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Restore a Plex Media Server Database Backup

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Finding the Database Backups The location of the database backups will vary by operating system. Unless you’ve altered the location via the Backup directory advanced setting, you’ll find the backup files under the /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases subdirectory inside the normal server data directory. The database backups will have the date in the filename and will be named along … Read more

Installing Plex on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04)

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Install Commands: sudo apt install curl sudo apt install nano curl http://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/Pl… | sudo apt-key add – echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/dev public main sudo apt install apt-transport-https sudo apt update sudo apt install plexmediaserver sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver sudo nano /etc/ufw/applications.d/plexmediaserver Copy into plexmediaserver ufw file [Plexmediaserver] title=Plex … Read more

Fix PLEX skipping

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Click on the Settings icon in the Plex Web header Click Show Advance within the Settings view Click on Debug within the Settings view left-side bar Within the settings view you’ll see a Use alternate streaming protocol for video playback checkbox Check that checkbox, save settings Quality Settings You can enable auto quality, choose a starting quality, and limit data usage … Read more

Resolve Plex Indirect on LAN

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DNS Resolver (Unbound) Unbound has similar protections to dnsmasq, using its “Private Address support” option. With that option enabled RFC1918 addresses are stripped away from DNS answers. Additionally, the DNSSEC validator may mark the answers bogus. Individual domains can be excluded from DNS rebinding protection using the Custom Options on the Unbound general settings. Enter … Read more