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Shield plex server7/19/2023 ![]() Who □) but once you get everything named once it'll automatically be picked up again if you ever need to rebuild your database for any reason. Plex Media Server on SHIELD is integrated with the Plex media player app already on SHIELD in the Apps row. This step does not apply to external storage that was set up as internal storage. If you are using USB storage (set up as removable storage) or a NAS to save your DVR'd shows, you must edit the storage location for TV Shows and Movies. It required a fair bit of time getting used to the naming convention, especially for longer running shoes with lots of specials (Dr. Follow on-screen instructions to complete setup. My television shows took a bit longer to get correct, but I do have plex recognize all the episodes correctly according to TVDB. Putting the year after the movie title made recognition way easier for me, so most of my movies are named something like "star wars a new hope (1977)" It’s great that you can have a sizable library managed on the Shield, but expectations should be reasonable and for huge libraries it’s not a substitute for a more. There and easily browsable by any number of metrics. 2021 update: I moved Plex Media Server to a Docker container on my Synology DS920 NAS as my collection, now at 150TB and counting, had become a strain for the Shield as a server. The step I outlined above was required to access the database using network sharing on the Shield. ![]() Under 'Plex Media Server', selecting 'Storage location' will allow you to change storage locations. I usually just search for movies instead of scrolling, but it's all just. From the Plex app on the Shield running the server, go into settings. If the subs are a seperate file, just make sure they mirror the original file name exactly. Plex allows streaming media content to devices on your network. Shield’s transcoding capabilities are great. ![]() I just make sure the file names are good enough that the Plex movie database catches them. The point for using PMS is the user experience it can transcode videos to some aged devices if you have, a better than netflix user interface, a set it up and forget software, it will classify each content into proper place. ![]() My two movie folders (Animation and Movies, split purely because the latter takes an entire 8TB hard drive by itself) are literally single folders with hundreds of files just arranged by file name.
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