Comments on: Intel NUC as Plex Media Player Client: Setup Guide

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:01:48 +0000

In reply to Dan Holding. Hi Dan – Which generation of the two NUC i3's you later tried to install PMP on? PMP Embedded has been kind of ignored by the Plex Team for over a year now. It's possible that newer NUCs (8th generation) are not yet supported with the old LibreELEC from the latest stable version. You may want to try installing the nightlies version.

By: Dan Holding

Dan Holding — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:26:09 +0000

Have one NUC fully setup and running, i5, love it. But I bought 2 more i3’s, loaded the same PMP from the same USB, install went fine… except it says Plex unreachable at boot, I have a sign-in option, but it does nothing. I do not have the LAN off in the bios. What is going on? By the way, both new units do the same thing.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:46:08 +0000

In reply to Sashi. That is correct. Plex Media Player embedded device will not handle transcoding. The main reason you want to use Intel NUC for PMP embedded is for HEVC hardware support when direct streaming that video format.

By: Sashi

Sashi — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:32:45 +0000

The embedded platform is only a client plex player as far as I’ve read, am I correct on that? Because if it is just a client player, then the hardware in the NUC won’t matter for things like transcoding? Because doesn’t transcoding only occur on the server side, correct?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 03:08:44 +0000

In reply to BRIAN. Thanks for sharing your findings. It's really too bad that they removed the ability to boot from SD card. I guess people who are using NUC as dedicated PMP device is only small in percentage and if you are using it for a PC, booting from an SSD is really the way to go.

By: BRIAN

BRIAN — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:15:40 +0000

In reply to BRIAN.

Well – The SD card size has CHANGED from regular size to micro, so no moving it over. And the SD card on the NUC7I3BNH no longer is a bootable device as it was on the NUC5CPYH. I see the guide has been updated because it used to mention using the SD card as a boot device and now doesn’t mention that option. Too bad Intel took away that feature. 🙁

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:22:46 +0000

In reply to BRIAN. Yes, I do not believe PMP Embedded has fully support Intel Kaby Lake architecture. As far as the boot drive, I believe you can just remove and plug it to your new NUC7 machine. Let us know how it goes and if the 4K hardware decoding is already supported on latest Plex PMP release.

By: BRIAN

BRIAN — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:05:11 +0000

Curious – i am updating my NUC from the NUC5CPYH (which has been flawless BTW) to a NUC7I3BNH to get full 4K support. Would i be able to take my boot SD from the old NUC, insert into the new NUC, and just boot as normal? I’m not sure if the updated processor and iGPU would be auto-recognized by Linux and work to their full capability, or whether I need to start from scratch with a fresh install to get the Linux install correct to fully support my hardware.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 04:33:56 +0000

In reply to David Perkins. Hi David – GUI based wifi configuration is definitely a homework for Plex Team to add on Embedded PMP. For now, you will need to connect it using ethernet cable first then setup wifi following the instructions here.

By: David Perkins

David Perkins — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:44:06 +0000

Hi
How do I configure the wifi? I got plex working but without wifi, it doesn’t see my server.