Having a personal media server that's online 24/7 is an underrated luxury. It gives you complete control over your media, ...

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...

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Plex has had a great Android TV application for quite some time, but it's getting supercharged with full media server access on the Nvidia Shield. Jacob Krol CNET Intern Jacob Krol is an editorial ...

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Plex has for a long time been one of the more popular services for streaming your local content, including music, photos, movies and TV shows you’ve ripped from DVDs – or, ahem otherwise acquired – to ...

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[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=30765655#p30765655:3dt54316 said: TofuLion[/url]":3dt54316]I am also building a media server in the near future ...