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…First, open the Plex app on your device, then go to Settings > Advanced > Video & Audio , and make sure Allow Direct Play and Allow Direct Stream are enabled. Next, open your Plex server…
Media Streaming Plex Plex Pass Price Increase By Zack Zwiezen Published May 19, 2026 | Comments ( 67 ) Media server streaming software company Plex announced today that its lifetime Plex Pass subscription plan is…
…not behind a paywall, unlike Plex. Jellyfin is now a fully capable media server that just happens to also be free and open-source. The app is more responsive than I remember…
…app. Plex is on thin ice When I paid $250 for my lifetime Plex Pass , I was pretty comfortable in assuming that I wouldn't have to think about media server software…
…But I consider it a nice bonus on top of all the streaming server duties that Plex already performs. It's my preferred media manager app, and that hasn't changed at…
…Media playback resumes exactly where I left off across devices because it taps into Plex's API . That's true even if you switch between the Plex and Plezy apps. Similarly, if…
…The Plex VR app for Android is free, but of course requires that you have a Plex media server running. The basic Plex media server software for your computer or NAS is…
What is Hound? Hound is a self-hosted, open-source media server, like Plex/Jellyfin, but with the extra ability to stream content through P2P (torrent) or HTTP/Debrid without downloading first. With Hound, you have the f…
Lurked here for a while, learned a ton from posts like the one I'm hoping this becomes. Time to give back. Quick context: I'm IT support by trade. Not a developer, not a sysadmin. Everything in this post I figured out by…
…of self-hosted apps. There’s no need to drill holes in the drywall for a server that sits mostly idle. Once your home server is serving media in every room, running…
…After updating the Mac mini and adjusting macOS settings to ensure the pint-sized computer never goes to sleep, I installed Plex's media server app and got things going. There's…
…I booted up my Apple TV, launched Plex, and dove right into my self-hosted media server. I obviously wasn't able to access my friend's server that's connected to…
