![]() Installing Plex Media Server Explains the steps needed to get the Plex Media Server application installed on Windows. If you would like to get the most out of Plex when running on Windows, you may want to read through the following articles. Installing and running Plex on Windows is not difficult to do, and shouldn't take long to setup and configure. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (32-bit Plex only) The following table lists the officially supported versions of Windows for Plex: Plex - Supported Windows OS Desktop I recommend installing the 64-bit version over the 32-bit version. There is both a 32-bit (Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or newer) and 64-bit (Windows 8 / Windows 2012 or newer) version of Plex Media Server available for download. Will add more info on that as I go along.Plex Media Server runs on Microsoft Windows on either the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of the operating system. Since Plex prefer MKV over ISO files, my next task is to convert my ISO's into MKV files (containers). I actually wrote a piece about that machine almost a year ago, on how to install it with Windows 8.1. Main ClientĪs I mentioned, Plex has clients for most hardware, but as my main Media PC, connected to my TV, I selected the Intel NUC device. The HP MicroServer with 1 SSD + 4 x 4 TB SATA disks. Media ServerĪs Plex Media Server I decided on using my trustworthy HP MicroServer, 16 GB of RAM, one 480 GB SSD for OS and Program Files volume, and 4 x 4 TB of SATA drives configured in a fault tolerant storage pool (parity). Since all other family members had smart-phones, iPads, and PCs I decided on using the Plex Media Server which has a rich set of client applications. ![]() This Christmas it was finally time for an upgrade. ![]() It had 6 TB of storage, mainly ISO's (DVD and Blu-ray), and I had it connected to my Samsung 55" TV. Twas the night before Christmas, in the year 2014, Project Plex finally begun.įor years I have been using a Windows 7 box with Media Center as my main Media PC.
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