Plex - Media Server / Services

Ethan_Hunt · January 3, 2014, 1:58pm

Re: Plex - Media Server / Services

So I’ve been looking at and contemplating getting this setup but something was holding me back. Partly I was apprehensive that it may be developed by one our popular 3 letter agencies and the (suiing) 4 letter orgs might be in cahoots with them.
But I finally gave in and started downloading and setting this thing up.

According to Plex:
“Plex gives you one simple interface to organize all of your media: your movie and TV collection, your music library, and all of your photos and home videos. Plex enriches your media library by adding descriptions, plot summaries, posters and album covers. Enjoy your media on every TV in the house or on any mobile device on the go.”

First step was to install and download this on my home PC, with a mapped NAS drive where I have some media. It seems to share everything out and I can pick it up on my Android app and it plays the media. I added an online station and that seems to play on the phone but I don’t know yet if its picking it up from the home PC or directly from their web/streaming server.

Secondly, the control center on the PC is web-based but I can’t connect to it from another computer. Its probably the daemon permissions which I will be looking at next.

Has anyone else set Plex up in their home/office environment who would like to share any words of wisdom? Please feel free.

For those unaware of its existence check it out at this site: https://plex.tv/features
It definitely is pretty and provides a very nice interface. I might firewall it in and test it out first. I’ll keep you guys posted.

You should also try Plex for home threater.