Plex on Raspberry Pi

🔍 Key Features

• Cross‑platform: Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, NAS devices, and Docker. Clients exist for Android, iOS, smart TVs, and game consoles.
• Metadata & Discovery: Automatically fetches posters, descriptions, cast info, and organizes your library into a polished interface.
• Sharing: You can share your library with friends and family, giving them access to your content.
• Live TV & DVR: Supports TV tuners for live broadcasts and recording.
• Flexibility: Works on modest hardware or can scale up to powerful servers

NOTE: Unlike Jellyfin, Plex is only free if streaming on your local network. There is a cost if you want to stream remotely.

🚀 Docker Installation Steps

1. Update your system
   sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
2. Install Docker
   

   curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
   sudo sh get-docker.sh

3. Install Docker Compose
   sudo apt install docker-compose-plugin
4. Add your user to the Docker group
   sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
5. Enable Docker at boot
   sudo systemctl enable docker
6. Reboot
   sudo reboot
7. Test Docker
   docker run hello-world

📁 Setup Plex

mkdir ~/docker
mkdir ~/docker/plex
mkdir ~/docker/plex/config

🧾 Docker Compose File

In ~/docker/plex create docker-compose.yml

services:
  plex:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
    container_name: plex
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - VERSION=docker
      - PLEX_CLAIM=claim-VFDzv3bHizaXfnhJk8h2
    volumes:
      - /mnt/Media:/media # Location of your media files
      - ~/docker/plex/config:/config

NOTE: Follow this guide to setup your media folder: Plex Media Structure

In a nutshell, if /mnt/Media is where you're storing everything, you should have something like /mnt/Media/Movies, /mnt/Media/TV_Shows, etc. Under each of those you'll have a directory for each movie, TV show, etc. For example: /mnt/Movies/John_Wick_(2014) and in there would be the movie file (.mkx, etc.). Personally, I just load all my media files in /mnt/Media with a directory for each movie or show and let Plex sort it all out. This works pretty well for me.

▶️ Start Plex

From within ~/docker/plex run:

📜 View Logs

🌐 Access Web Interface

Open your browser and go to http://<your-pi>:32400