The working of Plex media server is very straightforward. In short, it is a beautiful way to organize you hundreds of media files those you want to access from office, home, or anywhere. Not only streaming media files but the Plex also allow you to watch the Live TV channels online and can also support up to 4k resolution. So versionitis and branching across different ecosystems (apple/Microsoft, iOS/Android) are not a concern since the server is doing all the work.Apart from Plex Media server, it also comes with Plex Media Player and Plex apps which allow you to access your media files locally or remotely on different devices such as: It can transcode pretty much anything and it handles all that from the server to the client. It’s a pretty slick system when you get it up and going.Įdit to add: the really great thing about Plex is, it doesn’t care what format the media is in. So if they’re on the go and concerned about data use, dial it back. The clients can also adjust the bitrate/streaming quality from their app. Then you create an account for your individual users via the Plex interface, have them install the app on their respective device, sign in and voila. The only real tricky part is setting the file/folder permissions on the NAS volume to allow Plex to “see” the content in order to serve it up. It’s really slick when you get it working, there are plentiful how-to tutorials available online. There might be a monthly subscription model too. You’ll need to pay for a Plex Pass to do this, I think it’s like $100, lifetime. Then all your different clients access it via the Plex app. You can install Plex Media Server and have it running on the Synology.

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