New Plugin Available: Plex Media Server!

[pintapiva]

Hello everybody ;-)

I'd like to announce the availability of the latest plugin for FreeNAS: The Plex Media Server! Much demand has been made for this plugin and it is finally here! Please feel free to give it a try. If there are any problems, please report them at http://support.freenas.org. This plugin is only available for 64-bit installations.

Once this plugin has been installed, you can create storage mount points for for all the Media you have on your FreeNAS system. I recommend just creating a storage mount point named "Media" and mounting it into the plugin, then when you configure Plex, specify that storage mount point for your media.

Feedback is welcome, and thank you for using FreeNAS!

Sincerely,

The FreeNAS Team

Yeeah! It's cool !!!

 

[jkh]

Is there any chance for the developers to add PlexConnect to this plugin as well or make a separate plugin for it?

The plex plugin just re-wraps the existing binary tarball provided by Plex, so once they release a version of that for FreeBSD with PlexConnect, we'll be able to add it to the plugin.

 

[amires]

The plex plugin just re-wraps the existing binary tarball provided by Plex, so once they release a version of that for FreeBSD with PlexConnect, we'll be able to add it to the plugin.

Thanks however PlexConnect is a set of third party python scripts that is needed to be able to connect non-jailbroken Apple TV to Plex Media Server. I was able to successfully run it in the same jail as plex however It would nice to have a plugin version of it so it could be run as a daemon and can easily be started and stopped.

https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/

 

[amires]

Looks like Plex 0.9.8.6 has been released for FreeBSD. Looking forward for an updated plugin.

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/multimedia/plexmediaserver/
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/plexmediaserver/

Thank you in advance

 

[jkh]

Looks like Plex 0.9.8.6 has been released for FreeBSD. Looking forward for an updated plugin.
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/multimedia/plexmediaserver/
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/plexmediaserver/

Thanks for the heads-up! Filed as bug #3138.

 

[jkh]

Thanks however PlexConnect is a set of third party python scripts that is needed to be able to connect non-jailbroken Apple TV to Plex Media Server. I was able to successfully run it in the same jail as plex however It would nice to have a plugin version of it so it could be run as a daemon and can easily be started and stopped.

https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/

Thanks for the pointer (you'd be surprised how many postings I see where someone asks for something I've never heard of and doesn't think to include a URL to it or anything vaguely descriptive, leaving it up to Google and my best guess. ). Is this something that can work as a separate plugin, e.g. in its own jail with direct access to the same media directory (which of course can be "punched through" for each plugin individually), or does this need to live next to the Plex software itself and have access to Plex scripts/resources/etc? If that's the case, maybe it can be rolled into the Plex plugin itself as long as doing so would not actually compromise Plex functionality for folks who don't use AppleTVs! I would welcome more details from an actual user of PlexConnect like yourself!

Thanks,

- Jordan

 

[amires]

Thanks for the pointer (you'd be surprised how many postings I see where someone asks for something I've never heard of and doesn't think to include a URL to it or anything vaguely descriptive, leaving it up to Google and my best guess. :) ). Is this something that can work as a separate plugin, e.g. in its own jail with direct access to the same media directory (which of course can be "punched through" for each plugin individually), or does this need to live next to the Plex software itself and have access to Plex scripts/resources/etc? If that's the case, maybe it can be rolled into the Plex plugin itself as long as doing so would not actually compromise Plex functionality for folks who don't use AppleTVs! I would welcome more details from an actual user of PlexConnect like yourself!

Thanks,

- Jordan

Thanks for considering it. It works both in the plex jail and having its own jail. It does not need access to plex media files, it connect to PMS via PMS webui. It is a set of python scripts that when launched creates a mini DNS server on port 53 and a mini HTTP server on ports 80 and 443 so as long as this ports are not used by another process it should work. I am currently running it in my plex jail manually by issuing the following command

daemon -f python27 /usr/local/PlexConnect/PlexConnect.py

and then I need to change my Apple TV DNS server address to address of my plex jail. After I have done this whenever I launch Apple Trailers app on Apple TV plex webui will open and I can play media from my pms server.

