Plex was once the go-to media server, but growing restrictions and paywalls are pushing users away. Here's why you should consider switching.

One of the biggest features that (controversially) sits behind the Plex paywall is hardware transcoding. This is where a special video encoding chip built into your computer can handle the work of ...

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Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee. Previously, people outside of a server owner’s network could ...

Here's some bad news for folks who've been using Plex to stream stuff from a buddy's personal media server to their TV for free for years. As it pledged to do earlier this year when it bumped up the ...

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Plex remains popular, but are users considering alternatives, like Jellyfin and Emby? We asked our readers, here's what they told us.

If you need to expand your Mac storage in a big way without breaking the bank, your best bet is with external hard drives.

Plex has now announced 'custom metadata providers,' which will replace the old metadata agents sometime in 2026. It's largely ...

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