[HELP] Plex media server

Dwight

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• May 12, 2021

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Hello there!
Im wondering how to set up a virtual machine for my media server, if you are familiar with this you know i must have the phisical server online (this means my actual pc turned on) and i dont want this, i pref to pay some VPS for this, but i dont have idea about how to look a suitable vps, or what specifications must see, any lenguage to learn?

Sorry if is a noob question but around internet/related to plex i dont find anything, and when i find something isnt clear or educational.

pd: im thinking this to stream atleast 100 users.

 

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xeric

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• May 17, 2021

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Dwight said:

Hello there!
Im wondering how to set up a virtual machine for my media server, if you are familiar with this you know i must have the phisical server online (this means my actual pc turned on) and i dont want this, i pref to pay some VPS for this, but i dont have idea about how to look a suitable vps, or what specifications must see, any lenguage to learn?

Sorry if is a noob question but around internet/related to plex i dont find anything, and when i find something isnt clear or educational.

pd: im thinking this to stream atleast 100 users.

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Streaming to 100 users is not going to be cheap.

GO through this https://techperplexed.blogspot.com/p/index.html
Looks like you're going to need a Dedicated Cloud Box not a VPS

 

Dwight

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• May 18, 2021

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Thats for sure, at the first i will do for friends and family, but the main reason is give a service, vps sounds rude, i mean the interface its a litle messy, this day i discovered a similar way but with a dedicated pc, https://www.buy-rdp.com sounds cool, but no idea about if will work, but will be cool download and manage all from other coputer.

 

bluemoon

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• May 19, 2021

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As already mentioned above, the vps cost is going to be minimal compared to streaming/bandwidth costs, streaming takes a lot of bandwidth, your home internet is not going to be able to support 100 streams. You need dedicated bandwidth for that.

I'm guessing you're streaming movies and TV shows, your best bet is to look specifically for video hosting providers that look the other way in terms of illegal/unlicensed content.

 

xorro

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• May 20, 2021

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@Dwight here are the specs for VPS which i am using as media server.
10 vCPU Cores, 60 GB RAM, 1.6 TB SSD, 1 Gbit/s Port (Unmetered Bandwidth)

My Media server is running
Plex Media Server
Sonarr
Radarr
Jackett
Deluge
Nzbget

I am using it for home and family members and never had any streaming issue.

 

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radiomg

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• May 20, 2021

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The best thing to use if you are going to serv 100 user is to transcode the movie/serie first and then upload it to your plex media server. In plex you can only add 15 users (homeuser).

I should have done this (2 servers).
Buy 1 account on feralhosting for torrent downloading, use feral to transcode the movie, move the movie to /upload/ directory where you automatic transfer movie to another server with alot of storage. Install Plex on that server. Movie are already transcoded so you dont have to use so much cpu power, only alot of storage.

 

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Dwight

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• May 23, 2021

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Thats a is a massive server m8, actually i want do that in other server, not mines cuz the pc needs be on 24/7, also my bandwitch for streams is not good.

 

Dwight

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• May 23, 2021

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Thats is a good tip, i was ignoring the transcode, about the max 15 users, thats only for the home users right? i mean out of my network i cand add more, im right?

about feralhosting, you recomend that to download and transcode and then upload to my drive? i need see how i will transcode the movies, but my ideas is rent a remote desktop for download and upload movies, also keep the server running, for storage actually im using gsuit, works fine for now, but i heard around, thats exist a limit for video views, idk how much are, but thats other stuff what i have to deal.