PlexConnect does not interfere with PMS in anyway since it acts just as a plex client.

It would be nice to have this integrated in Plex jail in a disabled state by default which could be started by issuing something like service plexconnect start or similiar.

Thank you in advance.

 

[amires]

Thanks for updating plex plugin to 0.9.8.6.

 

[kryptoman]

Awesome!!!! I have been hoping for a Plex port for so long. My FreeNAS home server is now complete and finally does everything I want it to (...for now).

 

[Djbinh]

What's the different between minidlna and pluck media server

Cons and pros

Aren't they the same ?

 

[joeschmuck]

What's the different between minidlna and pluck media server

Cons and pros

Aren't they the same ?

Not exactly the same but it seems to be working on most players. Plex Media Server does have DLNA support by default and does perform transcoding which really is the biggest benefit if you have a FreeNAS with enough CPU horsepower. I'm currently evaluating it myself and have run into a few minor snags but I only just started using it so I could have portions setup incorrectly.

 

[cyberjock]

If http://forums.freenas.org/threads/plex-media-server-anime-search-agent.14963/ can be rolled into Plex some people might want it. I'm not an Anime junkie, but I'm sure there are some around here.

 

[livecaller]

Well just sharing. I couldn't find all plugins list.. I had to download the pbi manually
http://www.appcafe.org/freenas/json
FreeNAS-9.1.1-RELEASE-x86 (a752d35)


Could that only avilable for FreeNAS 64x?

• CouchPotato
• ownCloud
• Plex Media Server
• SABnzbd
• SickBeard

 

[Forssux]

Hello everybody ;-)

I'd like to announce the availability of the latest plugin for FreeNAS: The Plex Media Server! Much demand has been made for this plugin and it is finally here! Please feel free to give it a try. If there are any problems, please report them at http://support.freenas.org. This plugin is only available for 64-bit installations.

Once this plugin has been installed, you can create storage mount points for for all the Media you have on your FreeNAS system. I recommend just creating a storage mount point named "Media" and mounting it into the plugin, then when you configure Plex, specify that storage mount point for your media.

Feedback is welcome, and thank you for using FreeNAS!

Sincerely,

The FreeNAS Team

This is great and would thank the person for doing the effort.
Is there by any chance a XBMC plugin on the road map?

I believe PLEX forked XBMC in 2008 and it's not completely open source.
Anyway I think the user base of XBMC is far bigger then the one of PLEX.
I hope you guy's take this into consideration.

Kind Regards
Guy Forssman

 

[budmannxx]

Is there by any chance a XBMC plugin on the road map?

Can you give a little more detail on why you'd want to run XBMC as a plugin on FreeNAS? XBMC is more of a client, not a server. You can store your actual media files on FreeNAS and tell your XBMC client where to find them on your network. If you have multiple XBMC clients and want to keep them in sync (e.g., for watched/unwatched status, etc.), there's a way to store your XBMC databases on a network share and tell all of your XBMC clients to use the shared databases. But I can't think of why you'd actually want to run XBMC itself on FreeNAS.

 

[scansterz]

Hello everybody ;-)
The Plex Media Server! Much demand has been made for this plugin and it is finally here! Please feel free to give it a try. If there are any problems, please report them at http://support.freenas.org. This plugin is only available for 64-bit installations.
The FreeNAS Team

Hi,
I've tried and tried... but I don't even get this in the list of plugins.
I have a 64bit machine.
Can I asumen you meant "only AMD 64bit "?
I have two boxes with Intel CPUs - both 64bit.
Advise.
Scan

 

[warri]

AMD and Intel use the same x64 architecture. It makes no difference which vendor you use.
Are you not able to see the list in the WebGUI or is it just empty?

