate... :-)
Great video on how to set up a media server. It is really that simple... Lol
LLAP
P.S. the SFTP tip was golden!
Who cares about the software, I need to figure out the practicalities of how to handle multiple drives. Not sure how I feel about a bunch of external hdds, or even a 4 bay DAS over USB
I just posted a question on r/plex referencing this GREAT video, but asking for help for a recent video because it has been since 2018. Someone suggested I ask if you can make an updated one. I thought that was self-centered of me to ask, but some of the commenters said it's not uncommon for YTubers to post updates after commenters on the video asked for it.
Great video to personal lesson. thank you. its just so much easier when someone walks you through the steps and shows you the ropes. I really like this kind of content.
Thank you @TechHut for recording and sharing this video, it was an incredibly valuable resource as I was setting up Ubuntu Server as a VM on my M1 Mac. Although it wasn't exactly 1:1 to my purposes (as I am not using Plex on my Ubuntu Server) your video helped me out greatly.
Very useful thank you, but I have a question. I am using a NAS for picture andf videos from the phones, but I also want to use it as a file server. I tried to use it aas a Plex server and found its limits. How would I point Plex server to the NAS where the Movies files are located? TIA
It's crazy, i would never have done this without you. What an amazing tutorial! A few hickups these days, like plex user not having access to home subfolders, but nothing you can't google. Thank you!
how did you fix this exactly? Same issue here...
@@thejeewee1910 Oof, I don't quite remember now, but I'm pretty sure it was the chmod command to modifify the permissions.
@@Notyourbusinesschap thanks, that solved the issue indeed!
@@thejeewee1910 Glad to help!
Hi I know this video is old but, what kind of linux are you using? Is it light? And is it good for work purposes? I use ms office apps
Thanks :)
If I move to another country and want to change my mirror, can I do that? Or will it be changed automatically? Thanks!
Hi! First of all, thank you for all the explaining!
Seccond, it would be so cool if you could do a Windoes version of main PC. Starting with SSH Into server from WINDOWS. It is not *that* different, but I had to search for this online. I am not running Ubuntu on any machine so there was some reverse engeneering from my part to be able to forward on your steps. I am now stumbling upon the SFTP step, because I do not know what is the equivalent of Nemo in Windows, so more research on that.
Other than that, all the install and updating steps worked like a charm and it was of real help you showing this on actual video. Seems more organic than just copy-pasting some comands until you get it over with. Thank you once more!
Cyberduck works for me, looks similar to Nemo
Stuck on trying to access the server from windows command on Windows 10 as even though I'll enter the password, I always get an access denied message afterwards and cannot get past that part. Any tips?
I feel like im missing a step for Plex, for some reason my Media folder is not showing in Plex. It could have something to do with me using WinSCP when I was putting my movie files into the server but I can't figure it out
Had the same issue. You have to set the folder permission.
You just got me a 100 on my project! Thanks!
hi - thankyou for this video - can you help me for have an access from internet to my local sever (help like port forwarding and something like that)- thankyou for your support.
One question...The email Registration thing, is it optional and if not why exactly is that needed? When only sharing the plex server on the lan it doesnt has anything to do with wan, right?
The ubuntu archive site is not working, can I change from jammy to another disto after the server has been installed?
Python remote control exploit create small tutorial video bro
This is great - I did this on an old laptop! However I have my media on a network hard drive - how do I get the laptop to show the media from there?
Is there any chance you could show how to do this with a mini pc like a beelink and a synology for storage to offload the transcoding?
Please tell me why whenever I reboot or shutdown this server, it never works afterwards? What needs to be done in addition to these steps? I can't even start the openssh service
UFW wasn't enabled on the Ubuntu Server laptop, right?
Thank you for the detailed process! I've been able to do all! But can't read the files from plex. I have make all the folders inside my user route user/media/.. but when I add the route through flex it only identifies my user folder and not the subfolders. If I add the whole folder it doesn't recognize the folders, any help?
same issue. Any idea how it was resolved?
For some reason my media folders and files are not showing up when I try to add them to plex
can anyone help?
Hi TechHut. great video. Thank you! One of the challenges I keep facing with my old laptops is the hardware doesn't support 64 bit architecture, and It looks that Ubuntu Server only supports x64 architecture, so I couldn't install it on my old dell satellite laptop unfortunately.
Just go with debian instead of ubuntu.
Linux and Plex go brrrr. Linux is the best distro, hands down to run Plex.
Is there any downside if doing a vmware of ubuntu instead?
one minor detail.
you may not have the same username in the server as your main machine. so you can use
ssh usernameForServer@ip_address
i was so confused till i saw this lmaoo cheers 👍
Dude thank you so much I just couldn't get why it kept refusing my password
WOA THAT IS NOT A MINOR DETAIL, THAT IS A SUPER HUGE DETAIL, I WAS SEARCHING EVERYTHING BUT THAT and it worked like a charm
when you install Ubuntu on the laptop is windows removed?
why is my partitions not detected in plex? I have partitions that contains movies
Why to opt for proprietary Plex and not the opensource Jellyfin?
Be careful, fancy tails have been known to ssh into servers.
Are you still replying to this video if so I have a question. Please help
TechHut so I followed your instructions to install Ubuntu 24.04 to my Asus ProStudio Laptop. Everything works except when I get to the point where I am trying to log in on sftp into Plex to manage the folders and all on the server. I have successfully ssh into the server on my iPhone and my MacBook Pro but not having luck logging in on sftp. I am on the same network as the server. I have tried using chrome, file browsers, etc. Any suggestions?
are you using windows? if yes install winSCP
Hey, this might not for me but probably I'm going to use this guide in future. Anyway, great content bro!😀👍
Once you actually add the library to plex is the process to add more moves just consist of adding them using the drag and drop method you used to add the movie? And does plex automatically update with the metadata for the new movies.