I was traveling with my wife and son, staying at an AirBnB a few states away from home, and wanted to watch some videos from my Plex server (server software…
Tag: Plex Server
Plex – Export Playlists to M3U
I spent the last year or so cleaning up my music library. It is now organized how I want it to be. I use two software packages to play my…
2020 NAS – Plex, nomachine, Crashplan
After about a year and a half with my previous NAS (see here), I decided it was time for an upgrade. The previous NAS had served dutifully, but it was…
Plex on Linux – Video Files Not Detected
I added a number of video files to my Plex server the other day and, when I checked Plex, some of them had not shown up in the corresponding library….
Plex – Sports Videos Library
I use Plex to manage my music and video libraries. I actually don’t watch sports very often. The one exception is when I’m grading papers (I’m a college professor). I’ve…
Plex/tinyMediaManager and Doctor Who Specials
I’m a science fiction fan. And I want my science fiction at my fingertips. To that end, I have slowly been digitizing my favorite series (e.g., Star Trek, Stargate, and…
Plex – Syncing Media to Devices
NOTE: As of 2022, Plex has switched from “syncing” media to “downloading” media. More information on how to do that is available here. I love my Plex server. It works…
Plex – How To Create Smart (auto updating) Music Playlists
I love my Plex server. I stream my music basically around the world (I travel regularly). But it took me a while to figure out how to create playlists that…
Building My Own NAS (with Plex, Crashplan, NFS file sharing, bitTorrent, etc.)
NOTE: As of 2020-06-22, I have a new NAS build. You can read about it here. For about the last seven years (since 2012), I’ve been using a Synology NAS…