Plex Media Server: A Complete Media Server Solution for Linux

What Is Plex Media Server?Plex Media Server is a simple to use service that allows you to your computer media like videos, music, photos, etc., get media on other devices such as Mobile, Smart TVs, XBox and PlayStation.

Plex Media Server, a server installed on laptop or computer. It is available for Linux, windows and android.

Plex Media Server is available for Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, ClearOS and all other Linux distros.

If you want to enjoy your online content in front of a television, than Plex Media Server is a good option for you.

It is simple to install and start syncing your media across your devices.

How Plex Media Server Works?

It is a simple software, just install the Plex Media Server for your Linux distribution and install the other application to which you want to sync the content files.

Plex Media Server, the back-end media server part of Plex.

Plex Supported Formats

• File container (mkv, mp4, avi, etc.)

• Video codec (H.264, divx, xvid, etc.)

• Audio codec (DTS, AC-3, AAC, MP3, etc.)

• Subtitle format (SRT, VOBSUB, PGS, etc.)

Plex media server is doing when syncing:

1. Direct Play

2. Direct Stream

3. Transcoding

Direct Play

When media files are directly played that does not require any conversion.

Its mean this is 100% supported by the client device.

In this condition Plex Media Server not require CPU performance.

Direct Stream

Direct Stream means that the media file is good, but only the container is not supported.

In this condition Plex Media Server required CPU performance to transcode the container for Plax player.

Transcoding

Transcoding means that media files like audio, video or both are not supported by player.

In this condition Plex media server transcode that media files for player.

The process of transcoding requires very high CPU performance.

Install Plex Media Server In Linux

Plex Media Server is available for Ubuntu, Fedora, ClearOS and all other Linux distros. ClearOS Plex Media Server app has been integrated into Network Map.

Step 1 - Download and install

• This is the first step, download the Plex Server then run it to install.

Step 2 – Setup

• After the download and install the Plex Media Server, then create your free account.

• After creating your account the Plex media server record which files you want to add to the library, Just follow the step-by-step guide.

Step 3 – Connecting Your Devices

• After the installation and setup the Plex media server on your system, the next step is to add the Plex Media Server to the other devices.

• The whole process should be simple and friendly.

Conclusion

All the slides define that the Plex Media Server has done to sync large media files with other devices.

Plex Media Server help to sharing big media files is very easy. So enjoy and watch movies and TV shows anytime, anywhere with Plex media server.