- #Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 how to#
- #Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 install#
- #Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 Pc#
- #Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 tv#
#Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 tv#
Now you are ready to enjoy your Plex Media Server (running on another machine – perhaps another Pi 3!) on any TV in your house that has HDMI input. Once you enter the PIN, RasPlex gets access to your Plex Media Server. To make things easier, RasPlex asks you to open this URL ( ) in a browser on any device and enter the PIN shown on the RasPlex screen. Once you are connected to the Internet, you can log into your Plex account. In case you want to change the wireless connection, you can always do that post installation from System Settings as shown in the following image. The following image shows the networking screen during RasPlex set up. If you are using a wireless network, then during the first setup you can configure the wireless. Once configuration and installation is finished, you will see the welcome screen for the set-up wizard (below).
#Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 install#
Let it install on the card and configure. Connect the keyboard and insert the RasPlex Micro SD Card and power the device with your 5V mobile charger. Plug your Raspberry Pi 3 into the TV using the HDMI cable. Please install the heat sink on the chips (as shown below) so they absorb extra heat created while the Pi 3 is churning out HD videos. Just hit the button and it will start writing the image to the card. Once the image is downloaded, the Write SD Card button will become active. Next click on the Download button to download the version of RasPlex. (Even if the image is for Pi2 it worked fine with Pi3). Once detected, choose Raspberry Pi 2 from the model number and version 1.6.2 (or the latest version) from the RasPlex.
#Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 Pc#
Insert the Micro SD card to your Linux PC and hit the refresh button so it can detect the card. Now it will open the RasPlex SD card writer utility. (Note: The version number may change, so don’t just copy this command.)
Now make the file executable: sudo chmod +x GetRasplex-debian64.1.0.1.binĪnd then execute the file: sudo. In my case it was in the ‘Downloads’ folder: cd /home/swapnil/Downloads Open a terminal and go to the directory where the. Plug in your Micro SD card to the Linux system and download RasPlex installer from the official site. You can buy them online on )Ī free Plex account (and paid PlexPass if you want to access it over the internet) Heat sink (Multimedia playback will get the chips hot. Monitor, keyboard and mouse for initial setup And if you already have a Plex Media Server running, it makes a lot of sense to turn those ‘dumb’ TV sets into powerful Plex Media players, without putting a hole in your pocket. I get more out of my $35 Pi 3 than Chromecast, which costs almost the same. One of the best ways I’ve used my Raspberry Pi 3 was turning it into an extremely inexpensive media player.
#Plex media player on raspberry pi 3 how to#
Plex Media Center has a friendly interface and it’s very easy to set up a media center (See our previous tutorial on how to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 or on another dedicated Linux machine ).
Plex Media Server is based on open source Kodi (formerly XBMC), but is not fully open source. If you already have Plex Media Server running, then you can build an inexpensive Plex Media Player using Raspberry Pi 3 and RasPlex. Just like books, I tend to buy these works and watch them once in awhile, instead of relying on “streaming” services like Netflix where content isn’t always available forever. I have hundreds of movies, TV shows and music that I have bought over the years.
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