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Install Plex (Manual Method)

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Navigate to Plex Media Server Downloads Page and Download the Version of Plex most suitable for your system

In our case, we’re choosing the ARMv8 Version of the Plex Package

Open up the Synology Package Manager > Manual Installation

Choose the Plex Installation File you just downloaded to your System

You will be warned that Synology Doesn’t recognize this App, just go ahead

You can honestly just skip this step, if you’d like to get a claim token you can go to https://www.plex.tv/claim/ and paste in the code below

Just click done, it’s a review Screen

Next, we will need to Set access to your media share(s)

Open Control Panel and select Shared Folder

Navigate to Permissions

Change Local Users to System internal user

Scroll Down until you see PlexMediaServer, make sure this user has Read/Write Access

Now all that’s left is to Navigate to:

…and finish setup from there