Roll your own Netflix with Plex. A few short years ago, a home media server mainly consisted of an old computer hooked up to a nearby set of speakers and an S-video cable that snaked out to a TV set.

Plex, a famous way for dads to show off their (okay, our) movie and TV hoarding acumen just got incrementally less useful for ...

Plex Media Server is a free and open-source media center software that lets you easily create a local or an internet media server, onto which you can stream almost anything. This easy-to-operate ...

Today, Plex launched its free, ad-supported video streaming service, with a collection of thousands of movies, TV shows, concerts, and documentaries that can be streamed on any device that has the ...

Starting in 2026, Plex will build on its recent changes and further restrict streaming options for free users.

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After a slightly rocky beta test, Plex's new cloud-based media server is now ready for public consumption. Rather than relying on a media server PC or a networked storage drive, Plex Cloud allows ...

Plex is one step closer to becoming the only piece of streaming software that you’ll ever need. Later this year, the popular media server solution will let users stream Warner Bros. movies for free, ...

For years, there was a lonely Raspberry Pi 3 gathering dust on my desk, right next to a cup of pens and a stack of Post-Its. Occasionally I’d pick it up and absent-mindedly twirl it around, as if it ...

Anyone who wants to watch films on their home Plex server while on vacation or share content with friends will need a paid subscription in future. Users of the Plex media server who want to use their ...