I've already done tons of experimentation with this and feel mostly confident I know the answer and I have done searches on here to make sure this is not a duplicate query. I recently replaced my Mac mini 2018 with the new Mac mini M4. My Plex server has been running on a Mac Pro Tower (2009) for years and it's not IF but when it gives up the ghost. So I figured I'd repurpose the 2018 Mac mini to be my new Plex server with an external 4 drive raid box. Since it will be pretty much just an always running server I see no need to have a display, keyboard, and mouse always attached after I get it all set up. I have several Macs in the house in different locations and they all work great with ARD but the are full systems with display, keyboards, and pointing devices. All of them give me pretty much full control including being able to reboot them remotely, and log back in remotely. But after several days of trying different ways of doing this including plugging in a HDMI dummy connector to simulate a display it appears the only way I can do this on this Mac mini is to keep a mouse, keyboard, and display plugged in all the time. I know I could keep all that stuff unplugged and nearby after getting it going but the pain of pulling them out and using them to reset the system would be such a pain and I really don't have the space for the display and keyboard and mouse to be sitting around. I've disabled much of the built-in security thinking that would be the issue -- but no. And by default every time a remote access attempt is made that does not work because everything is not plugged into it, the Mac goes into recovery and I have to plug all that stuff back in to get it up and running back to the login screen. **SO... is it the case I'm reduced to leaving a keyboard and mouse and display plugged into it all the time and just hide it away behind the rack we have everything supporting our home office in?** I just want to be sure I've not overlooked something. I've tried every variation and combination of setups I can and every time I'm having to reboot the Mac with all its accessories to get it to work again.

I'm trying to get Plex Media Server (PMS) to launch at boot time even if no users are logged in. I'm using Lingon to generate the plist file which ends up here: /Library/launchdaemons Trouble is, it doesn't work. I've tried all of this on both a 2017 iMac running the Ventura Public Beta and on a M1 iMac running Monterey, 12.6. It fails equally well on both machines. If I use Lingon's "Test" facility I get the following error message:

1: Operation not permitted

PMS: failure detected. Read/write access is required for path: Plex Media Server

I'm not sure what path "Plex Media Server" refers to. If I reboot the machine, PMS does not launch. If I try to load the plist I get:

MrMuscle:LaunchDaemons mnewman$ sudo launchctl load -w com.mgnewman.plex.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mgnewman.plex.plist: service already loaded
Load failed: 37: Operation already in progress

But PMS is not running Note that it does work if I put the plist here: ~/Library/launchagents, but only if I'm logged in and that's not what I want. What do I need to do to make this work? Here's the entire launchd plist file:

MrMuscle:LaunchDaemons mnewman$ sudo cat com.mgnewman.plex.plist




	Disabled
	
	EnvironmentVariables
	
		PATH
		/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin
	
	KeepAlive
	
		Crashed
		
		SuccessfulExit
		
	
	Label
	com.mgnewman.plex
	ProgramArguments
	
		Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Server
	
	RunAtLoad

I'm using a Raspberry Pi as a remote PLEX server, connected to my pi is an external hard drive with all my media saved on it. This all works great except when I try to open the external hard drive folder on my Mac, I get a permission denied you do not have permission to see its contents error message. If I SSH in using terminal then I can open the external hard drive folder just fine, however if I do a cmd + k in finder to connect to a server then enter smb://ip address when I try open the same folder I get the error message. I've done an ls - l and get the following result so I'm a bit stuck really. total 256 drwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 262144 Jan 1 1970 'My Passport' I set up samba using the following guide; https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/samba-file-server/ My external drive is mounted at /media/pi/'My Passport' the end of my smb.conf file looks like

I have a large library of digital media. Most of it is kept "offline" but the library software I use (Plex) uses media files to build the library and so I need to use placeholder files. Using 30 second "this file is archived" videos I can easily catalog offline movies in Plex. I "rsync" the directory structure without files and then "do cp" a placeholder into each movie directory and rename using the parent folder name. For TV shows this isn't practical as there can be hundreds of episodes per show. I would like to know if there is a way to duplicate the folder/file structure of a tv show, with many episodes under a single folder, using the same placeholder file. I think there is a way to create folders from the filenames, then copy the placeholder into each new folder, rename using the folder name and then move the files back out to a single directory, but I don't know how.

Moving to a Plex Media Server I realized a majority of my video archive doesn't have metadata and when I render the videos through Plex's UI I see Episode # when I want it to render as Episode Foobar. Per research (add new and non defined metadata to a mp4 file ) I found that ffmpeg can be used so I did a brew install ffmpeg and verified with a man ffmpeg it was present. Built my AppleScript to detect the volume, load the folder contents as a list, take the formatted name for plex, example: - Foo Bar -- Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov -- Foo Bar - s01e02 - Into the Bar.mp4 Everything after s##e## - but before . as the title, such as: ffmpeg -i Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov -metadata title="Into the Foo" Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov I verify the title was modified with: ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams Into the Foo" Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov > result.json and under format I see: "format": { "filename": "Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov", "nb_streams": 2, "nb_programs": 0, "format_name": "mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2", "format_long_name": "QuickTime / MOV", "start_time": "0.000000", "duration": "652.342000", "size": "13507029", "bit_rate": "165643", "probe_score": 100, "tags": { "major_brand": "qt ", "minor_version": "512", "compatible_brands": "qt ", "title": "Into the Foo", "encoder": "Lavf58.12.100" } } but with a do shell on the quoted form. When I load it to Plex and run an update then run a Refresh Metadata the titles still render as: Episode 1 Episode 2 in AppleScript how can I properly add the metadata to read file title metadata on videos? Is there another approach to this I'm missing?

