

Plex
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A multimedia tool for streaming movies, TV shows, sports, and music while facilitating personal media organization with versatile libraries and metadata retrieval.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Daydream
- Kindle Fire
- Android TV
- Kodi
- Roku
Features
Plex News & Activities
Highlights • All activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about PlexPlex unveils redesigned mobile app with simpler navigation and unified media integration
Plex has introduced a preview of its revamped experience for mobile platforms, with updates for TV ...
- Maoholguin published news article about Plex PhotosPlex launches dedicated photos app, shifts main app focus to movies and TV shows
Plex has introduced the Plex Photos app beta for iOS and Android, focusing solely on personal photo...
- Maoholguin published news article about PlexPlex finally launches its movie rental service for users in the US
As announced nearly a month ago, the popular streaming media company Plex has announced its expansi...
Recent activities
- does not think Lightweight is a important feature of Plex
- POX added Plex as alternative to Finer Player
- POX updated Plex
What is Plex?
Plex Videos
Plex information
AlternativeTo Categories
Video & Movies, Audio & MusicApple AppStore
- Updated Dec 12, 2024
- 4.67 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Younity doesn't work on Android, that rules out plenty of users. Personally I always liked Minidlna(now ReadyMedia) the best, as it does exaclty what I want without any extra "features. But it's *NIX only. Could probably work on OSX, but not in a Windows environment.
So Windows - Android, Plex looks like a top pick at the moment. Kodi works, but I couldn't fins a way to browse folders in Kodi. Plex does that, Plex wins.
[Edited by xeizo, February 07]
Plex is actually pretty good in a lot of respects--a beautiful interface that pulls a ton of information together in 'just the right way'.
But I will never use Plex again. Newer versions of Plex go out of their way to prevent you from using it unless you sign in to their cloud account. I fought for hours after an update to my home media server locked everyone out and suddenly started requiring we link to cloud accounts. No thanks. I'll find someone else for my media library.
Plus Plex collecting user data. Plex also prevents device from sleep mode
Reply written Mar 30, 2019
Plex is a powerful and versatile home theater solution that lets you stream your media collection across multiple devices. Whether you want to watch movies, TV shows, music, or photos, Plex can organize and deliver them to you with ease.
On the plus side: It works, the players are easy to find and install for multiple platforms and devices, and the server can even run on a Raspberry Pi.
On the minus side: You have to sign into their cloud account to do most things. And it's constantly trying to push you into purchasing a subscription. Even if you're only using it with your local collection.
If you want to use it for remote streaming, that's one thing. But I just want to listen to my own library of music on my own network. It shouldn't have to connect to a remote service, sending who knows what local data, just for that.
(Oh, and installing on a Pi? You need to either hook up a display to it or use an ssh tunnel to complete setup if you're trying to run it as a headless server.)
If you'd like to create your own Netflix/Spotify, Plex is the way to go.
split between shows and movies NOT good
Its nice! But I dont want to pay for the android app, when I host my own server. Jellyfin is a better alternative.