Stream your home media files away from home

Many people overlook a pretty awesome secondary use for a NAS - media streaming! But that isn't quite so useful if you can't view those files away from home...
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[@bitzer8722]

can we get a 2020 update for this as this video is almost 5 years old and technology changes rapidly

[@MrHSX]

Personally i use Emby (which offers similar functionality to Plex), tho it's iOS app requires an in-app purchase to actually use, but the web interface is fully featured and works everywhere

[@Frank-do1bg]

@@MrHSX I'd use that as well over Plex but I have a half-smart Philips TV and Emby's DLNA doesn't seem to work on that.

[@MrHSX]

@@Frank-do1bg You can try enabling 'blast alive messages' option in Network settings in Emby (I think not sure where exactly). That helps with not-so-smart devices (my iPad 4 2014 had the same behaviour)

[@MrHSX]

@Derek Bruce Huh interesting new scam lmao I guess YT just doesn't bother checking 2nd level comments/replies on super old videos

[@kumarparshotam662]

you can use jellyfin. its good

[@XxNightmare128xX]

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" I like it.

[@L337f33t]

It's an Adam Savage classic, great to hear it out in the wild.

[@power21100]

Classic Savage!

[@ZadesLegacy]

Beat me to it

[@retronymph]

Hah, Dungeon Master.

[@cosmickatamari]

This is why I have a PLEX server. Between my wife and I, we have about 400 DVD/BluRays and having everything in one spot is nice.

[@deeznutt666]

how much is it anyway

[@AsamiImako]

Love how he mentions a VLC front-end when VLC is perfectly capable of browsing network stores without one. I dunno about downloading them to your device, but there's pretty much no need to transcode anything and it's worked just fine for me.

[@mgmanzanillo]

DAMN the Mythbusters quote.....

[@thetdp4master]

Lmao

[@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names]

What sayed dude

[@AutopsyGremlin]

+Mojhune Gabriel Manzanillo I reject your reality, and substiture my own. My all time favorite quote.

[@AngelLuisTrinidad]

+Mojhune Gabriel Manzanillo Yeah, Adam's quote.

[@danpope3812]

+Mojhune Gabriel Manzanillo I have the T-shirt. :D

[@Scout339th]

Anyone else notice that at 3:56 they circled the wrong one? XD

[@SMMB]

yes

[@rjfaber1991]

Seeing Windows Phone on a list like this does that to you... Trust me, I've owned a WP7 device for five years now, and the lack of apps really is extremely annoying.

[@wadem4503]

+Robert Faber The occasional app that isnt on Android even enrages me, Face Swap Live is only on iOS. I mean games get ported with no trouble across hardware so why not games.

[@rjfaber1991]

Bart Bols It absolutely is! Metro may be a shit UI for a keyboard-and-mouse environment, but it is utter heaven on a touch screen, and overall WP is just way more organised and intuitive to use than iOS, and way, way, way more so than Android. It's quite ironic, given that Microsoft was always the company to hide important settings deep within menu after menu, but now it's Google that's doing that with Android, and Microsoft has got it absolutely spot-on!

[@aljowen]

+Robert Faber I have a Windows 10 tablet. I would just like to add that in my experience it is anything but heaven. But once you know the workarounds it is OK at best, certainly very functional if you switch to desktop apps since the modern UI ones mostly suck.

[@kingunicorn7353]

love that Mythbusters reference. for those who don't know, he said "I reject your reality and substitute my own"

[@ajddavid452]

Dungeon Master too, in fact I think dungeon master came before, and myth busters was referencing it

[@dfurball]

Got my Plex Media Server up and running, and shared with my "family members" for free. Thanks for the tip Linus!

[@shooterboss]

This was the most amusing video I've seen for a long time. Love it when Linus puts his passion into a speech like that.

[@Ifindcosplay]

Linus wanted to mention. I believe if you have a Lifetime Plex Pass you dont have to pay the $5 activation fee per device for the PLEX app. I have it installed on 4 phones/tablets now with just one Plex Pass account. On the Plex forums some ppl have said they have over 10+ devices with installed apps all with just one Plex Pass account.

[@dubjspecialk]

True!

[@hgpot]

+Skylord12345 Why get it through the Windows store? Just download Plex Media Player or Plex Home Theater from their site...

