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Plex Server for Synology

May 25, 2011 By 17 Comments

Plex released a backend for Synology systems. The package only works on Intel or Atom based Synology systems. The package allows you to stream content directly from your synology system to any plex device. If you’re willing to try you can download the package from below:

http://www.plexapp.com/elan/PlexMediaServer-0.9.2.8-3616163-synology.tar.bz2

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  1. Niels says:
    May 25, 2011 at 15:57  Quote  Reply

    Hoe moet je dit installeren? Via pakketbeheer is er geen bestand dat ik kan aanduiden dat moet geinstalleerd worden. (packet is normaal .spk toch?)

  2. geert says:
    May 25, 2011 at 17:47  Quote  Reply

    Ik heb hetzelfde probleem .. moet je dit manueel installeren? zonder een .spk? en jammer dat dit alleen maar op Intel en Atom werkt .. jammer voor de ARM processors :-( om gewoon te streamen heb je toch geen Intel of Atom nodig

  3. Niels says:
    May 25, 2011 at 19:46  Quote  Reply

    Kan het zijn dat de reden dat het enkel werkt op intel en amd is dat plex de bestanden converteerd on the fly?

  4. Septimo says:
    May 26, 2011 at 17:51  Quote  Reply

    Installation doesnt work on Synology DS1010+. I think tar.bz2 aint proper/compatible plugin format for Synology

  5. Carlo says:
    May 27, 2011 at 14:26  Quote  Reply

    bz2/tar files are just like zip files, you have to unpack them first !
    why they are packed i don’t now, spk is already a renamed zip or rar file

  6. Carlo says:
    May 27, 2011 at 14:33  Quote  Reply

    Unpack bz2 file (with 7zip for instance)

    You get an tar file rename it to spk…

    then Install the package, it should work.

    (I checked : an SPK file is actualy an tar file, but just renamed..

  7. scoobydu says:
    May 27, 2011 at 22:15  Quote  Reply

    @Carlo thanks, but that doesn’t work for me … still sats its an invalid package on my 1511+ atom

  8. Roflerne says:
    May 29, 2011 at 12:28  Quote  Reply

    Anyone got it working?

  9. Simon says:
    May 29, 2011 at 15:26  Quote  Reply

    Same for me if i extract it or not, both ways the Synology keeps telling me its the wrong format.

  10. heyudude says:
    May 30, 2011 at 20:46  Quote  Reply

    You must extract the archive with: tar xvf

    But when I use start.sh, this is the error message on my Atom ds409:
    ./start.sh
    ./PlexServer: line 1: syntax error: unexpected word (expecting “)”)

  11. Septimo says:
    June 10, 2011 at 17:20  Quote  Reply

    @Carlo
    Doesnt work on DS1010+ as well. “Invalid package”

  12. th30n3 says:
    June 12, 2011 at 21:18  Quote  Reply

    Could not get this build working on my DS1511+
    After searching i noticed there is a newer build that is running right now :)

    http://www.plexapp.com/elan/PlexMediaServer-0.9.2.8-798fb40-debian4.tar.bz2

  13. Roflerne says:
    June 13, 2011 at 00:07  Quote  Reply

    @th30n3
    Did you get that version running? If so, how?

  14. Frank says:
    June 19, 2011 at 22:06  Quote  Reply

    Yes, how did you get it to work on your DS1511+? I got a DS1511+ and it keeps saying “invalid package” even after renaming .tar.bz2 to .tar or to .spk …

  15. Adam says:
    June 24, 2011 at 05:41  Quote  Reply
  16. Septimo says:
    July 2, 2011 at 21:59  Quote  Reply
  17. Eymert Versteegt says:
    November 3, 2011 at 18:55  Quote  Reply

    The reason for it being only available for Intel-based NAS devices is probably because it originally was developed on an Intel platform.

    You can always try to cross-compile it for a different architecture (Synology has developer toolchains available for every system architecture they use) but unfortunately, the toolchains and library complement are not that extensive. GCC and GLIBC versions often are also very old, which can give headaches with newer Open-source projects that use newer functions or macros.

    Why the original .tar.bz2 didn’t install as an spk is probably because it was just the source version, meant to build/compile or just install on any intel device, not only Synology :)

    Very nice that a user now also providers packages.

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