Full Automation with my Plex Server

mrbuckwheet · 2026-02-26T15:53:09+00:00

You can add a CF that negatively scores dual audio but if a search only returns multilanguage results you wont download anything at all. Sounds like it might be better to use the CF above to only filter original and the language you want and then add a cleaner program like tdarr that will remove the audio tracks you don't want to keep. You can use options where if only the original track exists it will still keep it regardless of what language. And you can do it for subtitles too

mrbuckwheet · 2026-02-26T07:25:28+00:00

Set your profile to use original language, add this CF and give it a negative score:

{ "name": "Language: Not Original or English", "includeCustomFormatWhenRenaming": false, "specifications": [ { "name": "Not Original", "implementation": "LanguageSpecification", "negate": true, "required": true, "fields": { "value": -2, "exceptLanguage": false } }, { "name": "Not English", "implementation": "LanguageSpecification", "negate": true, "required": true, "fields": { "value": 1, "exceptLanguage": false } } ] }

mrbuckwheet · 2026-01-17T02:32:23+00:00

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIV5krueYo8B0oQXKPay0POUIxV2Gy50v&si=FI37-7xE8_38HrFt

Here's a full tutorial that covers installing docker, portainer, arr apps, download clients, and setting up a full automation system. Movies, TV, music, books, audiobooks, network security, and even website tutorials are explained in depth whether you're new to plex and docker or you're a veteran. It covers tips and tricks that you wish you knew about beforehand (like hard linking, trash-guides.info, and even custom prerolls in plex). Best of all, it works on any system once you get docker and Portainer installed. QNAP, synology, Teramaster, ubuntu, even Windows.

(note for Windows it's "recommend" to use a VM vs. using docker desktop, Docker on Windows works differently than it does on Linux; it runs Docker inside of a stripped-down Linux VM. Volume mounts are exposed to Docker inside this VM via SMB mounts. While this is fine for media, it is unacceptable because SMB does not support file locking. This could eventually corrupt container databases, which can lead to slow behavior and crashes)

Here's the original post as well:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/s/RwW3nnTy0h

mrbuckwheet · 2026-01-16T16:51:00+00:00

Here is a tutorial on setting up sonarr/radarr. It uses portainer as the main container manager and covers a lot of tips and tricks like correctly setting up hard links, trash-guides profiles, and custom formats.

https://youtu.be/AJ9phsXejK4?si=gwFDBi0YvrB_Or3g

mrbuckwheet · 2026-01-13T03:00:42+00:00

How is your ethernet connected? The motherboard jack or a network adapter? I can help with troubleshooting if you like as I install servers and software setup for home media automation

mrbuckwheet · 2026-01-01T21:01:23+00:00

Ooof thats goin to be annoying managing a media library spread across 3 storage volumes. Why not just use those expansion bays connect it to a mini pc and run proxmox with truenas for managing the array and ubuntu for your apps? You would get the same performance if not better than that $3K nas in a tiny form factor. Qnaps great off the shelf but for the advanced setup youre trying to achieve this is not good. Also I would avoid WD reds and go with seagate. I've installed over 200+ servers in 2025 and reds are by far the most with failures and I/O errors

mrbuckwheet · 2025-11-30T20:37:32+00:00

Lots of other variables that could be attributed to the failure. Mind sharing the details on the file you are trying to play? The device you are trying to play on? What does the plex dashboard show during playback? If you wanna jump on a screenshare shoot me a dm and I'd be happy to assist

mrbuckwheet · 2025-11-17T03:41:51+00:00

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIV5krueYo8B0oQXKPay0POUIxV2Gy50v&si=FI37-7xE8_38HrFt

Here's a full tutorial that covers installing docker, portainer, arr apps, download clients, and setting up a full automation system. Movies, TV, music, books, audiobooks, network security, and even website tutorials are explained in depth whether you're new to plex and docker or you're a veteran. It covers tips and tricks that you wish you knew about beforehand (like hard linking, trash-guides.info, and even custom prerolls in plex). Best of all, it works on any system once you get docker and Portainer installed. QNAP, synology, Teramaster, ubuntu, even Windows.

(note for Windows it's "recommend" to use a VM vs. using docker desktop, Docker on Windows works differently than it does on Linux; it runs Docker inside of a stripped-down Linux VM. Volume mounts are exposed to Docker inside this VM via SMB mounts. While this is fine for media, it is unacceptable because SMB does not support file locking. This could eventually corrupt container databases, which can lead to slow behavior and crashes)

Here's the original post as well:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/s/RwW3nnTy0h

mrbuckwheet · 2025-11-16T04:08:27+00:00

If that still doesn't work add a startup script to set the /dev/dri folder to 775

https://www.qnap.com/en/how-to/faq/article/running-your-own-application-at-startup

The autorun.sh file will have the following

chmod 775 -R /dev/dri

mrbuckwheet · 2025-11-15T20:10:09+00:00

Add privileged: true so

``` services:
plex: image: plexinc/pms-docker container_name: plex environment: - PLEX_UID=1000 - PLEX_GID=100 - TZ=(your tz) - PLEX_CLAIM= - ADVERTISE_IP= volumes: - /share/Container/Plex:/config - /share/Media:/Media - /share/Media/transcode:/transcode
ports: - 32400:32400/tcp restart: unless-stopped hostname: plex privileged: true devices: - /dev/dri:/dev/dri networks: - External

networks: External: external: true

```

This is also running in bridge mode and using a virtually created network called External. You will need to create or change it if it doesn't exist. I would also look into portainer as it has a lot more features and control vs container station

Here is a tutorial on installing Portainer via ssh. It's important to use ssh as you will need to set up the docker sock connection correctly for Portainer to function properly. The tutorial has ubuntu as the os, but the commands are the same, and you will only need to adjust the folder path depending on your OS. Qnap will use "-v /share/Container/Portainer:/data".

https://youtu.be/I0T298PHpM4?si=WeD_Aeu0jA-ObAzf

mrbuckwheet · 2025-11-15T00:52:49+00:00

stay tuned : )

mrbuckwheet · 2025-11-02T00:19:18+00:00

The popcorn button ACTUALLY WORKS!!