[@Ifindcosplay]

+Skylord12345 srry I didn't know this, I have only tried this on android tablets/phones. I'm not even sure if it will work on an iOS device. What I do on my Windows machines anyways is just have the files in a shared folder on the network. This is also how I add media to the PLEX server, having a shared folder and uploading media to that, the PLEX will auto refresh with new content. I watch it on a Amazon Fire TV (which the PLEX Lifetime Pass also works on).

[@morzinbo]

+Rura_Penthe $150 for unlimited device activation? I knew that 30 device phone farm was a good deal.

[@RxQLAB]

+Skylord12345 Simple fix, Install chrome and use the Plex.tv login to view the server. I actually prefer this layout to the metro version. There's also a Plex plugin for chrome that basically does the same thing.

[@PeterMarciano117]

This is a project I am going to do once I move out and graduate college in December. This video will prove incredibly useful. Thanks Linus!

[@bxwolf163]

You guys did my video idea! I'm way too hyped about this. Thank you for all the info, too. I've been trying to come up with an effective way to do this without paying PLEX to stream media in my own possession, but it looks like the best and most flexible way is to use PLEX. I wish EMIT was still in development.

[@enhydralutra]

I personally love Plex, even with some of its limitations. It's even better if you can manage to link it up with something like SickRage and Transmission. That way SickRage can keep track of the shows you want to watch, download them automatically when they're available in the quality you want, rename the files to a standard format and place them into organized folders for your Plex server to read. Yes, this isn't exactly legal, but my cable company charging $15 a month for a DVR because they use a proprietary tuner module should be (and *is* going to become) illegal too.

[@elfman72]

Surprised you didn't mention Emby(formerly Media Browser). It has a similar pay model to Plex but have found if you like using Kodi as the front end, it is leaps and bounds more flexible than Plex is. Emby is easily elegant and cross platform compatible. I had no problem paying for Premier.

[@jchambo86]

PLEX user here. Have been using it for quite some time (years) and I created a Windows Server 2012 R2 box out of an HP 800 G1 SFF with two 3TB WD RED NAS drives running in RAID1 acting as my File Share server and PLEX server. That was the first time I ever setup RAID1 and I actually used your Intel RAID video to help guide me through it. Thanks for that! And high five for being a fellow PLEX user.

[@jasop2332]

Linus, thank you for being honest, and being open about how and why you use these services. I use PLEX and am in love with it, but it's a grey area where some content creators shy away from. You're a good guy, and that video was very helpful for those who truly do own the physical content, but struggle to get it on their device. iOS in particular is a real pain in the butt to play back your content unless it is in .mp4 format.

[@michaelg4346]

Why didn't you just say "within and without." Is it really too archaic?

[@LinusTechTips]

+Mick Glo yeah I thought so. We have a lot of non-native-english-speaking viewers

[@hannya29]

+LinusTechTips Linus notice me pls

[@TheTanmayjain]

LinusTechTips you forget the ES file explorer it is best for streaming media and it is completely free

[@MrLacrosse37]

+Mick Glo At what time?

[@S3NTRY]

+Austin Hobbs only because it's archaic

[@Omnilatent]

You are so spot on with that last part. It's ridiculous what buyers have to endure "copying stuff is illegal" - yeah thanks, I bought this. If I downloaded it I wouldn't see this shitty unskippable piece of shit displayed.

[@never_andy]

I asked you to make this video 4 years ago. Glad to see you came through!

[@genericasian]

I recently switched to Plex after using MediaBrowser/Emby for many years. There are a lot of nice power-user oriented features (like QuickSync-powered transcoding support) as well as clients for a ton of platforms. The biggest downside is that since it's constantly being developed, it's not always as stable. It also takes a lot more work to get going.

[@FoxUSA36]

Emby is a great option as well

[@wajinshu]

Perfect timing.. Just ordered my Synology NAS with 16tb drives :D

[@vince086]

+wajinshu Hope you got one that is powerful enough if you intend to use live transcoding. Just tried it with my mid range QNAP and it really struggled with HD files.

[@wajinshu]

+Vincent got DiskStation DS415+ hope it works xD

[@xnamkcor]

One of the most unexpected features of my NAS was the ability to manage and record from my network cameras. It was a very basic camera, but the NAS's software let me set up schedules and motion detection with zones like in some newer cameras I've seen reviewed that charge for storage and "recording/archiving".

