r/PlexMedia

I created a plex server and have been adding media to it for the last 6 months or so. I gave my parents access because I thought they would want a free option other than $100 dollars a month that they are spending on streaming services. My wife is also using it a ton. My mom never really jumped on and my dad thought it was cool and used it and so did my wife. However recently my parents decided they didn’t want to use it anymore since they feel it’s not legal. They have now started coming after my wife and I with the whole it’s a sin argument and my wife now doesn’t think I should run it either.

This all started because I wanted to do something nice for my family and now they are throwing it in my face. Now I might have to delete the whole thing and have nothing but YouTube. There is 0 chance of me paying for that stuff again. I will not be helping billionaires buy their 3rd yacht or private jet.

Edit: I don’t want to slander or bash Christianity here. I do consider myself a Christian and so does my wife but our understanding about what’s a sin is slightly different. Even if it is a sin I think it equates to something like speeding 5 over. Which technically is also a sin by that same point.

Looking for advice as I'm about to rip over 4,000 DVDs onto a server.

This will be my first server so I'm trying to get the equipment right from the start.

Currently I'm considering:

Fractal Design - Define 7 XL E-ATX tower - $255
ASUS TUF Gaming B760 LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard - $140
Intel Core I5 14500 14th Gen Processor $520
Patriot P410 SSD 2TB PCIE for the OS $260
Noctua NH-D15 fans $140
WD Red Pro 18TB HDDs for the movies $564; ill have 4 of these
Asrock Pro Series 750w Power Supply $60
32GB Ram DDR5

Anything that stands out as a mistake; anything you'd swap out?

Plan to run this on Unraid OS

I have had a Plex server running for about 4-5 years. I have multiple hard drives connected through a multi-drive USB 3 caddy.
One of my drives is just TV shows. Most of the folders for the shows are now shortcuts, this is the same in many of the movie folders but when i click them they open the actual folders.
On the TV drive this no longer happens, the files are available in Plex but I cannot find them in Windows Explorer, i cannot add new files to these folders.

I am at a complete loss on how to fix this, I'm happy to reinstall Windows and start again to rebuild the server but where are all of my files?

The tinyPC is AMD based and all the external drives are running on NTFS. It is running on the latest version of Windows 11.

It has worked in our home on all TV's until recently. Both TV's are on our home Wifi, so WTF? I fooled around with port forwarding, although I didn't understand why. I set the server to a static ip, even though it hasn't changed in months. WITAF is going on?

I had my Plex server connected to my old computer and every time I dropped an album in the watched folders, it would show up on my Apple TV, no problem. Everything was synced and everything was perfect. All my music and movies were on an external drive attached to my old cmp.

Several months back, I got a new cmp and moved the old one over to my desk across the room. Now I had everything set up on my new computer and everything was running smoothly (plex, the server, whatever). But now, sometimes when I open Plex on my Apple TV, it wouldn't show all the new things I've added since the new computer, because I think it's looking at the old computer instead. Basically, on the Apple TV, it reverts back to the same point in time when I swapped the old computer for the new.

Is there a way to have the Apple TV use only the Plex on my new computer? Not sure I'm asking that right. Basically I want it stop looking at my old computer and reverting back to that point in time.

2nd question is - if all my Plex content is connected to an external drive on my new computer, can I somehow have my old computer across the room mirror it when I sign in since it's on the same network? I'd love to open Plex on my old computer and have the same libraries/access that the new computer has. Again, not sure I'm asking that right.

Thanks in advance, I don't know much about this stuff.

I installed the plex app and then blocked all the samsung domains on my network due to excessive spyware and tracking. Now my plex app will not connect to my local server. What does the plex app try to talk to in order for it to operate? Why does it need to talk to samsung servers to play media on my local network?

Hey gang, I just want to make sure I am not misreading the plan description.

Plex runs here at home, I watch it at home.
I want to be able to share with just one other person remotely.

Does the remote pass on MY account (on the server) let me now share my content with them directly. Or do they need the pass to be able to connect to my server.

Recently I downloaded a couple local copies of content onto my laptop’s plex app for a flight. When I tried to play a them in flight I got a pop up saying something to the effect of:

‘Codec missing cannot play’

I ended up paying for the in flight WiFi and once I stared playing the local file with the connection they played fine.

I’m flying back tomorrow, is there a way I can be sure the codec is pre loaded so I don’t have to figure out WiFi?