MaartenW Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hi all, I am new ti unRAID and installed the trial today (activation following). I wanted to install the Plex Media Server plugin, but that is not working for me... I'm doing it by getting the link to the Plex plugin for unRAID https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz When I select "install plugin" in the webGUI, I paste the link in the link field and I click install. It starts installing but it doesn't finish correctly and I'm getting this error; plugin: installing: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz ... done Warning: simplexml_load_file(): /tmp/plugins/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ?7zXZ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 plugin: xml parse error What am I doing wrong and how can I make it work? Please answer, I would really like Plex on unRAID! Thanks in advance! Link to comment
StevenD Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 First of all, dont use the plugin. You really should use Docker. Link to comment
MaartenW Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 How does that work, my frind? Link to comment
Squid Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Load the community applications plugin then install one of the plex Dockers (or the plex plugin) from there. Also see the docker faq Link to comment
gundamguy Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hi all, I am new ti unRAID and installed the trial today (activation following). I wanted to install the Plex Media Server plugin, but that is not working for me... I'm doing it by getting the link to the Plex plugin for unRAID https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz When I select "install plugin" in the webGUI, I paste the link in the link field and I click install. It starts installing but it doesn't finish correctly and I'm getting this error; plugin: installing: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz plugin: downloading: https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz ... done Warning: simplexml_load_file(): /tmp/plugins/PlexMediaServer-0.9.14.6.1620-e0b7243-x64-UnRAID.txz:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ?7zXZ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 plugin: xml parse error What am I doing wrong and how can I make it work? Please answer, I would really like Plex on unRAID! Thanks in advance! .txz is a compressed Tar archive. Why this isn't working is because the package files that unRAID uses use .plg files. The Plg file contains information that knows where to find that .txz file and information about installing GUI pages to the WebGUI (which aren't included in the .txz produced by Plex.) Another way to put this is that the Plugin produced by a member here, is a wraper around the program crated by Plex. Docker is a different (better in some cases like Plex) approach to the same distribution problem. I see why this would be a bit confusing, because that's not how things work in the Windows world. Link to comment
Ryland Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 How does that work, my frind? Im not having any issues with Phaze's Plex server plugin. Whats wrong with using the plugin vs having to setup a docker environment? Link to comment
HAVOC Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Docker app allows you to run Plex and assorted apps isolated from the main operating system of unraid. So if it crashes the whole system doesn't lock up. Link to comment
MaartenW Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Load the community applications plugin then install one of the plex Dockers (or the plex plugin) from there. Also see the docker faq Okay thanks I will try that in a minute Link to comment
MaartenW Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Load the community applications plugin then install one of the plex Dockers (or the plex plugin) from there. Also see the docker faq Okay thanks I will try that in a minute Ok I admid, I actually have no idea what you mean.. Where is the community applications plugin? Link to comment
gundamguy Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Load the community applications plugin then install one of the plex Dockers (or the plex plugin) from there. Also see the docker faq Okay thanks I will try that in a minute Ok I admid, I actually have no idea what you mean.. Where is the community applications plugin? You can find it here. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40262.0 It should make it easier for you. Link to comment
MaartenW Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Oww I found it with using Docker! Thanks for the replies! Link to comment
trurl Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 ... Where is the community applications plugin? See search tips in my sig for future questions like this. Link to comment
Ryland Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Docker app allows you to run Plex and assorted apps isolated from the main operating system of unraid. So if it crashes the whole system doesn't lock up. So docker is essentially a running VM. I have been running plex server for a few years and have never had it lock up on me so I think I will keep it running as a plugin instead of deal with with docker yet. I may revisit this once I have a cache drive installed. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Docker isn't exactly a VM but a container that is isolated from the host. Main benefit for Unraid is that it avoids the dependency issues that occasionally plague plugins, and a crash in a docker container won't take down the host. Link to comment
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