[@liltripleogken]

Holy Crap I've been waiting for this for at least a year. I officially just became a huge fan.

[@picadie8971]

linus on linustechtips,this is rare

[@SuperManitu1]

Plex is amazing, and you can help it a little bit with the metadata. Just put a nfo file with the imdb ID in the same folder as the movie/episode and you are good to go. And there is one other solution called Emby Media Server. It has the same features as Plex, but it's Open Source. I havent tried it yet, but I certainly will

[@superscope9629]

Awesome content, as always. I've been using PLEX for the same application, running on my old backup desktop with a 5 TB HDD. Encodes, streams, and decodes beautifully on my Vizio smart TV, which includes its very own Plex app & interface that's just as smooth and beautiful as the PC and mobile clients~

[@placksheep]

I've been working to rip our media collection at home using Plex and stumbled across your video Linus-- Like minds :-) Actually took the plunge on a simple ITX PC to handle transcoding in real time over the net rather than a NAS. Cost me ~$240 and highly recommend it. Filebot is a good utility for renaming your content to match the databases Plex uses for show data, but it can sometimes be a chore. Great video!

[@SlowRenderFilms]

Linus, what about Emby? It's mostly free and does most everything plex does, plus some other stuff. It's what I use on my NAS for streaming media.

[@elfman121]

I've used EMBY (used to be Media Browser) for years and it's fantastic. Clients for just about any player/platform out there, very robust.

[@dannyedwards2012]

9:45 love the mythbusters reference. Good video Linus. Keep up the amazing videos.

[@PavaNeo]

I'm so used to this channel that I can't sleep at night without linus talking me to sleep every time.

[@ArnabAnimeshDas]

What about Emby? I feel it's better than AirVideo, and it's available for Android too.

[@mendyc158]

Dude, I use Kodi to watch my po... Series and stuff like that from my NAS

[@tomgl6684]

Your pogo stick tournaments? Good for you mate, it's an overlooked sport.

[@AudioEuphoria080]

I love my pogger youtube selection too!

[@deeznutt666]

yooo p is free why pay for streaming?

[@CheffBryan]

Exactly the point, thank you! My personal NAS rig exists for that same reason; a digital backup of the content I already bought. Hell, the only optical drives in my place are what I haven't pitched out the door after gutting half a dozen laptops.

[@SleeveBlade]

well it was time you caught up on this subject! I'm sure there was a lot of demand for this video. people just need to know things like this exist and they'll use the heck out of it.

[@rudolphna54]

I use plex myself, and have for a few years now. It's great, I've never really had any problems (that weren't pfsense firewall related, not plex fault). My servers i3-2100 can sustain 2HD streams smoothly simultaneously and 4 SD streams. In other words, more than enough for your average family.

[@Snowwie88]

Hey Linus, how about KODI? You can even use "Kodibuntu" to install an OS and Kodi at the same time, making even your older computer fast enough to use as a media server.

[@jadenhamer1581]

Lodi is illegal, this isn't

[@louis-lau]

+Jaden Hamer Kodi is not illegal.

[@jadenhamer1581]

+Louis Laureys Kodak by itself is legal, but when you add add is like Genesis or any other thing people use it is illegal. Nobody uses it without add ons

[@GhostSamaritan]

Kodi doesn't have console apps (Xbox/Playstation). If that's no concern I'd use Kodi, since it's free.

[@louis-lau]

+Jaden Hamer I do. Deal with it.

[@xurtis]

The Plex premium account does make it super easy to access your library from outside your network without any manual router configuration, so long as your router has the right capabilities. It will also ensure that the connection to your server from the outside world is TLS encrypted. As for the apps though, I have had plenty of issues with the apps for both Playstation 3 and 4 and and up using the DLNA capabilities more often than the apps.

