PLEX server on Raspberry PI

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Plex is a media server that can be used to share your media on your home devices or chrome cast
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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

wget -O - https://dev2day.de/pms/dev2day-pms.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

echo "deb https://dev2day.de/pms/ jessie main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pms.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -t jessie plexmediaserver

sudo vim /etc/default/plexmediaserver.prev

change PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER=pi. to PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER=

sudo service plexmediaserver restart

hostname -I

sudo vim /boot/cmdline.txt

append ip= followed by your IP address

reboot pi

to log in enter to http://192.168.x.x:32400/web/

then you can add libraries

Fix for external NTFS hard drives

before fix

beforefix

sudo blkid
/dev/mmcblk0: PTUUID="1d8c09f0" PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/mmcblk0p1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="PI_BOOT" UUID="EAD0-90DA" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="1d8c09f0-01"
/dev/mmcblk0p2: LABEL="PI_ROOT" UUID="9d97a4df-a4eb-4b09-92b6-bb1ccfade0ee" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="1d8c09f0-02"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="HK_POWER" UUID="A276A73D76A710D9" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="454c3418-01"

//Create a directory in /media named externaldrive: 
sudo mkdir -p /media/externaldrive

//Create an entry in /etc/fstab that looks like this:
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="HK_POWER" UUID="A276A73D76A710D9" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="454c3418-01"

//Unmount your USB drive, then run from command: 
sudo mount /media/externaldrive

after fix

afterfix

now the external drive can be indexed 🙂

scan

now it will take a while whereas it finishes

load1

Uninstall

  1. Run the command dpkg -r plexmediaserver
  2. Remove the directory /var/lib/plexmediaserver/

How to set up a Raspberry Pi Plex server

https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/72541/plex-media-server-not-seeing-external-hard-drive