Plex is supported by the preview of DSM7?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Sorry, not want to share preview as it is forbidden… Only for Plex team to solve this incopatibility…

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Too bad, thanks anyway.

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Update

I’ve been in contact with Synology, in light of what’s transpiring.

I have more info. I’ll work with the rest of the team here to see what can be done.

PLEASE PASS THE WORD:

DO NOT UPGRADE TO PREVIEW RELEASE OF ANYTHING

  1. This is still closed beta
  2. It’s quasi-preview
  3. It’s NOT release candidate stable yet
  4. It’s a moving target from where I’m sitting which makes support nearly impossible until DSM itself is stable.
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Noyse is our Hero !

With his command, we can enjoy the DSM 7.0 preview in continuing to use Plex !

For sure, he saved many lives here ! :smiley:

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so it’s working on DS718+ for example? I have DSM 7 running as a virtualDSM and cant install Plex there…

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Please allow me to elaborate.

  1. The current Plex SPK file is NOT DSM 7 compatible.
  2. If you happen to mistakenly upgrade to DSM 7 beta, before reading the warnings:
  • DSM will disable the package - No GUI control
  • It may run but there are no guarantees. (Kernel and runtime libraries did change)
  1. I can provide NO SUPPORT until such time as DSM 7 is released publicly.

I’ve been working with this since DSM 7 was announced. It’s not QUITE ready for prime time.

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Thanks for the update it is really appreciated.

Cheers

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The manual start command via SSH only works when the package is already installed. A fresh install of the package is currently not possible as far as I can tell.

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Always the same thing when Synology releases (preview or not) big updates of DSM, third-party packages stops working. :confused:

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its possible with “synopkg install” via terminal to install the spk.

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not for me. Getting errors there

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Another option to get plex working again is by using docker if your NAS has capability to run docker.

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I read if you use Docker to run Plex server you’ll loose hardware transcoding.

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I believe that is correct. So there’s a trade off until we get proper spk for DSM7.

The workaround shared by noyse worked for me but i noticed that after a NAS reboot you will need to run it again. (Though typical usage of NAS does not require a reboot unless there’s an update requiring to do so and some other reasons)

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for reboot, I solved it by creating a scheduled task with the given command

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As DSM 7 inches closer to actual release, and the restriction is removed, this status will change.

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Could you develop your answer please ? @ChuckPa

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  1. DSM 7 is PREVIEW stage.
  2. The progression of DSM 7 will be PREVIEW -> BETA -> RELEASE CANDIDATE -> PUBLIC
  3. There is NO DSM 7 SUPPORT until such time as DSM 7 supports 3rd party packages AND is PUBLIC RELEASE.

Please develop better reading skills.

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Curious. I seem to recall Plex could be run in a docker container. It seems like that method would continue working independent of DSM version.

Of course, I don’t want to be the one to update to DSM 7.0 and test that, but if someone HAS updated to DSM 7.0, and is now struggling maybe that’s worth a try.

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If I may caution???

  1. Docker is a 3rd Party package
  2. Per Synology’s warning in the DSM 7 preview
  3. Don’t expect any 3rd party packages to work.
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