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Aspirant

Apr 06, 2017

Plex for RAIDiator 4.2.30

Hello Happy with my NAS since 2010... i want to add a media server to stream music and video... I want to try plex, and understant that's an old version is available (https://community.netgea...

Plex

RAIDIATOR4.2

Streaming Video & Audio

mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Apr 06, 2017

Plex stopped supporting RAIDiator-x86 a long time ago now.

You can put OS6 on your NAS but doing so is unsupported by NETGEAR and requires a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) so your data first.

With OS6 on your legacy x86 ReadyNAS you can run the latest Intel 6.x version of Plex.

Do note however that the Ultra 4 has the least powerful CPU of any ReadyNAS that can run OS6.

pamillet
Aspirant
Apr 08, 2017
OK, thanks
my ReadyNAS works perfectly without any trouble... I'll put my mediacenter elsewhere...

pam
- NASguru
  Apprentice
  Apr 14, 2017
  pamillet wrote:
  OK, thanks
  my ReadyNAS works perfectly without any trouble... I'll put my mediacenter elsewhere...
  
  pam
  
  Let me know if you still want to try an older Plex version with your Ultra4. The latest pre 1.0 version was 9.17.3 but it was not that stable so I used 9.16.6 with no issues until upgrading to OS6 on my Ultra4 Plus and then ultimately replacing my Ultra4+ with a 626X. That said, you may only be able to stream DVD quality from the Ultra depending on the file format you use. You may have to 'optimize' all your files if you have a lot of 1080P quality.
  
  FYI, if you have the time here is the link saying why they stopped supporting the older NAS: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/222704/where-can-i-download-the-last-version-of-plex-media-server-for-the-readynas-os-4-ros4