the plex media server is getting the files directly via disk. so every user setting in smb or afp doesn't affect pms.

currently, there is no parental control or user-login for pms. there are several discussions about this in the plex user forum, and i believe this is pretty much the most wished for feature. i belive, some kind of user-access-control will be released in the coming month, but of course, no idea, when exactly...

 

currently your only way would be, to remove any movies from pms, your kids should not see...

 

you could try to install two seperate pms, one for the kids and one for you...

 

 

the username/password in the plex client is for the myplex-website. it's used to connect to other media servers.

 

Thanks for the reply.  So with SMB turned off, what protocol is the clients using to reach the PMS?  I must be missing something here.  It if is reaching the disk (share?), then it must be using a network protocol to do it.

 

Setting up a separate PMS for me wouldn't work.  The iDevices just scan and find the PMS, so it would just find the second lib with my movies in it.  While I like how simple it is to setup PMS and then how simple it is to connect any client on my LAN, it's not good that we can't prevent clients from connecting.  It sounds like the ONLY option is to remove movies from the PMS that kids shouldn't watch, but then they are not there for me either. 

 

We certainly need the ability to Require a user name and password for clients to connect to the PMS, so we can decide who can see the PMS.  For sure we need PC, so I hope that is coming very soon.

 

PMS takes the file directly off the disks and then serves them to devices via DNLA and probably it's own protocol.

 

I'm afraid without parental controls the only options are to turn it off or remove the films!!

I meant txz   So what is the difference between /boot/extras and /boot/config/plugins?  I have every other plugin installed in the /boot/config/plugins and they all re-install on reboot without issue (SF, SSH, Couch, SickBeard, Sab).  Is this just a difference for PMS?

 

plg is unraids own plugin format. but the plugin system in unraid is not complete yet. i believe, that's why the plex-developers are using a standard linux package...

 

plg files (and only plg files) in the plugins directory will be automatically installed. packages have to be in /boot/extra to be automatically installed.

I meant txz   So what is the difference between /boot/extras and /boot/config/plugins?  I have every other plugin installed in the /boot/config/plugins and they all re-install on reboot without issue (SF, SSH, Couch, SickBeard, Sab).  Is this just a difference for PMS?

 

plg is unraids own plugin format. but the plugin system in unraid is not complete yet. i believe, that's why the plex-developers are using a standard linux package...

 

plg files (and only plg files) in the plugins directory will be automatically installed. packages have to be in /boot/extra to be automatically installed.

 

 

Ahhhhh.  Still an unraid/linux noob so good to know for future package installs.  Thanks!!

I just installed PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4-unRAID.txz and don't quite understand how I link my videos in a certain folder into the server.

 

Example; I'm running unRAID 5.0-rc8a and access my videos share on windows 7 via windows explorer as: \\UNRAID\unraid\Videos

 

note: "unraid" is the name of my user share for the entire raid.

 

So in my plex settings in the unRAID web gui, I placed: /mnt/user/unraid/Videos/

 

I then go to my samsung or sony blu-ray players and see plex media server, but see no videos.

 

What am I missing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just installed PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4-unRAID.txz and don't quite understand how I link my videos in a certain folder into the server.

 

So in my plex settings in the unRAID web gui, I placed: /mnt/user/unraid/Videos/

 

I think you maybe barking up the wrong tree.

 

You dont set up your media from whein the unraid gui. The path in the unraid setting just tell it where to store the pms data files. You have to set your media share in tthe PMS web interface loacted at

 

http://[yourunraidservername here]:32400/manage.

 

Once you do that it will call be clear what to do next.

As to setng your data directories, conventional wisdom, is to make a share outside of cache called apps and put all your goodies within.  So in the unraid gui your path woud be something like /mnt//apps/PMS

 

As you add more sweetness to your server maybe sickbeard then you have /mnt/apps/Sickbeard.  One mo thing, you might find the whole /UNRAID/unraid/ kinda confusing after while. Name your server something cool, how bout BadMoFo. I call mine Tower.

