Guide: Setting up Plex Media Player in Windows 10
I’ve always hated transfer or sync media with other devices, and I’m sure you don’t like it either, right? This is because it is a time consuming process and playing those files on different devices may require extra effort. Happy, Plex media server is designed to solve this problem, that works on most platforms including Android and iOS. Plex allows you to store media files in one place (with “Plex Media Server”) and share them all with any other device on the same networkThe other device can play the shared media by streaming it from the media server (with ‘Plex media player In fact, I thought Plex was great at managing a big one bulk of media files also. And that’s not all – it is very flexible and supports a variety of platforms and devices, giving you a number of options to enjoy your movies and TV shows from. And did I forget to tell you it’s free? Okay, let’s go through the simple steps to install Plex Media Server on Windows 10. Keep in mind that this is the case works almost the same on other supported versions of Windows
1. Install Plex
First of all, you must install the Plex Media Server in a central location (for this a Windows PC tutorial) where you want to store all your media files. And if you are faster than me, you will take less than 10 minutes to complete the installation process.
Requirements
Before I get to the installation details, let me tell you a few things you must do first
Instructions
Below is the step-by-step procedure to install the Plex Media Server on Windows: That is it! You are finished installing Plex Media Server, and now is the time to try it. Read on to know how to add your beautiful media collection in Plex.
2. Add your media
although Plex starts itself automatically agree the Launch button is pressed, but just in case not (due to a problem), just find and launch it from the Start menu. It takes a while to set everything up, but not much. It took me less than 15 minutes, and last but not least.
Instructions
Follow the instructions below to set up Plex and add media files to it: Now you have Plex Media Server configured successfully on your Windows PC. And while it is running, you are now ready to stream your media content to other devices.
Tips tricks
Let me share some tips and tricks for proper operation from your Plex Media Server and smooth media streaming to multiple devices.
Just like any server program (such as WordPress), Plex Media Server works alone as its host ie your Windows PC is Agitated and Plex Media Server should run (check the Plex icon in the system tray), otherwise you won’t be able to stream media. The Windows PC must have a lot of it free storage space for smooth operation of Plex Media Server as it needs space to download info / data. Transcoding and streaming media uses a fair amount of system resources, so a powerful hardware (mainly CPU and GPU) is recommended especially if many users or devices are expected to connect and stream media from the server.
3. Watch Mobile
Now you can use Plex to enjoy media on any device. Let’s start with the mobile phoneFollowing are some of the conditions for using Plex on your mobile phone
Requirements
I know you might have expected this requirement, but here’s a little thing you need to do before you can actually stream media on other devices (Android for this tutorial
Instructions
For this tutorial, I share the steps for the Android platform, but these are usually applies to other platforms as well Plex will automatically detect your media server and connect to itAs a result, you will see your media collections from your Windows PC on your Android device. And you can watch a video directly from it mobile device to enjoy streaming anywhere
It saves your progress on a video and resume playback from the same point. And it also syncs the information with the server, so you can pause on one device and resume seamlessly on another. Guess what? This feature is one of the reasons I switched to Plex
And that’s only part of the story – you can do much more using the Plex for Android app. You can search for videos, browse channels, and create and play playlists. It also makes it possible to “Watch laterList of videos you want to watch in the future. Not to mention his Settings page offers various options and settings. You can do it numerous options to customize the app according to your requirements.
Conclusion
Institution up Plex couldn’t be easier, right? How was your experience up and run Plex? Please share your story via the comments below.
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