I can’t understand why you hide your old downloads from us.
I constantly try to upgrade my plex server, but it’s often on different platforms, and sometimes I need a specific version download just to ensure that a server move does not screw up my settings.
I do this according to the recipe on your website, but you got to understand, sometimes we are using an old version of Plex server, ,and we need the exact same version on the new server to be sure all settings are transferred.
It seems to me that you are dead scared that someone will get a hold of an old version, but the result is quite the opposite, you are forcing us to dislike you, and move to another platform that actually supports keeping old downloads around.
I’m constantly trying to optimize my plex server, and that means moving it between virtual servers all the time (yes, it may come as a surprise, but some of us is actually running plex server off a virtual server).
It’s a hell on earth to get a download of the exact same version that my old server was running on. Especially if that server was a Synology and the new one is a Ubuntu 16.04 server or a Windows machine.
Please help us, we are not here to post all your old downloads out there for all unsuspecting new customers to install, we are just trying to help you by sharing our experiences on different platforms.
If you use the automatic update system then tour local system keeps all previously downloaded versions in a sub directory under your Plex server directory called “Updates.”
Unless you have manually deleted those you can easily reinstall any Plex version you have ever had.
If you have been manually downloading updates then you could/should be archiving at least the last several and/or the “before” from any time there has been a major update to the server.
While it would be convenient for Plex to provide the backups they reasonably figure that the user is responsible for part of the “safety” the old backups provide.
There are a couple of other issues that come into play. One of the major problems is supporting too many different versions of the server. Plex has grown to the point where it is unwieldy, at best, to have so many server versions in the wild.
One other thing that has to be in the equation is that Plex has expanded onto platforms. like the Shield, that cannot be easily downgraded. (It might be impossible on the Shield I am not sure) and people would get further confused if the could downgrade their PC’s server but not their Shield’s.
I think Plex not providing earlier server versions is a good move. I usually use the latest Plex Pass version but I wait for a few days after release to install the newest version and watch these forums for reports of problems. In my years with Plex I have only had to roll back twice and both times going to the last “regular” version was all that is needed.
I want Plex to be working on fixing current bugs and finishing already released features and not waste time and resources maintaining and supporting old versions of the server.
Yeah, I clearly see the benefits of “Contractual obligations”, I just doesn’t see what we as users benefit from it.
There is a shitload of requests asking about all kind of plugins/addons, but no cool things surface.
Either they are really bad at getting good deals from the movie companies, or they just don’t ask the right questions.
We want good software to watch whatever we have access to, and the top-guns won’t let us.
I have 100+ dvd’s that I paid for fair and square and ripped to build my digital library, but they don’t really care. They just don’t want me to watch them in any way they didn’t decide was according to their opinion of fair use.
Well, enough about movie rights ranting…
I do keep all downloaded versions, but right now my current history is running plex server on my Synology NAS, and I only have the apk files available. I just aquired an old i7 machine, and thought I would move my plex from the NAS atom cpu to a faster thing.
I really could use some deb versions of the old releases.
I guess I’ll just go the way that everyone else is going, asking for the files on the forum and hope to get lucky.
If anyone has a x64 deb version of 1.6.1.3722 that works on ubuntu, please let me know.
Well… Did a quick google search for x64 deb version of 1.6.1.3722 that works on ubuntu
This is what I found.
https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.6.1.3722-4955e31cf/plexmediaserver_1.6.1.3722-4955e31cf_amd64.deb
Save a copy when you first download it.
mmmmmm that’s a good idea!
@spikemixture said:
Save a copy when you first download it.
mmmmmm that’s a good idea!
Doesn’t everyone?
The Windows machines keep several copies onboard. Linux doesn’t let us do that. It’s trivial to store on a NAS >:)
@ChuckPA said:
The Windows machines keep several copies onboard.
LOL. It sure does and then some. Here’s mine
0.9.12.0.1071-7b11cfc
0.9.12.1.1079-b655370
0.9.12.11.1406-8403350
0.9.12.13.1464-4ccd2ca
0.9.12.18.1520-6833552
0.9.12.19.1537-f38ac80
0.9.12.3.1173-937aac3
0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21
0.9.12.8.1362-4601e39
0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046
0.9.15.3.1674-f46e7e6
0.9.15.6.1714-7be11e1
0.9.16.2.1827-df572f6
0.9.16.3.1840-cece46d
0.9.16.6.1993-5089475
1.0.0.2261-a17e99e
1.0.2.2413-7caf41d
1.0.3.2461-35f0caa
1.1.3.2700-6f64a8d
1.1.4.2757-24ffd60
1.2.5.2966-3f767e7
1.2.6.2975-9394c87
1.2.7.2987-1bef33a
1.3.2.3112-1751929
1.3.3.3148-b38628e
1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea
1.4.3.3433-03e4cfa35
1.4.4.3495-edef59192
1.5.3.3580-4b377d295
1.5.4.3596-0d2d8c2be
1.5.5.3634-995f1dead
1.7.5.4035-313f93718
Occupying 2.55GB.
That is changed in 1.7.4:
(Butler) Clean up previous updaters during maintenance. PMS will keep the previous three updates (#4510)
And there you have it… Proof I don’t do Windows 
I glossed right over that because Linux has no memory of previous versions.
@ChuckPA said:
And there you have it… Proof I don’t do Windows 
I glossed right over that because Linux has no memory of previous versions.
Just as I thought, “Linux (or at least Linux people) has no memory, or it kills brain cells.” That explains a lot! >:) o:) B)
I wonder what is worse for the brain; Linux or TV.
@NewPlaza said:
Well… Did a quick google search for x64 deb version of 1.6.1.3722 that works on ubuntu
This is what I found.
https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.6.1.3722-4955e31cf/plexmediaserver_1.6.1.3722-4955e31cf_amd64.deb
I tried this several times, but it seems like my Chrome on ubuntu is not happy with downloading from Plex.
I always get “unable to download” errors, the dl’s mostly times out.
Finally, after a couple of tries, this download succeeded.
And, yes, I have a plexpass.
@Elijah_Baley said:
I want Plex to be working on fixing current bugs and finishing already released features and not waste time and resources maintaining and supporting old versions of the server.
I wasn’t thinking about maintaining an old version, just to be able to download the released installation file.
How much resources is wasted saving old files, except disk space?
And disk space is really cheap.
Unfortunately it seems like Plex are bound to a web deal with limited disk space, so they can’t afford the extra 20 GB to keep old versions.
@scifibob said:
Unfortunately it seems like Plex are bound to a web deal with limited disk space, so they can’t afford the extra 20 GB to keep old versions.
You can download old version from the Plex website. All you need is the complete file name (which NewPlaza helpfully listed) and you can easily grab older versions. Merely visit the download page on the Plex website and look at the URL for the current version. For each place that version is listed (I think two places, the directory name and the actual file name) just replace with the version you want.
