Plex
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Useful Resources
- Plex FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about using Plex Media Server and client apps with many useful links
- Plex App Setup Guide - Visual guide for first-run setup of Plex apps on smart devices
- c/Plex Add-ons Guide - Detailed info on many of the most popular Plex add-ons with links to setup guides and other resources. Mantained for this community.
- Servarr Wiki - The consolidated wiki for Lidarr, Prowlarr, Radarr, Readarr, and Sonarr.
- TRaSH-Guides - Guides mainly for Sonarr/Radarr/Bazarr and everything related to it.
- Awesome-arr - a complete list of Plex-related companion apps, user scripts, etc.
- Plex Hardware Transcoding Cheat Sheet - NVidia GPUs
- Organizing and Naming Your Media Files
- Troubleshooting Server Connections
- Plex User Forums
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Thank you for replying! I was nervous about posting this in the first place because it’s likely I could find some answers online, but maybe not the right ones? I did a google search (even +Reddit) and the results were 4+ yrs old, which may easily have no bearing on now, with the lack of official plugin support.
I don’t mean to sound dismissive, so I hope I don’t, but I have very little idea what you are talking about, so I’m going to need to do some looking. I’m very much a noob with this stuff, but I aim to not be! 😁 it’s so hard to figure out where to start, especially without specific use-cases, so thank you for the help! I legitimately appreciate your time.
I think I’ll start with docker. I know nothing about it.
I’ve seen a lot in the self-hosting communities about it, and I hope to expand my self-hosting to cover all major “cloud” services eventually (media with Plex, games, pictures, audiobook/podcast, comics/ebooks, etc) so probably a good place to start. My present setup doesn’t seem to need docker, and I’m not really sure of its value, but I see stuff about it a lot, so ima do some digging :)
I’m not in IT or anything, I’m just some rando with a spare pc hanging around to work with. My self-hosting is a passion project for mostly myself, but also a few friends I care about who “don’t do algorithmic media” for various reasons, so I’m learning a ton to help serve them an internet they can enjoy. And that’s good, probably.
I am not certain I’ll stay on windows (was on Ubuntu 18.xx, but my 2014 mobo bit it hard and I replaced the unit entirely with off-the-shelf windows pc to host Plex until I fix my Linux beast. Omg the folder management and rename utilities on Linux made managing Plex so smooth!)
Docker took me a while to learn so it might be something to work up to, it's just that transfering services to docker after installing can be complicated.
I've been using komga for comics.
I mentioned Cloudflare because it's unwise to open the port for each service due to security, Cloudflare handles a lot of the security for you, which still needs you to limit stuff like country IP etc.
Ombi is rarely easy to setup without as much knowledge, I did it before learning docker, but it also needs sonar & radarr which are more services.