The (Almost) Complete Guide to Creating the Ultimate Plex Server

Since I've gone way beyond my own expectations and written several guides rather than just the one I originally intended to write, I figured I should probably consolidate everything into one "table of contents" post. So, without further ado, here are the first guides on creating the ultimate, unlimited Plex server: Getting Started with Plex …

SABnzbd Disk Monitor Script

Many of you who followed this guide are probably using a VPS provider which offers a little less disk space than you'd hope. Here's my method to keep things running smoothly while allowing enough disk space for Plex to transcode and keep your downloads going. This script will You'll want to replace '/dev/md2' with your …

Radarr Post-Processing Script

Now on to Radarr. This script is nearly identical to the Sonarr script, just with some path adjustments to point at the "Movies" folder and different section IDs to use with my Plex "Movies" library. It also utilizes the previous "clearCache.sh" script and the "Sickbeard MP4 Automator script" from here. Again, this script is unique to my …

Sonarr Post-Processing Script

Here's my Sonarr post-processing script. This script utilizes the previous "clearCache.sh" script and the "Sickbeard MP4 Automator script" from here. Sonarr post-processing scripts receive environment variables as defined on this page, allowing you to pass that information through to the scripts. I use those in conjunction with some customized variables to manipulate the rClone upload …

UnionFS Cleanup Script

While UnionFS-Fuse is great for our setup, it still has some short-comings. Anytime something is deleted from the UnionFS-Fuse mount (in our case, ‘home/plex/media’), UnionFS knows the ACD mount is read-only, and it cannot delete files or directories from there. So to give the impression that any “deleted” files/directories are gone, UnionFS keeps a hidden …

You Asked For It…

So here's the Script Hub! Find some handy automation scripts over there to help with automating your Plex server and keeping things running behind the scenes with minimal effort! The Script Hub

Setting up Radarr with Plex Media Server

One of the most time-consuming aspects of maintaining a Plex server is keeping your media organized and keeping track of upcoming episodes and movie releases. This guide will focus on two tools to automate that process. Disclosure: This guide in no way condones nor promotes piracy. Where you get your media is your choice, and while the […]

Deep Dive: Making Sonarr Work So You Don’t Have To!

Alright, this is probably the most requested guide of all. Sonarr is probably one of the best tools to use in conjunction with Plex Media Server, so it's best to take advantage of every ability it has to offer. In this guide, we are going to focus on the following areas: Managing an existing media …

Converting your Media to MP4 for Universal Playback

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Automatically Mounting acd_cli, EncFS, and UnionFS Mounts at Boot

UPDATED – 26 January, 2017 This script has been updated to work with the changes made in the last guide using rClone rather than acd_cli for the ACD mount. People have been asking how to mount all those different directories we set up in Using Amazon Cloud Drive with Plex Media Server on Ubuntu… And …