Synology 2020 NAS PLEX - First Time Setup Guide with the DS420+

[@JobyWan76]

Thank you! Just setup my new DS920+ from unboxing to completely done with only 1-2 pauses. The time you saved us by making this video is appreciated.

[@ChatGPT1111]

Building his NAS all while talking through the advantages and other facts like a boss!

[@stevehale3389]

I plan on getting a NAS in the near future to migrate from the WD My Cloud Home device I currently utilize . I feel by following this video, I will be successful in getting my current Plex account successfully working on the new NAS. Thank you!!!

[@yawar110]

Excellent way of defining "network" as houses on a street! No brainer - even a 5 years old can understand it. Im gonna use this when an opportunity presents itself - Thanks alot!

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

Got my new DS420+ NAS with 4x16TB drives up and running! Plex runs great! Thanks!

[@RobRanney]

Incredible walkthrough! I'm researching Synology NAS options and this was super helpful to see from start to finish!

[@nascompares]

Thanks for the nice feedback dude. Enjoy the rest of my vids and try to ignore my massive East London, cockney rants occasionally...

[@tuklaw1]

I just bought a DS423+ and this video is very helpful. Thank you!

[@jonathanleblang]

This was fantastic. I just received my DS220+ and was trying to figure out how to set it up - this worked perfectly. Thank you.

[@nascompares]

No worries dude, glad this helped!

[@propersplitbrainme]

Excellent video, this and another explaining the features of different NASs has helped me make an informed choice regarding which NAS to buy - I went with the 920+.

[@digitalmarcel]

Great video. I setup my new Synology DJ220J with 2 x 2tb barracuda drives in hybrid raid. I’ve added 120 videos to it so far, in MKV format (about 4gb each) and Plex plays these very smoothly and quickly is a fire stick . Very happy so far. I used MakeMKV to rip the videos.

[@AnnieBluth]

Great video, it covers everything I needed. I have my NAS & Plex up & running 🙌🏼

[@Lagahan]

You've had a video on every question I've had so far as a new NAS user, thanks a million dude!

[@m-studios8549]

YOU. LEGEND. Thank you! We love Alan and Barbara! Let them rule the world! Great video - really helped us.

[@stevengonzalez4111]

Thank you so much for this video. I don’t have a Synology nas but really wish I did. I have a Netgear nr 212. It’s not as intuitive as a Synology. My Netgear leaves a great deal of unanswered questions on Plex setup. I’ve been battling with this for 5 years and Plex is still not working smoothly, so I watch your videos and try to use any information you offer that I might apply to my situation. I so wish you would put together a “how to” for Netgear users. All the “how to” videos for Plex installs are mainly for Synology or some other nas brand, but never have I seen one for Netgear. Thanks again for your help and insight.

[@voidwarhammer]

Thanks for the Vid. Just picked up a DS920+ last month on super-sale and needed this. Also, I like the Gateway Cow. Sadly, the one that came with my Voodoo 2 system deteriorated. :( I loved my Gateway....

[@pauljge]

I'm building a NAS for Plex soon (with a DS920+) and found this incredibly useful. I'll definitely be playing this again to help me set it up. Thanks for the video!

[@Neverscortch]

Great guide! I was one of the viewers debating on getting a NAS, recently bought a poweredge t30 to mess with but this has now caught my eye. ah

[@ammej768]

Reminds me of the hassle of setting up a router for special functionality like remote viewing of CCTV. my latest router just has an app to do it. Without your excellent tutorial, I would not get this done!!😂

[@hpLondon]

Absolutely Fab!!!!! Clear, concise and to the point. Many thanks.

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

How comprehensive do you want to have it? Yes!! 👍👍👍

[@cberrier78]

Very informative! I've always wanted to learn about setting up a NAS with Plex server. Thank you

[@DGTubbs]

This is such a fantastic video! Absolutely wonderful guide! Thank you so much! One question, how many streams of transcoding will the DiskStation support? I'm looking at a DS 920+.

[@petercdejong]

This got me starting using Plex. Thanks!

[@annhightower4948]

I have watched all of your videos this week and you helped me To set up my NAS really easily. Thank you so much for all the help. I have a question . My synology has already had two harddrives fail. They are enterprise 18TB. Should have I bought the ironwolf drives? I am considering boxing up the whole system and returning it because I can foresee loosing drives frequently. I saved up for this setup for over a year and I am truly disappointed.

