BadCow runs a shared Plex server for community members. Stream movies, TV shows, and more from our curated library.
To get access to the Plex server, you’ll need an invitation from an existing member. Once you’re in, you can stream from any device that supports Plex.
Plex works on just about everything — smart TVs, phones, tablets, game consoles, and web browsers. Download the Plex app for your device and sign in with your account.
You might have noticed the facelift around here. This was brought to you by a wildly successful experiment of Nate unleashing Claude Code to build a website with pretty much all vibes. Some very specific design stuff was dictated but most of the coding legwork was Claude.
The setup is more technical which scratches that itch Nate has had lately (he’s uninsured so can’t get it looked at). The site is built with the Astro Framework, so content is all controlled by Markdown files. He has it all setup through Nova, where he can run and build/deploy the site on a whim. Jeff and Nate got their systems hooked up with SSH access, with public/private keys and everything. Nate can run a deploy script and spit out new updates to the site (oh, which is hosted on the BadCow server in Jeff’s basement).
Lastly, the Live Map status above is hooking into the Status Page, and the main server widget uses Minecraft Server Status, which is “nifty,” which is a technical term. Okay Nate should stop speaking in 3rd person now.
Issue resolved. Had to rebuild Docker image.
Ongoing issue for Plex server. One of the drives in the array needed to be formatted and is currently rebuilding array. This is effecting:
Currently working on fix. work around ETA by noon 8-6-25
Currently experiencing some Read/Write errors on the main SSD that hosts all my Dockers and the Debian VM that runs the game server management apps. Currently doing a scrub to attempt to resolve the issue. All game servers are offline for the time being. Some other services such as Plex, and Overseer may experience issues.
See Discord #plex channel for details.
Changed to UNRAID/Plex server, dedicated Transcoding GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 for a faster, smoother playback.
New request system called Overseerr is live! Login here with your Plex account.