plex media server raspberry pi usb drive

only issue is if you use something like a pijuice. Q2 Just wondered if any one knew if this is true. I have been running a plex media server via an external drive & it works perfectly for two years now (Pi 3b+). I reckon from what I have read, that the Pi is not really up to supplying the power for the USB HDD (not an SSD one) So Q 1.any one know a Go_to tutorial for setting up Plex ?

but that is is.that would just be another layer of learning I don't have the inclination for. Not wanting to use have seen them mentioned a couple of tutorial. have seen plenty of online tutorials.but if any one knows of a particularly good easy to follow NON-YouTube tutorial, please do let me know. Not even got around to trying to setup Plex on the Pi yet, that is for another day. Used as Home Control server running HA_Bridge and HomeVision HVXL server for X-10 control That Pi is Pi4, running headless in the attic with VNC connection You will possibly need to add it to as a permanent mount point (this also means it will always be in the same location).I have been running a Plex server for many years now on my XigmaNAS server, but the Motherboard died the other day and wondered about using a Pi4 to do the Plex media server bit.

I believe the desktop will only mount when the user is logged on - something you generally don’t do on a server. As says, there are guides to adding NTFS support, if your drive is formatted that way. I’m not sure what level of support PiOS has.

Writing access was considered “experimental” with Kernel drivers. NTFS has been read-only for over a decade, but writing files is more complicated and needed an external driver up until recently. The best way would be to use FAT32, which, if the video files are large, but under 4GB, is probably the most flexible way of doing things, if you are going to use the drive with other systems, otherwise format it native Linux. How are you mounting it? Have you added it to the list of mounted drives or are you relying on the desktop mounting system? The latter will only work with a logged on user, AFAIK.

Plex media server raspberry pi usb drive