[@rafiactive]

Hi, great video! still waiting for the one which shows how to use DS videostation to transcode instead of the plex transcoder

[@delectableangel1986]

I dont think the DS videostation offers much options to transcode, so might not be able to get that

[@grahamh7041]

Just what I was looking for. Really helpful, thanks :D

[@happytree5647]

great video, simply and thoroughly explained, thank you for the help! :)

[@gahho]

Amazing, thanks so much for this informative video. Really helped me set it up!

[@NikCan66]

Another excellent tour de force tutorial

[@daviddixon7354]

Tried to follow your setup video but seem to have gone off course somehow. slight change inthe software since you published your vid but my problem is when i try to create my library. Created 'Volume1' ok, Created shared folder 'Plex' ok, Created subfolders for Movies, Music, TV Shows etc. When i try to creat my library, I select 'Movies', 'Add Folders', 'Browse for media folders'. Volume 1 is visible, Select it and 'plex' is visible, Select 'plex' and it takes me back to volume 1. the subfolders i created do not appear. Any idea what i am doing wrong?

[@HorseChoker001]

Samething happened to me, I'm looking for the reason this is happening, I lofted my PC on to complete the buffering process for the initial reset and still nothing.

[@dftmz1]

I setup a 920+ transferred 9TB of data, installed Plex, everything worked, for 3 weeks then I had a problem with UPS, causing multiple shutdowns, now Plex can't find the server. I am convinced it can't find the server, because the IP address has changed as you indicate, I missed that part about setting manual selection. It appears the final IP number originally was a one, now the system is showing a six. Help, do I reset the system to a one? I am total novice, could not find anyone in area that admits to knowing anything instead I watched multiple you tube videos and basically did everything reasonably correct, except UPS, everyone spends more time on unboxing than setting one up for Synology. I appreciate your videos, good job, no one else mentioned the problem of IP addresses changing.

[@philipspeck3106]

Your setup instructions are wrong. Media should never be placed anywhere in the Plex shared folder. Placing media in the Plex shared folder results in incorrect operation of Plex Media Server.

[@nickthequick]

Excellent Sir, this has really cleared up a lot for me

[@brianford9522]

Great video. One thing I've had trouble understanding. I've heard people talk about putting metadata on a separate SSD drive when using a PC for their Plex server. Is there a way to do this with a Synology NAS? I assume it would eat up a drive bay and not be worth it, thoughts?

[@JunxianLin]

Great video! Can you also share how we can set up the Remote Access? My plex video quality is damn bad when I'm out of my home network and I read online that I'll need to enable Remote Access. The issue is I just can't get it to work! Do you have a step by step tutorial to resolve this issue?

[@TechOwnage]

omg. thank you for this guide

[@hanswi336]

Other sources report that using SSDs for cache does not deliver much benefit, whereas upgrading the memory from 2 to 6 GB enhances speed significantly.

[@SaveCaliNow]

At the 28 minute mark you “hit back” and a “Synology Assistant” pops up. Ummm what? Where did that come from? What did you click back on? I can’t get that window to pop up.

[@Matusevichfilms]

“You might as well stay with a desktop system” _grabs laptop_

[@TheMikeX74]

He clearly meant a desktop operating system, as opposed to using something with a mobile operating system.

[@Matusevichfilms]

@@TheMikeX74 you could also take a joke for what It is.

[@noobsperspective1610]

Very informative and clear! Thanks!

[@ludovitgondkovsky6959]

This was great. Any chance you can do a video on how to set up Tautulli on Synology? I cant seem to be able to follow directions, perhaps there is more to it than they describe on blogs. I have installed it but can't seem to be able to find the Tatouli interface or any content from tatoulli. THANKS!!

[@barrygattie703]

Nice video, setup did not go the same as video. Instead of synology NAS PLEX it went onto my MacBook Pro.very confused.

[@scottrud2699]

Great video and extremely helpful. However, I've run into a snag that I have not been able to solve. I've mapped the Plex folder as a shared network drive and, unfortunately, cannot see it when I open up file explorer. Any suggestions on how to fix that?

[@kristennicoletti713]

I'm having this same issue. Did you find a resolution? I've read a lot of reddit posts but I don't really understand what it's telling me to do.

[@scottrud2699]

@@kristennicoletti713 Hi Kristen - I did eventually solve this problem, unfortunately as I sit here at work, I can't remember specifically what I did as it was 10 mos ago. I'll try to take a look at this evening after work to see if I can jog that memory. I do remember that it was not all that difficult and the result of me just fooling around with it.

[@kristennicoletti713]

@@scottrud2699 thank you for the help, but I'm actually good now. I NASCompares and he replied to be so fast with exactly what I needed to know. Thank you for your willingness to help me, I love this community so much.