It appears to me that BOTH Apple Menu>Lock Screen AND Fast User Switching Menu>Login Window halt user processes at some point. (AirServer eventually stops working for me) I would like to know if/why/how user processes are affected in these scenarios. I've read elsewhere that the Login Window halts processes, and the Lock Screen method shouldn't, but I've personally seen the opposite or inconsistent behavior. With a better understanding, perhaps a native solution can be found - if one exists, I'd like to know! I have zero interest in a screensaver, but if it can somehow lock the screen while allowing all background user processes to run, I'm listening. Yes I have Sleep set to NEVER I'm familiar with headless windows services automatically starting and running with zero user interaction, not even a need for an initial login. I wish to have similar behavior on my Mac mini serving as Plex and Airplay server. Unfortunately Plex and AirServer are user processes - so that means I have to log in initially... fine.

The current gen Airport Extreme (802.11ac, you know... the tall white one) is capable of having a network accessible hard drive connected directly to it. Now that the new Apple TV can run apps, can I use the Airport's connected hard drive as a media server and have the new Apple TV access its content directly? Maybe by running the Plex app (or similar)?

Whether it is a Movie, Home Movie or TV Show, the thumbnails appear successfully, which means a connection to the Plex server running on my Mac is established. However, when I try to play any video, the spinner appears and keeps on spinning but a video never plays. This seems to be a common issue but so far I have been unable to find a solution. Samsung TV UN60F8000 Plex for Samsung 2.003 Mac OS X 10.10.4

I have Plex Media Server on a Mac Pro serving video to Plex Home Theater on a Mac Mini. All file formats play just fine except for HEVC h.265 files. I always get the "Please Wait" message for a couple of seconds when starting the file or when trying to skip back or forward. The timecodes are messed up and the progress bar does not accurately reflect the true position of the play head. The file will play fine if I just let it play through but the skipping back and forth creates a problem. I am trying to figure this out and wonder if anyone else has had this issue.

I am trying to use Plex to share my family's photo library (Photos.app) so it's available on any device to view photos. The problem is that adding the entire Photos library to Plex's library results in multiple, differing copies of the same image. QUESTION: Is there a location inside the Photos library package where there are organized sets of photos (edited, not originals), such that I could add a folder to a Plex library, or is there any good/better way to do this?

What's going to be the most painless way to automate the creation of hundreds of symlinks? My iTunes Movies folder contains each .mp4 film in an individual folder. These folders are named for the movie they contain and most include artwork as well as the movie file in at least one alternate format. Because of Plex's limitations, my Plex library is a separate folder that contains only the mp4 files of the movies, which are copies of those in my iTunes Library folder. There are 520 mp4s in there right now and this is obviously a huge waste of space. So, what I wanna do is somehow scan through all the folders in my iTunes Movie Library, select all the .mp4 files and create symlinks to them in a new Plex Movie Library folder. What's going to be the easiest way to do this?

I'd like to be able to run Plex media server in the background even when not logged on. This is something I could easily setup in Windows but I can't figure out if this is possible in OSX.

I have a Panasonic Viera TC-P50S30 that is connected to my home network with a wired connection. I also have a MacBook Pro that is running Mac OS 10.9.1 and Plex Media Server 0.9.8.18 and connected to the network with a wireless connection. Despite the seemingly simple setup, when I go to the DLNA Server option on my TV, I get an error message that says "DLNA server not found". Does anyone know what steps I can take to try and troubleshoot this issue?

I'm using an old iMac as a torrent client & Plex Media Server. But I would like those to run as "services", i.e., not as part of a User account, and without having to log in.

I have a 2009 Mac Mini running Mavericks that I am planning to use as a media center. There are a few apps that I would like to be able to launch using the Apple Remote (Plex, Netflix via Safari shortcut, etc.) What's the best way to do this?

So now that Macs no longer come with infrared I can't use the Apple Remote to control Plex, which is pretty disappointing. Does anyone know of a good Bluetooth remotes that will work with Plex? I've seen the Satechi Bluetooth Multimedia Remote , but it looks like its not compatible . Alternatively, I've seen this Twisted Melon IR Receiver , however its pretty big and bulk so its far from an ideal solution. Ive been using a combination of the iOS app and the Apple wireless keyboard, but none are idea. The iOS app doesn't remember the volume of the client, and freezes, and besides, I much prefer a physical keyboard. Has anyone seen a small Bluetooth remote thats compatible with Plex (or, sends keyboard commands), or a small IR receiver compatible with Mac?

I have a (very basic) apple script that I use as a trigger to start and hijack Plex, using Audio Hijack Pro. tell application "Audio Hijack Pro" start hijacking session named "Plex" end tell tell application "Plex" activate end tell Where the last three lines just ensure Plex is in the foreground. Here is where my question comes in. If possible, I would like to extend my script a little; it should keep running while Hijack Audio Pro is hijacking Plex, and quit Hijack Audio Pro if Plex is quit. Does anyone know how to achieve this?