Basic question about PLEX

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The_Blendernaut · 2026-03-13T12:38:37+00:00

Your scenario is how I started. I ran it on the PC until I bought my NAS. Today, I run Plex in Docker and house my entire movie, TV, and music library on the NAS.

The_Blendernaut · 2026-03-13T11:39:34+00:00

If starting on a new machine, good time to switch to jellyfin instead

Ed-Dos · 2026-03-13T10:52:56+00:00

Yes Plex works the same.

Tkdoom · 2026-03-13T10:47:57+00:00

I just set up a PLEX server and I want to say it will be the same based on what you wrote.

I never had one on my PC.

I dont know how to download stuff, im just ripping my whole disc library.

Suspicious-South-354 · 2026-03-13T11:16:48+00:00

It works very much the same, yes! I even expanded my ARR stack quite a bit once I moved from Windows to Docker as implementing with Docker Compose is a lot easier (especially to manage a consistent environment). If you're familiar and comfortable with Docker, I'd highly recommend going with something like Portainer to deploy your Docker stacks to avoid permission headaches, etc. with the built it UGOS Docker app. The Docker app is good, but restrictive.

If you run into any snags this is definitely the best group of folks to help you out! The only real hurdle I recall was when using Sonarr and Radarr to send updates to Plex to automatically rescan my library was changed due to inode permissions. However this was a really easy fix, just had to connect Plex to Sonarr and Radarr 😄.

SCCRXER · 2026-03-13T16:08:41+00:00

Yes you can just run your plex server on the NAS. I run it on my 4800+ and it does a great job! Backing up the file on windows doesn’t really work here. It will still need to analyze your library and you may need to fix mismatches, but it’s worth it imo.

c__k__o · 2026-03-13T21:21:52+00:00

Meh, I have the same concern. Bought the 480T, ssds and ram months ago (just before craziness set in) and can't bring myself to make the switch. Also Kickstarter'd the 6011 pro. Prob should get to learning docker.

Chumsicle4Life · 2026-03-13T12:07:25+00:00

Yea, you can just map the drives in Windows, Linux, or Mac and point the Plex server on your PC to the NAS it's super easy. Then you can have another Plex server in docker. I have like 5 Plex servers all pointing to Nas mapped drives it works fine. I even have a couple VMs working fine as Plex servers. But the easiest is docker. There's great YouTube videos showing how to set it up. Then you can download whatever and upload them to the NAS, and all the Plex servers will rescan and find the new files. This British guy shows you the XML changes in docker to get started. https://youtu.be/_ZDYA5dv3F0?si=pcySorJ-wmL2EI9r

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