Select Shared Folder , choose Plex , and hit the Edit button. Source: Android Central In this window, navigate to the Permissions tab. By default, this user account will have no access. Select the Custom checkbox to get started. Source: Android Central You will now see a new permissions window. Tick all the permissions in this dialog box, and hit Done to make the changes.
In this dialog box, select the checkbox for the setting Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files. Source: Android Central Once that is done, hit Save to make the changes. Now, we can get started with the actual migration. Doing so will ensure that the package is deleted, but the PlexMediaServer user will be intact with all the permissions.
The earlier installation of Plex was done so that the PlexMediaServer could be created and we can assign the user the necessary permissions. Follow the steps outlined above for manually installing Plex to re-install the package.
This time, you will see a spinning icon next to the Installing message:. This means that Plex is migrating the data, and based on the size of your media library, it may take an hour or more. According to the official Plex documentation, it takes about a minute to migrate every items indexed by Plex, so you can use that as a rough estimate as to how long it will take. But I wanted to use the DSM 7. As well as Plex, this NAS can do a whole host of things, from surveillance to cloud storage.
While a NAS is mandatory, the Plex Pass and hard drives are optional, but highly recommended additions. It's best to use drives designed explicitly for NAS, and the Ironwolf series from Seagate are excellent storage solutions. These drives include AgileArray, which helps improve performance and reliability over traditional desktop drives. You can use Plex for free. But to take full advantage of streaming capabilities with transcoding for advanced playback on connected devices and keeping your libraries looking perfect, you'll want to consider the optional Plex Pass.
Feb 28, As of the Plex Media Server 0. By default the Synology NAS devices only trust packages from Synology themselves, so this article is meant to help guide users in setting their device to the correct Trust Level.
That is reserved for Plex Media Server use - database, metadata, etc. They are best left for use by Video Station, etc apps. The NAS I am using. Manual recommended This route is a little more complicated and requires you to download and install new Plex Media Server releases, but it's my preferred method.
Download the Plex Server package. Choose 'Synology' under 'NAS'. The Plex server will consistently search these folders for new media and automatically add them to your library.
This will allow the application configuration to persist across future container updates. A list of compatible models can be found here. In order to download Docker, we need to enable access to Synology Beta Packages. Once you are back at the main Package Center screen, you will see a search bar at the top of the application. The docker image we are going to use for this tutorial is from the Linuxserver.
The image can be found at the docker hub here. If you choose to install Plex via the terminal on your NAS or directly on another Docker host you can use the below command:. To view information about the environmental variables listed above you can review the container instructions at the containers GitHub page here.
For this tutorial we will use the variables in the above command and translate them into the Synology Docker interface. You will see a list of containers. Double click on the image to download it to your NAS.
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