Stream Music and Video With Plex Media Server

If you're a big fan of movies and music then streaming your media around your connected home is a must have. In our view, the king of the media server apps is Plex. With a server application available for Windows, Mac, Linux and NAS and client applications available for computers, mobile handsets, media streamers and connected TVs you'll struggle to find a better app that fits your media needs and works with many of the devices you own already.

In this guide to Plex, Cameron Bishop walks you step by step through downloading and configuring Plex Media Server, adding your media libraries and streaming media to connected clients. Then, he covers more advanced topics such as metadata agents, setting up Plex Channels and configuring Windows to run Plex Media Server as a service.

Once you're up and running with Plex, with the help of this guide, your connected home will take a giant leap forward.