Plex is a popular service that allows you to set up your very own home server and stream content anywhere inside and outside the home. Apple tv is it possible to use an external drive nas. A versatile solution for file management and synchronization. Basic concept, it acts as a proxy to the appletv and is able to inject plex content into the standard appletv software. I needed a nas type box anyway to backup all my stuff in the house, got films, tv. How to set up plex on a synology nas drive 9to5mac. Synology diskstation ds418play mini desktop nas server, intel celeron j3355 dualcore, 6gb ddr3l synology ram, 40tb hdd, synology dsm software. For me, the most important is still for the plexconnect to pull the media from the pms sitting in the synology nas, and not any mac or pc. Plexconnect make use of some clever technical methods to overcome it. If you are running plexconnect on an embedded device like a synology nas then port 443 is likely to be taken already. No need to have another computer running a media server, if you have a synology nas, youre all set.
Synology makes it super easy to install plex media server on its diskstation nas boxes, but missing from the simple user interface is a way to update plex media server if a new version. For purposes of the spreadsheet, hardwareaccelerated transcoding support is referring to devices that support intel quick sync video. While the ds video app may not be as featurerich as plex, its rock solid on ios. Seen above in the top left corner, click package center. Moreover, it is specially designed for a variety of purposes, allowing you to perform the following tasks with the webbased synology. Plex is not an application offered by apple tv3 so you cannot install it as a front end client to the pms plex media server. Synology nas provides various backup solutions to back up computer data to synology nas, back up synology nas data or iscsi lun to an external hard drive, another synology nas, an rsynccompatible. Back up all your data to your nas box without installing. To answer the ops exact question, no, atv is not intelligent enough to stream directly from a nas. Buy a readytogo nas unit like a synology ds415play, asustor 5004t.
Synology diskstation ds216j is a 2bay nas server which perfectly fits home and personal users to build your own personal cloud. The hardware quality and easeofuse of the synology disk manager dsm still pleases me every day. Browse through the snb nas, qnap and synology forums and youll find many, many posts asking for help in deciding between two similar models from these two popular nas. Install guide additional guides ibaaplexconnect wiki. Please select the product category and the corresponding model you use. Plex media server sometimes called pms or pms software is the backend media server component of plex. Open the plex media server application by the user interface on your synology ds218 and a new window will open in your web browser. The best nas network attached storage devices for 2020. Osx server a great guide can be found in this thread windows server 20002012 a guide to how to use it with iis and the windows dns server providing the webserver and dns services can be found. Getting plex with hardware encoding running on synology.
Plexconnect is worth the effort with apple tv macrumors. Official python from synology can coexist with synocommunity python to update a pre 0. I have synology nas, so i use their ios apps too to open. Plex synology nas performance list 2018 nas compares. Diskstation manager dsm is an intuitive webbased operating system for every synology nas, designed to help you manage your digital assets across home and office. By default the synology nas devices only trust packages from synology. Sync files on your synology nas to public clouds for seamless security.
In this video, i walk you through the steps of installing plex server on a synology nas. Not to take away from the op, if you dont have a synology, plexconnect. It organizes audio and visual content from personal media libraries and streams it to their player counterparts, either on the same machine, the same local area network, or over the internet. Which, to be fair i was, it worked fine but i did notice plex glitching on large media and with some digging found that plex hardware encoding wasnt enabled even though both nas. How to shut down and restart your synology nas manually. Install plex media server on your synology nas drive. One of the biggest nas server providers in the world right now is synology and they have a large range of nas devices that support plex in many, many ways transcoding, smooth running, 4k, etc. How to add plexs package signing public key to synology. This is because there is a 2nd link between the ups and the synology and of course, the software in synology to communicate such a scenario in the shut down. Download center you can find the documents and files regarding the operating system, packages, desktop utilities and so on for your synology product to enjoy the latest and versatile features.
The best means with which to host a plex media server is a network attached storage device or nas server. Yes, minimserver and synology s own media server are both very good dlna servers and come bundled on the latest synology nas os dsm. With your synology nas all set up, now well install the plex media server software. I would likely move sab, utorrent or other, sickbeard and couchpotato to the nas as well so that i can stop leaving my main rig running for this sort of stuff. Check in the settings to see if you can change the port it is using from 443 to something different to avoid the conflict. How to set up plex on a synology nas windows central. For additional information regarding intel quick sync video and the capabilities of the different intel processor generations as they pertain to each video codec. How to update plex media server on a synology nas youtube. There is hints plexconnect can now run on a synology nas. I have a synology nas, and really like it as a nas just not for itunes. A guide covering a basic setup using plex, download station, and showrss is also available.
Another nice thing about the synology nas is its software manager had plex listed, so i thought i was home free to just install that and go. What about installing plexconnect on the appletv and find a nas. Back up all your dataand we mean all of itto your nas box without installing any software back up your windows, macos, and linux pcs, along with your mobile devices, to a nas box using its. Connected storage is more versatile storage, but thats just one of the many benefits of buying a nas device. Instead, if you press and hold the button until you hear a beep sound, your nas will gracefully shut down with the operating system handling the shutdown sequence as if youd initiated the command through the software. On your synology nas, however, pressing and holding the power button on the device does not trigger a hard reset by cutting the power. This long overdue update to the plex media server software so it will run on realtek processor nas. So it is with much happiness when i found that it is now not so in the past much easier to set up plexconnect in a synology nas. Synology bundles a bunch of software and tools for you to use, and the available smartphone apps make setting up the nas an absolute breeze. Back up your windows, mac, and linux computers with ease. How to install plex on the synology ds218 nas as you may have heard, support for the plex media server application on the synology ds218 nas has now been made possible. Shes getting old but shes still one of my more sensible purchases.
The current release does not yet run on synology boxes, which is apparently a limitation of the bundled python. Introducing plexconnect, an appletv client which thinks. Synology ds218 nas plex installation guide step by step. It needs to be able to run plexconnect as i stream to my lounge on an at3. Is apple tv intelligent enough to stream directly from a nas. Synology nas is a multifunctional networkattached storage server, serving as a filesharing center within your intranet. Plex has fast become the most popular media server software for home users in 2018. Introducing plexconnect, an appletv client which thinks different is a premium feature and requires a plex pass subscription. Otherwise, trailers app and wsj app operate successfully on apple tv 7. The first thing the application will ask you to do is scan the local area network lan for the synology ds218 server. This should only take a few seconds and when it finds your nas, you can proceed. So if the user will run on his computer a software that issues a dpws 1. How to add plexs package signing public key to synology nas package center. For instance, it crashes see the screenshot below on reception of a dpws 1.
What is the best synology nas for a plex media server. Radarr, sabnzbd, and transmission in docker on a synology nas. The server that comes in a nas is only dlna and will not perform home sharing or serve to apple tvs. Back up your office 365 onedrive for business, mail, contact, calendar. Simple yet powerful, synology ds216j offers you a new experience of. Beside the new features, i was keen on knowing if plexconnect will still run on apple tv software 6. Once set up, the trailers or wsj app which ever you choose will be redirected to the plexconnect service running on your synology.
The steps to install plexconnect on your synology are pretty straight forward. Synology nas software on nonsynology hardware remons. Think i will get a synology diskstation then, they claim that you can stream mkv or mp4 to the apple tv flawlessly. I use it for all my important stuff but i also continue reading synology nas software on non synology. Introducing plexconnect, an appletv client which thinks different.
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