Plex for Xbox One and Xbox 360

RoyMi6 · 8 Oct 2014 at 12:35

Plex have recently release Plex for the Xbox One and 360.

Currently you need a Plex Pass subscription (https://plex.tv/subscription/about - $5 to try for a month) to download the latest version of Plex Media Server that supports it but it will become available to the masses in due course.

Likely a cheap route to people looking to get their media effortlessly into their front room if they already have the hardware.

https://plex.tv/xbox

More discussion in the Xbox thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18571568&highlight=plex&page=105

Sirrel Squirrel · 8 Oct 2014 at 21:47

Looks good, however I just use my Plex server over DLNA on my 360 and it works fine and it's free.

233 · 8 Oct 2014 at 21:48

Installed yesterday on my Xbox1. Absolutely cracking. Works perfectly

Nogimmix · 8 Oct 2014 at 22:55

Sorry if this is a silly question but all my films are running off a Synology NAS (which doesn't support Plex Server) - so do I have to have Plex Server installed on my PC?

House · 9 Oct 2014 at 01:39

Synology nas do support plex
Mine has been building a library for 24hrs now. (Around 8th of data)

RoyMi6 · 9 Oct 2014 at 09:42

Nogimmix said:
Sorry if this is a silly question but all my films are running off a Synology NAS (which doesn't support Plex Server) - so do I have to have Plex Server installed on my PC?

Yes, you will need Plex Server installed on a server/pc.

Obviously this PC will need to be on whenever you want to watch something from Plex rather than directly stream in from your NAS.

Nogimmix · 9 Oct 2014 at 17:04

RoyMi6 said:
Yes, you will need Plex Server installed on a server/pc.

Obviously this PC will need to be on whenever you want to watch something from Plex rather than directly stream in from your NAS.

Thanks for the info.

I'll stick to using my Intel NUC, though the Plex on XBone does look good.

Chris1712 · 9 Oct 2014 at 17:12

Does it work with MKVs natively or will it do transcode? As I understand the next X1 update will do native MKV over SMB anyway?

RoyMi6 · 9 Oct 2014 at 17:18

Chris1712 said:
Does it work with MKVs natively or will it do transcode? As I understand the next X1 update will do native MKV over SMB anyway?

They transcode at the moment (as with everything else) but until the update we won't know. Plex forums might have the answer though.