Samhain is upon us and all kind of creatures and forces are at work. The veil between the worlds is thin, and on a frosty moonlit eve you might hear the call of the Old Ones. Or perhaps that’s the appeals of your long-neglected media collection, urging you to pay it some attention on these chilly nights.
Either way, hunker down as we show you how to set up a top-class media server with Plex and Linux. You’ll be streaming your media all around the house in no time. With very little effort Plex gives you a Netflix-like interface for navigating your movie, TV show , and music collection. If you have a TV tuner, then Plex can use that too. If you already have a NAS device, then you can probably install Plex on it. We’ll look at doing so, both traditionally and the new-fangled way with Docker.
This story is from the November 2020 edition of Linux Format.
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