I‘m looking for an easy way to setup plex server on any linux on a mac mini. I only need the plex server on the machine and filesharing active /FTP/SMB) to be able to copy files to the server.
The mini is a mac mini server 2012 with 2,6GHz i7 with 10GB RAM and a 250GB SSD.
Imtried ubuntu but i didnt get the file- and screen sharing configured. I also tried to set up plex on OMV but this was catastrophic
I want (need) to use linux because my drives are exfs formatted
Is there any EASY way for noobs?
Note: Don’t use FTP . It’ll be painful to setup and not do what you want. SMB/CIFS will work. Also, If you wish a bit more freedom, you can use NFS if available on the file server side. (NFS is native to Linux and works best)
Supplemental: For all local media disks on the host,
Thanks but i wanted an EASY way, no hour long terminal sessions. This is 80s computing. Isnt this possible from the desktop? Like computing in 3rd millenium?
As it’s a Mac Mini… how about installing the latest supported version of macOS? The 2012 Mac mini should run up to macOS 10.15 „Catalina“… that’s still supported by the latest version of Plex Media Server (which requires macOS 10.13 „High Sierra“)
Yes this is my solution until now. But not the best way
Modern MacOS versions have a lot of things on it i dont need and what makes the system instable. Notifications, icloud sharing and so on. And i dont get the file sharing service activated to copy files from an other mac to the plex server drives.
I would like to use my Intel NUC8 as plex server but im a little bit cunfused that there is no easy way to do this until now. I tried it with an ubuntu system and with openmediavault but that was not a solution.
In my mind it should be easy to create a „PlexOS“ image with an simple linux core with plex server app integrated that should make it easy to run a plex server on any computer
Install 2x 1TB NVMe SSDs (or 512GB for the OS and 1TB for Plex metadata)
Increase to 64 GB RAM
Use Ubuntu Server 20.04 / 22.04 as your base. (5.15 Linux kernel)
If you want a UI, Install “Cockpit”.
– Simple tool - Web based (even remote)
– Manages all the services (systemd) and storage (including network storage)
This is a quick abbreviated shot of my NFS storage mounts from the NAS.
I have a terminal option so I can get on the command line through Cockpit if I need to.
The idea of making a PlexOS is a good one. We played with the idea.
The problem with that is just like what you get with Windows –
– Everybody has different hardware and wants theirs supported too
We talked about a “Plex” white box. The logistics of internationally supporting a physical device are simply too much.
Well but inthink every linux distribution installs the needed software for the hardware it is installed on. This should be possible with an PlexOS too
Or am i wrong?
Until now i use plex on a Mac Mini Server 2012. That runs very good but my NUC8i7 is out of use here (was my roon core until now, but i’m afraid of roon and use plexamp now) and would be the better hardware (the 8th gen i7 in the NUC has double speed than the 3rd gen in the mini - based on benchmarks mac mini 2012 and Mac Mini 2018 which has the same i7 as the NUC8 and the NUC has m.2 while Mac only SATA6) for plex thats why i would prefer this
What I’d love to see is some kind of Plex “certification” where a streaming gizmo has some little Plex badge on the package … Maybe a 2-3 tier system, with the top tier meaning full support for DV and passing through every audio codec.
If any manufacturers cooperated, you guys testing the devices and OKing the certification badge wouldn’t be too much work. And that relationship might spur manufacturers to make Plex-friendly software fixes more promptly.
