Stream your personal media library to your TV via PS4

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22 Responses

  1. LastChild says:

    I can personally testify that Plex is the best

  2. FJSDKFJSDKFJ says:

    FIRST!!

  3. Rolenzo says:

    Wait plex is free? I thought it cost money? What am I thinking of?

  4. Ricky D says:

    Step 3 is just ***. The reason that they mix up shows is because they’re named incorrectly. Look at Archer. It needs to be called Archer (2009) – S01E01 with or without the episode name because there was an older show called Archer too. The same goes for Dr Who, Battlestar Galactica, etc, etc that had multiple shows with the same name.

    Use a program called theRenamer. It’ll rename all your videos to match the TVDB listing. If it doesn’t pull up the right show you can get the series ID number from the TVDB site and use that instead of searching by name. Once done you don’t have to worry about it

  5. sloppycrap says:

    “install plex server on your computer and the app on your ps4” is a tutorial now? BRB gonna write a tut on installing games from PSN to your Vita.

    • nope says:

      Please do that. Then you’ll finally have an excuse to *** about the tutorials that people submit.

    • nope says:

      Please do that. Then you’ll finally have an excuse to b!tc# about the tutorials people submit. All people do is whine, how about instead of whining you be a proactive member of the site.

  6. NakedFaerie says:

    Isnt it just easier to use the Media Player app on PS4 and a NAS? No need for a PC in the middle.
    There are lots of free media servers for the PC if you dont have a NAS which work a lot easier than Plex.

    • nope says:

      But plex is a lot better for streaming media while not home as well. Plex is pretty great, and if you have the extra hardware to run it it’s a great thing to have.

      • NakedFaerie says:

        I gave Plex a go last night. It never finished logging my media collection. It also used over 1GB of *** which it left when I uninstalled it.

        I suggest to get PS3 Media Server, set that up which is pretty easy and its done. About 20 mb max on PC.
        On PS4 or PS3 or just about any other device use a media player and play everything. Its easier, smaller footprint, faster, just overall better than Plex. (Oh, BTW, Plex has a bug where it only plays 2 mins then stops. PMS has no bugs. Been using it for many years)
        Ok, so it doesn’t have all the extra *** plex does like the icons and data about the movie, but in the end do you want to know about the movie or watch it?

        From a “start now, go download all files needed, set up and watch movies on PS4” my way is 1000x faster, easier, quicker. Takes about 5 mins and thats including the time it takes to walk to a different room, turn on PS4, etc.
        Plex was running for 24 hours and it never finished logging files, majority of movies didn’t have pictures, none of my TV shows had pictures, so PMS wins if you ask me.

        • nope says:

          That stops playing after 2 min bug is user error. Never once ran into that problem, and neither has any of the other 10+ people who use my server as well, (or my other friend who also has a server).

          In the end it all comes down to personal preference. For me plex is fine, but I also have a dedicated plex machine whose sole purpose is to be on 24/7 and run only plex. As such it has dedicated hard drives which I couldn’t care less about filling up. Glad that works for you, Plex is amazing for me.

          • nope says:

            Oh also, while off topic, to remove that extra stuff left over the library download information is stored in AppData. Easy to go there and manually delete. I can’t remember the exact path but I think its AppData/Local/Plex

        • SsJVasto says:

          PMS was great, but was abandonned in like 2010-2011… The team and source switched to UMS (Universal Media Server), because it supports 40+ renderers, not just PS3…

    • Jamhouse says:

      you can setup plex to run straight from most NAS devices., the good thing about plex over a basic dlna is the ease of use , user interface, and extras.
      It automatically finds and downloads tv show, movie information, trailers, banners etc..
      also great for sharing with friends and family because all you need is to enter their pin and they can access all your media just by opening plex app

  7. Frank says:

    Plex is the best! Use it with y PS3, Android tablet, laptop and Steam Link.

  8. Rolenzo says:

    It’s really bad with ***. No joke: it categorized my japanese *** folder as episodes of season 1 of the american broadcast of pokemon.

  9. NakedFaerie says:

    I would do a tutorial for PS3 Media Server to PS4 but its 3 words. Install, setup, run. Not enough for a tutorial if you ask me.

  10. SsJVasto says:

    Plex sucks. UniversalMediaServer is better, faster and has more options. Also, it’s 100% free, and works out-of-the box with PS3 and PS4 “Media Player”.

  11. Stoney210 says:

    Is kodi comming to the ps4??