March 10, 201313 yr Hey all I have my unraid running just way I like it right now. After showing my father my setup he wants it to become his own "watch instantly" like Netflix. He would be only one I'm allowing access to over Internet. Is there a way to do this that is secure and only allowing him to have read capabilities?
March 10, 201313 yr Yes, you can install Plex Media Server on unRaid, and share whichever libraries you want with him. Additionally you can set up plex to not allow clients to delete media (which I think is the default anyway)
March 10, 201313 yr Yes, you can install Plex Media Server on unRaid, and share whichever libraries you want with him. Additionally you can set up plex to not allow clients to delete media (which I think is the default anyway) That exactly how I do it. I got my dad a Roku and he accesses my Plex, which is running on unRAID.
March 10, 201313 yr Interesting, 2 questions, how secure is this, since you are exposing the unraid serverto the internet, doesnt sound like a good idea; and second, what quality of streaming can be reached? I guess HD streaming is impossible. SD at the most?
March 10, 201313 yr Interesting, 2 questions, how secure is this, since you are exposing the unraid serverto the internet, doesnt sound like a good idea; and second, what quality of streaming can be reached? I guess HD streaming is impossible. SD at the most? The other user has to have a Plex account as well, and you have to "share" with that account. I have a 35Mb/s upload, so with a 6Mb/s download, they get full HD and 5.1.
March 10, 201313 yr 35Mb/s up is a *lot*... that explaines a lot i dont even have that rate 'down' i'm at 30Mb/s down, 2,5Mb/s up... But this would be so cool to do with a group of friends, share each others material but the terrible 'up' speed most isp's have, prevents me from even attempting it.
March 10, 201313 yr Yes, you can install Plex Media Server on unRaid, and share whichever libraries you want with him. Additionally you can set up plex to not allow clients to delete media (which I think is the default anyway) Plex has an amazing option called "Share", which even allows him to use his own accounts. On your server, sign in to your myplex account in settings:- Port forward port 32400 to your tower (I haven't in this case, why there was a error publishing it). And then head over to my plex's servers list and hit "Share with a friend":- And enter their email, along with the sectors (or all):- Personally, this is a useless feature for me as my upload speed is shit.
March 10, 201313 yr Author Sounds like plex is a good choice. Yes I have 35down/35up with fios but am pulling 45/40 constant. Now I'm assuming there is plex client for pc correct? He doesn't have a tv so just uses his laptop. So is this route pretty secure?
March 10, 201313 yr 35Mb/s up is a *lot*... that explaines a lot i dont even have that rate 'down' i'm at 30Mb/s down, 2,5Mb/s up... But this would be so cool to do with a group of friends, share each others material but the terrible 'up' speed most isp's have, prevents me from even attempting it. ISPs don't normally have terrible upspeed, it's just that they sell packages which have terrible up speeds due to the fact that not many people upload data that often (Other than the basic http request/etc that requires barely nothing). If you call your ISP they may be able to make a custom plan for you, with a higher upspeed, or, just transfer to a business/hosting plan (Not many residential ISPs have the latter, though). Last thing is you could host your plex media server on a VPS/dedicated server, but, renting the HDD space would kill.
March 10, 201313 yr Sounds like plex is a good choice. Yes I have 35down/35up with fios but am pulling 45/40 constant. Now I'm assuming there is plex client for pc correct? He doesn't have a tv so just uses his laptop. So is this route pretty secure? Yes there is a Plex client for Windows and other operating systems. I am not sure on the security aspect, but I cant see how anything can be violated unless someone else has the login details (one time thing), and your shares are set to read only.
March 10, 201313 yr Sounds like plex is a good choice. Yes I have 35down/35up with fios but am pulling 45/40 constant. Now I'm assuming there is plex client for pc correct? He doesn't have a tv so just uses his laptop. So is this route pretty secure? http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/Downloads There's Plex Media Server releases for:- Mac OS X Windows Linux - ASUSTOR Linux - Cisco (QNAP) Linux - ReadyNAS Linux - Fedora Linux - Synology Linux - Ubuntu Linux - unRAID There's Plex Media Clients releases for:- Mac OS X Windows Windows 8 (E.G. all Windows 8 PCs/Tablets/Phones) Roku smart T.V.s LG smart T.V.s Samsung smart T.V.s Google TV iOS Android
March 10, 201313 yr Sounds like plex is a good choice. Yes I have 35down/35up with fios but am pulling 45/40 constant. Now I'm assuming there is plex client for pc correct? He doesn't have a tv so just uses his laptop. So is this route pretty secure? Yes there is a Plex client for Windows and other operating systems. I am not sure on the security aspect, but I cant see how anything can be violated unless someone else has the login details (one time thing), and your shares are set to read only. In fact, by default they're shared as read/delete, disable that feature on PMS:-
March 10, 201313 yr ISPs don't normally have terrible upspeed, it's just that they sell packages which have terrible up speeds due to the fact that not many people upload data that often Nope... the best they have is 100Mb/s down, 5Mb up... really. Up speed is not being offered for some reason. For a long time i even thought this was a property of the technique being used... but i guess they just dont want their customers to upload a lot of stuff.
