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I fixed all of my Plex remote streaming issues with these 7 simple changes

Hardware transcoding can be a huge part of remote streaming. While a massive 4K HDR video file could be great for local ...
Ars Technica

Best Specs for a Plex server (with heavy transcoding)

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...
Ars Technica

Plex/Media Server/NAS CPU Recommendations

Building a media server/NAS/Plex box. I'm going to be running Plex/Sonarr/CouchPotato, etc and some transcoding. Looking for some suggestions on processor. Was ...
TechCrunch

Plex’s new app turns the NVIDIA Shield into a media server

Plex has for a long time been one of the more popular services for streaming your local content, including music, photos, movies and TV shows you’ve ripped from DVDs – or, ahem otherwise acquired – to ...
Geeky Gadgets

How to add Plex hardware transcoding to your Synology NAS for smoother playback

Hardware transcoding unlike software transcoding, relies on the server’s CPU to convert media files into different formats, hardware transcoding offloads this intensive task to a dedicated component ...
The Verge

Plex for Google TV updated with transcoding support thanks to Android 3.2 HLS inclusion

Plex has updated its Google TV app to add transcoding and expanded channel support, thanks to some under-the-hood changes in the recent Google TV Android 3.2 update. Plex has updated its Google TV app ...