Have fun dude and welcome to unraid.

I just installed PlexMediaServer-0.9.6.6.200-b75ecf4-unRAID.txz and don't quite understand how I link my videos in a certain folder into the server.

 

So in my plex settings in the unRAID web gui, I placed: /mnt/user/unraid/Videos/

 

I think you maybe barking up the wrong tree.

 

You dont set up your media from whein the unraid gui. The path in the unraid setting just tell it where to store the pms data files. You have to set your media share in tthe PMS web interface loacted at

 

http://[yourunraidservername here]:32400/manage.

 

Once you do that it will call be clear what to do next.

As to setng your data directories, conventional wisdom, is to make a share outside of cache called apps and put all your goodies within.  So in the unraid gui your path woud be something like /mnt//apps/PMS

 

As you add more sweetness to your server maybe sickbeard then you have /mnt/apps/Sickbeard.  One mo thing, you might find the whole /UNRAID/unraid/ kinda confusing after while. Name your server something cool, how bout BadMoFo. I call mine Tower.

Have fun dude and welcome to unraid.

 

Awesome response! Thank you for the details and the welcome. I'll come up with a better name and do some re-configuring.

FYI, Plex Media Server v0.9.7.3 with Plex/Web  was released a few days ago and now available for unRaid. Huge update 

FYI, Plex Media Server v0.9.7.3 with Plex/Web  was released a few days ago and now available for unRaid. Huge update 

 

Link please?  When I go to  http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/Downloads and look under unraid section, the latest version is v0.9.6.9

 

Nevermind, I found it.

 

http://plexapp-ssl.r1cd.com/PlexMediaServer/0.9.7.3.317/PlexMediaServer-0.9.7.3.317-d4217ec-unRAID.txz

 

i'm thinking about writing some simple update plugin. to simply check for an update from the unraid webgui and download/install a newer version, if available.

would this be of interest? (this would be quick&dirty, but should work)

i'm thinking about writing some simple update plugin. to simply check for an update from the unraid webgui and download/install a newer version, if available.

would this be of interest? (this would be quick&dirty, but should work)

 

Yes, sounds like a good idea.  When would it check, on bootup or once a month or what?  Also, can you make it so it checks and informs you, but we have the option to let the upgrade happen?  I only say that because what if they release a buggy version and we don't want it?

at start it would be a manual check. you would have to go into the webgui and can click the update button. i wouldn't insert an autoupdate. (since it would simply close the plex media server to update, even if you are using it right now)

so it would be mainly a help to install the new version

 

i would have to check, if i can use the simplefeatures email notifications to send an update notice.

 

also, this would not include updates to plex pass preview releases...

sounds cool to me, thanks!

 

Ugh...my brain hurts...I dl'd the .txz file and put it /boot/extra/ folder....how do you install and start it?

if you reboot the server, it will be automatically installed.

or you can login via telnet and execute

installpkg /boot/extra/PlexMediaServer-0.9.7.3.317-d4217ec-unRAID.txz

 

after installation you will have a new settingspage in the unraid webgui. there you need to set a location, where pms can save its data and a temporary dir it will use for transcoding (don't set these path to your flash drive!).

if you reboot the server, it will be automatically installed.

or you can login via telnet and execute

installpkg /boot/extra/PlexMediaServer-0.9.7.3.317-d4217ec-unRAID.txz

 

after installation you will have a new settingspage in the unraid webgui. there you need to set a location, where pms can save its data and a temporary dir it will use for transcoding (don't set these path to your flash drive!).

 

Thanks..I got it working now. However...

 

I added a movie folder with only like 40 movies in it for testing purposes. It just won't update the metadata on the movies. Even if I try to manually match the movies, it just won't take. Any advice?

first: check, that your files are named correctly: http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexNine_PMS_Naming_Guide

 

then, what did you set as section type? (for movies, select agent "Freebase", for tvshows select "thetvdb")

first: check, that your files are named correctly: http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexNine_PMS_Naming_Guide

 

then, what did you set as section type? (for movies, select agent "Freebase", for tvshows select "thetvdb")

 

Freebase is selected.