[@CosminBigica]

You inspired me a few months ago to create a FreeNAS NAS from an old DELL PRECISION 390 i had lying around as a hobby project and I ended up using it daily, since then i upgraded the CPU to the maximum one it supported Q6600 (took some searching to find one because it's old) and i'll keep adding 4TB drives to it untill it will have no more sata ports. I installed on it Plex, Owncloud, TraccarGPS server, BtSync and PHPvirtualbox. -The plex media server has everythiing i could ever want from a streaming server. -BtSync is great for backing up folders or even entire program folders, and I keep my Raspberry Pi music player synced with the music I want. -Traccar keeps track of my phone(trough app) and car(trough a recovered GPS device and reprogramed) -Owncloud is useful when I have to send large files to clients, i previously used file transfer services like wetransfer -And PHPvirtualbox is for running long tasks that require a windows machine without me having to keep my laptop opened. So thanks I guess and keep up the good work!

[@seananderson7087]

Much better than a pizza warmer.

[@ka7al958]

+Sean Anderson anything is better than a gaming pizza warmer

[@seananderson7087]

Ka 7al They might be doing one about "Gamer grade alarm clocks".... Yes that would still be better than a Pizza PC

[@MrCristopher99]

Dat Mythbuster reference was awesome :D

[@krystofzajicek]

hell yea

[@BioToxin]

I feel your pain linus, it's easy to forget that not everyone knows what you consider basic knowledge of the field. I just finished my first SAN for backing up telemetry data for local oil companies, but I've been using my home NAS for all kinds of crazy stuff for a while

[@Stretch1931]

I think an honorable mention should be Kodi (XBMC). It is really good at viewing local content, as well as a lot of streaming content options through various repositories. It can be installed on a lot of different systems, and even sideloaded on ones that aren't natively available. If you are an intermediate to advanced computer user, then I would highly suggest looking into Kodi. I will say the remote streaming option isn't as available as Plex. And yes, Plex is the king in this domain. I have been using it for many years as my primary audio/video solution.

[@aflea8272]

What about Emby?

[@SovakaKindred]

Why not Emby media server? All accessed over HTTP?

[@kevprograms]

Sovaka Kindred easier to be hacked. Configure your port to 22 and see tons of ppl getting in to hiur server. Now you have a proxy for botcoins, child porn etc.. so nope.

[@das.krishi]

From Linus not looking at the camera at the start is the video to looking at the camera at the start of the video feels so nostalgic. LMG has come a long long way.

[@TheOnceAndFutureDoug]

For the record, what Linus is talking at the end of the video is called "Content Shifting" and is perfectly legal in the United States under Fair Use law. Circumventing DRM... Kind of not? But the simple matter is that it's not something that's enforced so long as you're using it for your own purposes.

[@EposVox]

I must be the only one who doesn't watch media on my phone. Multiple monitors, TVs, laptops - why would I watch media in a sub-part experience on my tiny phone? (In the house. A bit more reasonable out of the house, but if I'm out and about, I'm not watching media.)

[@laynemyers3478]

It's the best way to watch while you go #2.

[@StomaticHat]

Then this isn't for you. As someone who has to go between homes, being able to watch my media from my computer anywhere on my phone is really handy. (Right until the port switches while I'm gone and doesn't work anymore lol)

[@justSomeUserOnYT]

+EposVox I don't watch on my phone at all. However, streaming outside the house can be extremely convenient, and I have a perfect example of why: Chromecast. If you head to a friends house with a Chromecast (or maybe work if they have a Chromecast or so), you can just bring up Plex on your phone, and cast it to the Chromecast.

[@bigd22686]

Cause merica!!!

[@KylesDigitalLab]

I only watch stuff on my phone if I'm in bed.

[@PedramYazdani]

Another alternative to Plex is Emby.

[@chrisrabet30]

+Pedram Yazdani I was thinking emby it may not sparkle but it is a gr8 app and all free what more could u ask for .

[@gamejunkie7]

+Pedram Yazdani This software has come a long way since the wmc days. But it still takes more to configure, seems slower at metadata acquisition, the metadata is does find tends to be wildly inaccurate. That being said, they have some of the best devs and coolest communities out there.

[@zachfosterWeeklyVlog]

I've built a nas as well out of older parts but used a highly efficient power supply as well as power saving features within the OS and even set run times as it isn't required 24/7 so it stays off when I'm at work however it boots up when i come home and stays on for several hours then shuts down before i head to bed overall I'm consuming 1/4th the amount someone else would running the same rig i understand that i could always work on efficiency and it would further my results with the same setup but the cost isn't often effective

[@TigerXGame]

Have been using PLEX for over a year now, it's a badass way to manage your media wherever you want to go!

