Once I pointed Plex to my music library folder, it imediately started scanning all the files and folders to import my music for me. Join me on Twitter or Facebook for my latest posts. I want to make sure I post high quality instructions for that. I won't go into the details of setting up Plex Media Server in this post because, while it's straightforward when using Docker and Docker Compose, it's beyond the scope of this post.
By that I mean you have a config file in the form of the docker-compose.yml file which holds all the container information you need instead of running a single long command in the terminal. I highly recommend installing Docker Compose along with Docker because it can make the process so much quicker, more simple and more visual as well.
#PLEXAMP DOCKER SOFTWARE#
The people over at Plex are also often pushing out updates to their server software so having everything contained within Docker is super convenient and easy to maintain. In much the same way that Docker and LinuxServer.io made it easy to set up Beets, LinuxServer.io have a Plex Media Server image that's available to pull from Docker Hub and is kept up to date regularly. I really like the features like their hybrid caching that caches up to 40 songs in advance and "sweet fades" that fades the end of one song into the start of the next. For what it's worth, Plexamp is great and makes the streaming experience so much better than the main multi-media app. Plex Pass comes with additional "perks" as they call them which does open things up allowing you use the dedicated music player app called Plexamp. Note that if you do subscribe to Plex Pass, you don't need to pay the activation fee because it comes with the subscription.
#PLEXAMP DOCKER FOR ANDROID#
The mobile apps for Android and iPhone do require a one-time activation payment in order to stream from you server but it's a small price to pay at £3.30. The main Plex app for Android and iPhone is generally built with to be an all-purpose media player whereas Plexamp is dedicated to just playing your music and comes with features not present in the main Plex app.
#PLEXAMP DOCKER FREE#
Plex comes with a built-in web-player that will let you stream from your own server to any other computer, anywhere in the world, completely free of charge. You don't need to pay anything at all if you want to host your own music and listen to it on the desktop. If I were in the habit of purchasing one or two new albums every month, I'd be more tempted to pay the monthly fees of Spotify or YouTube Music, but I don't so this is the better option for me.Īt the time of writing this Plex subscription pricing is as pictured below: You may be thinking it's more expensive for the lifetime account than it is for monthly Spotify or YouTube Music but over the lifetime that I (and my entire family household) will use Plex, paying the equivalent of 11 or 12 albums is well worth the money. There's also a third option for payment which is a one-time payment getting you a lifetime Plex Pass account. Plex Media Server itself is free but if you want to use the apps, you either have to pay a small one-time fee to unlock the main features or pay a subscription fee to have access to all the features Plex has to offer. Next up was importing everything into Plex, my new music player of choice. As mentioned in part 1 of this post, I've downloaded my music from Google Play Music, created the album folders using my very quickly written script, and tidied up the tags for all the songs in my library.
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