[@markfox316]

Excellent vid - thanks! Do you have/know of a library of "how-to's" for setting other Synology APps - they are sometimes less than obvious to set-up.

[@nascompares]

Sure thing dude - Here you go. The Plex Media Server for NAS - Guides and Tests Playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLCK0pHrQ7Az6LS1Bx-T30tB6JNO_8QXqV

[@chalksgaming4496]

You are the man! I love you thank you so much!

[@5150shaun]

Super video - clear and concise instruction. I have a Plex server set up on my Nvidia shield pro but I have a DS420+ and 4 Seawolf HDDs about to land - how easy is it to switch my Plex server setup to the NAS ?

[@BobbySolis]

I'm moving from a Plex Server running on my PC with a WD NAS as storage to a Synology setup running Plex Server. I'll be looking for information on transferring my libraries I currently have setup with all the scraped and modified move information. Otherwise I'll be spending a TON of time re-editing the titles that wouldn't scrape properly as well as all the collections I've setup.

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

Amazing tutorial, very helpful, gonna be saving up for that setup and then maybe 4x4TB HDD's it will be a huge upgrade from the setup i have now, im running plex on my Raspberry Pi 4 with a 5TB external drive xD its so bad so once i have saved up i will 100% get a NAS, looks really nice to have for home media and mass file storage

[@bitsbytesbuds]

i have it running off a $600 gaming compouter best on pcpartpicker circa 2018 lol. Plex runs very low

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

@@bitsbytesbuds yeah i just hated having my pc on to watch movies which was why i wanted another solution

[@ivanmytube]

Is it intentional to hide the CPU and drive activities with the DS420+ picture at the lower right corner?

[@olliehardy5264]

Would be amazing if you could do this for a terramaster... I am having difficulty having my terramaster NAS finding any of my media on there!

[@timothyoconnor9013]

Brilliant Video. Thank you so much

[@Lawful123]

The way that you are mapping the drive, are you logging in with admin account? Would you want to create a different account with access to the mapped drive or would using the Plex account be a better option?

[@armonecomputing]

I have Plex running on a WD My Cloud Mirror and just a DS920+ with DSM 7 in the packages Plex is listed under the Beta Packages.. I downloaded the newer version on the PLEX site however it was acting really weird (as in having a double image on top of one another the menu's and media images) uninstalled PLEX and now going to the Beta version in the Package center. Set up is different than you have on the Video think a lot has been updated in the last two years. hopefully, the beta version works once it downloads to the control panel. Anyone have any suggestions on transferring my files(midea) from the WD mycloud mirror to the Synology DS920+ Thank you for the tour

[@jacobh.3008]

Great video! Can you do a video tutorial on how to backup and restore the metadata on Plex on the event of the Plex server crash? This has happened to me a couple times after updating the Plex server and it has to retrieve all of the metadata again and it take a really long time to get it all back. A tutorial on that would be great, thanks!!

[@TheSpyUk]

yes this seems to be a problem for lots of people

[@roderashe]

Excellent tutorial!

[@ToTheWind]

Great video, mate. Thanks.

[@MaM44341]

You'd better not enable manual IP configuration if you don't know what you're doing. If you do this without reserving a manual address in your network's DHCP service, you may duplicate that address with another device and both devices will become unavailable. Anyway, there is a small chance that your NAS will change its IP address as soon as you turn it off and on again. You would have to shut it down for about a week as typically the DHCP service allocates addresses for 7 days.

[@ckelly38237]

@NASCompares GREAT VIDEO! I BELIEVE that I followed your instructions to a 'T'. I have a couple of problems I was hoping that you could help me with: First, I set up a 'home videos' file but PLEX only shows 9 of 60 files - even after a manual scan (they are all MP4). I removed the library and readded it but even fewer showed up!! ALSO, Plex requires a manual scan when I add files (on my computer it was automatic). Can you help?

[@Cryoman196]

Great video, if a tad fast. However, say for example I have just returned from a vacation. I want to add photos from my phone taken on the trip along with video clips I have taken on my phone. Can these be in the same "Photos" folder? I'm currently using Synology Media Server and my TV seems to split files into Video, Music and Photos so I have to change folders to view the videos taken on the same trip as the photos, which is a pain.

[@1ChachaProductions]

Is the ram has to be bought from synology directly or can one buy a similar spec ram for the nas? Thanks

[@valetprivet2232]

it does not necessary has to be from synology. You can check which modules work in user reviews of the product on your favorite review site.

