I have a Synology NAS 1821+ which I was trying to get Plex to work on.
My 1st problem is that Plex states that there is an upgrade, when I tell the Plex Website that I want to select the download for Synology it gives me a choice of 4 different types, and I have no idea which to choose…
Can anyone please let me know which of the 4 I need for a Synology NAS 1821+
Cheers
James
Go to Control Panel → Info Center
Look at the CPU
Synology DS1821+ x64 (Ryzen V1500B) 2.2 Ghz Yes Yes Some No No No No No No No No No
You want the 64 bit Intel release
Alternatively, if you like docker, try that out:
Thanks Guys, Much appreciated.
May I request ?
Hold up on recommending Docker.
PMS 1.29.1 is about to release . Coolness has arrived 
That’s… cryptic.
Why don’t you suggest Docker?
Quoting myself 
My recommendation is to wait
I’ve already said too much but it bothers me to see everyone trying to make something work, spending so much time, when I know what’s coming.
All I can say is:
- On a CometLake NUC (NUC10i5-FNK)
[chuck@NUC10i5FNK ~.186]$ uname -a Linux NUC10i5FNK 5.15.0-43-generic #46~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 14 15:20:17 >UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [chuck@NUC10i5FNK ~.187]$
- Ubuntu 20.04 (baseline OS)
[chuck@NUC10i5FNK ~.198]$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS" VERSION_ID="20.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and->policies/privacy-policy" VERSION_CODENAME=focal UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal [chuck@NUC10i5FNK ~.199]$
Loaded the new PMS.
Selected the 5 minute sample of my BluRay rip
Hit play
That’s it. I can’t tell you any more than I know.
I repeated the test on my TVS-1282 i7-7700 QNAP
more 
Plex doesn’t support AMD hardware (GPUs). That’s always going to be a sore point.
Do Intel own AMD Now? I always thought that they were different companies.
James
No Idea what Docker is, Sorry…
James
Intel and AMD have always been separate.
I state “does not support AMD hardware” because it has always been a cost-effective alternative to Intel CPUs with 100% binary CPU instruction compatibility.
(Intel lost that court case many years ago)
Graphics technology has been different. When performing video processing, we depend on that graphics technology
Intel 64 is used - in this case - to simply mean that it is a CPU based on the Intel 64-bit architecture. ARM is a new more mobile-based processor type with different instructions. A program written (compiled) to run on one CPU type won’t run on the other. Intel and AMD CPUs are both based on the Intel architecture, not the ARM architecture, so you would choose Intel 64 for either CPU. I think the weaker/smaller Play models of Synology have an ARM CPU, thus the option.
Docker is a “new” kind of “Virtual Machine” emulation. It’s pretty amazing, but is also surprisingly difficult to set up if you are new to Linux and Docker. If you aren’t familiar with Docker, than just use the Synology Package you can download there. Pick Intel 64.
It’s a shame that your NAS has a Ryzen AMD CPU though. Plex can use ACTUAL Intel CPU’s to do hardware transcoding of video. If you don’t have an Intel CPU, you are forced to do video transcoding using “software”, which seriously taxes the CPU more than using a dedicated “hardware” chip to do so. As long as you don’t plan to transcode 4K video, though, your CPU can handle software transcoding just fine.
If I may add to this?
Docker leverages a concept known as Namespaces.
The application (PMS) is ‘virtualized’ (abstracted) from the host by creating an environment in the same base OS but with different directories & devices taken from the host.
Docker is different than a true Virtual Machine in that there is no hypervisor nor is there another layer of full operating system on top of the host’s operating system.
It is a “Platform as a Service” technology:
Thanks for the Clarification, Just wanted to make sure that I do not screw up the NAS.
Cheers
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