Run Plex Media Server on ATV1

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Hello Guys,

Currently im using my atv1 to hold all my movie files.

I have a ATV2 also that i can get to run PlexConnect to run on.

Is there any way i can get Plex Media center to run on it.

tried both of these in this link https://dev2day.de/projects/ https://dev2day.de/projects/

and could’nt get it to run.

Cheers

Stefano

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Hi,

The links you’ve provided are for installing on arm processors, from some googling it seems the atv has an x86 processor, try:

https://www.vultr.com/docs/setup-plex-media-server-on-debian-8

Change install instruction 1 to:

wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.9.4.4325-1bf240a65/plexmediaserver_1.9.4.4325-1bf240a65_i386.deb

2 to:

dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.9.4.4325-1bf240a65_i386.deb

The rest of the instruction as in link.

Thanks Tom.

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Further to what Tom has already mentioned, you might find that the ATV1 processor is underpowered for running the Plex Media Server, which generally needs quite a powerful CPU to handle real-time transcoding. If no transcoding is ever required, you might get away with it but the ATV1’s 256MB of memory is then likely to be a show-stopper.