I currently use PLex on a PC. I iwll be migrating it to a VM on my server.
Is there a PC(linux) based solution to access the server? Or, can I use a browsers and point to it some how?
Currently, I click on the Plex app on my LInux desktop and it runs fro the PC iteelf. so, it is running on the PC where it is installed.
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Plex is a client/server solution.
You need a device/computer which runs the server.
Then you can access this server from several other devices, either locally, in the same network or from remote over the internet.
By default, you use a web browser to access your server device.
http://ip-of-server:32400/web This address i sused for initial setup and configuration.
After your server has been signed into your plex.tv account, you can load the web app from https://app.plex.tv on any device.
A web browser has a very limited range of video and audio formats it can decode. That’s why there is Plex Media Player. It is not offcicially supported on Linux, but there are user-provided builds for Plex. Plex Media Player packages for Linux
Another avenue is to use LibreElec (which is a Linux system combined with the Kodi media player.) There is a Plex add-on for Kodi, which enables it to stream media from a Plex server.
If migrating to Linux, I recommend not using a Linux VM on a Linux host (Type 2 mode) just to run Plex. If using ESXi as the hypervisor then the Linux guest is Type 1 and works well.
I am usign VMWare as the host. Seems to be OK then.\
Thanks
Vmware Workstation is Type 2. It sits ON the base OS
Vmware ESXi is the bare hypervisor which sits on bare metal.
Avoid Type 2 as much as possible. Performance suffers greatly and hardware transcoding is extremely difficult
Mine is a VNWatre Eski. I mis typed.
Thanks
Autocorrect didn’t do justice there. 
All good
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