Plex Server HIDE MOVIES?

[Br3tt96]

So I've got this Raspberry Pi 3 just sitting around collecting dust. I was thinking of using as a plex server with an external HD hooked up to it. 

 

My household is a bit strict, so is there a way to hide most movies or tv shows from other possible users?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Plex Home allows you to setup managed users so you can pick what is shown to who. 

 

If any of your media needs transcoding, you're going to have a bad time with a Raspberry Pi, so you may need to convert media to allow direct play if you have anything that Plex will need to transcode. 

 

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/sections/200641063-Plex-Home

 

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204234313-Example-Plex-Home-Setup

[Br3tt96]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Plex Home allows you to setup managed users so you can pick what is shown to who. 

 

If any of your media needs transcoding, you're going to have a bad time with a Raspberry Pi, so you may need to convert media to allow direct play if you have anything that Plex will need to transcode. 

 

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/sections/200641063-Plex-Home

 

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204234313-Example-Plex-Home-Setup

What do you mean by transcode exactly? I'm basically converting all my stuff to mp4.

 

And so you just make different folders for various content and you can modify someones account to only see those folders?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, Br3tt96 said:

What do you mean by transcode exactly? I'm basically converting all my stuff to mp4.

 

And so you just make different folders for various content and you can modify someones account to only see those folders?

Some file types are not supported for direct play by Plex or by the client device, so will be transcoded to a compatible format on the fly. This is where CPU power is needed for Plex. Things like softsubs (ie. subtitles that are not actually part of the video and can be turned on/off) will require transcoding. 

 

MP4 should work fine for direct play. 

 

Basically, yeah. You can restrict which libraries they can see and you can set restrictions within the libraries (such as only allowing people to see PG movies or something). I'd advise reading through some of the Plex home information in the links I provided, the details of it are provided there. 

 

Here's one for restricting shares: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204232573

[79wjd]

12 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Plex Home allows you to setup managed users so you can pick what is shown to who.

You can also share only specific folders (libraries) with other accounts without the need for Plex Pass.

[Eduard the weeb]

Click bait I was for sure that plex was making movies unavailable 

 

but sorry I don't know if that is possiable I use another friends plex account because they gave it to me 

[TheRealDieselD]

I don't know what household wouldn't be strict about porn!

 

Jkjk, just build separate libraries and only give your family access to one, while the rest of your personal are on a library only you have access too.

[Br3tt96]

 

On 10/27/2017 at 10:21 AM, Oshino Shinobu said:

Some file types are not supported for direct play by Plex or by the client device, so will be transcoded to a compatible format on the fly. This is where CPU power is needed for Plex. Things like softsubs (ie. subtitles that are not actually part of the video and can be turned on/off) will require transcoding. 

 

MP4 should work fine for direct play. 

 

Basically, yeah. You can restrict which libraries they can see and you can set restrictions within the libraries (such as only allowing people to see PG movies or something). I'd advise reading through some of the Plex home information in the links I provided, the details of it are provided there. 

 

Here's one for restricting shares: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204232573

So I got the plex setup on the Pi3, which was a bit of a pain. Although now I can't get the pi to mount the HD. I assume the usb 2.0 isn't enough to power the drive? It seems to be spinning, but not entirely sure...