(1) Software that makes audio, video or images discoverable on the local network. See media server. (2) Any source for digital media such as a DVR, file server or personal computer. (4) Hardware that ...

Who needs Netflix when you have Plex, the media server software that runs locally and lets you stream your own local video ...

Streaming video and audio from the Web is now commonplace. Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, Spotify and other services make it simple to watch or listen to what you want when you want. You don't even need a ...

If you’ve been collecting digital media for any amount of time, you may have found it frustrating to catalog or access in a simple way, especially if your media comes from multiple sources or services ...

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Popular media platform Plex today announced the launch of a beta version of the Plex Media Server that has native Apple silicon support. The new version of the Plex Media Server uses the "Universal" ...

Anyone can take an old PC and a handful of hard drives, stick them in a closet, and call it a media server. But if you have the kind of disposable income that Kaleidescape owners have (which is to say ...

Video streaming is great -- until you lose access to the movie or TV show that you assumed would always be available on Netflix and Amazon Video. With downloads or physical media, this isn't an issue, ...

As service providers slow their spending on gear to make the transition to versatile packet-based networks, one piece of network equipment that spans legacy and next-generation networks may buck that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Despite the best efforts of some audiophiles, hobbyists, and nostalgia buffs, analog media ...

DDoS-for-hire services have found a way to abuse Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, security firm Netscout said in an alert on ...