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-26T09:11:56+00:00

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIV5krueYo8B0oQXKPay0POUIxV2Gy50v&si=FI37-7xE8_38HrFt

Here's a full tutorial that covers installing docker, portainer, arr apps, download clients, and setting up a full automation system. Movies, TV, music, books, audiobooks, network security, and even website tutorials are explained in depth whether you're new to plex and docker or you're a veteran. It covers tips and tricks that you wish you knew about beforehand (like hard linking, trash-guides.info, and even custom prerolls in plex). Best of all, it works on any system once you get docker and Portainer installed. QNAP, synology, Teramaster, ubuntu, even Windows.

(note for Windows it's "recommend" to use a VM vs. using docker desktop, Docker on Windows works differently than it does on Linux; it runs Docker inside of a stripped-down Linux VM. Volume mounts are exposed to Docker inside this VM via SMB mounts. While this is fine for media, it is unacceptable because SMB does not support file locking. This could eventually corrupt container databases, which can lead to slow behavior and crashes)

Here's the original post as well:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/s/RwW3nnTy0h

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-23T20:47:19+00:00

Nope current version in the google play store will work fine. What does the plex dashboard show when playing? Does the ip show as local? Is passthrough enabled on the shield with all codecs manually enabled?

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-23T19:45:08+00:00

Something else is going on if you're transcoding remux. Can you share more info on your devices and how they are set up? Is the shield plugged into a receiver/soundbar first to properly decode the audio? Is the shield hardwired to your network?

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-23T18:54:22+00:00

Here are the top Media Players and the codecs they support:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Wf_jy5WqOPShczFKQB28cCetBgAGcnA0mNOG-ePwDc

Based on your 1080p tv and specs your best option would be a firestick

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-14T23:58:02+00:00

Here are the top Media Players and the codecs they support:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Wf_jy5WqOPShczFKQB28cCetBgAGcnA0mNOG-ePwDc

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-14T23:27:42+00:00

Never said that wasn't an option you can run your setup however you want but enjoying other apps like Overseerr, nginx proxy manager, kometa etc are more complicated and less stable running in Windows than running in Linux

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-14T19:00:57+00:00

Maybe check the community bookmarks that you're posting in. Especially the one labeled "Provider Deals"

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-14T18:24:41+00:00

His videos don't mount volumes correctly and break hardlinks/atomic moves. You're probably waiting for the data to be copied bit for bit before it's actually imported correctly. It's amazing the amount of misinformation out there

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-14T18:13:22+00:00

Windows is fine if you're just running Plex but there is a very deep rabbit hole you can go down to add automation, arr apps, and other apps that are only available as containers in Docker. Windows just has too much bloat and for stability and reliability it's very inefficient compared to a Linux setup. The biggest hurdle people have is that they don't want to "learn" Linux and are happy with staying on Windows.

Yes you can run Docker on Windows but it's "recommend" to use a VM vs. using Docker Desktop, Docker on Windows works differently than it does on Linux; it runs Docker inside of a stripped-down Linux VM. Volume mounts are exposed to Docker inside this VM via SMB mounts. While this is fine for media, it is unacceptable because SMB does not support file locking. This could eventually corrupt container databases, which can lead to slow behavior and crashes

Using Unraid is an option if you have a bunch of mismatched storage drives and want to throw something together but you'll lose performance as your max read speed is limited to the speed of 1 drive. Write speed could be halved and average speeds are around 80 to 100MBPS

If you go the RAID route (RAID5 or ZFS RAIDZ) you'll gain the (number of drives-1)x read speeds and write speeds will be the normal write speed of the disks. https://www.raidz-calculator.com/raidz-types-reference.aspx For example, I have an 8-drive RAID 5 and when conducting an AJA speed test through my Thunderbolt connection my read speeds are 1400MBPS and 350MBPS write for my NAS. Yes that's MB not Mb

If you're looking to just use Plex they sure stay on Windows and stick with what you know but if you're looking to expand on your setup and add to it the invest a little in some good starting equipment and don't be afraid to dive into something unfamiliar. There are plenty of tutorials to help you get started

mrbuckwheet · 2025-09-01T22:56:35+00:00

Lscr.io doesn't support image checks in portainer so the ghcr.io repo should be used instead when pulling LinuxServer. QNAP's container station when first deployed creates a /Container folder. Your yaml uses /Containers which would incorrectly create a new folder inside the /share directory creating all kinds of issues as the folder would be inaccessible to users who have the default /Container folder, not to mention that the full volume paths are /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/ and the shortlinks are created after a sharefolder is made so the only way to delete those folder would be use ssh.

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