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Plex Media Server is the back-end media server component of Plex, which is closed source as proprietary software. Introduced in 2009, Plex Media Server is used to host the content and plugins that are then streamed to Plex big screen apps (including Plex Home Theater) and Plex mobile apps, either on the same machine, the same local area network, or over the Internet.

Plex Media Server is the back-end media server component of Plex, which is closed source as proprietary software. Introduced in 2009, Plex Media Server is used to host the content and plugins that are then streamed to Plex big screen apps (including Plex Home Theater) and Plex mobile apps, either on the same machine, the same local area network, or over the Internet.

In addition to the platforms supported by the front end, the server is also available for Linux.Plex Media Server can be configured to index content in any directory on the machine it is run on, as well as automatically acquiring iTunes, iPhoto, and Aperture content.

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Getting a nginx reverse proxy to work with plex

Since a recent update of plex, my reverxe proxy for plex stopped working. I tried searching all around, but I didn't find much info. Listed below is the config file, does anyone have plex and know what goes wrong? I simply get served with a 404 not…
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Docker Container unable to use Host Network

I'm trying to create a plex container in the "host" mode, the container is created without problems but is not able to obtain network connectivity. I'm running Ubuntu 22.0. I already flushed iptables, allowed port 32400 via ufw but docker ps shows…
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Plex Server dynamically get URL of folders

I'm currently hosting videos using the plex media server. The videos are located in the folder structure: {Year}/{month}/{folderName}/ I'm wondering if a folder path like the above is known can we find out the URL of that folder? Context: The goal…
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Plex agent does not have Python builtins

Context: I'm writing a Plex agent to add metadata to some private content. Plex agents run on Python version 2.7.17 (default, Oct 25 2022, 10:42:21) (according to sys.version). I'm running into this issue where builtin functions are not available.…
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plex media server : how can i desable (by default) all options available on "Settings" -> "Online Media Sources"?

i installed plex media server using docker, and added my local library having videos. I would like ALL my users can ONLY access to my local libraries AND NOT other options like music, ... i found where can do that using Settings -> Online Media…
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Why is nginx container redirecting my private domain to a different location?

I kind of avoided using Nginx because it didn't match my needs across the years. But now, I find myself forced to start using it. Goal: to have a private "ho.me" domain and with it, to go to my 2 containers: /t to my Transmission server container…
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ERROR: Error processing tar file(exit status 1): write /media/tv/mytv/24.avi: no space left on device

Im obtaining this error in docker-compose up -d command execution. My docker-compose.yml looks like this: version: '3' services: plex: container_name: plex build: . network_mode: host environment: - PUID=1000 -…
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Plex folder permission issue on mouted devices - ubuntu

I am running ubuntu 22.04, and I installed plex so that I can access a folder of an external hard drive which should be mounted on /media/PlexEnrico. I need to edit fstab file so that the device /dev/sdb2 is automatically mounted after system…
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This little script I wrote to monitor my plex sever freezes whenever there's an update

I have this python script running on a raspberry pi thats plugged up to a monitor so I can passively monitor my plex server. It displays the current streams, how many of them are transcode streams, and if there's a plex update available. Whenever…
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Writing an automated batch script

So I am trying to create a script that will backup my plex data. I am new to writing bash shell scripts and unsure what to do. This is the following script: #!/bin/bash sudo service plexmediaserver stop sudo zip -r plexbackup.zip /plexdata mv…
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PHP plex-api How to use the Filter class (and others) (Is "USE" giving me problems?)

I recently discovered the PHP plex-api project, which provides a PHP-friendly means of working with the PLEX overall API. I've had success as far as the general top-level API, but have been unable to figure out how to use the Filter (and other)…
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Plex Live TV/DVR not recognizing programmes from custom XMLTV file

Hey I'm pretty new to XMLTV and coding in general and I was hoping that someone could help me out. I'm an audio technician for a resident show and we have a large video system with a bunch of static camera shots that we modulate into different…
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Two files linked to one movie on plex

I have two movie files, for different movies that have got attached to one movie. I have provided an image here How do I split these to map to two different movies?
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Plex Media Server web page showing "Secure Connection Failed"

I just created a new Plex Media Server as a Docker container using linuxserver/plex following this. Immediately after creating it, I tried to access the web interface at https://localhost:32400 and receive the following error: Secure Connection…
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Connecting a DVR Tuner to a Plex Server in Hyper-V

is there a way to connect a dvr tuner to a Plex Server hosted in Hyper-V? I have searched but could not find a Question about this topic. My build is a Win22 Datacenter Server running Plex in Hyper-V. A Hauppauge dualHD is connected to the Win22…
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