In this article, we’re using a Mac mini as the hardware and Plex as the application to organize the media. Media servers range from servers that provide video on demand to smaller personal computers or NAS (Network Attached Storage) for the home. Wikipedia defines a media server as follows:Ī media server is a computer appliance or an application software that stores digital media (video, audio or images) and makes it available over a network. Read along to see how we were able to transform a 2014 Mac mini into a home media server. Macs have good longevity and older units are usable for a variety of purposes other than day-to-day work. The old 21.5-inch iMac becomes a FaceTime “videophone” for Grandma. An old MacBook becomes a school laptop for one of the kids. Old Macs never die, they just get reused. From top, an Apple SuperDrive, the 2014 Mac mini, and an 8TB OWC miniStack drive After that type the below command and press the Enter button.The Media Server.
Upon completion of the command transactions given in the first step, close and run the Command prompt again with admin rights. Well, here we will show how to use Choco to install Plex server…įirst of all, run your command prompt under administrative rights and then copy-paste this -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object ).DownloadString(''))" & SET "PATH=%PATH% %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin" Install chocolatey choco using command prompt in Windows 10/7 Step 2: Choco command to install Plex Media server Here you can now set what is important to you. To do this, go to “ Settings” in the left column and click on “ Advanced Settings“. It is worth adjusting some settings to get the most out of the Plex server. Nevertheless, it doesn’t hurt to take a look at the basic settings. After that signed up to create Plex account with your email address? Follow the setup wizard to get it ready for immediate use. However, even a browser can be used to stream content from the Plex server. Apart from Windows one can setup its server package on NAS boxes, Linux and Docker.ĭid you download the software? If not then the first setup its server and then download the client app on the devices where you want to use it. Plex is a free program with server and client architecture, using it one can stream music, videos and photos from Windows to Mac computers, iOS, Android phones and more. I think almost who has a big collection of music, movies, photos & other media and want to manage them using a single interface, he would definitely know about the Plex Media Server. If you are planning to set up Plex media server on Windows 10 or 7, then you can use a single command of Chocolatey Choco to install it.
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