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what's plex do?

 

in tl;dr format

Media server. It stream music/movies/photos to every possible devices. They got an app for pretty much everything... It's great.

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It's media server software.

 

https://plex.tv/

Media server. It stream music/movies/photos to every possible devices. They got an app for pretty much everything... It's great.

 

Is this local streaming or over internet?

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Is this local streaming or over internet?

Both I think? I know it's definitely local. Not sure about over the Internet though...

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what's plex do?

 

in tl;dr format

The app itself lets you stream directly to your device (phone, tablet, etc). 

The plugin Plex Media Server streams media to devices while transcoding them. Like, I have my media in .mkv format, but it will transcode it to .mp4 or wtv my device takes and to a good resolution for it (i.e. 720p for phones, 1080p for tvs, etc) on the fly as it plays. Which is pretty sweet. It also auto-downloads data for your media such as posters, cast, and other general media regarding the content. 

It's kind of 10 cases of awesome.

 

Is this local streaming or over internet?

Either or. 

Plex allows you to share your library with other Plex users. It's limited by your upload speed though, but it can stream locally or over the internet. i.e. if you are on Plex, and I share my library with you, it's like Steam sharing, except you stream the content from my house over the internet to your device.

Plex is awesome. It has support for Chromecast, Roku, and many other Media center type devices.

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Is this local streaming or over internet?

 

Both. You can use your ip to connect or just login and they'll find the server for you... 

 

It's installed on my main PC at home. From there, I can stream to my iPad, Windows Phone, Macbook, etc... I have access to all of my stuff from everywhere. There's also channels like Revision5, Ted Talks, Youtube, etc so you can watch stuff other than yours.

 

You can send things from your phone to another player. Like airPlay if you will... but from any device to any other. There's a remote mode to just control a device without sending a feed, 

 

If you pay for the Plex Pass, you can sync content for offline viewing. Great way to transfert music and videos on the fly (it get transcoded for the device). 

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hmmm .... i just use FTP or windows homegroup to stream all my stuff

cant seem to know what this is good for since free alternatives exist

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Just got it, many thanks!

 

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Not sure if I care... but it is free so why not. Thanks for sharing. :)

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Plex is the same thing as XBMC, its a software that allows you to organize and watch your movies on your PC in an organized manor. Both programs are very good.

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Plex is the same thing as XBMC, its a software that allows you to organize and watch your movies on your PC in an organized manor. Both programs are very good.

Does XBMC transcode on the fly? From what I understand, that's what makes Plex so epic. I don't know much about XBMC though.

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Does XBMC transcode on the fly? From what I understand, that's what makes Plex so epic. I don't know much about XBMC though.

Not yet, but they are working on getting transcoding into XBMC.

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I actually just got my Nexus 7 yesterday and was really disappointed that the Plex app wasn't free, then this showed up in my notifications. Thanks  :D

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It's actually too much hassle for me to sign up for Amazon and "buy" it, lol

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Sweet, I've been using serviio as my server and while it works fine with my tv, my phone is finicky. I'll keep using it for my tv unless I can find a plex app, but for my phone this hopefully will make things seemless both home and away from home. 

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How long is it free? I needs to know!

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Crap, i still don't have my android phone, is there any way for me to secure the purchase before the offer runs out?

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Crap, i still don't have my android phone, is there any way for me to secure the purchase before the offer runs out?

As far as I can tell, since it's on Amazon, you'd get it there and then just download it to your Android whenever you want.  The app would be tied to your Amazon account.

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This is awesome! Just got it on my phone and installed the server on my Debian NAS (took like 30 seconds https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/32852-plex-media-server-debian-repository/ && http://laurendc.net/2014/04/07/set-up-plex-media-server-on-debian-wheezy-7-4/ ) works very well. Never heard of this program before today. Thanks!

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hmmm .... i just use FTP or windows homegroup to stream all my stuff

cant seem to know what this is good for since free alternatives exist

 

The server is free as is the client for Windows, Linux etc. It's just the Android and iOS apps that cost a little money.

 

 

While FTP and network sharing is fine for PC to PC. Plex and XBMC are both amazing for Home Cinema / TV use.

 

My media is stored on my NAS, the Plex server scrapes all the meta info from imdb (or whatever) and uses that to both organise the media and to display information such as movie artwork / posters, actors, directors etc. It will update automagically when anything is added to the selected libraries.

 

The Android app lets you browse your media by TV show / Films, you can arrange it by recently released, rating, genre, director, watched / unwatched etc. Each film or show will have a brief synopsis and posters / artwork. You can stream directly to your device, or you can use the app as a remote for any other Plex enabled device on the network.

 

So for example, I have my NAS set to automatically receive the new Game of Thrones when it comes out. As soon as it starts to download, Plex will refresh and download the media info. When I want to watch it, I just browse to 'recently aired' TV shows on the app, and then play it on my TV via Chromecast. Even without the app, I can just go to the DLNA client on my TV browse the Plex server, the same organisational structure works via DLNA.

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