![]() This is also the reason why you will be presented with the same user interface enabling you to see the same libraries and icons once you connect to a Plex server with any Plex client. So basically you need to pair the clients to the server, which means they need to be compatible and obviously this is what happens with a Plex server and a Plex client. ![]() Once you did it every other PC or mobile can run the client portion and access the libraries through the server you installed. You can store the JRiver libraries on the NAS but need one PC or Mac on the network to run the server portion. However the server portion of it can't run independently on a NAS (at least that's the case with QNAP) unless you use some tricks. JRiver is a special case of a software that includes both a server an a client. This will enable centralizing the management of media libraries but is of limited value if you don't install the necessary client on the devices that will be used to access the services and here is why you need to install software such as the Plex client for mobiles or Foobar2000/VLC on the PCs. Once a NAS is up and running you may decide to load on it other services beside file sharing, This is where you will find that it's possible to install and run specific versions of media server packages, such as Roon or Plex. That's what a NAS (Network Attached Storage) really is: a basic all in one file sharing server. Firstly you need a place to store all your data and this place should be accessible by every computer, tablet or mobile device that connects to your network. It will build a library of your media that is as searchable as a live DJ demands.Ĭlick to expand.I think one way to explain how this all work is by thinking about it as 3 separate issues. It is a Serato DJ style program that can use timecode vinyl to mix, but you can also just use it "radio station" mode to auto play and fade between songs. ![]() If you want to try a different kind of software to play music, look at free and open-source Mixxx. I have never found a library-style appliance that is easier to use for music than just browsing NAS computer folders or searching them, to play what you want or drop what you want into the player queue. I also use Winamp often, with WASAPI or ASIO plug-ins that will play bit-perfect data to your DAC, so there is nothing lost by being "old". You are paying (and pay for the app on whatever device you don't control) for a cloud service that can reach through your firewall and access all your media via their unaudited server software you install, while it is you that is providing the bandwidth of getting media to your device. The only reason I would ever install Plex is if you must use a walled-garden device that can't use standard file shares nor DLNA (Echo, Roku, Sonos., you know, the kind that monetize your media usage and anything they can scrape out of your mobile device, and serve up unskippable ads in media and in the UI). And one last small glitch is sometimes Plex doesn't bring up subtitles that I've downloaded.īut, overall, I've been very pleased with Plex.Īs far as I know, it's taking the data right off of the files that you've asked it to "watch". This might be due to some unfamiliarity on my part with networks and Windows and sharing folders, etc., so don't go by me on this point. This caused all kinds of problems to the point where we had to delete his server and rebuild it. Another weird glitch that I've come across is I've tried to share servers with another Plex user on my network, so that when he brings up his Plex server you can also switch, via a dropdown, to another server. If you don't tag a series episode properly Plex won't "see" it. The downside that I've found is, it seems like Plex is very sensitive to tagging conventions. It automatically sorts by season (if you've tagged things correctly), and usually puts up the correct card for any series you've put there. I love that you can create libraries to use as sort of short cuts to series (I have "libraries" for things like Better Call Saul, MASH, etc.). I've been using Plex for years with video exclusively and I've had few problems.
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