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plex server map media share from another nas?
I have Plex Media Server installed on my ReadyNAS but all my media is on a different NAS. What is the proper naming convention I tell Plex where my media is at? Is it //NAS2/Media I've tried ///...
Um, I don't think that's going to work, certainly not using UNC paths. PMS is built on the premise you will have it index and serve *local* data. Trying to stream to a Plex client this way will involve two network jumps and likely not perform the way you'd hope.
Most important is that PMS will not be able to access anything -- even if you "manually" enter the path -- that it coudln't if you were to ssh to it and try to "ls" that path. So UNCs are definitely a no-go.
If you really want to stretch the limit, you /might/ try NFS mounting the other NAS to the ReadyNAS and refer to the local path from PMS. Perhaps a Samba mount might work too this way. But performance will still likely suffer.
Would be curious if you actually get this working. But what exactly is that other NAS? Can you not install PMS there? Since clients bridge to the PMS'es using MyPlex, you can certainly have any number of PMSes, in the event your media is located in different systems.
Most important is that PMS will not be able to access anything -- even if you "manually" enter the path -- that it coudln't if you were to ssh to it and try to "ls" that path. So UNCs are definitely a no-go.
If you really want to stretch the limit, you /might/ try NFS mounting the other NAS to the ReadyNAS and refer to the local path from PMS. Perhaps a Samba mount might work too this way. But performance will still likely suffer.
Would be curious if you actually get this working. But what exactly is that other NAS? Can you not install PMS there? Since clients bridge to the PMS'es using MyPlex, you can certainly have any number of PMSes, in the event your media is located in different systems.
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