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I'm not talking about opening videos on my computer, don't be ridiculous. We're talking about plex, and plex is for streaming from one thing to another. I've
by KevinMS 11y ago
I'm not talking about opening videos on my computer, don't be ridiculous.
We're talking about plex, and plex is for streaming from one thing to another. I've been able to stream from OSX to roku using plex but each version keeps getting worse. The last version was so bad it didn't even let you browse folders. I think there were so many complaints they released 'plex classic'.
I'm trying out emby again right now, looks much improved and like all I need.
- hatsix 11y agoAh, I had assumed that because the plex app in the announcement is an app for opening videos on your computer (I know that Plex does other apps as well, but this SPECIFIC one is just desktop OSs), that you were talking about that. Anyways, it seems that standard DLNA is what you are looking for. I don't know the current state of support for this is, but I know my 8-year-old Thecus NAS and PS3 both supported it and worked great together. Otherwise I recommend switching to a RasPi2, and trying out the media player images, several based on kodi, which were able to play from network drives just fine in my experience. Plex has always been about libraries and metadata. Sure, it had vestigal options from it's break from XBMC, which WAS focused on that, but these were never a focus in the past 7 years. Also, according to other threads here, Plex Classic was mainly released to ensure that there was a free version on the Roku, while Plex Pass is required for the mainline app. This isn't how it works on any other platform (ios/android = pay for the app, plex pass is only for sync).
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