I've used many systems over the years from PS3 Media Server, to XBMC, and finally landed on Plex and loved the simplicity of it just working and happily paid.

I've used many systems over the years from PS3 Media Server, to XBMC, and finally landed on Plex and loved the simplicity of it just working and happily paid. The past year or two on Plex has been super annoying unfortunately. I have been getting lots of transcoding and caching issues. I've reached the point where I will be trying out some alternatives again when I have the time.