Hi all!
I’m sorry it took me so long to update my installer package, I’ve been very busy on other projects.
But today I updated my Plex Media Server on my QNAP NAS and thought that I would create a new installer package for the WD MPW as well. The update to v1.5.3.3580 seems to be running well on my device, so all is well.
I’ve noticed that it may take some time before the PMS gets reachable after a restart. Watching the output of “top”, PMS is actually running and very busy doing something, so that would explain why the interface is not reachable for a couple of minutes.
I’ve also experienced the fact that sometimes PMS won’t start at all on boot and I can’t understand why. But I’ve experienced the same thing on my QNAP NAS as well, so maybe it’s a Plex thing and not particularly related to the PMS install on a WD MPW…
@ugdstudios said:
Any chance of an updated installer package? Plex is now at 1.5.2…
You may download the current release v1.5.3.3580 in the first post of this thread.
@ugdstudios said:
Or can you share how to upgrade without using the whole installer package?
If you wish to upgrade your installation yourself before I upload a new release, then it’s actually quite simple. If you know what you’re doing and have basic Linux knowledge, then you only need to download the PMS update for Seagate ARMv7, rename it from *.rbw to *.tar, decompress the file, then decompress the resulting content.tar.gz file, then decompress the resulting content.tar file, then navigate to the resulting opt subfolder, where you’ll find the plexmediaserver folder which contains the PMS installation. Then make a copy of the start.sh file in the Resources subfolder of your working PMS installation on your WD MPW. Then rename the new plexmediaserver folder to Application and overwrite the old Application folder with the new one and overwrite the start.sh file in the new Resources folder with your backup of the start.sh file. Now reboot and you’ll be running the latest release.
I’m sure it’s not worth the trouble to do it manually. Just wait until I upload the latest release of my installer package which will do everything for you.
@slup said:
- Seems that I need to continue with the DLNA streaming turned off & SSH+FTP enabled even after the installation to keep Plex server running as it should, am I right ?
Well, actually you should be able to turn DLNA streaming (Twonky Server) back on. I turn off Twonky in order to free up as many system resources as possible for Plex Media Server, but I don’t think that Twonky interferes with PMS at all.
And it doesn’t matter if SSH & FTP is turned on or off, this won’t interfere at all with the user experience when using the device, it only allows you to log into your WD MPW through SSH or FTP to change settings or copy data. I would recommend leaving both options turned on.
- Will this procedure (that in 1.) mess up the android app “My Cloud” …? Media don’t show up under the photo, video or music tab anymore. Can though access all media under the all tab in the folder structure in the app & show pics & videos in that way but pic thumb nails are now missing there.
Yes, turning off the Twonky Server will most certainly mess up the My Cloud app. If you want to turn Twonky on again (permanently). SSH into your WD MPW and run the following commands:
sudo echo "enabled" > /etc/nas/service_startup/twonky
sudo chmod 775 /etc/nas/service_startup/twonky
sudo chown 1000:share /etc/nas/service_startup/twonky
sudo bash /etc/init.d/S92twonkyserver start
- And one more thing … even though I’m a great fan of Plex I just wonder which pros Plex actually have over the app My Cloud when you are on the go with your MPW …
slup, I’m actually starting to ask myself the same question 
But I don’t have a definitive answer to that question. I really like the whole Plex ecosystem and I’ve been using Plex for many years now, that’s why I use it on all my devices. But I actually use Kodi and/or LibreELEC with the plexkodiconnect plugin as a media player on all my devices. So maybe one day I’ll decide to drop PMS on the WD MPW and just use the device as a simple media drive for Kodi when I’m on the go…
Cheers,
Jürg