[@mathewj5133]

Kodi/XBMC doesn't transcode, without transcoding it's really hard to play on many older devices and even some newer devices. And Plex does so much more out of box, it syncs progress, recommends what to watch, etc. Kodi can do these things but requires a lot of tinkering (like an MySQL database for syncing progress, and Trakt.tv doesn't work well). And Kodi is still just a front-end, it's nothing like Plex, except for it's Media Center UI (And of course some of it's older front-ends being built upon XBMC). And to avoid mislabeling videos, or if you just don't care for metadata and all that fancy stuff just add your files as "Personal Media". There are other solutions like Universal Media Center, but it's clunky and it's transcoding abilities are piss poor, and it has a bunch of more problems, but some people love it. There's also an app called Qloud Media, it's pretty good, and has a functional free version. Oh then there's also Ember. Never used it, tried the app, had to install some kind of compatibility layer. Didn't like it. If you don't care for transcoding or any of that fancy stuff just use normal smb server/windows file sharing to share the folder which contains all your media, and use a file manager with smb support to access them, and play using any video player app, like MxPlayer or something. BTW Kodi app will eat up your device storage so unless you have a lot of space to spare don't use it for this purpose. The best part about Plex is that you don't need an app, just point the browser on your device to the IP address of the device that's hosting the Plex Server, followed by :32400/web/index.html, add that as a shortcut to your desktop on your phone and now you have a "Plex App" Icon. But the app has it's own unique features like the ones mentioned in the video, plus the ability to use it as a remote for any other Plex device on the same network.

[@theblinkstykrab3106]

Lmfao

[@AndrewsalTk]

If I wanted to stream media from the NAS whilst far away from home (Different country) wouldn't the NAS have to be connected to a network that has a decent upload speed?

[@louis-lau]

yes.

[@Montisaquadeis]

+Magnatron I was thinking something like a hamachi setup would work quite well for this if you upload is decent enough. I personally don't use plex because I would have to rename several hudred thousand files to follow their naming scheme for setup which is something I am NOT willing to do. IO just use basic windows sharing on my desktop and use ES File Explorer on my android devices to access the files and use MX Player for playback. As for watching it on the big screen that is what CCC+MPC-HC is for on my laptop hooked up via a Displayport to HDMI cable since my laptop only has displayport out since its a business class laptop. Wireless mouse for pause and play works perfectly fine for me.with the laptop. Having the laptop even allows me to access things like hulu free on my TVs since I don't pay for it meaning I don't have access to any of the apps. Also use MakeMKV to rip my videos to a 1:1 rip using the bluray drive on my dekstop.

[@MaNameizJeff]

+S4Sx4NDY There are a plethora of bitrate profiles you can switch on the fly, so a basic 1mb upload could do 480p streams. If you have a slightly upgraded broadband like 5mbps, you can do quality 720p no problem. On the flip side, you can get some very watchable video over 3g. I use PLEX myself for the same reasons linus does, I wanted access to my movie and anime library both in the house and away from home, and plex does that pain free and with an awesome interface.

[@AndrewsalTk]

+Magnatron Thanks Buddy! :)

[@AndrewsalTk]

+Jeff D Thank you! Might set it up :D

[@electronisse]

I was trying to fix this only 2 days ago, thank you Linus for helping me solve this!

[@swift234100]

plex will also run on a raspberry pi however it does take a bit more work , the plex client is also available on android. one thing to note is that when you have it setup on a raspberry pi you should set it up to run dual nic.

[@vitalyg149]

Mr. Linus :-) You conveniently forgot to mention Kodi (XBMC). This was VERY disappointing!!! I'm not sure if Plex was a product placement or not but you and everyone else knows that Kodi is much better then Plex and its free. Thank you.

[@LinusTechTips]

+Vitaly Gurevich I mentioned the things I use. I never got into XBMC/Kodi, so I didn't mention it. Plex wasn't a product placement and neither was Air Video :)

[@FirstLast-fx3mf]

+LinusTechTips No you didn't Linus no you didn't.

