Any of you guys use Plex.tv?

Arongo

I've been using plex.tv to host my own videos, the UI is really great and responsive.
Only downside so far is they allow 1 minute of video playback if you're not a plex premium user or you can pay a one time fee of $6. Im considering the Plex Pass, waiting for it to go on sale.

bubblegum57

I bought plex pass when it was on sale. I might have got the offer through email.

You could buy a cheap android box & use Kodi. Although plex will play while you are away from home.

Particularly good, if, & I hope you don't, end up in hospital. Most wards on hospitals nowdays don't have a working tv.

with a plex pass, you can install it to multiple devices.

Emby is similar to plex, cost is about the same. But limited number of devices, 25, I think

Jamjones

I use plex and love it. For my untech family members, they can access it from where ever they are and we don't have any issues. We bought the plex pass while it was on sale and then used it to stream live TV although after 2 hours of having it, turned it off. After 3 years of not watching any TV it just reminded us why we didn't have a TV and just streamed everything.

ashtonjay

So i sat down to watch a movie last night and it kept buffering and displaying a message saying words to the effect of

"server isnt fast enough to stream"

i have a new terra master f210 nas with 4x4tb WD Red drives and i doubled the memory on it too

its been ok for weeks to be honest so not too surer as to why its started now

also im on Virmin medias 500 mb speed and am plugged straight into the router via cat 6 cable too

is there maybe an issue with the file compatability?

i download and drag everythig to the nas maybe some files need transcoding? if so what is the best most reliable format and what software would i use to convert them


a lot of questrions i know but im just trying to make sense of it all

bubblegum57

I am using a Shield as a server. Play the movie, go to settings & change the bit rate?

Somewhere in settings, I think there is a setting, to direct play. But I can't remember.

I am surprised it won't play. I was interested in the Terramaster nas's

Another option is from plex webpage settings, manage, optimised versions, & optimise the movie. This might take a couple hours.

I assume the nas is the server, are you using a different device as the client?

Jamjones

I'm not sure on all the lingo and I have no clue how the PC and server is set up but my server is plugged into the router and my TV is also directly plugged into the router via a very very long ether net and I don't have any issues. My family also access plex and they don't have any buffering issues. I wish I knew why so I could help!

Arongo

Plex pass is on sale, 25% off great deal!