 

Naming convention is done exactly as your link suggested.

Wondering if anyone has any ideas about the following:

 

I am thinking about switching over to using Plex (iPad/iPhone app) to this server. My question is, since Plex trans-codes from the server on the fly, would I see issues watching 1080p movies with the following specs on my unRAID server:

 

Case: AZZA Helios 910

MoBo: ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz

PSU: Antec NEO ECO 520W

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB F3-10666CL9S-4GBRL

 

Typically my rips are 15GB or less. Most stuff is about 6GB.

Freebase is selected.

 

Naming convention is done exactly as your link suggested.

 

check the log files inside the plex data directory, if there are any error messages

 

Wondering if anyone has any ideas about the following:

 

I am thinking about switching over to using Plex (iPad/iPhone app) to this server. My question is, since Plex trans-codes from the server on the fly, would I see issues watching 1080p movies with the following specs on my unRAID server:

 

Case: AZZA Helios 910

MoBo: ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz

PSU: Antec NEO ECO 520W

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB F3-10666CL9S-4GBRL

 

Typically my rips are 15GB or less. Most stuff is about 6GB.

 

a 3.2ghz athlon should be more than enough to transcode at least one video stream.

since i'm lazy, i've written a little plugin, which will install the latest plex media server without the need to manually download the new file... (as mentioned earlier)

plex pass preview releases are also supported (if you have the correct username and password, which you only have, if you are a paying plex pass customer)

 

you can find the plugin here: https://github.com/Benni-chan/unraid_plugins

or direct download link: https://raw.github.com/Benni-chan/unraid_plugins/master/plexupdater.plg

 

so far this has only been tested on my server. but i have tested it quite a lot.

Freebase is selected.

 

Naming convention is done exactly as your link suggested.

 

check the log files inside the plex data directory, if there are any error messages

 

 

There's a bunch of folders pertaining to the metadata. Which one specifically?

 

YOUR_PLEX_APP_DATA_DIRECTORY/PlexLibrary/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs

 

in that directory, you can find several log.

look at "Plex Media Scanner.log" and "Plex Media Server.log"

since i'm lazy, i've written a little plugin, which will install the latest plex media server without the need to manually download the new file... (as mentioned earlier)

plex pass preview releases are also supported (if you have the correct username and password, which you only have, if you are a paying plex pass customer)

 

you can find the plugin here: https://github.com/Benni-chan/unraid_plugins

or direct download link: https://raw.github.com/Benni-chan/unraid_plugins/master/plexupdater.plg

 

so far this has only been tested on my server. but i have tested it quite a lot.

 

I dropped your new plugin in the extras directoy on the flash. I will try it out later. I am preclearing my new 90 bux 3TB drive and will reboot and test after its done.

I am have the same issue as Fuggin is with it not matching movie names and metadata from Freebase. Seem to only happen with the new version of Plex for UnRAID. I checked the log files to find several errors where is had an issue with Exception caught while attempting to match metadata on item 1873: Error parsing file. Not sure what that is because it worked fine before I updated it to the new version. Maybe a bug in the new Plex.

 

I dropped your new plugin in the extras directoy on the flash. I will try it out later. I am preclearing my new 90 bux 3TB drive and will reboot and test after its done.

plugins (plg files) need to go into config/plugins on your flash drive

install it by restart or run "installplg /boot/config/plugins/NAMEOFTHEPLUGIN.plg

 

I am have the same issue as Fuggin is with it not matching movie names and metadata from Freebase. Seem to only happen with the new version of Plex for UnRAID. I checked the log files to find several errors where is had an issue with Exception caught while attempting to match metadata on item 1873: Error parsing file. Not sure what that is because it worked fine before I updated it to the new version. Maybe a bug in the new Plex.

 

 

i didn't see any errors on my machine, using the latest plex server software... but i'll check