Both XBMC and Plex offer great unique features and similar ones, which should come as no surprise if you know the history of these two home theater PC (HTPC) platforms. XBMC is open-source software, ...

Plex, which started as local media server—something to stream movies from your computer to your phone or TV—has evolved into an entire media ecosystem. You can use the free Plex account to watch a ...

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Streaming music and movies from your home PC or Mac to your Android or iPhone is easy by simply installing Plex. Here's our step-by-step video guide. Nick Peers Nick Peers has been writing about ...

If you have a collection of movies and TV shows in your personal library, there's hardly a better way to manage it than Plex. Like the similar library app Kodi, Plex gives you an attractive interface ...

If your setup is anything like mine, then your NAS is likely also your Plex server. While that might seem like a great idea at first, over time, your NAS just might not have the power to keep up with ...

There is a Plex server here (not mine, but intentionally accessible). On my iPad I can download files no problem. But I want to do that on my computer but first, VLC doesn’t find the UPnP server, and ...

The NVIDIA Shield Android TV and streaming gaming console just got better. The addition of the Plex Media Server lets users stream movies from storage connected to the Shield TV to computers, mobile ...