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Hi everyone,

I am constantly having problems with Plex on Terarmaster (F4-220), as has widely been discussed on these forums. I'm really tired of having to uninstall and re-install Plex, re-add libraries etc. I have found no solution and neither Terramaster nor Plex have been much help.

I have heard Plex in Docker works well, but I am completely new to Docker and have limited working knowledge of these sorts of applications and coding. I am hoping someone could provide a step by step guide to how to set up and use Plex in Docker.

Any help would be immensely appreciated.

Regards,

This will show you how to enable hardware transcoding in Plex running through docker. It also has a link to the linuxserver dockerhub guide, which is what I followed to when I switched to running Plex through docker. Haven't had to re-add libraries or anything since and it's running flawlessly. If you also setup the watchtower container it will keep your Plex container up to date automatically.

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Thank you so much sports_wook. I really appreciate you pointing me in the right direction. I currently have Emby installed on all my devices as well, so that is a great backup, but I like the look and feel of Plex better, so am looking forward to running it in docker. Thanks again!

If you use the latest version from the plex website I am finding it rock solid so far

deejc - What did you download? There is no download link to Plex for Terramaster on the Plex website. I am currently running the latest plex version available in Terramaster applications and get the same old trouble... "configuring" every two days and I have to uninstall and re-install.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/media-server-downloads/
The download is on this page

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the help everyone!

Tried installing from the Plex website (version 1.25.0.5282 - November 2021) but this did not work. As soon as it was installed, I could not open from within TOS, as it would not connect / refused connection. I was given the option to "update" in Terramaster applications, but this actually rolled Plex back to version 1.24.1.4931 (August 2021)

I am now back to uninstalling and re-installing. I appreciate the suggestion deejc. Is there anything else I needed to do to get version 1.25.0.5282 working in TOS?

I am starting to look into the Docker method, but am a little confused so far, as I have very limited experience with coding. Going to give it all a re-read as soon as possible, but if the Plex site installation is easier and equally as stable, I'd probably go that route.

Not really sure what else you can do except completely remove / uninstall it then try only installing the downloaded version … you’ll probably lose your database tho

Just to add to this tread, I have just installed Plex on Docker.
These were my steps, for the base install

• Initiate Docker from the TOS Applications. Do not add the Plex container.

• Start a puTTY session, logging in with your standard credentials

• Use this site for the method to install the Plex container. Literally just run steps 1, 2 and 3 in the puTTY window
  https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/insta ... ng-docker/

The Plex container should now exist within the TOS Docker application, and your Plex install should work.

I then changed the path to my Movies (to my existing path outside of Docker) using the TOS Docker application. (Container - Edit - Volume).

Tip: If you have an existing Plex application running, dont forget to stop it before starting the Docker one