This mounting windows partitions from Ubuntu link helped solve my specific problem which was plex not recognizing my files which are located on a separate hard drive from my Linux installation. I have the plex media server and plex media player installed on the desktop. Visit this fstab Ubuntu link for more details and look for file system specific examples. NOTE: the second and third parameters will change depending on the type we found earlier. In the editor add a new line UUID=abcdefghi /media/data ntfs-3g defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0 Plex alternatives (as well as Plex itself) should not just allow playback on the original device, but should also be able to play through external devices. The last command should launch an editor. In the terminal type sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old Make a back up and then modify the fstab file. Replace data with the desire folder name to create. In the terminal type sudo mkdir /media/data This folder will be used as a mount point for the other hard drive. Third step: copy (not move) the content to the new external drive.
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The first step: update and do final synchronise of the existing Plex server and content. Next create a folder located on the same hard drive as your Linux installation. So I will aim to use the Plex interfaces and file management system as much as possible to achieve this. You would then connect the hard drive to your Plex server. A third option is storing your media files on an external hard drive. A hard drive connected to a computer running Plex server software is one way to stream from Plex. Let’s pretend my UUID is abcdefghi and type is NTFS They would then connect their Plex server to the NAS to read the files. To stream from Plex, you’ll need server software that can access your media library. Most likely if you want to use the other hard drive you’ll want it to auto mount.Īuto mount will mount the hard drive on boot.īut first we need to get the Universal Unique Identifier of the drive.
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This how to will be focused on Ubuntu, but I believe will work on other Linux versions as well. If Plex Media Server can’t find your files which are located on a separate hard drive other than the hard drive Linux is on chances are it needs to be mounted.
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