

The hardware requirements for a Plex Media Server depend on the amount of transcoding required. Media can be sent over a local network, WiFi, or across the internet itself. These devices could be smartphones, other computers, speakers or smart televisions. Plex Media Server works by streaming media (usually video files such as Movies or TV Shows) across the network to remote client devices. In order to understand what the hardware requirements are for Plex, we need to discuss transcoding.

See Also: (On Demand) Meet ServerMania: Transform Your Server Hosting Experience What is Transcoding on a Plex Media Server? In this article, we’ll outline the hardware requirements to set up a Plex Media Server. This could be a computer on your own network, or a server hosted with ServerMania. In order to use Plex, you will need one central device which will host all of your media content. Plex is a free and (mostly) open source software package which allows you to stream movies and TV shows across all of your devices such as laptops, desktops, Smart TVs, and mobile devices. etc/nginx/sites-available/ Media Server is one of the most popular and reliable media server solutions available today. $ ssh ip.address.of.server -L 8888:localhost:32400Īnd then browse to or if you are running apache, with a reverse proxy, by adding this configuration in nfīelow an example server configuration is given for a reverse proxy using Nginx, including certificate configuration.

To begin configuring the Plex Media Server, browse to To configure Plex Media Server remotely, you can first create an SSH tunnel (setup can only be done from localhost) Even though the beta update channel is typically quite stable, it is recommended to install the stable release unless you require specific early access content ( release notes). The latter is only available to Plex Pass subscribers and can provide early access to improvements and/or new functionalities, but also early access to potential bugs. Install plex-media-server AUR (stable update channel) or plex-media-server-plexpass AUR (beta update channel).
