My library is set up on a plex server, but for playing it - Plex through Kodi. I've never ever been able to get Plex to work correctly, it hangs every few minutes when watching a film/tv show direct from the app on my Amazon Fire TV. If however I select the film in Plex and ask it to play through Kodi, it works perfectly. Very very strange.
What do you prefer PLEX or KODI
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I have a F6320 and 3D works for me via Plex.
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Surprised how many people pick plex over kodi. Ive only ever used kodi and my nas is abit old so is not up to any encoding tasks. Also I stream all live tv and tv shows so really have no choice than go kodi.
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If your network is good then it doesn't transcode anything, it uses Direct Play. I am hard wired for 1Gbps so no issues with transcoding or anything.
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I have used Xbmx/Kodi since the inception on the original Xbox and I also use Plex. Plex is for devices that Kodi wont run on like Iphones/Ipads/NowTV Boxes etc or that are external from my house and I use Kodi internally. I much prefer Kodi as I can browse to the folder I have downloaded something to and play it from there and most importantly without uncompressing it. With Plex it will have to be downloaded/uncompressed and renamed correctly and put in the correct folder.
IIRC Plex is actually built on XBMC/Kodi isn't it?
IIRC Plex is actually built on XBMC/Kodi isn't it?
Plex has 2 main advantages over Kodi for most people.
1 It has a lovely server backend that keeps track of where your at in shows and what you have watched , arguably its scrapers and meta data work better but that is indeed arguable.
2 It plays anything you throw at it.
However point 2 is a big part of the issue in that anything that Plex does not like it will transcode sometime subtly altering quality and sometimes not so subtly.
Note simply setting Plex to Direct play will only stop this IF plex recognises the format and plex can be pretty poor with not liking formats.
Frankly for most people this does not matter one bit , a small reduction in quality is just that a small reduction.
Set up perfectly with all your media in the same format there is no reason why Plex can not produce the same quality as Kodi but when stuff is not correct it is much easier to sort with Kodi.
Then we get to the Kodi configuration options for expert users the sort of things that smooth out audio timing issues and 24p syncing , honestly there are whole forums devoted to this stuff and it is much more configurable in Kodi than Plex.
Back to that original quote !
If you cannot tell the difference then do not worry about it, sometimes the enjoyment is not seeing the imperfections.
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I had this problem with PLEX and the Android app. There native player did not like MKV and my bigger files which some are over 20gig with HD audio. So might try setting up direct to the tv instead of running them over the network. Tried from my PC to kodi via SMB share and the experience was awful even though i managed to get them to play they was stuttering. Maybe cause the size of the files over the network. If i play them via external HDD into the Android box via KODI no problem at all. One of the main reasons for me not wanting to get a NAS. Even though it be great for storage it would not be powerful enough to transcode. even though i would not need to do it over Home Network. But if i needed to transcode my PC is powerful enough to do that with the i5 4690 processor
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Plex, you actually use it rather than keep messing around with skins which are never quite right.
The streaming is good but I just use it as a front end for mpc-hc/mpdn in reality, if its not using madvr etc you just notice the loss in PQ. I wrote an app so I can use my normal media player with the plex interface: https://github.com/Kayomani/PlexExternalPlayer
The streaming is good but I just use it as a front end for mpc-hc/mpdn in reality, if its not using madvr etc you just notice the loss in PQ. I wrote an app so I can use my normal media player with the plex interface: https://github.com/Kayomani/PlexExternalPlayer
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PLEX android app is awful. Its mainly suited for phones exc not the big screen the experience is not the best. I could never set it up properly at all lolol. I think its something to do with the PLEX native player
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Plex, I love Plex, Plex is awesome
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Looks intresting would i set that up in the PLEX server. Maybe something to use when using the Android App
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The very reason i don't wanna take the plunge. Im tempted to get a NAS but my HTPC in our bedroom has an i5 and we use that as the server. i would never be able to get a NAS with same spec. We have Home Theatre on the HTPC and love it
No it runs on the end pc not the plex server and its for a Windows machine. Android is something you'd actually want transcoding for.
Would be a good way of not transcoding on a nas when playing from a windows machine mind you ;D
Would be a good way of not transcoding on a nas when playing from a windows machine mind you ;D
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Im away at the minute with work so cannot test. But can the PLEX app on the Samsung smart hub direct play or does that transcode like the Android App?
Yeh my usage would be to stream to an Xbox or similar. I might just use my main PC to stream to the Xbox or Fire TV (thinking of getting one for Kodi add ons).
It'll direct play for most things and transcode if it needs too. As for the poster who mentioned the H6400 I've got both of my 40 inch samsung TVs working with Plex and both work like a dream. I love plex for streaming content from my server.
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Would i be better off getting a NAS and streaming it to my Samsung PLEX app on the TV or could i just use my PC. Thing is was looking at trying few 3D films on the sammy via PLEX. and not sure if a NAS would be powerful enough to do it. Where as my HTPC would be. There is deffo advantages and disadvantages of me getting one.
1. It would not be as powerful as my HTPC
2. Having a NAS means i could leave it running 24/7
1. It would not be as powerful as my HTPC
2. Having a NAS means i could leave it running 24/7