![]() ![]() The following step-by-step guide shows you how to install the Plex Media Server and a Samba share on your Raspberry Pi. I should replace it soon because it is already 8 years old. I am using a Western Digital My Book 3TB with USB 3.0. You can use whatever you want or what you have in reach. An external hard drive with enough space and USB 3.0 will work fine. I would recommend using a LAN Cable and connecting your Raspberry Pi directly to your router.Įxternal Hard Drive We need a place where we store our media files. This can be achieved with a LAN Cable or a Wireless LAN Adapter for the Raspberry. LAN Cable or Wireless LAN Adapter Of course we need access to the server. SD Card 16GB Your Raspberry Pi needs an SD Card with an operating system installed. Raspberry Pi I would recommend a Raspberry Pi with Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0. Plex provides apps for all different kinds of devices e.g. My Raspberry Pi is running 24/7 and therefore all my files are always accessible from all my devices on my home network. It saves the progress of watched files and provides additional information to the files like episode descriptions. It works like Netflix but with my local media files that are stored on an external hard drive. A few years ago I set up a local Plex Media Server on my Raspberry Pi.
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