This is why having Plex on a NAS truly rocks

Plex is the only way to go if you want to stream to TV devices in your house or cellphones. Using mine on 3 different Nvidia Shields 2019 models for my TVs. Unfortunately, not a single one of them can stream certain 4k content via Plex. To watch 4k on certain documentaries or movies, I also use Kodi. The only software capable to stream 60gb-120gb 4k files effortlessly.
 
fruitbat said:
Um - I think you just openly admitted to piracy of media?
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There is no such thing as "piracy", it is a made-up guilt trip by movie associations. You are only committing a crime when you are sharing content. Downloading, being in possession of and watching is not a crime in South African law.
 
rvZA said:
Plex is the only way to go if you want to stream to TV devices in your house or cellphones. Using mine on 3 different Nvidia Shields 2019 models for my TVs. Unfortunately, not a single one of them can stream certain 4k content via Plex. To watch 4k on certain documentaries or movies, I also use Kodi. The only software capable to stream 60gb-120gb 4k files effortlessly.
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Plex can stream 60GB-120GB 4K files to Nvidia Shield effortlessly, unless there is some network problem.
 
Botha22 said:
Plex can stream 60GB-120GB 4K files to Nvidia Shield effortlessly, unless there is some network problem.
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I tried everything possible. But, the problem was only on specific videos though. I was unable to stream any of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit 4k movies as example. The only way to have watched them was via Kodi. Strangely, they were around 30gb to 70gb per file, but Spiderman 90gb did stream without issues via Plex. Could perhaps been some encoding issue too on some 4k files. Nonetheless, Kodi did the trick for me where Plex failed.
 
randomcat said:
I think the fine print say it can't be copied and/or distributed
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Doesn't matter, you need to break the law, which would be copying and distributing, with the distributing bit being the illegal thing, and that being selling your copies to others. You ripping the disc onto your own machine is going to be a very interesting case if they try and take you to court for it, since then they're saying you can't do what you want with your own possessions.
 
I think this is a bit late @OP. We in 2021, not 2009

But do agree it is a sweet piece of software
 
rvZA said:
I tried everything possible. But, the problem was only on specific videos though. I was unable to stream any of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit 4k movies as example. The only way to have watched them was via Kodi. Strangely, they were around 30gb to 70gb per file, but Spiderman 90gb did stream without issues via Plex. Could perhaps been some encoding issue too on some 4k files. Nonetheless, Kodi did the trick for me where Plex failed.
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I had the same problem with large 4k files until i updated the plex media server software on my shield and now it plays them effortlessly.
 
Sukkafool said:
I had the same problem with large 4k files until i updated the plex media server software on my shield and now it plays them effortlessly.
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I was updated on my media server, that was one of the first things I did, but like I said, some played without issues on Plex, but I was unable, and today still unable to play the LotR and Hobbit 4k files on Plex. They just buffer and at some point come to a complete stop. They play without issues on Kodi though.
 
I use MiniDLNA on my Celeron PNUC for quite a few years now, works flawlessly. No transcoding required, my TV seemingly supports all the video formats I use/used, from HEVC to MOV. 4K is no effort for the software.

But, I had some problems in the past of Plex not playing nice with me, wanted to transcode all the videos, and put a heavy load on the NUC. (No hardware encoding stuff on the CPU afaik)

I recently moved from Ubuntu 18 to a Ubuntu Server installation, so should be easier to manage, without the Ubuntu GUI part.
Eventually, I will try Plex sometime again in the future with transcoding disabled.

I am looking to maximize energy efficiency, that's why I purchased the NUC in the first place, that consumes little power, compared to my PC (Cannot run my PC consuming 50watts doing diddly squat.)
 
Gosh, whatever happened to the simplicity of of a shared drive and windows file explorer.. It's been streaming perfectly for me for many years.
 
ActivateD said:
I have plex plus best decision I made for my media server.
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I got it but reluctantly. When I had plex running on a laptop it wasn't necessary but there's not really much choice on a NAS. The CPU just grinds to a halt without it.
 
bwana said:
I got it but reluctantly. When I had plex running on a laptop it wasn't necessary but there's not really much choice on a NAS. The CPU just grinds to a halt without it.
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In your case it's either Plex Pass for hardware acceleration or upgrading the clients to direct play x265.

Transcoding is great but being able to direct play everything is better.
 
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