NOTE: This will not work at all on older versions of the Pi. External Hard drive or USB Drive (For storing movies, music & photos).You will need the following equipment to be able to complete this Raspberry Pi Plex server tutorial. If you are after an alternative completely free media server, you can also check out Jellyfin. If you just want a single client without the whole server setup, then something like the Raspberry Pi Kodi media center might interest you more. It really is a fantastic home media solution. The Plex client is supported on a ton of devices including Windows, Apple, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox, PlayStation, Linux, and so much more. It is great as you don’t need to have multiple copies of the same media across several devices. You can then have multiple clients connect to the same server.

In this case, we will be using the Raspberry Pi. This setup means you can have all your movies, music, and photos located on the one device, the server. Plex is a client-server setup where the client directly streams data from the Plex media server. You can also set it up to be accessed outside your local network.

I'm wondering if there is something from a previous installation that might be causing problems (that's why I went into appdata to clean it up).This project is perfect for anyone who wants to have a media server that can be accessed by anyone within a household. I know if I were to install this to a different server, I'd get a 'wizard type' set up where it would walk me through setting up things. Then I download, configure the container again. If I use another web browser, I can login to and it see the Plex server at my local IP address - if I login, I basically can see their streaming options but no admin tools and no way to set up my Movies, TV, etc.Įarlier, I went into appdata and ran rm -rf on previous plex directories thinking maybe something old was causing an issue. Right now, when I try to access Plex, I get a message that says 'Not authorized - you do not have access to this server'. For what it's worth, the other containers are basically doing the same thing. (I'm also wanting to use my Nvidia GPU for transcoding). I also tried a few others - open to suggestions on which is best. I think I must be missing something obvious.Ĭurrently trying to use the official Plex Media Server container. I am now trying to get Plex to run in a Docker container in my unRaid server (running 6.9.2). I had been running Plex in a dedicated Linux system.

Plex media server setup wizard access