Mac Mini as Plex media server

[Macasaurus]

Originally Posted by adriang68

Are you running the plex client on the Samsung player?

Is it any good?

What's the navigation like with the remote, that kind of thing?

Wondering if this would be a 'wife proof' solution!

Yeah I downloaded the plex app on the bluray player. I wouldn't say its wifeproof as you do have to navigate to it through the smart hub etc.

But to give you an idea, if I stream it from the mini to the bluray without plex (just using the internal software on the player), there are lots of jaggies and pixelation. Using plex media player on it, works fine streaming from the basement.

Would recommend, except it's not a full featured plex client, it is basic for videos.

[Donka]

Originally Posted by imobber

I have this setup and it works...nearly. The remote sometimes controls iTunes and so it can start playing tracks and turning the volume up and down as I navigate using the plex menus. There are some forums out there with potential solutions but none of them work for me. I'd like to get it sorted but I've got other ways of controlling it if I want to. None of them particularly wife friendly, however.

I have just this past week set up a Mac Mini as a NAS while serving up Plex & ITunes. I had the same issues with the remote controlling volume after it has come out of a sleeping state. I had issues with some of the other fixes using the likes of SleepWatcher. I now have it working perfectly using a very basic two line shell script. The key issue is in getting a way to reliably run this script or an AppleScript each time the Mac Mini wakes up. Scenario & Keyboard Maestro both do this fine with the minimum of effort so worth looking at these two apps. Scenario requires an AppleScript to call the shell script. Keyboard Maestro will run the shell script directly. I can share these with anyone needing assistance.
SleepWatcher & ControlPlane are two apps that I could not get to kick off a script each time the Mac woke up although this may well be an issue with how I configured them.

[Ifti]

My mini Server feeds several devices simultaneously. My kids can be watching films, while I watch another myself, on several different devices.

The mini also shares files and acts as a iTunes server as well as rendering video projects etc. Never missed a beat.