[@martinlindner7837]

I got it on my PC i9 10850K 128gb ram runs very smooth

[@brucemorton1176]

Great video, really helpful thank you. I do have one question though. I currently use my PC for plex and will be moving over to a NAS when I have the money to. With my pc it obviously needs to be for me and my users to access it, Once on a NAS will pc still need to be on or is everything controlled by the NAS? So as long as the NAS is on they can watch my content no matter the state of my PC.

[@BobbySolis]

You are correct. In this situation Plex server is installed on and ran by the NAS. No need to have your PC on. The PC is just there to facilitate the connection to view what is happening on the NAS during setup and configuration.

[@Mitchcraft.]

What would you say is a reasonable priced NAS purely for playing 4K HDR media to my PLEX app on my TV (LG GX). Could i get away with roughly £300 for say 4TB Just now i am running off of a seagate 2TB 3.1 USB external HDD and it's almost full along with my SSD on my PC so i am trying to decide whether to go with a NAS or just get another USB HDD. A NAS set up looks like it would be the best future proofing way to go with no cables hanging off my laptop lol It would be only for one TV I have a 5G wi-fi 6 set up on both the router and my laptop. The TV is connected to the 5G channel also. The NAS would only ever be used for PLEX and nothing else. The Ryzon 5 on my laptop handles 4K HDR and DV HEVC MKV file streaming to my TV so i am guessing i wouldn't need a hi powered NAS, right? The only thing i have ever had struggle was Game of Thrones which was HEVC but i have a Series X and i streamed from the laptop to that then through the HDMI to the TV and that worked no problem. The weird thing is i have Dune Part one which is the same format as the GOT files and it plays fine with no transcoding.

[@ivanmytube]

Can you do a video migrating existing HDDs from DS220j to DS420+ ? Can we do it without losing data?

[@BrandonSmith-tw1ej]

How much power does one of these use? I was wondering how much $$ is added to your bill monthly.

[@tonysicily2687]

Liked, Saved & Subscribed Awesome, Thank you Can these be used to run a BLYNK Server as well as Plex?

[@23kiru]

Thank you so much, it is a very helpful video, i am following your instructions, but unfortunately at 28:00 I got stuck. In Synology assistant there is no "MAP DRIVE" option to chose. I have a MacBook Air, how can i get over this point? Thank you in advance :)

[@blackyfromcroatia5520]

Great video...very helpful...thank you

[@_Triple-B]

Somehow it just skips the first screen and i am not able to set up the media server.. tried it multiple times over the past few weeks.. just cant get in to it and with my pc its no problem. It is enabled in the firewall

[@FourEyedLadyOriginal]

Do we have to use PLEX at all? PLEX is for accessing files remotely, is this correct?

[@redmatrix]

How best to setup up tv show folders? Is it okay to use, for example, SHOW TITLE, as the containing folder, then inside that folder, put SEASON1, then inside that folder, list the video files as EPISODE 1, Episode 2, Episode X, with or without titles since PLEX will ferret out that info from the net?

[@Dragorus360]

Can I start by adding just one HD or do I need to start with 2 empty drives @NASCompares

[@patricklynchphd]

Impressive. Well done.

[@nascompares]

Thanks, appreicated

[@jonathanhart-München]

Good, but how can I connect the NAS to my pre-amplifier or receiver to start the native 4k Audio and Video files from the NAS? I want to avoid the PC/Desktop in between... Possible?

[@mendelspeas]

I have added a shared folder on my NAS and placed media folders (music, movies, photos, television shows) inside it. When I try to add a library in PLEX and browse for the folders, I can only see the main shared folder and not the subfolders (music, movies, etc.). Any idea what I am doing wrong? Looking forward to getting this up and running. Thanks for your help!

[@Tulacarpata01]

Very helpful, Thanks!

[@nascompares]

No worries Richard. Glad I could help.

[@thelastdetail5044]

Need your help, can’t find the synology assistant, any idea where to find it? Thanks.

[@danneto2412]

Great video, but how to share the existent files that you have in your device ? or just point them to the existent folders without creating a Plex dedicated folder?

[@tylerd.rudolph1019]

You can just indicate to Plex where it can find and index your existing media files on the server. You don't have to rearrange your current filing system unless you want to.

[@AlbesHasi]

I don't have the Volume option Under the Storage Manager ?

[@tordjmanmathieu4654]

Thanks a lot man ur the best

[@herb4206]

Im having a problem With permissions showing up for plex. There is no new user for plex so I cannot add permissions to it and it causes my plex server to not be able to read the files. Do you know how I can resolve this?

[@herb4206]

I tried manually adding a user called plex and enabling some permissions it could work but my files still wont show up in plex media server.

[@gernotthiel7317]

Question about the tuner for plex to recieve digital stations, can i plug the tuner (Hauppauge 1657 WinTV-dualHD) into the USB port of the 920+?

