Server Version#: 1.30.0 Player Version#: I’ve got PMS installed on a QNAP NAS but it’s stuck on version v1.30.0, from way back in 2023/02/08. I can see people on here talking about much newer versions on their QNAPs, so how come I’m stuck? I installed it straight from the QNAP AppCentre and the Ch…

Did you: Go to https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads Select QNAP on the left Download the correct QPKG from the choices on the right side Open App Center on the QNAP Click “Manual Install” Browse to the QPKG file you just downloaded Install it.

Thanks, I hadn’t seen that link. I’ll digest that :+1:

Thanks for that list @ChuckPa . Can you tell me, if I do manual installs from the Plex site, does it just seamlessly update my QNAP App Centre v1.30.0 installed version (and so get all the existing config/settings)? And if QNAP do eventually release a new version on their App Centre that is an eve…

@Tifosi256 Manual Install IS the official way to upgrade your PMS installation on QNAP What happens is that , during installation, App Center sees the existing installation and changes to “Upgrade” mode. If you were ever to uninstall, you would completely erase your server (which is how Q…

@ChuckPa Thanks very much. Did the upgrade today and it went very smoothly. In fact, it was over in about 20 seconds so not long at all. Thanks for your help

PMS Server stuck on old version

Plex Media Server

pl_5309 September 17, 2025, 4:34pm 2

Have you looked at the QNAP FAQ? https://forums.plex.tv/t/qnap-faq-read-me-first/109942

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PMS Server stuck on old version

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