ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex

Forked from https://github.com/wernight/docker-plex-media-server to include drivers necessary for hardware trancoding on QNAP NAS devices with the Intel i965 Graphics Chipset (TVS-x71).

Tags:

• autoupdate installs latest on start

Dockerized Plex Media Server: Plex organizes your video, music, and photo collections and streams them to all of your screens (mobile, TV/Chromecast, laptop...) setup for hardware transcoding on QNAP NAS devices using Intel i965 chipsets.

Usage

It is recommended to provide two mount points writable by user 797 (that plex random UID inside the container for safety, alternatively use --user flag) and on your QNAP NAS, create a shared folder called 'Plex':

• /share/Plex/config: To somewhere to hold your Plex configuration (can be a data-only container). This will include all media listing, posters, collections and playlists you've setup...
• /share/Multimedia: To one or more of your media files (videos, audio, images...).

Note: --privileged flag is necessary for hardware-transcoding to work

QNAP NAS Example using a shared folder called "Plex":

$ mkdir /share/Plex/config
$ chown 797:797 -R /share/Plex
$
$ chown -R 797:administrators /dev/dri # necessary for hardware-transcoding on QNAP NAS (your mileage may vary)
$ chmod -R 775 /dev/dri # necessary for hardware-transcoding on QNAP NAS (your mileage may vary)
$
$ docker pull ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex:autoupdate
$ docker run -d --restart=always -v /share/Plex/config:/config -v /share/Multimedia:/media --privileged --device=/dev/dri --net=host -p 32400:32400 ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex:autoupdate

Once done, wait a few seconds and open http://localhost:32400/web in your browser.

The flag --net=host is only required for the first run, so that your can login locally without password (without SSH proxy) and see the "Server" tab in the web UI (see troubleshooting section below). Alternatively you can provide X_PLEX_TOKEN, or PLEX_LOGIN and PLEX_PASSWORD (see below). If you want Avahi broadcast to work then keep --net=host even after being logged in, but this will be somewhat less secure.

To find your X-Plex-Token a helper script has been provided, just run:

$ docker run --rm -it ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex retrieve-plex-token

The --restart=always is optional, it'll for example allow auto-start on boot.

Upgrades and Versions

Plex Media Server does not support auto-upgrade from the UI on Linux. If/once it does, we'd be more than happy to support it.

There are two ways to keep up to date:

• Using ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex:autoupdate (for users who want the really latest) – Installs the latest public or Plex Pass release each time the container starts. It has a few differences compared to what is described here:

  • Runs as root initially so it can install Plex (required), after that it runs as plex user.

  • Supports PlexPass: Premium users get to download newer versions shortly before they get public. For that either specify PLEX_LOGIN and PLEX_PASSWORD or preferably X_PLEX_TOKEN:

    $ docker run -d --restart=always -v /share/Plex/config:/config -v /share/Multimedia:/media --privileged --device=/dev/dri --net=host -p 32400:32400 -e X_PLEX_TOKEN='<my_x_plex_token>' ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex:autoupdate
    

    Alternatively you can specify your Plex login/password (only be used to retrieve the latest official download URL and cleared after that) like:

    $ docker run -d --restart=always -v /share/Plex/config:/config -v /share/Multimedia:/media --privileged --device=/dev/dri --net=host -p 32400:32400 -e PLEX_LOGIN='<my_plex_login>' -e PLEX_PASSWORD='<my_plex_password>' ikipzdu6up3gra/qnap-intel-docker-plex:autoupdate
    

Environment Variables

You can change some settings by setting environement variables:

• X_PLEX_TOKEN is your X-Plex-Token (a safer alternative to PLEX_LOGIN and PLEX_PASSWORD) used to register your server without having to access your Plex Server settings via the web UI, see Finding your account token / X-Plex-Token.
• PLEX_LOGIN your Plex username or e-mail (as alternative to X_PLEX_TOKEN).
• PLEX_PASSWORD your Plex password (as alternative to X_PLEX_TOKEN).
• PLEX_EXTERNAL_PORT is the external port number (accessible from the internet) to reach your Plex server (default is 32400).
• PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE ulimit stack size (default: 3000).
• PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS the number of plugins that can run at the same time (default: 6).

Additional setting environement variables for the :autoupdate tagged image:

• X_PLEX_TOKEN or PLEX_LOGIN and PLEX_PASSWORD are also used to retrieve latest PlexPass version (if you have access).
• PLEX_SKIP_UPDATE can be set to true to skip completely the install of latest Plex.
• PLEX_FORCE_DOWNLOAD_URL can be set to a URL to force downloading and installing a given Plex Linux package for Debian 64-bit.