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Plex	2023-01-23T13:59:59-03:00	false	9	Plex is a media streaming platform that organizes your personal media library and lets you stream it anywhere, plus access live TV, movies, and shows.

What is Plex?

From their website:

With our free app you can add, access, and share all the entertainment that matters to you, on almost any device—including your own personal media collection. Guess that makes us the hardest working app in show business.

In YAMS, Plex is going to be your streaming service powerhouse! 🌟 It's like having your own Netflix, but with way more control. Plus, sharing with friends and family is super easy!

Note: Be warned that Plex has recently put its most basic features behind a monthly subscription or a single lifetime purchase.

First steps

Before we dive in, we need to do a bit of setup magic to let Plex work its charms. First, stop YAMS:

$ yams stop

Now, let's allow your IP range to access Plex. Head to your Plex config folder (I'm assuming your install location is /opt/yams - adjust if you used a different path):

$ cd /opt/yams/config/plex/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/

Inside that folder, we need to edit Preferences.xml:

$ vim Preferences.xml

(Don't worry if you're not a vim fan - nano works just fine too! 😉)

Add this line right after the <Preferences part:

<Preferences allowedNetworks="<your_subnet_IP>/255.255.255.0" ...

The ... means "leave the rest of the file as is" - we're just adding the allowedNetworks bit.

How do you find your subnet IP? 🤔

It usually follows these patterns:

If your server IP is 192.168.0.100, your subnet is 192.168.0.0
If your server IP is 10.0.0.25, your subnet is 10.0.0.0

Time to restart YAMS:

$ yams restart

Let's check if everything's working:

$ docker logs plex

If you see something like:

Failed to load preferences at /config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml
Failed to load preferences at /config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml

It means your Preferences.xml needs some fixing - double-check the format and try again!

Note: Want to learn more about this setup? Check out this TrueNAS community thread.

Initial configuration

In your browser, go to http://{your-ip-address}:32400/web and you'll see Plex's setup page. Click "Got it!" to get started.

Important Note: Unlike other YAMS services, Plex requires the "/web" path after the port number. If you just go to port 32400 without "/web", you'll see an XML file instead of the web interface.