[@FirstLast-fx3mf]

+LinusTechTips Hi btw

[@FirstLast-fx3mf]

+LinusTechTips Why do you never respond to me ;_; You make feel bad

[@FirstLast-fx3mf]

+LinusTechTips Hey why do you have that nasty ass iPhone s4

[@sunsetzerotwo8551]

0:07 y'all made a typo on 'Storage'

[@JonnyWebo321]

Well said Linus, nice concise argument for the idea of personal licences for content, hopefully that's the direction we're heading in!

[@Plantandpeoplecarer]

I am planning on using my NAS as a media centre both in and outside the home... Its just a great idea... :) Especially if you have a large movie and TV file collection...

[@DenVB]

You forgot about Emby :-)

[@jackandtheboxx9483]

Can someone give me an advice? Sorry for the bad english onwards, but I think I really need one as of now. Lately, I noticed that my girlfriend had lots of calls on her phone, and when I ask who is it, she always hungs it up quickly and she said it's one of her friends/business contacts. I also noticed that recently, she goes home in our rented apartment late, and when I ask why was she late, she always tell me that she went overtime because of her team building meet, although when I checked her slip, she had no overtime fee and I was a bit suprised since as far as I know, they didn't had any team building meets since 3 months ago. So, I went to her boss and asked about this, but her boss said that they only did team building meets only one time with her co-office mates a long time ago (which confirms that I was right), and as an extra, she's been absent on that meet, and her boss told me that she's been absent in her work a couple of days as well. The next day, she went out and told me she'll be attending her "urgent team building meet", so, keeping a distance, I followed her with my motorbike, and not far away from our place, a man fetched her on his car. I stopped my motorbike from a distance to make sure they won't hear me and observed them, and when they were going to drive out, I was about to follow then but when I start the engine, it died on me. So I want to ask for advice, where would the problem be? Is it the spark plug that caused the starting to fail, or is it on the main engine? The clutch, perhaps? Please give me a good advice. Thanks for noticing.

[@devtank]

I use a Kingston MobileLite Wireless G2 (since, replaced by the G3), hooked up to a 512gb USB thumb drive, and a 256gb SD card. By adding an external battery, I used this as an intake device from a stills camera to a hight capacity thumb drive and the SD card as backup, though this is too slow with modern cameras, so its back to being used for what it was designed for.

[@BionicDeathclaw]

Would love an updated version of this video!

[@richardhead8826]

2:56 That 30 character password though...LOL

[@JackMayerz]

2:55 holy shit!! That's the longest password I've ever seen.

[@sLHakon]

Thank you for the information. I just bought Air Video HD and it seem to work flawlessly with my iPad Air 2, very convinient! =]

[@Anaerin]

Also available as an option: Serviio. Transcoding DLNA (and better than Plex's transcoding support) so you don't need an external player app, just a DLNA client, which most "Smart" TVs, XBox 360 and PS3 have these days.

[@powerfulshammy]

even google drive will work and its free. Just install google drive on your device and will play any vidio on your device and you can download it in any format to your device. PLEX is bad in searching for something you need that u placed there

[@powerfulshammy]

Maurice I try placing 100 things there with bad naming try find the specific one you need you wont find it even with search

[@collinoly]

+Jonathan Laig I have never tried this method but supposing it works well, it really depends on the size of your media library. At a certain point PLEX is much cheaper.

[@AIeha]

That Adam Savage reference was too soon :'(

[@MrGamelover23]

What happened?

[@MrGamelover23]

@@SmittieW what was the reference?

[@MrGamelover23]

@@SmittieW oh I must not have finished the video.

[@DreadPirateDuo]

I love my FreeNAS box running Plex. Been running it for a while now and it just works. Granted, I paid for a Lifetime Plex Pass... definitely worth it, IMO.

[@brybrycrivello]

Sometimes I feel like I'm being watched.. Every time I do something tech related, Linus makes a video on it. Plex works amazing. I Should haveset it up when it first came out. Saves so much.

[@brainthesizeofplanet]

Mhh Linus this was hardly a Review - just 2 software contendors !? The least to mention would have been Emby

[@anonymousgoyal6792]

LMG please update this video with new alternatives like emby and jellyfin.

[@Squeaky4all]

i have been using bubbleup&p for watching videos on my phone and chromecast. also you can have a trascoding option for your media server to get chromecast to play different codecs that it cant support natively.

