Need alittle help

[Sirkingjamz]

So about a month ago i setup my first unraid box. love it!! ive installed and stored a lot of files and freed up TONS of space on my local machines, despite what other posts said earlier about installing games to a NAS/unraid i get remarkable gameplay! some textures take a few mins to load but nothing game breaking, also fps is great!

 

My only issue is getting remote access or some type of FTP server to run. i've tried owncloud and proFTPd and a slue of others including dockers, NOTHING WORKS! 

what im hoping is someone can help explain how to use either the built in FTP server in unraid, owncloud, proftpd or anything they used and tested with success because a box that can only be used indoors is slightly wasted... at least in my eyes. the whole purpose of this box was to eliminate netflix and other streaming sites or webpages and how access to my own content when i feel... for free! PLEX i mean i've never had any success with b4 in the past being ps3 or apple/ android boxes, XBMC... geez i've just hated it since day one, but if someone is willing to explain i'm willing to learn.

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me out. thanks well in advance for any and all contributions

[leadeater]

I'm currently using Plex as a media server and using multiple different clients to access it: Web Browser, PS3, PS4. No additional setup was require to make these clients work.

 

I can access my Plex server from within my network and on the internet, the server actually isn't even hosted in my house it's at a friends place with a Site-to-Site VPN.

[gamerking]

1 hour ago, Sirkingjamz said:

So about a month ago i setup my first unraid box. love it!! ive installed and stored a lot of files and freed up TONS of space on my local machines, despite what other posts said earlier about installing games to a NAS/unraid i get remarkable gameplay! some textures take a few mins to load but nothing game breaking, also fps is great!

 

My only issue is getting remote access or some type of FTP server to run. i've tried owncloud and proFTPd and a slue of others including dockers, NOTHING WORKS! 

what im hoping is someone can help explain how to use either the built in FTP server in unraid, owncloud, proftpd or anything they used and tested with success because a box that can only be used indoors is slightly wasted... at least in my eyes. the whole purpose of this box was to eliminate netflix and other streaming sites or webpages and how access to my own content when i feel... for free! PLEX i mean i've never had any success with b4 in the past being ps3 or apple/ android boxes, XBMC... geez i've just hated it since day one, but if someone is willing to explain i'm willing to learn.

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me out. thanks well in advance for any and all contributions

plex is very simple set the server to a static ip set up your switches/ routers correct and it works in under a hour . hardest part is labeling media so it shows in the correct order

[Sirkingjamz]

I need a free solution... i'm not paying 4.99/mtn or 129/lifetime... im canadian that means it's 9 bucks a month and 200 bucks for lifetime... there has to be a free way to get this done.

[Sirkingjamz]

ok well ill try this free plex for a bit, but im having an issue setting it up. how do i point to the right directories? where do i find "usr/" what is "tmp/" i have folders for all my videos and music i just need them to point in the right direction. also when i try and see the server it says nothing is found (on the plex web app - on their website)

[leadeater]

16 hours ago, Sirkingjamz said:

I need a free solution... i'm not paying 4.99/mtn or 129/lifetime... im canadian that means it's 9 bucks a month and 200 bucks for lifetime... there has to be a free way to get this done.

Sorry thought you meant you tried Plex and couldn't get it working. Have a look at Universal Media Server (UMS) which is free.