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We will be using Docker Compose to set up the Plex container.

Step 2: Setting up a restricted Docker user.

If you find that hardware transcoding is not available on your model you can jump back over to the standard guide here Let’s BeginĪs usual, it’s important you complete the two proceeding guides which will get your folder structure and docker, user setup.

This great Google Sheet officially updated by Plex.

You need to do a quick lookup via the linked Google Sheet below, this is updated by Plex and makes it super easy to look up your model of NAS.

Does my Synology support Hardware Transcoding?īefore we do anything else, you need to make sure your model of Synology has hardware transcoding capabilities. If you don’t have one you can either follow this guide or jump over to the non hardware transcoding version. You will only benefit from hardware transcoding if you have an active Plex Pass either monthly or lifetime. However, don’t freak out as it’s not that difficult! Plex Pass In this guide I am going to take you through the setup of Plex in Docker using Docker Compose.Īs of writing the Synology UI does not have the capability of passing through specific hardware to a container, this means we will need to set up Plex via SSH (terminal). Updated the Hardware Transcode section it’s now much easier Updated Environment Variables to ensure server is updating to the latest versionĪdded Timezone Variable to the compose fileĪmended the Plex image to pull from dockerhub to make updates easier

Step 3: Setting Up a Docker Bridge NetworkĪdded note around Ryzen based Synology models.

Step 2: Setting up a restricted Docker user and obtaining IDs.