How to Stream Apple Music on Plex Media Server

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on August 31, 2021

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[Summary]: You may wonder how to stream Apple Music to devices via Plex Media Server, UkeySoft Apple Music Converter is capable of removing DRM from Apple Music and converting to Plex Media Server supported format like MP3 or M4A for playback.

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“Plex Server is one of my favorite media servers, and I like to use it to enjoy my favorite music and TV shows. When I added Apple Music to Plex for playback, I found that these songs were not available. How can I play Apple Music on any device via Plex media server?”

What is Plex?

Plex Media Server is a digital media player and organization tool that allows you to access music, pictures and videos stored on a single computer using any other computer or compatible mobile device. You can even use it on consoles like the PlayStation and Xbox, as well as on smart TVs. In addition, Plex Media supports MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, ALAC and other audio formats, organizes all your music tracks, and makes your music library look beautiful with artwork and information. It syncs seamlessly so you can stream it on your phone or tablet without interruption. If you upgrade to Premium, you can get a Plex Pass for $4.99 a month, $39.99 a year, and a lifetime subscription of $119.99. Personally, I think the free version is enough.

Is it possible to stream Apple Music to Plex Media Server?

If you subscribe to Apple Music and don’t like the way iTunes organizes your music library, Plex Media Server is definitely best alternative. But streaming Apple music on Plex doesn't seem to be an easy task. Apple uses FairPlay DRM copyright protection to control the use of its media content by customers. Due to DRM, you can only play Apple Music tracks on almost iOS devices, Android with Music app, or on your computer with iTunes installed. All music in Apple Music is in DRM-protected M4P format, even though Plex is such a powerful program for transferring media files, but it does not work when it comes to the encrypted Apple Music files.

Convert Apple Music to Plex Supported Audio Formats

Obviously, to play Apple Music on any device via Plex Media Server smoothly, you need to remove DRM protection from Apple Music tracks. Now you meet UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, a powerful and easy-to-use Apple Music DRM removal solution for Mac and Windows specialized in converting Apple Music songs from M4P to Plex supported audio formats, such as MP3, AAC, FLAC and WAV. It's able to preserve the original audio quality while stripping off the DRM lock. After conversion, you can freely transfer and sync the DRM-free Apple Music tracks to Plex Media Server for playback on any other device. And all the ID3 tags would be preserved after conversion to help you organize the music library.

Part 1: Remove DRM from Apple Music M4P Files

Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter
Next, run UkeySoft Apple Music Converter and you will find that iTunes will also launch automatically. All Apple Music tracks in the iTunes library, audiobooks and other media files will be loaded into the Apple Music Converter.

Step 2. Select Apple Music Tracks
You can click on Playlist in the left panel and check the box to select songs from which you want to remove DRM from Apple Music. Plus, you can use its built-in search box to find your favorite Apple Music songs accurately and quickly.

Step 3. Set Output Info
Here you can customize the output parameters including output format, output quality, conversion mode and output path. Here you can choose MP3, AAC, FLAC or WAV as the output format and High (320) kbps as the output quality. The default output format of the program is MP3, you can also make no changes.

Step 4. Convert Apple Music M4P Songs to MP3
Now click on "Convert" button to start converting Apple Music M4P songs to DRM-free MP3. When the process is done, click on "Open Output File" to locate the converted songs.

Part 2: Add Converted Apple Music to Plex

Now you can add the converted Apple Music songs to Plex Media Server.

Step 1. Install and launch Plex. Then sign in your user name and password of Plex account from the prompt window, if not, click Sign up.
Step 2. Click "ADD LIBRARY" > Music to add the music library you saved the converted Apple Music songs.
Step 3. Next, you should click "NEXT" button and select "Browse for media folder" and select the folder that houses your music files.
Step 4. Finally, you can click "Add library" to complete the adding process.

Once you're done, you can stream Apple Music songs on any device, or search for the Plex app in your phone/tablet/games/Roku / Xbox One / TV app store, then download and install it on your device.

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