Plex Media Server

[girish]

@avatar1024 It's waiting for the volume support in the next Cloudron release (see Announcements thread about Cloudron 6). With the volume support, you can mount host paths into apps. This is required to bring in "external media" into apps. Currently, you have to copy over all your media into the app container and this will also be part of the backup, not ideal for media apps.

[Sh3lSh0ck]

Plex has a install for linux so I do not know why Cloudron could not do it. Seedboxes do it so it has to be able to be done. I want to one up this request.

[girish]

@sh3lsh0ck Plex can definitely can be packaged for Cloudron. Just a matter of time.

[sonwww]

@girish Is it ready now? I can't install Emby/Jellyfin on SamSung TV

[girish]

@sonwww We don't have a package for plex yet.

[Trackborne]

Any update on this guys? Literally the only app missing from the catalog for me!

[privsec]

@Trackborne
Have you considered using Jellyfin?

[necrevistonnezr]

@privsec Plex has by far the biggest hardware support, especially on Smart TVs.

[Trackborne]

@privsec jellyfin doesn't come close to the client support that plex has. Its an okay workaround but plex runs laps around jellyfin

[privsec]

I don’t disagree, and acknowledge Jellyfin has a ways to go.

But in terms of privacy, it’s the cream de la cream of streaming apps.

[Trackborne]

@privsec Agreed! Cloudron supports emby too. I wish it supported plex too

[ajtatum]

@girish - In all reality, is Plex on the radar still? I have everything in Plex and tried (and hated) Emby and Jellyfish.

[girish]

@ajtatum yes, don't see why not. I think one issue when I last checked was tha Plex was not using local login i.e while the plex installation is local, the authentication is via their cloud. I don't know if this is still the case.

[ajtatum]

@girish I'm not sure how I know this, but I've heard that with seedboxes when someone sets up a Plex Server you have to go to plex.tv/claim and it gives them a code so that the local Plex Server can be associated with that account without having to login first. I don't know if that helps at all, but like I said... it's just something I've heard.

[marcusquinn]

@murgero Did you copy the app package to git.cloudron.io so we can review and see if it can be made publishable?

[murgero]

@marcusquinn Oh gosh no, even if it was - I wouldn't use such old code from 2019. I could probably give it a try again now that I know more about the cloudron api and such?

[necrevistonnezr]

@murgero said in Plex Media Server:

@marcusquinn Oh gosh no, even if it was - I wouldn't use such old code from 2019. I could probably give it a try again now that I know more about the cloudron api and such?

Oh, yes, please!!

[girish]

iirc, the issue with Plex back then was that there was no local login (or maybe i misunderstood). Is this still the case?

Not that this is a blocker , we have since become quite a bit pragmatic

[marcusquinn]

@murgero I think it's worth the effort. It seems to be a common search, and I can see the benefits of having it, given the broad awareness of it for smart TV integration. There's also more collaborators here too now, if you get stuck on anything.

[Trackborne]

This is literally the only thing stopping me from going cloudron full time. It is the most popular media server app with the most clients. I think it really would be worth getting this on the catalog.