 

[scansterz]

I have a list:
Bacula SD
Bit Torrent
MiniDLNA server
mt-daapd
No Plex.
I also tried installing manually with building a jail, going in that jail and fetching from a site... seemed to install fine, configure fine but would not start.
Third I tried installing from another place (can't recall) but it said something about AMD only... oh, that was the ports version.
All inside a seperate Jail.
What do you think I am missing?
Example on one machine:
Intel® Celeron® Processor E3200 64-bit i5


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BuildFreeNAS-9.1.1-RELEASE-x86 (a752d35)PlatformIntel(R) Celeron(R) CPU E3200 @ 2.40GHzMemory3017MBSystem TimeFri Oct 11 09:46:10 CDT 2013Uptime9:46AM up 18:07, 0 usersLoad Average0.00, 0.02, 0.00

 

[warri]

There should be more items in the list. You realize that you can scroll down in the window?
All plugins available here should be listed: http://www.appcafe.org/freenas/

 

[scansterz]

Yea, no more. No scrolling. Yes the list in the URL is longer and the ones listed are the only ones there.
Installing plugins works - I did FireFly... so I get that working.
The list in the application FreeNAS is showing only those. The list behind the configuration URL is longer.
Notice how the ones showing up in my list have two listing in the url?
Could that be a prob?
-Scan
FROM THE WEB URL plugin list:
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{"Pbi":{"id":"105785","icon":"\/img\/transmission.png","title":"Bit Torrent","description":"Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client","author":"Transmission Project","website":"http:\/\/www.transmissionbt.com\/","editorpick":true},"License":{"title":"GPL"},"Rating":{"value":"0"},"State":{"title":"current"},"Status":{"id":"56380","location":"http:\/\/freenas.org\/downloads\/plugins\/\/9\/x64\/transmission-2.77_1-amd64.pbi","architecture":"amd64","pbi_version":"2.77_1","filesize":"0","build_date":"2011-10-06 06:25:18"}},

{"Pbi":{"id":"105785","icon":"\/img\/transmission.png","title":"Bit Torrent","description":"Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client","author":"Transmission Project","website":"http:\/\/www.transmissionbt.com\/","editorpick":true},"License":{"title":"GPL"},"Rating":{"value":"0"},"State":{"title":"current"},"Status":{"id":"59541","location":"http:\/\/freenas.org\/downloads\/plugins\/\/9\/x32\/transmission-2.77_1-i386.pbi","architecture":"i386","pbi_version":"2.77_1","filesize":"12345","build_date":"2013-07-26 03:01:06"}},

{"Pbi":{"id":"105788","icon":"\/img\/couchpotato.png","title":"CouchPotato","description":"An automatic NZB and torrent downloader.","author":"CouchPotato Project","website":"https:\/\/couchpota.to\/","editorpick":false},"License":{"title":"GPL"},"Rating":{"value":null},"State":{"title":"active"},"Status":{"id":"59545","location":"http:\/\/freenas.org\/downloads\/plugins\/\/9\/x64\/couchpotato-1.0-amd64.pbi","architecture":"amd64","pbi_version":"1.0","filesize":"21898","build_date":"2013-08-28 12:38:59"}},

{"Pbi":{"id":"105793","icon":"\/img\/crashplan.png","title":"CrashPlan","description":"CrashPlan backs up data to remote servers, other computers, or hard drives.","author":"CrashPlan","website":"http:\/\/www.crashplan.com","editorpick":false},"License":{"title":"Unknown"},"Rating":{"value":null},"State":{"title":"active"},"Status":{"id":"59550","location":"http:\/\/freenas.org\/downloads\/plugins\/\/9\/x64\/crashplan-3.5.3-amd64.pbi","architecture":"amd64","pbi_version":"3.5.3","filesize":"66351","build_date":"2013-09-30 05:38:47"}},

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{"Pbi":{"id":"105792","icon":"\/img\/owncloud.png","title":"ownCloud","description":"Owncloud is a system for the creation and management of personal cloud resources.","author":"ownCloud","website":"http:\/\/www.owncloud.org","editorpick":false},"License":{"title":"AGPL"},"Rating":{"value":null},"State":{"title":"active"},"Status":{"id":"59549","location":"http:\/\/freenas.org\/downloads\/plugins\/\/9\/x64\/owncloud-5.0.11-amd64.pbi","architecture":"amd64","pbi_version":"5.0.11","filesize":"55931","build_date":"2013-09-18 14:22:06"}},

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