Hardware accelerated transcoding should be enabled, both for the CPU and GPU. I have enabled the settings for hardware acceleration in the Plex GUI settings. It should be using the GPU to transcode ...

So long as you choose the right client for the job, your NAS can simply send the file over to the TV, tablet, or streaming ...

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...

In Plex’s defense, I can opt out of disclosing certain information. But I’m still not comfortable sending any data to an ...

I've been looking into some issues with GPU acceleration in WSL recently and I found myself testing multiple setups (Ubuntu, Alpine, different kernels, building mesa and libva from source, etc.). I ...

You no longer need an always-on PC or any other network-attached hardware in order to use Plex’s media player. The popular service, which allows you to watch TV and movies from your own collection, ...

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If you own a giant personal media collection (legally or otherwise), few services are as useful as Plex. The media server and streaming apps combo makes it easy to watch your favorite movies and TV ...