[@mspduk]

Just purchased DS220+ and now researching on what HDDs to get. Looking between Seagate Ironwolf Pro 4TB or Toshiba N300 or X300. I know N300 is specifically for NAS but many reviews say it’s very noisy. X300 isn’t NAS specific drive BUT at our work they use them in DS220J, that’s used for weekly backups. I’m really confused as to which ones to get. Cost is also a factor I guess. Any help please

[@bradleyoetman8263]

Thank you!

[@deaneldreth]

Very helpful, ty~!

[@balionlinemarketing9038]

If I use DS920+ to stream 4k movie in flex over wifi to my apple tv, does it will run smooth?

[@joseherrera2696]

So I got a synology 2 ds220j with 2 WD 4TB Red plus Nas internal Im just wondering when setting up on plexs how do I know what if it’s 64 bit or not? Or is that just for me to select the computer bit capacity for set up?

[@kingsgatetechnicalservices1135]

I have the same question. As far as I can tell there is no update file for Plex for this CPU. i have the ds220j and when I go to update it does not show the Realtek CPU as a download

[@daylemcneela6295]

Just search Intels website and pull up the specifications of the processor and it will tell you, but this one is 64bit.

[@rasix86]

Doesn't work for me. I created the Volume and the subdirectories. But in Plex i can't see any directories beneath the PLEX directory. UPDATE: Had to allow access for PLEX system user

[@rohitmore7798]

I need your help we have a synology nas and we put some 4k vedio on it our videos are stuttering when we play the vedio to prevent the video from lacking?

[@NickAlanNYC]

Is there any reason why I couldn’t do this (plex) as well as use the same NAS for cloud storage backup of all of my other pc files?

[@BobbySolis]

From my understanding, you can setup different volumes and have those volumes mapped separately. One for Plex and another for additional file storage.

[@ammej768]

The set up for 'Plex System User 'is missing so i cant get movies etc to show. Ive just manually installed the latest Plex Media Server. I can see my files on a mapped network drive on my Desktop PC, a laptop, and my phone. HELP!! ( if you can spare a moment)

[@philcastellano6359]

i'm using qnap and having a real hard time...Is there a service that you know about that I could HIRE to assist?

[@hristescualexandru9816]

Stupid question, is there a way to choose where to install the DSM? is there a way to have a nwme for chasing and the other for the os? i plan to buy a 720+, add two 8tb hdd (raid 1)and use two different nvme ssd's. One with 1tb capacity for cashing and the other one with 128gb capacity for the "os"/DSM. Is this possible? Thank you for your time! Very explicit videos!

[@manufelimage]

Hello, The NVME SSDs can be used only for cache. 1 ssd = Read, 2 SSDs = READ/WRITE No other option.

[@hristescualexandru9816]

@@manufelimage thank you!

[@TS175]

Hello, can give suggestions about what to do with an old 2 bay Synology after I have upgraded to 5 bay Synology and have incorporated the old discs into the new NAS?

[@suntherizer]

I recommend using it as an offsite backup. You can sync both via internet.

[@Cryoman196]

@@suntherizer I had an old DS116. Synology has an app called Hyperbackup where you can backup you new NAS to the old one. This is a compressed backup, not a sync operation. So I can schedule a weekly backup of my new NAS DS218+ to the old DS116.

[@LupaNoseWork]

Why did you choose to download Plex from Synology and not Plex Homepage?

[@youwantedd]

You can choose to install Plex from Synology for the first time as when you start running Plex it will ask you to update from Plex themselves.

[@valetprivet2232]

because it had more recent version on website

[@brianchandler8727]

Hey thank you I pick a synology ds220 my files of music are up loading now

[@jamiestocksjs]

I have been following your video and have bought a DS720+ , i am struggling as being asked for network password when mapping a drive and cant get plex to run says i dont have permission to access , any ideas ?

[@spoomer94]

full guide of installing plex should include FULL MANUAL OF SETUPING NAS ITSELF

[@KainSwiss]

I did all the steps. But for some reason I don't get The How Plex works page. Instead it just says No Soup for you! You do not have access to this server

[@JebaJ1]

Any option to add more users and assign their own folders as private folders which can be viewed only by them privately , and if they decide so make it accessible to other desired users whom they choose?

[@tylerd.rudolph1019]

Admins being the exception, yes you can configure which (non-admin) users get access to which folders (by default their home directory), and which apps they are authorized to run.

[@Moto-ib5qr]

Can u pls advise where better to run Plex server, on Nvidia Shield Pro 2019 or on Synology 920+ ?