
Open your web browser and point it to You will see your Plex home screen and all your media, play a video and verify that your libraries are intact.
Reboot your new plexmediaserver and test. What is it looking for and what might be preventing it from finding its other component plex.
sudo chown -R plex lex /var/lib/plexmediaserver/ I've installed plex media server, but it keeps asking me to install plex media server on its web interface: Apparently, it doesn't find some other component of itself, because it says 'Looking for servers.' in the top left. Upon completion, change the owner of the plexmediaserver directory to the plex user on your new plexmediaserver, Plex on Ubuntu requires this user to be the owner of the directory sudo rsync -azvh /var/lib/plexmediaserver/. Stop the plexmediaserver service on your old plexmediaserver and your new plexmediaserver Prepare your metadata directory, you will need to delete the contents of the Library: sudo rm -rf /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library. Install plexmediaserver: sudo apt install plexmediaserver -y Open a new browser tab/window and download the certificate key (opens in new tab) from Plex. Check for updates and install them: sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade. Install the Plex Repository: echo deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt//plexmediaserver.list. Install the Plex Signed Key: curl | sudo apt-key add – If you mean you have the old Plex app data folder, you can just move it to the default location while plex is shut down, and when you start it back up itll act like you never changed anything. On your new Plex server, perform the following steps The code will be more stable and efficient on the CPU, according to Plex developers.This HOW TO assumes that you are using Ubuntu 20.04.x, the principles will remain the same regardless of your Operating System On Apple silicon Macs, Plex users can expect improved transcoding speeds, though there may not be a significant difference. It can be downloaded from the Plex website. The preview version of the Plex Media Server must be installed manually and will not auto update to newer releases, which is something to keep in mind. This new package includes Plex Media Server for both Intel and Apple Silicon architectures, so you don't have to worry about what you are installing. We present, the Plex Media Server "Universal" build for macOS. The existing Mac server versions run just fine under Rosetta2, but native is always better, right? Well, here it is!!! Since the introduction of the Apple M1 chip for macOS, users have asked for Plex Media Server to natively support "Apple Silicon".
At the current time, the release version of the Plex Media Server runs using Rosetta 2. The new version of the Plex Media Server uses the "Universal" build for Macs, which means it is compatible with Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Popular media platform Plex today announced the launch of a beta version of the Plex Media Server that has native Apple silicon support.