March 10, 201313 yr "Up" has become much more important in the last few years, with the uptick in "cloud" based services and online backups.
March 10, 201313 yr "Up" has become much more important in the last few years, with the uptick in "cloud" based services and online backups. True. Maybe this will force them to supply better up speeds eventually. But i guess they will double it at most, still too slow for sharing HD streams. Just for fun, i will contact my isp to see what they're take on this is i dont expect any sane answer though
March 10, 201313 yr Author One question, is plex going to have any issues with the way my folder structure/images are setup with xbmc Frodo? I used ember to get all the metadata and store on the server.
March 10, 201313 yr You use the Plex management tool from the web GUI and it will download all the media information that it needs to use.
March 10, 201313 yr One question, is plex going to have any issues with the way my folder structure/images are setup with xbmc Frodo? I used ember to get all the metadata and store on the server. Should be fine. The only issue might be trailers. Plex tries to process them as movies...basically doubling the number of movies in the library. I ended up removing all the trailers.
March 10, 201313 yr ISPs don't normally have terrible upspeed, it's just that they sell packages which have terrible up speeds due to the fact that not many people upload data that often Nope... the best they have is 100Mb/s down, 5Mb up... really. Up speed is not being offered for some reason. For a long time i even thought this was a property of the technique being used... but i guess they just dont want their customers to upload a lot of stuff. They normally don't offer it, like I said, because the average user doesn't require it. Call them up and ask to speak to someone who's not a robot (E.G. the low-end "Hi how can I help you today?" workers who just follow the onscreen prompts).
March 10, 201313 yr Author One question, is plex going to have any issues with the way my folder structure/images are setup with xbmc Frodo? I used ember to get all the metadata and store on the server. Should be fine. The only issue might be trailers. Plex tries to process them as movies...basically doubling the number of movies in the library. I ended up removing all the trailers. Should be good there. Didn't download any of the trailers.
March 10, 201313 yr ISPs don't normally have terrible upspeed, it's just that they sell packages which have terrible up speeds due to the fact that not many people upload data that often Nope... the best they have is 100Mb/s down, 5Mb up... really. Up speed is not being offered for some reason. For a long time i even thought this was a property of the technique being used... but i guess they just dont want their customers to upload a lot of stuff. They normally don't offer it, like I said, because the average user doesn't require it. Call them up and ask to speak to someone who's not a robot (E.G. the low-end "Hi how can I help you today?" workers who just follow the onscreen prompts). Like i said, they dont offer custom configurations. Its as simple as that. ISP's here in The Netherlands are very inflexible and conservative.
March 10, 201313 yr Author Where is the best info for installing plex onto unraid? Came across couple places but seem outdated so not sure if they are most recent. Thank you all for all help.
March 10, 201313 yr ISPs don't normally have terrible upspeed, it's just that they sell packages which have terrible up speeds due to the fact that not many people upload data that often Nope... the best they have is 100Mb/s down, 5Mb up... really. Up speed is not being offered for some reason. For a long time i even thought this was a property of the technique being used... but i guess they just dont want their customers to upload a lot of stuff. They normally don't offer it, like I said, because the average user doesn't require it. Call them up and ask to speak to someone who's not a robot (E.G. the low-end "Hi how can I help you today?" workers who just follow the onscreen prompts). Like i said, they dont offer custom configurations. Its as simple as that. ISP's here in The Netherlands are very inflexible and conservative. I highly doubt they'll refuse your money, they probably will if you talk to one of their main customer support agents who know nothing, but, assuming that your hardware (E.G. cabling) can support it and you're willing to pay the correct price they see fit, they'll do it. If they don't do it, then, it's probably because you're such an exception (Netherlands has nobody who requests extra?) that they'd make less money paying someone who isn't following an on screen prompt to talk to you for an hour than they would if he was working somewhere else; if that's the case, ouch.
March 10, 201313 yr Trust me, they just wont make an exception. Their adminstration and invoce structure and helpdesk etc etc etc wont support anomalies. All should be the same. No crazy exceptions. Dutch smallmindliness.
March 10, 201313 yr Trust me, they just wont make an exception. Their adminstration and invoce structure and helpdesk etc etc etc wont support anomalies. All should be the same. No crazy exceptions. Dutch smallmindliness. if that's the case, ouch.
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