If you’ve been collecting digital media for any amount of time, you may have found it frustrating to catalog or access in a simple way, especially if your media comes from multiple sources or services ...

Building a NAS seems to make more sense with each passing year, as concerns about data privacy and surveillance continue to rise. Inevitably, media is among the first things I offloaded onto a NAS ...

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 ...

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An old laptop needn't lie in a drawer gathering dust. It can still serve a useful purpose as a Plex Media Server. But does Plex work better on Windows or Linux, and what should you use for your Plex ...

Installing Plex Media Server on the SHIELD Pro was quite simple, as you only needed to update to SHIELD Experience Upgrade 3.2; after which you install the latest version of Plex from Google Play.

One way to make use of a spare Mac is to turn it into a server for home entertainment purposes. Here's how to set up Plex Media Server in macOS. Owners of an old Intel-based Mac who've replaced it ...

Roll your own Netflix with Plex. A few short years ago, a home media server mainly consisted of an old computer hooked up to a nearby set of speakers and an S-video cable that snaked out to a TV set.

You no longer need an always-on PC or any other network-attached hardware in order to use Plex’s media player. The popular service, which allows you to watch TV and movies from your own collection, ...