DietPi Plex Media Server Installation

What is DietPi?​

DietPi is an extremely lightweight operating system, start at 400MB in size (3x lighter than ‘Raspbian Lite’). With features of low process/memory footprint and DietPi-RAMlog installed by default, DietPi allows you to get the maximum performance from your device. Source// DietPi

Software Required :

• DietPi
• SD Card Formatter
• Etcher
• Putty
• Wireless Network Watcher

Equipment Required		Optional
	Raspberry Pi 4		Case
	SD Card		Raspberry Pi Keyboard
	Ethernet Cable		Mouse
	Power Adapter
	External HDD
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DietPi Installation Guide

What is Plex Media Server?

Plex is a client-server media player system and software suite comprising two main components. The Plex Media Server desktop application runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux-compatibles including some types of NAS devices.

The server desktop application organizes video, audio, and photos from a user’s collections and online services, enabling the players to access and stream the contents. There are also official clients available for mobile devices, smart TVs, and streaming boxes, a web app, and Plex Home Theater (no longer maintained), as well as many third-party alternatives.

Package Required to Install

1. File Server: You can Install any one of the File Server from the List.

ProFTP - Simple, efficient, lightweight FTP file server.
Samba - Feature rich file server.
vsFTPD - Feature-rich FTP file server.
NFS - Network file system server.

2. Plex Media Server

Installation

• First of all, we need to open Wireless Network Watcher to access the IP Address of our Raspberry Pi.
• Then we need to open SSH console Putty and type the IP Address to connect the DietPi CLI.
• After we logged in to DietPi, then you need to type a command to access the dietpi-software.
• Now, navigate to Software Optimized and select Plex & Samba by using the Spacebar and press OK.
• Then navigate to Install and press OK. After that installation will take around 5-10 min to complete the setup.
• Once the setup completes the system will reboot to finalize the settings.
• After that, you need to follow the on-screen instructions to finalize the Plex Media Server setup.

Access Web Interface

url = http://localhost:32400/web "where 'localhost' is your DietPi IP Address."

• Once you open this URL then you need to follow the onscreen guide to setup the DietPi Plex Media Server.

Accessing NAS Server

• You need to open the run box and type your Raspberry pi IP address.    

 In my case \\192.168.1.73
      - Default Username : dietpi
      - Default Password : dietpi

Change Samba password

smbpasswd -a dietpi

In conclusion

• Now, You are ready to use Plex Media Server on DietPi as your personal media center.
• Enjoy using Plex and share your thoughts.

Please check out my other articles:

• How to install OpenMediaVault 5 on Raspberry Pi All Models
• How to Keep Up with Your Favorite Shows When You’re Away from Home

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