Plex is powerful, but without the right setup, buffering and sluggish playback can ruin your streaming. By optimizing transcoding, network settings, and media formats, you can make streams start ...

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...

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HowToGeek details three Plex setting adjustments that can noticeably improve playback quality, including for users streaming from NAS or cloud-mounted libraries. Increasing remote streaming quality to ...

You no longer need an always-on PC or any other network-attached hardware in order to use Plex’s media player. The popular service, which allows you to watch TV and movies from your own collection, ...

Plex has for a long time been one of the more popular services for streaming your local content, including music, photos, movies and TV shows you’ve ripped from DVDs – or, ahem otherwise acquired – to ...