[@kulmajaba]

I'm one of those people for whom a second hand hardware NAS makes sense. I do photography and videography and I need lots of storage with the option to easily expand in the future. At the moment building my own system is the cheapest alternative that offers the versatility I need.

[@nietscherarek]

emby vs plex video?

[@FusionStream]

The android app for emby isn't crippled like plex.

[@lineshawn4819]

I believe that doing this is legal as long as you don't share your files someone who wouldn't normally have access to their physical media.

[@vlamnire]

I"d have to agree that Plex is very specific about it's naming. They do have a wiki page that shows you how to name everything correctly and I've had no issues.

[@Tuetuopay]

I will definitely check out AirVideo HD. No frills, the functionnality. BTW, you are absolutely right on the last part, and for once the French (european ?) were not dumb on this one : it IS ligal out there to rip DVDs/BRs/CDs for your own personal use.

[@yannick7873]

why don't you use Emby? it has everything plex has, but better!

[@shufflelad]

+Drumsounds emby is good. still got a bit more development to go though. I seem to get this feeling that once it is finished it will turn into plex where everything is going to be subscription only.

[@clays32]

I like your mythbusters reference there :)

[@JD_Mortal]

You should revisit this for 2018, where a lot of this stuff is not needed. The NAS systems now include 4K streaming, backups, file-access, transcoding, etc... Even full-out apps. Without limits to devices. (Works on almost all TVs that can stream or read files. Including all phones and all computers.)

[@kingkid15]

thank you for also recommending some ripping programs as my first foray into ahem "content reworking" ended in me using some trial-ware that ultimately ruined my favorite/guinea pig DVD. one try and failed and off my applications it went.

[@SeMr7en]

Took a lot of FLAC? I do too

[@Exevium]

"I reject your reality, I substitute my own." This might be my favorite Linus quote ever.

[@Techwizify20341]

Emby is also another really good option. Its basically an open source Plex with a 40 dollar donation option that gets you more features.

[@bryandepaepe5984]

Don't you need an optical drive to rip DVD's using the software stated in the video? Maybe optical drives are not as obsolete as I have been led to believe.

[@TLV-ee1sg]

Generic Hate comment saying that you've run out of ideas

[@mentalplayground]

+That Guy From Rythm Heaven it is very quiet in the tech world ATM

[@ghostguy792008]

EMBY.media FTW

[@TheKidnappedOne]

Linus have you ever tried Playon for media streaming, I've had pretty good luck with it, and it's little brother software playlater. It uses VLC as its backbone for video playback and support for different types of files. I will be honest I haven't tried setting it up on a NAS yet, as I am still in the process of buying the hardware for it.

[@farmerkjs6042]

Can you do a setup guide on how you installed and setup freenas?

[@Heliosaurus]

Linus: Lemme just download episodes of my favorite shows on an ipho- Oh wait... Theres never enough memory...

[@EliteProductions3129]

IMO, you used "IMO" two too many times during this video.

[@Silenroc]

+Evan Pilkington he has a lot of MO's

[@lillschwartz3131]

I use Plex Daily, highly recommend it. But you want a CPU+GPU that isn't 10 years old that I do, it will have a harder time streaming HD content. I do Chromecast, in-home and "on the fly".

[@denisvermeirre1024]

Linus, I was wondering: Your magnificent content - is that regular stuff you see in Canada, or are you defeating localisation, in some way?

[@launebaer86]

If I want to stream media: I go to twitch.tv. End.

[@dubjspecialk]

Ermm.... What? Not at all the same thing

[@terabitdefiance8022]

G.G

[@Treversaccount]

+launebaer86 Why are you on youtube then?

[@xTheArchivex]

#rekt

[@Mr.FastZombie]

But Twitch is to watch people play games, not to watch TV and movies.

[@ShuhDonk]

kodi

[@mujicama]

I would love to eventually set up a Plex jail on a FreeNAS box. Plex sounds ideal for this kind of setup and I don't have enough media to make having to re-organize everything an issue.

[@goose-archbox2833]

For local wi-fi media streaming to a Chromecast-enabled TV, I prefer the much simpler low-overhead Android LocalCast app accessing Samba or Windows shares via SMB.