I love Plex and my xbox one, its our main entertainment system, setup with individual profiles for the use of parental controls etc. I know there is a thread somewhere of several hoops you had to jump through in the past but its really too much. I can’t give them my user info because the whole point is to have use of parental controls.

Plex media server still works on older hardware but it will automatically disable transcoding if the hardware is insufficient, and playback will suffer and stutter on really old or under-powered hardware.This has just started happening to me, before it would be after an update much as it was annoying I could handle it… but now its just a nightmare, everyone in the family, wife and kids have just given up on using it which is a shame and a stress for me as I have to constantly log them back in. The more users you expect to be watching at once, the better hardware you want. In addition to always being on, you’ll want the server computer to have a decent amount of processing power to handle the aforementioned transcoding. There’s no point in having a comprehensive streaming solution for all your personal media needs if, when you go to access it, the content is offline. But regardless of what platform you choose, it’ll have to be a computer that’s always turned on. You can install Plex on Windows, Linux, OS X, and even on dedicated server software like FreeNAS and on NAS hardware like the Synology system (you can see all their supported platforms for the Media Server app here).

First and foremost, you need a computer that houses all the files and runs Plex Media Server.

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