Docker Image Synology

[Funkmaster]

Hi everbody,

does anybody know the diffrence between these two docker images?

Currently i have installed the linuxserver.io image.

Thanks in advance.
Funkmaster

[adefaria]

All I know is that the plexinc/pms-docker is from Plex itself whereas linuxserver’s from that guy. I think, in theory, they should be the same but they could be packaged differently. I guess you could scour dockerhub and compare the two packages. Not sure if that’ll answer your question but I am equally interested in learning about any differences. I usually use linuxserve’s docker images but I got the plexinc one and got it set up and am able to use hardware transcoding on my Synology Plex setup so in a way I don’t want to mess with it.

[kopfpilot]

plexinc/pms-docker:

• official image - It is the image you get support for in this forum (I am not sure if the restriction still applies, though)
• inspired by how the linuxserver images are generaly work.
• latest tag points to the actual version
• the public and plexpass tags do auto updates of the plex version when the container (re-)starts - but they are rarely build and therefore contain eventualy outdated os packages.

linuxserver/plex:

• is maintained by linuxserver.
• linuxserver images generaly aim for ease of use for endusers
• latest tag points to the actual version
• auto update of the plex version when the container (re-)starts is available in all images

If you use docker-compose or watchtower to replace the container with a new container whenever the image the latest tag points to, I would stick with the official image.

If you plan to leverage the in-container auto update, I would suggest to use the linuxserver images, as their os-level patches will be more up to date - though you still have to use the “container repace” approach on top to make sure the os level packages are not outdated.

[ChuckPa]

DSM 6 or DSM 7 ?

If DSM 7, may I offer

Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and How-To's

28. Using Docker for HW trancode & Tone Mapping - How To WARNING: This technique is no longer required as of PMS 1.29.1.6240. PMS 1.29.1.6240 and above installs the needed drivers automatically upon first use You may now remove the PMS container and image. ================================================================= OBSOLETE This How-To (FAQ) will demonstrate how to setup PMS, with HW transcoding and tonemapping support. Two different methods are presented here – First method is ru…

[adefaria]

Question: For PMS running in Docker, when there is a new version and auto-update is active, does the server owner get any notification that an update is available or that an update was auto-updated?

[kopfpilot]

It depends on the image and tag!

PlexWeb has a notification that indicates if new updates are available - so whenever you use PlexWeb you will know when an update is available.

With plexinc/pms-docker:latest you would need the pull the new image either from the Syno Docker-UI or the commandline. Then you can stop your existing container, select the container and use the action “reset”, which will make the Syno Docker-UI replace the container with a new container that uses the exact same parameters as the existing container based on the new image version.

With plexinc/pms-docker:public and plexinc/pms-docker:plexpass it is sufficient to stop/start the container from the Syno Docker-UI.

With linuxserver/plex:latest images it should be sufficient to stop/start the container from the Syno Docker-UI. But keep in mind that you need to perform the “reset” action from time to time to make sure the underlying image gets replaced with one that has a more up to date patchlevel for the os level packages.