Plex Guest Access
Plex Guest Access Point
Hi there
I know not an answer to your question - but why not try KODI. Also on a CLIENT box Kodi can read DVD's (menus and all) direct from iso rips and play them. I've found using KODI as a clent on an amazon fire TV box (it's an android device) it works brilliantly for streaming files etc from my CENTOS box to remote TV's. You can easily install KODI or any other apps on an android device from your android phone and use the app2fire on the phone which will install the app to the fire tv stick (or other android device).
I set samba up to share the files so the client application can play -- KODI plays even more formats than VLC believe it or not and subtitles are a breeze for movies -- you can add opensubtitles.org, subscene.com or wherever you get subtitles from. Plex was always hideous for subtitles. You don't even need a music server on your Linux box done this way. Just set the client KODI app up for video and music -- 'Seeemples!!!'.
Using SAMBA for file sharing keeps control over the whole kybosh too very easily.
Cheers
-D
I know not an answer to your question - but why not try KODI. Also on a CLIENT box Kodi can read DVD's (menus and all) direct from iso rips and play them. I've found using KODI as a clent on an amazon fire TV box (it's an android device) it works brilliantly for streaming files etc from my CENTOS box to remote TV's. You can easily install KODI or any other apps on an android device from your android phone and use the app2fire on the phone which will install the app to the fire tv stick (or other android device).
I set samba up to share the files so the client application can play -- KODI plays even more formats than VLC believe it or not and subtitles are a breeze for movies -- you can add opensubtitles.org, subscene.com or wherever you get subtitles from. Plex was always hideous for subtitles. You don't even need a music server on your Linux box done this way. Just set the client KODI app up for video and music -- 'Seeemples!!!'.
Using SAMBA for file sharing keeps control over the whole kybosh too very easily.
Cheers
-D
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Hello everyone.
I am very new to FreeNAS and the forums, as I have just built my system and installed the OS not too long ago.
Ideally, this is what I would like to accomplish:
-Media Files in a dataset that is accessible through a share only by a group with approved users (not through guest access), and also accessible to Plex.
I understand that not having the share set as 'allowing guest access' creates some problems with Plex being able to see the media files. I have spent the better part of the past 6 hours reading all the forums I could find regarding Plex and share permissions, to no avail. But then, I realized that I did not even see if Plex could see the media files I had added with the guest access allowed.
So, I wiped the entire filesystem, created a main volume, created a media dataset, created the jails dataset, installed Plex, added the storage link in the jail to the media dataset, and created the windows smb share (with guest access allowed) with the media folder. I added some test video files via file explorer on a Windows machine. Refreshed and restarted the jail. And when I opened Plex Plugin through the FreeNAS gui, and I tried to 'Add Library' and 'Browse for Media Folder', no other drives besides the plex folder with the 'Cache, Codecs, Logs, etc...' is showing. I followed the instructions on the YouTube video from the FreeNASTeam exactly, and the '/' folder with 'bin, boot, media, etc..' is not there.
So again, ideally, I would like for my media folder to not have guest access and only be accessible through a group, but for now, I would just like to be able to get Plex working with the guest access to keep it as simple as possible, and then, once it is working, I'd like to tackle the permissions issue. I searched and did not find another thread with my exact problem where the media dataset is not even showing up at all with guest access, so I would really appreciate some help. Please let me know if there is any extra information I can provide you with to aid in the resolution of this issue.
I am very new to FreeNAS and the forums, as I have just built my system and installed the OS not too long ago.
Ideally, this is what I would like to accomplish:
-Media Files in a dataset that is accessible through a share only by a group with approved users (not through guest access), and also accessible to Plex.
I understand that not having the share set as 'allowing guest access' creates some problems with Plex being able to see the media files. I have spent the better part of the past 6 hours reading all the forums I could find regarding Plex and share permissions, to no avail. But then, I realized that I did not even see if Plex could see the media files I had added with the guest access allowed.
So, I wiped the entire filesystem, created a main volume, created a media dataset, created the jails dataset, installed Plex, added the storage link in the jail to the media dataset, and created the windows smb share (with guest access allowed) with the media folder. I added some test video files via file explorer on a Windows machine. Refreshed and restarted the jail. And when I opened Plex Plugin through the FreeNAS gui, and I tried to 'Add Library' and 'Browse for Media Folder', no other drives besides the plex folder with the 'Cache, Codecs, Logs, etc...' is showing. I followed the instructions on the YouTube video from the FreeNASTeam exactly, and the '/' folder with 'bin, boot, media, etc..' is not there.
So again, ideally, I would like for my media folder to not have guest access and only be accessible through a group, but for now, I would just like to be able to get Plex working with the guest access to keep it as simple as possible, and then, once it is working, I'd like to tackle the permissions issue. I searched and did not find another thread with my exact problem where the media dataset is not even showing up at all with guest access, so I would really appreciate some help. Please let me know if there is any extra information I can provide you with to aid in the resolution of this issue.