Plex is a multifaceted program and app that utilizes cloud services and physical storage devices like computers and stand alone servers to allow users to access and share their entire collections of music, movies, TV shows and pictures over their family of internet connected devices. Plex has an ever expanding number of features that includes free on-demand movies, podcasts and news aggregation. It also provides a dependable DVR option for cord cutters and cord shavers looking to save money on expensive services.
Plex is looking to expand the reach of its app with Podcasts. Podcasts and apps have been growing more and more popular over the past 5 years as users look to get more media they don’t have to watch to enjoy while going about their lives. The Podcasts are part of Plex’s march to be…
MakeMKV is one of my most used DVD and Bluray ripping tools. It’s not free, but you can get a 30-day free trial to give it a try. It won’t place a watermark on your ripped media either. So there’s no reason to not give it a try. This is my go-to software for ripping…
Back in January I wrote an article on a ‘Budget Plex Server Build’, my intention with that article was to show that $500, the ballpark price for a decent quality computer at Walmart or Best Buy, would allow you to build a Plex server computer that would better serve you. This build is going to…
All of my tutorials have been focused on using software to rip DVD’s and Bluray discs on a Windows based computer, but as you may have noticed, I’m a Linux user. Now I have a new Plex Media Server with the new Ryzen CPU. I’ve actually got some horsepower that permits me to rip and…
A couple of months ago I wrote an article on building a budget Plex Media Server. My target price was $500 because that was the ballpark price range for a decent quality computer at Best Buy, Walmart or other popular stores and my premise was that if you built your own you could direct your…
