Tagging: Raspberry Pi

  1. Updating to the latest Plex build on a Raspberry Pi

    I finally found a way to upgrade to the latest Plex build on a Raspberry Pi.

    I run my own media server using Plex on a Raspberry Pi 4. It performs really well and has the added benefit of low energy usage thanks to the Pi.

    I’ve been struggling to upgrade to the latest build using the usual sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade commands. Since some of the features on the Android app won’t work without the latest build I decided to find an answer.

    In the comments of a tutorial blog post someone had found a solution.

    • On the Raspberry Pi, nagigate to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
    • Type sudo nano plexmediaserver.list
    • Remove the # from the line of code #deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/ public main
    • Press cmd+x to exit the file
    • Type y to accept changes
    • Press enter to save

    Then upgrade as you would normally do.

    • Type sudo apt update
    • Type sudo apt upgrade
    • Type y to confirm the upgrade
    • Once it’s completed type sudo shutdown -r now

    After a few minutes reload your Plex client, you should be on the latest build.

  2. Setting up a Raspberry Pi as a bridged wireless access point

    @Raspberry_Pi’s straightforward guide for getting wifi into those hard to reach places using a Pi as an access point.

    Since the lockdown I’ve had to be inventive in my home working setup to overcome wifi dead zones.

    Our garden office is one such place. Although we’ve got an ethernet cable installed I sometimes forget to manually switch off wifi and it’s generally a faff. I’ve also got one of those new MacBooks with just USB-C ports so plugging is going to be yet another adapter. We’re also just out of reach of the home wifi meaning our mobiles fall back onto mobile data, racking up pretty big data bills.

    Since I had Raspberry Pi 3b+ awaiting it’s next duty and a bit of spare time over the festive break, I followed this excellent tutorial to setup setup an access point. It worked a treat!