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    [Solved] Can't connect to Internet

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by xman111

    2 minutes ago, Squid said:

    Is your gateway set correctly?  Alternatively, github could be blocked from your physical location (Iran / China maybe).  You can always forgo pfSense as a test and see how things work without that complication and then work backwards.

    Hey Squid, i am in Vancouver, Canada, should be no blocking.  My gateway is pointing to pfsense 192.168.10.1.   I also added a screenshot of my network settings

     

    [Solved] Can't connect to Internet

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by xman111

    Hey guys, just got Unraid up and running but it doesn't connect to the internet.

     

    I am running PFsense but without any plugins so i don't know if that complicates things.  If i go to terminal, i can ping 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.  I try to paste the community app link into plugins and it says network failure.  

     

    I am thinking it is a DNS thing as I can ping when i use numbers.   Any help would be so much appreciated, i am now at a stand still.

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    Coming back to Unraid

    in Pre-Sales Support

    Posted

    hey guys, thanks for the replies, sorry was busy getting the kids organized for school.

     

    Jonathanm, i meant that was just one of the things i wanted to do.  I would copy off the contents, disk by disk then add them to the Unraid array.

     

    Ajgyomer, would a i5-3570k be ok for this or should i upgrade?  i have a 3tb WD purple drive that I use now, it would be used outside of the array to record 24/7.  Right now it records for about 7 days, works great.  Can you explain your setup a little more?    If i use my WD Purple for recording, would i just need an SSD for cache drive for the overall system, not just Blue Iris right? 

     

    Thanks guys for helping me out.  Really like the look of unraid more than snapraid that i am using right now.  Just a newbie in linux and that was a bit of a concern.

     

     

    Coming back to Unraid

    in Pre-Sales Support

    Posted

    Hey guys i used to run Unraid.  I moved to SnapRaid and Drivepool so i could use Windows.  The reason for that is we bought a new house and started using Blue Iris to record 4 cameras 24/7.

     

    Contacted Tom and got my pro licence back up and running. 

     

    Is it possible to run Unraid with the 10 drives I have, serve plex to the computers in my house, and run Blue Iris 24/7 all from the same machine?

     

    If so, what type of machine would i need?   i have an i5-3570k that probably wouldn't work but want to know what's possible.  Snapraid and Drivepool are a lot more complicated and I like the polished look of the new Unraid.

     

    Any help would me much appreciated.

    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

    Posted

    in case anyone even cares, i got it working with 2 computers.  The Roku and PS3 aren't really working.. The one big problem i had was every few hours it will stop working, no indication anything is wrong on the GUI just the Plex server becomes unavailable.  I think it is a documented memory leak problem.  Anyone else able to run the Plex server for an extended time without it not working properly?

    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

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    hey guys, got the SATA card and seemed to get it up and running.. I did have to install a couple times as it didn't work for first couple times.. It wouldn't see my media no matter what i did.. I ran the permissions update script and that seemed to have worked somewhat.  What i think finally worked was making a Plex Share BEFORE i install the package.  I was also able to copy all my metadata over from my perfectly working windows Plex server.  Now all the posters are working and the naming is all correct, looks just like my Windows version. 

     

    The only problem is all my movies are mapped to x:\hdmovies  which is what i mapped my windows machine to.  Where do i change the links for each movie? so instead of x:\hdmovies\avatar, i can change it to \mnt\hdmovies\avatar.

     

    Hope that made sense..

    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

    Posted

    A couple comments..

     

    Just checked the sever and my Plex STARTS automatically on Unraid startup, nothing needed on my part..  It doesn't list the version number on the started screen (weird) but i just grabbed the latest version.

     

    Also, i was trying to copy the files over and it says i need permission.  Does anyone know how i can just paste everything into that Plex folder with the proper permissions?

     

    Mrow, im in Canada, nothing costs $10 :)  any link to a good place to buy a SATA PCI card?

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    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

    Posted

    Sorry, let me clarify.. I have all my media stored over about 6 disks, about 600 movies.

     

    When i first read about Plex SERVER, I set it up on my home computer..  After playing with it for half a day getting all the titles and movie covers to show how i want it, i found out about Plex server for Unraid (linux).

     

    So basically what i want to do is copy all my settings from my Plex Server on my home computer, over to the settings on my Unraid Plex Server so i don't have to go get all the cover art, posters, etc, all over again.. 

     

    I am trying to follow these directions:

     

    Moving a Plex Database

    From a PC, copy the contents of ~\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server EXCEPT the Plug-ins folder (all these files and folders are 2.5gb)

    To a Linux box, copy the files to /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/ and ensure they are all owned by plex:plex

     

    this is from the Plex Wiki..  Hopefully that makes a little more sense..

     

     

    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

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    Thanks Automatic.. I did create a share called Plex, then changed my settings to reflect that.  I will check when i get home that the directory structure is there in my user share..  If it is there, i assume i can just copy and paste all my stuff right into the "Plex" share..

     

    thanks again guys, i know newbies are annoying :)  Just trying to get this working..

     

    Automatic, does your Plex server just stop after a while?  mine works great, then all of a sudden a few hours later becomes unavailable..  It works much better running it on a local machine but i would rather have it running on the server so a Roku or PS3 will work without the server AND my computer turned on..

     

     

    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

    Posted

    thanks for the reply, ya, i will just wait until i need more data drives..

     

    sorry im at work now and cannot check..  So i already changed the paths in the setting of plex to be on a new "plex" share.. So does that mean that the "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/"  will be a folder on my Plex Share, so i can just copy and paste my movie art and stuff there?

     

    I was thinking i would have to telnet/SSH/FTP all my files into that directory.. Damn, Linux is difficult..

     

     

     

     

    Quick question about copying actual files not movies to the server

    in Applications

    Posted

    Hey guys, just installed Plex Media Server to my unraid box.. Love the software but it crashes a little.. Quick question, i have to copy metadata and database files over (about 2.5gb) from my windows machine into the file system of the unraid.  What is the best way to do that?  I think they need to go /usr/local/plexmediaserver .. Where is that 2.5gb stored?  on one of the unraid shares i made or on the actual flash drive?

     

    thanks guys, hope that made sense..