Hi, I’m pretty sure there used to be an Auto Update option under server settings in PMS, but now it seems to have disappeared? Any ideas?
Has the option been removed? If so, anyone know why?
I’m running DSM 6.1.3 on a DS916+ with the PMS 1.8.4.4249
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No, not the library update. I’m talking about the software update of PMS itself.
Synology doesn’t keep up with the current version of PMS and hasn’t for some time now.
Your only timely and viable option is to download directly from Plex.tv and perform a ‘manual install’ in Package Center
Ugg… as often as Plex is releasing updates these days, this needs to be fixed… Seriously, come on… is Plex doing it’s own auto-update really that hard?
At the very least, you could do a Synology Public Repo for automatic updates with the 64bit public version (non PlexPass) users … Even as a PlexPass user, I’d use that just to get around the annoying update me thing that seems to be nearly every few days now.
As for PlexPass Synology repo users… not sure why you couldn’t, during update/download run a quick script to check the existing installation database for a plexpass account as being logged in… Maybe I’m thinking to simple… dunno.
Irony is… auto-update is more useful to PlexPass users… Would really appreciate this going up the ladder in priority for the Synology DSM users.
Couldn’t Plex themselves make a community package repo or add it to SynoCommunity?
Trumpy81, creating a server that supports updating of Synology packages is simplicity itself. Any excuses based of “can’t use the syno community server because it’s a commercial package” is deflection.
I have chatted with Engineering on this matter.
- Plex sends package binaries to Synology
- Synology does their QA and then publishes the package through their Package Center
- If a user wishes a Plex Pass (Beta) version, it is to be manually downloaded and manually installed.
If Plex is unwilling to setup a Synology compatible update server, perhaps the community should.
Just to let you know what will happen (I am not threatening)…
HQ will find it and order it taken down as they are with other sites storing the packages.
So why don’t they operate one? It’s trivial to setup, and would basically cost nothing.
I raised it to engineering and was told No. They don’t want an 'Unofficial App Store" when Synology is the Official App Store.
@trumpy81 said:
There has never been auto update of Plex on a Synology NAS.You should receive a message telling you to update manually provided you are using the correct update channel in Plex settings->server->general. That will provide a link so that you can download the latest package, but you still need to install the package manually in Package Center.
There has, mine has updated via the Package Center a couple of times (the most recent being two days ago). It’s the first time it’s done it in probably about a year though so it’s seemingly not updated often.
I can’t see how I’m deluding myself when I saw with my own eyes the package being auto-updated within the Package Centre. I usually manually update so I was surprised to see it show an update was available automatically. I’ve got no reason to make this sort of boring crap up.
The “newest version” was the version that the Package Centre updated to, so clearly 1.5.3 isn’t the latest version available.
Synology is preparing for DSM 6.2 to go public. When they prepare for any major release is when they update package center .
I see 1.10.0 now listed there.
they also had no choice since the codecs for 1.5.3 are no longer downloadable
any chance for a new feature built into plex server where it simply updates itself (and in effect cuts synology out of the operation completely)?
I have no idea how feasible this is. As a plex pass user I find myself manually updating constantly and it would be nice if this was mitigated somehow 
@Hardtarget said:
any chance for a new feature built into plex server where it simply updates itself (and in effect cuts synology out of the operation completely)?I have no idea how feasible this is. As a plex pass user I find myself manually updating constantly and it would be nice if this was mitigated somehow
To augment:
PMS runs as user plex, which is an unprivileged user without root access, on DSM. As such, it has insufficient rights to install anything.
@ChuckPA said:
@Hardtarget said:
any chance for a new feature built into plex server where it simply updates itself (and in effect cuts synology out of the operation completely)?I have no idea how feasible this is. As a plex pass user I find myself manually updating constantly and it would be nice if this was mitigated somehow
To augment:
PMS runs as user
plex, which is an unprivileged user withoutrootaccess, on DSM. As such, it has insufficient rights to install anything.
ahh interesting, that does make sense.
Do we have an official petition in some Synology forum where we can add our +1 for this cause? Can someone link to that so that everyone can follow the link and contribute in applying pressure on Synology to update this?
Thanks
@syberjj said:
Do we have an official petition in some Synology forum where we can add our +1 for this cause? Can someone link to that so that everyone can follow the link and contribute in applying pressure on Synology to update this?Thanks
I don’t understand what you want to petition?
There is nothing for you to say or do. This is a corporate matter .
