Others that you may wish to consider include Emby, Kodi, Stremio, and Universal Media Server. Why Plex? It’s the most popular media server app for macOS. In this article, we’re using a Mac mini as the hardware and Plex as the application to organize the media.
Media servers range from servers that provide video on demand to smaller personal computers or NAS (Network Attached Storage) for the home. Wikipedia defines a media server as follows:Ī media server is a computer appliance or an application software that stores digital media (video, audio or images) and makes it available over a network. Read along to see how we were able to transform a 2014 Mac mini into a home media server. Macs have good longevity and older units are usable for a variety of purposes other than day-to-day work. The old 21.5-inch iMac becomes a FaceTime “videophone” for Grandma. An old MacBook becomes a school laptop for one of the kids. Old Macs never die, they just get reused. From top, an Apple SuperDrive, the 2014 Mac mini, and an 8TB OWC miniStack drive Plex Media Server Logs_12-41-53.zip (6.The Media Server. Immediately after playing back the file with Experimental Video Player enabled the audio was out of sync with the video. Please find attached the XML info, Server Logs and ATV logs. I bought Infuse 6 Pro instead of the Lifetime Infuse Pro subscription because I still have confidence that Plex will get things figured out (eventually ) That’s a lot!Īs for your listed options, I would try Infuse 6 (I use it on my Apple TV 4K) While the Plex iOS/tvOS apps have their issues, Plex as a server platform is still very capable and convenient IMO when paired with a robust player like Infuse. To the credit of the Plex team, this is a new player (a port of MPV) that they are developing for compatibility across all platforms. I am not dismissing the fact that this issue is over a year old, but merely pointing out that it will get resolved. The enhanced player is an experimental player still in beta (which is why you can only use it with a Plex Pass) so there are bound to be issues with it. But they can always be improved over time! As a tech enthusiast, and software developer I can accept the fact that sometimes things are not going to work as they should. I understand and agree that it’s disheartening.
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