“It would break our agreements with providers,” he said. Asked about how rival Channels DVR can record content from free video sources and TV Everywhere apps, Hancock said Plex wouldn’t facilitate that. Beyond Plex’s over-the-air DVR support, users are effectively on their own to bring in content from ripped DVDs, PlayOn recordings, or more illicit sources.

With PLEX and Plexamp permanently joined via an encrypted Internet connection, our hard drive’s contents are available to us anywhere, all of the time. Still, don’t expect Plex to greatly expand the kinds of content that users can bring into their servers. 2) To stream any album losslessly from PLEX over the Internet to our smartphone we need to install Plexamp (Android, iOS) an app that usefully preserves PLEX’s metadata layer.

With shared watchlists, for instance, a group of friends would be able to see what everyone else is watching, and then access that content via a shared server. Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS devices Xbox One consoles, smart phones and PCs. Plex’s universal guide, for instance, can already link to content from users’ media servers, and its social features will benefit users who share their server access with friends. Available October 15 HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO Receive Free to air TV via an. It’s also worth noting that some broader Plex features might benefit server users as well. “On the server side of the house, more resources will be dedicated to Plexamp, which is because there’s no other option really out there,” Hancock said.

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