I have a old trusted NAS ReadyNAS Pro 6 and the newest PMS is 0.9.16.6, but sins the last update on Apple IOS devices the Plex Client acceps only 1.3 at lowest version. Is there a work around?
If not then this is bad because i dont hace in budget to spend 30 000 swedish kroner on a new NAS that can take over the funktions :’(
How about SEK 5,800.- for an Core i5 NUC, with 250GB m.2 SSD and 16GB RAM?
You install Plex server onto this little fella and point its libraries to your old NAS to fetch the media from there.
The result is a Plex server that is probably a lot more powerful than your SEK 30,000 NAS upgrade.
Our NUC expert just posted results of the NUC type: NUC7PJYH
it does 2 transcodes of full UHD remuxes (4K HEVC to 1080p AVC) at once
The CPU supports these codecs in hardware.
All this without getting loud with fan noise.
Well I feel you, I’m in the exactly same situation.
I’ve upgraded my ReadyNAS pro 6 with a Intel Core2 duo @ 2,4GHz and 8 GB ram and it has transcoded more than fast enough for everyone (5 persons) in my household even if we all were watching different things at the same (it was rare but it did happen).
Now just because it’s OS is old Plex isn’t supported due to insufficient hardware??? It’s not a hardware thing, it’s a we don’t give a damn because you don’t spend enough money buying new devices.
The ReadyNAS pro 6, with hardware upgrades especially, is still a quite capable to run a media server, so why I’d go buy some NUC like @OttoKerner suggests, to add unneeded complexity to my network is beond me.
If I could find a way to backup a little over 14 TB of data (all of my media collection) and update the OS of the box it would be back to being supported by plex which really say a lot about it not being a hardware limitation issue.
So I think a lot more could be done to support older servers, Plex shouldn’t limit support based on OS alone, look at the hardware instead! But likely we’re too few that have old hardware that’s still powerful enough for anyone to care I’m afraid.
@OttoKerner said:
How about SEK 5,800.- for an Core i5 NUC, with 250GB m.2 SSD and 16GB RAM?
You install Plex server onto this little fella and point its libraries to your old NAS to fetch the media from there.The result is a Plex server that is probably a lot more powerful than your SEK 30,000 NAS upgrade.
Thats not what i want, i know you can fix it that way… But the simples ide is to run the server where it belong in the NAS, ther shuld be a exception for the player to accept old PMS!
@OttoKerner said:
Our NUC expert just posted results of the NUC type: NUC7PJYH
it does 2 transcodes of full UHD remuxes (4K HEVC to 1080p AVC) at once
The CPU supports these codecs in hardware.
All this without getting loud with fan noise.
My NAS and kan witout a probelm transcode 1080 without a noise… but stil not the problems here and i want a siple support sulution for my friens that is not intrested in huow to use IT… That only add work to me…
@Ghosthack said:
… But the simples ide is to run the server where it belong in the NAS…
Why should the server have to belong on the NAS?
Considering what the Plex Media Server is made for, a NAS is among the worst case options to run it – of course you can make it work… but it’ll always be more of a workaround with restrictions.
The NUC scenario is a great option, significantly increasing the power of your setup (which means a lot in the Plex Media Server world).
As for the increased minimum requirement for your clients…
Once you stop upgrading your server (e.g. because your hardware cannot take it any more), you should stop auto-updating your clients and keep an eye on those release notes.
I’m aware it’s easy to say that once the damage is done… they put out the announcement 4+ weeks ahead of the actual change for a reason.
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edit: typo
that whold have been a good ide not to update the app… but when its don you can not down grade 
and as uselu in app uppdate there is no warning of this!
I still think that we as member shuld have a choice of witch level of PMS you kan connect to!
ps. the only thing that makes my NAS obselit in this is my Linux kernel, not hardware!!! And becouse Netgear not alowing and supporting OS 6 on older NAS you get cach 22…
Hi Ghosthack and Jmalmlund
I also use PMS 0.9.16.6.x on my very old, now underpowered and out of date, RN Duo V2 and it still works very well for me. However, I think where we differ is how we get the videos from our NASes to play on our TV screens.
You see, I use a Roku 3 streaming device which uses a Plex channel/app, from the Roku Store, that will read videos on the NASes we use and play them on the TV screen.
NB: I also use my old NAS and PMS software to also play my digital mp3 albums.
If you check out this Amazon US website you will see what I am talking about:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Roku+3
Unfortunately, I cannot tell you if this device is available in Sweden and, if it is, how much it will cost. However, it is a cheaper option than buying new NAS hardware and then install the latest PMS software on it, just to get back what you’ve lost due to no fault of your own.
UK Bob
I still think that we shuld have a choice if we want to connect a client to new ver of PMS or old ver of PMS. That culd not be to hard to support in the Plex client software! Now i have to tell my friends that i have supported this sulution for them that there payd subscription subscriptions ar no loger walid becouse the Plex orginistion did not care…
this is sad and i wonder what the real reason is not to support older PMS, i can se the problem for supporting PMS om older Linux kernel and thats fine. But bu stop suppoting old PMS to connect from the Client is Bull!!!
Hi Ghosthack
You just may still be in luck, if you check out the following list you may find that your NAS is not among those that are no longer support:
If I am right then you may be able to still get PMS software that will run on your NAS.
Good luck
UK Bob
@ukbobboy01 said:
Hi GhosthackYou just may still be in luck, if you check out the following list you may find that your NAS is not among those that are no longer support:
If I am right then you may be able to still get PMS software that will run on your NAS.
Good luck
UK Bob
Nice try, but my nas i runing ReadyNAS OS 4 (ROS4), but the hardware support ReadyNAS OS 6 (not supported from netgear). But the backside is that i must reinisiate the RAID in process ther for ned to off load my abut 11TB of data…
Not that I own a ReadyNas, just googled a bit, and it seems like it’s possible to swith to CentOS on it
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/csc/people/computingstaff/jaroslaw_zachwieja/readynaspro-jailfix/
Hi again Ghosthack
It seems to me that you have two choices but first you will have to backup your 11TB of data, in that you have no choice.
You may have to buy yourself a new NAS, unfortunately you will have to configure your backup data to work with your new NAS, regardless of which make and model you buy.
Reinstall and reconfigure your current ReadyNAS Pro 6.0 to work with Netgear’s latest RN v6.xxx O/S, that way you will be able to keep most of your data, especially your Plex data, and now use the latest PMS software. However, the downside is that you will not receive any support from Netgear and probably none from Plex either.
Regardless of what you choose to do you must backup your data.
Good luck.
UK Bob
