[HowTo] Install Plex Media Server and Add-on on Rasbperry Pi

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This guide will include instructions for installing Plex Media Server, the Plex client add-on, and editing the OSMC homescreen to include a direct link to the Plex add-on.

Tested With

  • Device: Raspberry Pi 3 B+
    OSMC Version: 2018.12-1
    Repository: dev2day.de

Plex Media Server Installation (Raspberry Pi 2 and 3)

Note: This part of the guide is based on a guide made by the repo owner on the Plex forums

  1. Connect to Raspberry Pi via SSH as osmc user.

    ssh osmc@<IP ADDRESS>

  2. Add the repository:

    wget -O - https://dev2day.de/pms/dev2day-pms.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dev2day.de/pms/ stretch main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pms.list >/dev/null

  3. Install the dependency:

    sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

  4. Update the package list and install Plex Media Server:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install plexmediaserver-installer

  5. Add OSMC and Plex to eachothers groups so they play nice together:

    sudo addgroup plex osmc
sudo addgroup osmc plex

  6. Reboot OSMC:

    reboot

  7. To configure Plex Media Server, use a browser on the same network by going to http://<IP ADDRESS>:32400/web.

Plex Add-on Installation

  1. From the OSMC home screen, go to Settings > Add-on browser > Plex.

  2. Install the Plex add-on.

  3. To access Plex, from the OSMC home screen go to Videos > Video Add-ons > Plex

  4. Launch Plex and follow the on-screen instructions to sign in.

Adding Plex Add-On Shortcut to OSMC Home Screen (Optional)

  1. From the OSMC home screen, go to Settings > Interface.

  2. Then under the Skin settings, select - Configure skin...

  3. Select Enable menu customisation

  4. Install Skin Helper Service when prompted.

  5. Install Skin Helper Service Widgets when prompted.

  6. Once installatiion of the previous 2 add-ons are complete, go to the Addons while still in the Skin Settings .

  7. Select Skin Shortcuts and install that add-on.

  8. Go to Home under Skin settings and select Customise Home Menu.

  9. In the Customise Home Menu, select Add at the bottom.

  10. Select - Set label and enter “Plex”.

  11. Select - Change action and select Video Library > Video Add-On > Plex

  12. Press ESC and go back to home screen.

Thank You

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Dear, thanks for this post. Could you write the steps to install of Emby server for OSMC in RPi?

Thanks a lot.
Regards.

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Unfortunately I can not. I only wrote guides for software I use. They are just my own step-by-step steps for getting something I installed for myself that I shared incase anyone else found it useful.

Since I don’t use or intend to use Emby, I will not be writing a guide for it. Sorry.

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Hello, can You tell me if I install Plex server on my OSMC do I have access to my library from the internet oraz only from my local devices?

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Yes

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Access from the Internet might not work well (or at all) if Plex decides it needs to transcode a video.

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Thank’s for answer. Is there a new method to install Plex server on OSMC because when I try to install I see errors:

wget -O - https://dev2day.de/pms/dev2day-pms.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
--2020-02-13 19:54:44--  https://dev2day.de/pms/dev2day-pms.gpg.key
Resolving dev2day.de (dev2day.de)... 144.76.172.47, 2a01:4f8:200:502e::2
Connecting to dev2day.de (dev2day.de)|144.76.172.47|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2020-02-13 19:54:46 ERROR 404: Not Found.

gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
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What instructions are you following?

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Yes…

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I follow that Thread

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Thanks, I will look at this.
Regards.