You really need to have back up drives for that data for the day the hard drives do fail. On the subject of hard drives remember one very important thing. Are you going to be just streaming to one device? How about streaming in 4k? And the really big one is how much hard drive space are you going to need? The last one is really important because video files even with compressing do take a space and it adds up quickly. Bare in made with servers, there are hard drive limits and you’ll need to look those up.īuilding your own is an option. These should give you a good idea of what type of system to build or buy.īuying a prebuilt or a used server is an option. Take a look at both the Plex Server Requirements Page and What kind of CPU do I need? from Plex official support website. This is not for the faint of heart or if you don’t have patience. The thing you need to understand is building out your Plex Server Library takes time.
Its the content you put on it and the only way it'll go away is if you remove it. Once set up and you’ve digitized some of your bought physical content, dvds and blu rays, it looks like this when you access your Plex Server from the Plex App on Roku/Android TV:Įvery hate when something you like to watch is removed from a streaming service? Well with your own Plex server you don't have to worry about it. Plex in simple terms is software that allows you to set up a Netflix like experience for your own legally owned dvd and blu ray collection. TV Shows, TV Specials, and tvdb scrapperĪdvanced Problem Solving with MakeMKV & Handbrake.About the Bandwidth of Streaming Contentĭigitizing your DVDs and Blurays with MakeMKV.Have you ever wondered about what parts to get for a Plex server? Or using handbrake with the digitized version of your physically bought dvds & blu rays? Or labelled your media to make sure the scrapper picks up your files and shows on your server?
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