Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 released, Install on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Mac OSX and CentOS
Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Fedora 22, Fedora 21, Fedora 20, CentOS 6 and CentOS 6
Plex Media Server is a powerful application that will help you to manage and stream media files stored on your computer to various mobile devices and smart TVs, across a local network or over the Internet.
The application can be downloaded for Chromcast, Roku, Google TV, and a supported Samsung Smart TV, as well as on Synology, Netgear, QNAP, unRAID, Drobo and ASUSTOR NAS (Network-attached storage) devices.
It can serve content to clients on the same machine or within the local network, and even over the Internet. One of its best features is that it includes its own App Store, from where plug-ins can be installed and extend the default functionality of the software.
In addition to the free version reviewed here, there's also a PlexPass edition of Plex Media Server, which provides users with a paid service that gives them early access to new versions and premium features.
What's new in Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1:
Download for Fedora 32 bit
Download for Fedora 64 bit
to install Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 on Fedora 22, Fedora 21, Fedora 20, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
Download for CentOS 32 bit
Download for CentOS 64 bit
to install Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 on CentOS 6 AND 7, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
Plex Media Server is a powerful application that will help you to manage and stream media files stored on your computer to various mobile devices and smart TVs, across a local network or over the Internet.
The application can be downloaded for Chromcast, Roku, Google TV, and a supported Samsung Smart TV, as well as on Synology, Netgear, QNAP, unRAID, Drobo and ASUSTOR NAS (Network-attached storage) devices.
Features at a glance
With Plex Media Server, you can organize your movie, photo, music and TV show collections in order to access them easily and fast from one of the aforementioned devices and platforms.It can serve content to clients on the same machine or within the local network, and even over the Internet. One of its best features is that it includes its own App Store, from where plug-ins can be installed and extend the default functionality of the software.
In addition to the free version reviewed here, there's also a PlexPass edition of Plex Media Server, which provides users with a paid service that gives them early access to new versions and premium features.
What's new in Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1:
- New:
- Enable iTunes importing code for UNIX; set advanced preference with path to library XML.
- Support for decade-based filtering for movies and albums.
- Add a hidden preference for sorting albums (AlbumSort, with default value "year:desc", you can set "year", "title", etc.).
- Add a new library preference to tell scanner to respect media tags (for new libraries).
- CentOS 7 support.
- Fixes:
- A crash shortly after startup.
- (Linux) Crash on start.
- (Windows) Scanner might not pick up new media, or might stop in the middle.
- A few other crashes and minor stability issues.
- Fix install/uninstall issues on Ubuntu/Mint.
- Fixed possible issue locking out an alternate admin user on Synology
Install Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Mac OSX and CentOS
UBUNTU
Download For Ubuntu 32 bit
Download For Ubuntu 32 bit
to install Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:$ sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_*.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -fFEDORA
Download for Fedora 32 bit
Download for Fedora 64 bit
to install Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 on Fedora 22, Fedora 21, Fedora 20, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
$ sudo yum install plexmediaserver-*.rpmCENTOS
Download for CentOS 32 bit
Download for CentOS 64 bit
to install Plex Media Server 0.9.12.1 on CentOS 6 AND 7, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
$ sudo yum install plexmediaserver-*.rpmEnjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.
