Plex Proxy

plexproxy is a middleware runs before a Plex Media Server which could increase the performance of a low-end server.

Features

1. Traffic control by devices
2. Cross-device response caching by client type
3. Disable transcoding by forcing direct play/stream
4. Redirect web app to official one
5. Plaxt integration

Prerequisites

1. Plex Media Server
2. Redis (Optional)

Install

Download from Releases, or build by yourself:

env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/RoyXiang/plexproxy@latest

Usage

1. Configure environment variables in your preferred way
   • PLEX_BASEURL (Required, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:32400)
   • REDIS_URL (Optional, e.g. redis://127.0.0.1:6379)
     • If you need a cache layer, set a value for it
   • PLAXT_URL (Optional, e.g. https://plaxt.astandke.com/api?id=generate-your-own-silly)
     • PLEX_TOKEN is required
     • Set it if you run an instance of Plaxt
     • Or, you can set it to the official one
   • PLEX_TOKEN (Optional, if you need it, see here)
   • STATIC_CACHE_TTL (Optional, default: 1h, which controls the cache TTL of static files)
   • DYNAMIC_CACHE_TTL (Optional, default: 1s, which controls the cache TTL of dynamic requests)
   • REDIRECT_WEB_APP (Optional, default: true)
   • DISABLE_TRANSCODE (Optional, default: true)
   • NO_REQUEST_LOGS (Optional, default: false)
2. Run the program