Is an ARM build planned for Apple Silicon?

Plex Media Server
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Plex Media Server apparently works fine under Rosetta on Apple Silicon Macs (currently the M1 chip):

However, is an ARM build planned? If so, when so? And would Plex Pass members get early access?

FWIW, I no longer need this, as I moved to using a Raspberry Pi 4 as my media server, which is affordable and works fine.

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I did see it mentioned on the forum somewhere. Some of the transition looks very easy to do but some of the dependancies look anything but simple. I know one of the team did purchase an M1 for development purposes but not seen it on an official roadmap yet.

Iā€™m running PMS under R2 on a Mac mini so hoping for a native PMS as soon as possible. The Mac Plex client app runs really well under R2 so I hope that work on PMS is tackled first as that is a bit resource heavy under the translation / emulation.

3

Anyone know if thereā€™s been any update on this?

Really keen to have a Apple Silicon build (just the client) for my M1 Macbook!

4

Yes, support for ARM Apple M1 would be great.

5

Totally agree.
Any update on this?

6

Iā€™d tend to think based on Plexā€™s response here that they may have given up on heavy PMS support on Mac. Zero response from Plex since May 3.

Based on their response here:

Seems like theyā€™re saying they dont have a Mac to support PMS onā€¦ confusing to say the leastā€¦

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Please do not take my statements out of context.

  1. I was asked if I can help with a Mac (independent of the CPU)
  2. I replied I could not because I donā€™t own one nor do I have VM capability.

Please do not infer that has any bearing on Plexā€™s future plans. It was a direct statement about my ability to provide support.

If or when Engineering has a releasable product, they will announce it.

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No disrespect intended. Disturbing when Plex says they donā€™t have a way to test on Mac. Certainly reads like a commitment level statement on that platform.

Iā€™d much prefer Plex help us with our transcode issue instead of ignoring us. Weā€™ve been ignored for over a month nowā€¦

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Ok folks,

Iā€™m not going to discuss HOW I did it but suffice it to say I have a ā€œfunctionalā€ VM at this point.

How functional you ask? Not very.

  1. x86_64

  2. 8GB Memory

  3. Software transcoding only;

  4. No HW on anything ā€“ meaning no high bit rate HEVC. Iā€™m stuck with 5-10 Mbps only.

  5. limited by what can be pulled in over the VM network link (1 Gbps)

Advance warning:

  1. I know Unix (my first *nix OS back in 1982)
  2. I donā€™t know MacOS

I will try but guarantee nothing; best I can do.

Will this get the job done?

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Any update on M1 versions of Plex server?

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There is nothing to report.

If & when Engineering decides to, it will be announced.