How to use PLEX on Mac Mini

Posted by: MP on 04 February 2017

I have a Naim Uniti 2 and a Mac Mini connected as a music server. I only use the mac mini because I had a spare one and it works fine. I usually use JRiver as the server software but I have recently discovered PLEX and I have started to use it for my movies in connection with a Apple TV. I am now thinking of only using PLEX for both movies and my music but my Naim Uniti 2 does not see PLEX. Can anybody advice?

Posted on: 04 February 2017 by ltaylor

I have used Plex with Ubuntu and it worked well with video, but it didn't support wav files. So for me was a non starter. I now use a mac mini to serve my Music via Asset which works really well. What format is your ripped audio in?

Posted on: 05 February 2017 by garyi

In the PLEX server, click on settings then server the DNLA and make sure that is checked.

Posted on: 05 February 2017 by MP

Thanks for the advice. I had not realised that PLEX cannot handle wav files. I have checked DNLA in PLEX and it works perfectly fine with the Apple TV but strangely the Uniti-2 cannot see my music files if I run PLEX as a server. I have tried several other server softwares and never had a problem to get started. I might just stick with JRiver for my music. It seems to work ok.

Posted on: 05 February 2017 by Innocent Bystander

I do have Plex on my MM for the same purpose as you, but no longer have a Naim streamer so can't offer any direct assistance, though the following might be of oblique relevance: when I first had my Mac Mini I used it as a server to an ND5XS. At that time I used the free Serviio UPnP utility, which worked great - but I only used flac not wav, so have no idea if it would do for you. I subsequently upgraded to Audirvana on the MM doing the rendering in situ and avoiding streaming files over the nerwork, but by then I had also upgraded the DAC as well.