Plex pc specs

Bluecube said:
As always, it depends on how much transcoding you need to do. I stream mainly to an Apple TV, iPhones and the Samsung TV Plex app so transcoding is hardly, if ever, required so I’ve never used a GPU or even an iGPU. Which is the long way of saying both those CPUs are major overkill for just a Plex server especially as you were managing OK with a J4105.
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I'm not managing okay, anything with subtitles is unwatchable, Planet of the apes for instance.
Get the odd one that transcodes audio as well.
Won't just be for Plex, and specifically went for something with as much performance for as little power.
 
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Thought I'd try getting Plex up and running on Ubuntu. About ready to give up, thought I was doing well but then Plex doesn't seem the NAS so can't add media.
I can see the network drive through file explorer.
 
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Avalon said:
Assuming you have indeed mounted the remote storage, you just need to point Plex to the drive in the normal way.
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I have up and installed Windows 11 Pro.
All up and running perfectly within 30 minutes. I tried Linux a long time ago, nothing seems to have improved in all that time.

MSI Cubi 1M Core 5 120U, is drawing 6-7w at idle. Thing that's about as good as it's going to get, 32gb RAM so set Plex to use ram for transcoding, save wear and tear on the SSD. Can't think of anything else that needs setting.
 
You weren’t using a Ubuntu distro from 20 years ago by any chance? Accessing network storage on a modern distro is as easy as Windows or MacOS and has been for a very long time.
 
Bluecube said:
You weren’t using a Ubuntu distro from 20 years ago by any chance? Accessing network storage on a modern distro is as easy as Windows or MacOS and has been for a very long time.
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No, latest off the Ubuntu website. From reading it seemed to be something to do with me using the docker style installation I forget what Ubuntu called it via the app store thing. But I just couldn't get it to see the shares. Sorted now anyway, remote desktop working nicely, I'm just too comfortable with windows.
 
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robj20 said:
No, latest off the Ubuntu website. From reading it seemed to be something to do with me using the docker style installation I forget what Ubuntu called it via the app store thing. But I just couldn't get it to see the shares. Sorted now anyway, remote desktop working nicely, I'm just too comfortable with windows.
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Easy when a windows license is so cheap these days however if you haven't 100% given up on a Ubuntu life, have a look at Webmin, in the past I've used it to crutch my way through some things just like a network share, made life easier having a GUI and I used it how you have mentioned for a few years before migrating it all onto the same box.
 
Steveocee said:
Easy when a windows license is so cheap these days however if you haven't 100% given up on a Ubuntu life, have a look at Webmin, in the past I've used it to crutch my way through some things just like a network share, made life easier having a GUI and I used it how you have mentioned for a few years before migrating it all onto the same box.
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Sticking with windows, extremely cheap at £0.
Using a windows tweaker to remove all the bloat, sits at 6W idle so happy with that.
 
Sadly Plex under Windows tends to be more limited as you scale up concurrent transcodes, and historically lacked features that were available under Linux, eg HDR tone mapping. If it works for you, that’s great, but having gone Ubuntu + docker years ago, it’s the better option.
 
Its been working fine so far, couple of times windows stalled by asking for a microsoft account turned something off in accounts and its been okay. But long term 24/7 stability is my concern so started looking and stumbled on HexOS anyone used it? Seems like it might be perfect, or is there anything else similar where i dont have to learn linux.
Maybe TrueNas would that be suitable even though its not a NAS as such just a plex server.
 
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Surely if you've fixed the issue, then that should be it?

There are many, many distros that focus on one click installers that will do this, StartOS, CasaOS, Umbrel, Yunohost, Cosmos etc. or the more storage orientated like OMV, TN or UR, it's just what you're comfortable with and what you specifically need. If you open it up to a few clicks you get Ubuntu + docker + Plex, which is what I suggested previously, or you could take the guided approach and go Ubuntu and Plexguide (it's quietly been resurrected) or Dockstarter among others.
 
Avalon said:
Surely if you've fixed the issue, then that should be it?

There are many, many distros that focus on one click installers that will do this, StartOS, CasaOS, Umbrel, Yunohost, Cosmos etc. or the more storage orientated like OMV, TN or UR, it's just what you're comfortable with and what you specifically need. If you open it up to a few clicks you get Ubuntu + docker + Plex, which is what I suggested previously, or you could take the guided approach and go Ubuntu and Plexguide (it's quietly been resurrected) or Dockstarter among others.
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I guess I want something as a backup plan really. The ease of installing windows stuff but simplicity of a dedicated and style OS. I mean installing Plex on the Assustor required clicking a button. Even windows was more involved needing to disable the login screen and bypass online accounts.
I'm using Remote Desktop which doesn't seem as 100% reliable as I'd like, I couldn't connect this morning for no reason then it suddenly did.
 
I work from home and have a PC that I just leave on so have Plex installed on that (5700X with 64GB RAM) for the past 2 years (previously I had it on a Ryzen 1600 for a few years). Majority of what I play is 1080p HVEC files and have no issues with them. Films I generally have in 4K HDR and again have no issues with them locally or remotely from my experience with very minimal CPU usage.
 
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