Applications and Systems

Plex: a wonderful media server

Updated 18/2/2014

Lets you share your media files (movies, music, photographs) within a local area network, as a client you can use a mobile, tablet, smarttv on a computer.

Besides client android or IOS allows remote control to work as any other player in which to run. The client android or IOS are extra. But frankly worth it for the features it offers.

Install PLEX server

To install plex I use ubuntu 12.04 but it would be the same in other versions.

Download the latest version of plex from page

https://plex.tv/downloads

To download click on plex version of our system.

 

Once downloaded plex we double click on the icon.

We will open the Ubuntu Software Center (ten takes a little patience). Click on install.

When finished and the server will be installed to access the just have to go and search applications plex media manager.

You can also access the following URL to configure your server http://localhost:32400/web/index.html

Remember that you need an account https://plex.tv/ to access additional settings, You can record any e-mail.

El cliente Plex home Theatre

The home intalacion Plex Theatre will make using the command line for what you run the following commands in terminal.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plexapp/plexht
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pulse-eight/libcec
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install plexhometheater

Already installed plex client on the route

/opt/plexhometheater/bin/plexhometheater

Now you can open the plex media manager and configure which folders are your media. Once done you can connect your customers want.

Cliente android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android&hl=es

Customer IOS
https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/plex/id383457673

Sources:
http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/Downloads#Ubuntu_.2864-bit.29_-_PMS
http://froebe.net/blog/2013/08/23/howto-plex-home-theatre-plex-client-for-ubuntu-linux/

 

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