plex media server on external hard drive setup

No clue why that syntax made any sort of difference, but it did.Įither way, I really appreciate the assistance so much from you all. For some reason, Ubuntu didn't like '/media/HDD-M' but once I changed it to '/media/SG' it worked without issue. Just like that, it read and streamed without a hitch. After following response I realized the original guide I found may have allowed me to screw things up so I followed it backwards and undid everything before trying the link you posted which worked after I messed with the mount point renaming a bit until Ubuntu was satisfied with my efforts. Following that new mount point would lead me to my drive and allow access but made no difference to Plex. It did seem to work but Plex was still blind.

I didn't get email notifications with updates to the question for some reason so I just checked and got it all I did manually create an actual mount point under '/media/HDD-M' (HDD-M s the drive name, HDD-Movies) through the initial guide I referenced. If scenario is right, that seems very inefficient, and erases the benefit of having my media hard-wired to the router over gigabit ethernet.Edit2 (SUCCESS): First off, thank you to all who responded! I got my Plex server working perfectly. If scenario 2 is right, that would be great, because my client would be receiving the media in the fastest possible way. Plex server communicates with external client to initiate stream, and this entails some WiFi transmission since Plex server is connected via WiFi, but the path of the actual media goes from the library, over gigabit ethernet to the router, and then out to the Internet and ultimately to the client.Media, which is connected via LAN to router, is streamed over WiFi to Plex server, then is streamed over WiFi back from Plex server to router, then goes out over wire to the Internet and ultimately to the client.

I can imagine two routes my library content takes when it is streamed to external clients:

Library is on external hard drive, which is connected via gigabit hardwire to my router.

The device is in my entertainment center, and connected to my network via wi-fi My basic question is whether my setup results in my local media being bounced over wi-fi before it is streamed via Plex to an external client.

Plex media server on external hard drive setup