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brew install --cask plex-media-serverlocal Homebrew cask metadata
安装
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概览
软件包摘要
Home media server
历史
项目历史与用法
Plex Media Server is a cross-platform home-media server that catalogs personal media, obtains descriptive metadata, streams to Plex clients, and transcodes content when required by device capabilities or available bandwidth.
项目历史
Plex Media Server developed into a cross-platform home-media service managed primarily through the Plex Web App rather than a conventional server GUI. Its official documentation reflects a mature ecosystem of desktop, Linux, NAS, container, and embedded-device deployments.
The server organizes local media into libraries, matches files to catalog metadata, and serves compatible or transcoded streams to Plex clients. Account-backed discovery and remote access extend the local server model across the internet.
采用历史
Plex Media Server is distributed for Windows, macOS, common Linux distributions, Docker, NVIDIA SHIELD, and numerous NAS platforms. This wide hardware range made dedicated home servers and NAS appliances common deployment targets.
Its client-server model supports playback through Plex applications on desktop, mobile, televisions, streaming boxes, and game consoles, with optional remote access outside the home network.
使用方式
Users install the server, sign in through a browser, name the server, create media libraries, and point those libraries at organized movie, television, music, photo, or home-video directories.
Clients discover and stream from the server on the local network. Remote Access enables off-network streaming, while the server may transcode media on demand when a client or connection cannot use the original format directly.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Plex Media Server is a prominent home-server package because it combines library scanning, metadata acquisition, client discovery, remote access, and real-time transcoding in a service that can run on anything from a desktop to a NAS.
Packagers and self-hosters care about its platform-specific data directories, service accounts, filesystem permissions, large metadata trees, hardware-transcoding requirements, and the distinction between the server package and Plex player applications.
时间线
- Plex Media Server 0.9.6.6: Official documentation records support for enabling syslog through a server configuration variable.
- 2019: The documented setup flow centered on the browser-based Plex Web App and account-backed Setup Wizard.
- 2020: Official Linux installation examples documented the 1.19 release line.
- 2026: Plex remains supported across Windows, macOS, Linux, NAS, Docker, and NVIDIA SHIELD deployments.
Related projects
- Plex Web App is the browser-based management and playback interface bundled with or connected to Plex Media Server.
- Plex player applications connect to the server on desktop, mobile, television, streaming-device, and game-console platforms.
来源
- https://support.plex.tv/articles/
- https://support.plex.tv/articles/200264746-quick-start-step-by-step-guides/
- https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/
- https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/
- https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/
安全态势
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安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
$PLEX_HOME/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml- macOS
~/Library/Preferences/com.plexapp.plexmediaserver.plist- Windows
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Linux
$PLEX_HOME/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml- macOS
~/Library/Preferences/com.plexapp.plexmediaserver.plist- Windows
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
Plex Media Scanner | 二进制 | Homebrew cask 二进制 | Plex Media Scanner |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
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页面生成时间2026-11-04
管理器版本1.43.5.11079,b3b13e506
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.plex.tv/none 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | cask:plex-media-server |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.43.5.11079,b3b13e506 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew Cask |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/plex-media-server |
| 主页 | https://www.plex.tv/ |
| 上游文档 | https://www.plex.tv/ |
| 源码归档 | https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/1.43.5.11079-b3b13e506/macos/PlexMediaServer-1.43.5.11079-b3b13e506-universal.zip |
| SHA-256 | 8ce69b4ca2ab80f6a04bf93621f61111b4605dc3b66883cd59edacc2458bc476 |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | plex-media-server |
| Names |
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| Artifacts | |
| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment