- How to setup a plex media server ubuntu install#
- How to setup a plex media server ubuntu drivers#
- How to setup a plex media server ubuntu full#
- How to setup a plex media server ubuntu download#
- How to setup a plex media server ubuntu free#
This command updates apt with the new sources and checks for any updated packages. This command adds the public key for the Plex repository to your apt keychain. echo deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt//plexmediaserver.list This command adds the Plex repository to the apt sources. Run the following commands from a terminal window.
How to setup a plex media server ubuntu install#
To allow the apt commands to install Plex you need to update the default apt repositories to include the Plex repository. Update Ubuntu Package Manager (apt) repository GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.force_probe=4680" sudo nano /etc/default/grubĪdd i915.force_probe=4680to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line, it will look something like this. The instructions below will force the kernel to load the correct drivers.Įdit the boot loader file.
How to setup a plex media server ubuntu drivers#
The Linux Kernel that came with 21.10, 5.13.0-22-generic, doesn't load the Alder Lake GPU drivers by default and needs to be forced to do it. sudo dpkg -i *.debįorce Linux Kernel to Load Alder Lake GPU Drivers
How to setup a plex media server ubuntu download#
You need to download the headers, the image, and the module for the version you are installing. You can find the kernel files to download at. I used 5.15.13 but you could try other ones. Updating the kernel provides access to newer drivers, which is necessary to get more support for the Intel Alder Lake CPU/GPU.ĭownload the kernel files. The kernel installed for me was 5.12.0.23-generic. You can check your kernel version using the command: uname -r Once all the updates are complete, reboot the computer. sudo apt update sudo apt upgradeįollow the prompts to update all the components. Make sure all your packages are up to date. The workaround for now is to use the 6 versions. Note that at time of writing this, the latest version of Intel Compute components (1) do not work with HDR tone mapping, causing hardware transcoding to break with 4K content. sudo apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free libmfx1ĭownload and install the Intel Compute Runtimes needed for Plex.
How to setup a plex media server ubuntu full#
The non-free version is not installed by default, so install that to have full hardware decode/encode capabilities.
How to setup a plex media server ubuntu free#
The naming convention leaves something to be desired as it is free to the user. The difference between the two is that the non-free version includes some proprietary components and is also needed for hardware encoding. The Intel drivers are in the package intel-media-va-driver, but there is a non-free version of this called, intel-media-va-driver-non-free. sudo apt install ocl-icd-libopencl1 beignet-opencl-icd Install the components necessary to support HDR to SDR with hardware transcoding. Install intel-gpu-tools, a tool to provide performance metrics about the CPU/GPU which will be useful to help check performance when transcoding. Install ssh to allow remote ssh connections. Install a collection of network tools, since I still use ifconfig. VAAPI is what is the API used for the hardware transcoding. Install vainfo, a tool to provide information about VAAPI. Install inxi, a tool to provide more system information. The only reason I picked the desktop version is to have a GUI to play around with, but I don't actually use the GUI for anything. You could use the server edition if you wanted. I used ZFS as the filesystem and did a minimal install. I used the Desktop edition of Ubuntu 21.10 and did a fresh installation. If you already have Ubuntu installed, skip ahead.