Anyone Using / Hosting Plex?

[robbyhicks]

I love plex, (Just bought lifetime premium) so is anyone here using it?  Do you see a market for hosting plex servers?

https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/86836-plex-server-cloud-hosting/

Seems there's a bit of interest, but doesn't look to be profitable.

On a side note - if anyone wants to share their plex library, I'd be happy to share mine opcorn:

 

[MannDude]

Pretty sure @HalfEatenPie runs a Plex server though I personally know nothing about Plex as having never used or seen a need for it for myself. (yet)

 

[pbgben]

I have a client that hosts their Plex with us. So people defiantly do it..

 

[Munzy]

I host my plex on a colo'd server

Works wonders, make sure to change a few settings so the whole world can't access your content via local sharing....

Also, my suggestion would be not to get a VPS, but rather a dedicated server, and thus why it would be unprofitable....

 

[DomainBop]

Also, my suggestion would be not to get a VPS, but rather a dedicated server, and thus why it would be unprofitable....

Unprofitable unless you're French and receive government energy subsidies for using renewable energy sources and then selling an i3/i5 for 15-20 euros can be profitable..

Google 'Kimsufi and plex'..

 

[trewq]

I host my plex on a colo'd server


Works wonders, make sure to change a few settings so the whole world can't access your content via local sharing....


Also, my suggestion would be not to get a VPS, but rather a dedicated server, and thus why it would be unprofitable....

How much bandwidth do you use while streaming? I host mine locally, don't think my connection is good enough for streaming from an external source.

 

[Munzy]

Unprofitable unless you're French and receive government energy subsidies for using renewable energy sources and then selling an i3/i5 for 15-20 euros can be profitable..

Google 'Kimsufi and plex'..

I still think it would be unprofitable due to the needs for large (redundant) storage space, as well as the possibility for high bandwidth/cpu usage for a whole family.

 

[Munzy]

How much bandwidth do you use while streaming? I host mine locally, don't think my connection is good enough for streaming from an external source.

depends on the day, but personally I can use upwards of 10GBs a month just listening to music from my phone / home computer / second phone / work computer / and anything else. Don't watch many movies.

I can also eat through a lot of bandwidth when watching channels, that are properly integrated with plex. Jon Stewart is one.

 

[HalfEatenPie]

Pretty sure @HalfEatenPie runs a Plex server though I personally know nothing about Plex as having never used or seen a need for it for myself. (yet)

Yep.  I do have a Plex server up running on a 1 TB Hard drive.  It's not bad, but I've basically stopped using it since I've been watching more and more shows and movies on Netflix.

Also it doesn't hurt that I really don't watch a lot of TV or movies.  

 

[Kalam]

Run Plex on my FreeNas box at home. Share it with a few other friends that use Plex as well, and my upload speed can handle a couple 720p streams.

 

[mikho]

I run plex @ home on my Synology NAS and one on a Crissic server for when my friends and I watch GoT.

 

[nunim]

I've heard of it before but never used it personally. I don't really understand the purpose... Why use Plex?


It seems to be an XBMC like player with a server component that supports transcoding, but pretty much everything plays MP4 these days, no?


My remote media is currently stored on a regular VPS running Nginx and streamd to my client via VLC on desktop or MXPlayer on Android.


What's the advantage to running Plex?

 

[mikho]

Transcoding depending on network speed.


For instance I can stream movies using 3G without using all bandwidth on my account in two days.