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Alternative ways to run Plex? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context; So... Just bought a brand new TV and life is good, but I should have done more research before buying it. I primarily want to use PLEX for watching media on the TV. However, due to "smart TV's" not being smart and being rather slow because most current TV operating systems are either bloated or just riddled with ads.

Question; So Plex is there, but it runs very poorly. What are the best options out there to get this running smoothly? Are the only options AppleTV and Amazon Firestick? Anyone been in this boat before that have any tips-n-tricks to share?

Ps. I hate ads, so the Firestick is of off the charts.

Much appreciated

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I stopped using Plex a few years ago. Now I just cast the video to a Chromecast. VLC or cast via browser.
It's not going to work for remote, but if all you want to do is cast movies to a TV, it's a simple solution

Also as a bonus, you can cast a lot a streaming media without commercials by using an adblocker.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have a games console? Xbox & PlayStation have Plex apps and are able to handle lots of file formats nativity. HDMI CEC is pretty neat too, you can use your tv remote to control media and navigate Plex on the console.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My experience with PS4/PS5 playback wasn't great. They don't have as many video codes as say, a simple streaming stick like Roku.

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