Then, Plex is client (or clients) on your device (or devices) that you run to access your stored media. So what is it? Plex is media server software that you have running all the time at home. I'm totally happy to pay a company for value and Plex provides extreme value. You can accomplish most all you'd ever want with both, but at this point in my life, I'm OK with throwing a little money at the problem and I have happily given Plex my $30 for their UI polish and their new PlexPass feature that unlocks some goodies. Plex is starting to monetize their platform while XBMC has more of a hacker/enthusiast vibe. There are two main heavyweights in the media server space. Plex is a whole ecosystem that is extremely polished, easy to setup and available on every device you'd ever want. More recently, I've tried using a Raspberry Pi as an ersatz media player along with AirPlay to throw videos from my iPhone/iPad up on the big screen.įast forward to 2013 and I've found Plex.
I talk about how I streamed things in 2008 in this " Geek Developer Cribs" video. I've long had shares like \\server\movies and \\server\photos for accessing family files from laptops around the house, as well as streaming home videos to the Xbox or PS3 via DLNA. When you have a headless server in your home, you're always looking for ways to utilize it. I've blogged about my Synology 1511+ NAS before and how I have added a few things to it like CrashPlan Cloud Backup and even discussed it on my podcast.
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