Plex on Ugreen NAS

🔍 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

I have two NVME SSDs installed in my DXP2800, mirrored, that I use to hold apps and docker containers. It's configured as /volume2. All of my docker containers are run from /volume2/docker

1. In the Ugreen NAS app, open the App Center
2. Search for "Docker"
3. Install Docker

📁 Setup Plex

mkdir /volume2/docker
mkdir /volume2/docker/plex
mkdir /volume2/docker/plex/config

🧾 Docker Compose File

In /volume2/docker/plex create docker-compose.yml

services:
  plex:
    image: linuxserver/plex:latest
    container_name: plex
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000         # Replace with your actual user ID
      - PGID=1000         # Replace with your actual group ID
      - VERSION=docker
    volumes:
      - /volume2/docker/plex/config:/config
      - /volume1/Movies:/data
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri  # Enables Intel Quick Sync hardware transcoding
    restart: unless-stopped

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 /volume2/docker/plex run:

📜 View Logs

🌐 Access Web Interface

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