This is why having Plex on a NAS truly rocks

[Hanno Labuschagne]

This is why having Plex on a NAS truly rocks

If you have a bunch of series saved on a PC or external hard drive and are looking for a way to streamline the way you watch this content, then here is the solution: Plex and a NAS.

Why it took me so long to try this combination out, I do not know.

But now that I am on the Plex-NAS train, I am stopping at all the stations to tell the world about its magnificence.

 

[fruitbat]

Um - I think you just openly admitted to piracy of media?

 

[Grouter]

Kodi rocks my boat just fine. But the NAS I admit I couldn't live without.

 

[Mr Scratch]

Um - I think you just openly admitted to piracy of media?

?

Plex is in no way affiliated with piracy.

 

[Alien0]

Kodi much easier for me

 

[bwana]

Plex. One device to rule them all.

You need plex pass to get the most out of it unfortunately on a NAS.

 

[fruitbat]

?

Plex is in no way affiliated with piracy.

I know...
When Hanno starts the article with "...you have a bunch of series saved..." and then goes into "...Why it took me so long to try this combination out..."

I doesn't sound like he's storing and viewing content that he created

 

[charlieharper]

Been running Plex off a headless Linux (Ubuntu server) machine that's chilling under the tv next to the playstation for well over a year. Access it over SSH to configure. Super stable as well, haven't switched it off in months.

 

[garyc]

The Synology apps (Video Station/DS Video) do a good job of providing an interface and streaming to phones and tablets. This is also available for smart TVs, but I have not tried this option.

 

[backstreetboy]

Lol slow news day? Had Plex lifetime since about 2014... the world has since moved on to streaming as well...

 

[deweyzeph]

?

Plex is in no way affiliated with piracy.

So what legal way do you know of to have a whole bunch of movies and TV series downloaded onto a NAS drive?

 

[F1 Fan]

I use Universal Media Server. However, it's starting to struggle on the Samsung QLED, as the QLED is full of crap on the format's it allows.

 

[backstreetboy]

So what legal way do you know of to have a whole bunch of movies and TV series downloaded onto a NAS drive?

Buy them from iTunes?

 

[Johand]

So what legal way do you know of to have a whole bunch of movies and TV series downloaded onto a NAS drive?

As long as as you pay your TV license then you are fine (sarcasm)

 

[deweyzeph]

Buy them from iTunes?

iTunes movies and series all have DRM. There's no way to play them through Plex.

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

I somehow ended up on a plex server years ago that sits in the netherlands with cdn activated. Whatever you're looking for is in that library. Only 4k and full HD content.

 

[deesef]

So what legal way do you know of to have a whole bunch of movies and TV series downloaded onto a NAS drive?

Takealot delivers...

 

[HavocXphere]

I stuggle to see the need these days?

Sure a usenet setup is useful in addition to streaming, but even that is essentially on-demand.

The 512kbps days are over...no more need to schlepp TBs of data around that took you half a year of overnight downloading...

So what legal way do you know of to have a whole bunch of movies and TV series downloaded onto a NAS drive?

The same way you legally steal a car. You don't.

 

[Johnatan56]

So what legal way do you know of to have a whole bunch of movies and TV series downloaded onto a NAS drive?

Is it illegal to rip DVD/blu-ray from discs you've bought and only watch yourself? Afaik it isn't.

 

[backstreetboy]

iTunes movies and series all have DRM. There's no way to play them through Plex.

You know you can remove it right?