Hello, Brand new to NAS and recently got a Synology to store my media files on instead of my PC. Currently am moving all the files over but decided to install Plex while that was happening. I installed the latest package 1.25.4.5468-989df2310 and got it running. First thing wasn’t able to select a…

you might want to give this a read. [image] Installation & Setup of Plex Media Server on Synology Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Installation and Setup of Plex Media Server on Synology This How-To is in multiple parts to make it easier to find whichever specific step …

Thank you I think this answers some of the questions the main being I did quickconnect and now it always defaults to that. How do I remove that? Do I need to go into Plex and disable the server?

Control Panel - External Access - Quick Connect – Disable it. This changes the URL printed by Package Center as the URL. Most of us just make a bookmark using the LAN IP for our browser toolbar

Did all the steps for set-up had a few different experiences: didn’t give me the full installation just allowed me to pick which folders I wanted to see on the side in plex Still can’t detect folders on NAS when I try to add a folder it still defaults to the PC even though I am running it from the…

[image] nchungyee: Still can’t detect folders on NAS when I try to add a folder it still defaults to the PC even though I am running it from the NAS. What does this mean? PMS only detects those folder paths you give it. By default it shows you the local volumes When you add a section, you…

It does not give me any options for the NAS it defaults to the PC folder structure [plex.PNG]

@nchungyee Then you’re connect to your PC server. The NAS will always show you its native file structure as I show above.

Well I run Plex from the NAS so how do I have it default to the NAS or stop showing the PC Server?

Synology - Can't detect files on NAS and defaults to PC

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ChuckPa January 30, 2022, 8:07am 2

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Synology - Can't detect files on NAS and defaults to PC

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