PLEX Part 8: PLEX Pass-Home & Parental Controls

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In this screencast tutorial I cover the home accounts and parental controls that come with the PLEX Pass. Having the ability to set up separate user accounts so thing like your viewing location and media you have or haven’t seen yet will be accurate. There is also the advantage of setting up managed account for kids and other users in your household that are limited to the content they are allowed to view by rating.

In this screencast I walk you through how to set up managed accounts, parental controls and how to enable guest access for when you have friends or family over.

If you have any questions feel free to leave them below and I’ll do my best to respond and answer any questions you may have.



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PLEX Part 7: PLEX Pass-Sync Features

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In this screencast tutorial I cover the sync features that are a part of the PLEX Pass. I cover the cloud sync features that would be used if you wanted to have access to your media but didn’t want to keep your PLEX Server running at home. I then cover the sync features that allow you to download content to your devices so you can view them offline. Finally I cover the photo upload feature of PLEX that will automatically upload your photos to your PLEX Server.


As always thanks for watching. If you find this video helpful please like, favorite and share it so others can find it on the internet.

If you have any questions feel free to leave them below and I’ll do my best to get back to you. Thanks for all you support!





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PLEX Part 6: PLEX Pass-Music Features

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In this screencast tutorial I continue my look at PLEX and start the process of looking at some of the premium features that are a part of the paid PLEX Pass.

This week I start by looking at the more advanced music features included with a PLEX Pass including Audio fingerprinting, lyrics, plex mix, mood mix and mobile sync and cloud sync (which I will cover in more depth in a future screencast).

As always thanks for watching. I you find this video helpful please like, favorite and share so others on the internet can find it.



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PLEX Part 5: Accessing Your Media Remotely

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In this screencast tutorial I cover how to access your PLEX media when you are away from your PLEX Server. I show you how to make sure port forwarding is set up correctly. Then I walk you through the set up on your iOS device using the PLEX App.

Thanks so much for watching. As always if you have any questions feel free to leave them below.

Please be sure to like, favorite and share this video so others can find it on the internet.

Thanks again for all your support!



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PLEX Part 4: Sharing Features

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In this screencast tutorial I cover some of the sharing features built into PLEX. I cover how to save media from the web to your PLEX server to watch later. I also cover how to invite friends to share your PLEX library or specific libraries you want to share.

As always thanks for watching. If you this video helpful please like, share and favorite it so others on the internet can find it. If you have any questions feel free to leave them below.



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PLEX Part 3: Working with Metadata

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In this screencast tutorial I cover how to fix any metadata that may not have come out correctly or didn’t get a match from the PLEX data collectors. I walk through each of the settings in the edit pane and talk about the importance of file naming for creating a more accurate match.

In the next screencast I will look at the various settings available in the PLEX interface including how to set your PLEX Media Server to be accessible anywhere.

As always thanks for watching. If you find this video helpful please like, favorite and share it with others so others can find it on the internet.



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PLEX Part 2: Adding Your Media

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In this screencast tutorial I cover how to add your media to PLEX. I walk your through adding movies, tv shows, music and photos as well as online channels that are included in PLEX. I also cover some the options available to for viewing and organizing your media in the PLEX Browser which makes your media available for online viewing.

In my next screencast I’ll cover how to work with metadata inside PLEX in case all of your media was not matched.

As always, thanks for watching. If you found this video helpful please like, favorite and share it so others will find it on the internet.



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PLEX Part 1: Media Prep & Install

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This week I decided to start a series on PLEX. PLEX is an application that works as a home media server. It takes all of your movies, TV shows, home movies, music, photos and other online media and pulls all of the metadata and presents them in an easy to use interface that is available not only at home but on all of your media devices. PLEX is available on Mac, PC's, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and on many smart TV's. Just about anywhere you can think of you can access your media through PLEX. It really is an incredible app that solves most of the problems people have with accessing their media whenever and wherever they want.

In this screencast I show you how to prepare your media to be accessed by PLEX so that it can accurately read the file names and then apply the right metadata. I also walk you through the initial sign up and install of the PLEX Media Server which needs to run on your Mac for all of your media to accessible through all of the PLEX apps. This will the first in an in depth series on PLEX where I plan to cover all of the features and walk you through how to get started.

If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them her on my blog or on my YouTube Channel.



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Talking PLEX on Mac Power Users

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I had the privilege of being on the Mac Power Users show this week to talk about one of my favorite Media Server Applications: PLEX. PLEX is a media player that allows you to share your media across all of your devices. What makes PLEX unique is that it will take just about any media you throw at it and it will find all of the metadata for that media and display it in a beautiful interface that is available across many different platforms including Macs, PC's, iOS, Android, Windows, Xbox, Playstation, televisions, etc. It really is a great way to have your media everywhere. Not only does it make all of this something that is easy to do, it also will transcode the media on the fly so it is available in the formate each device needs with very little buffering.

It was a lot of fun talking with my friends David Sparks (http://macsparky.com) and Katie Floyd (http://katiefloyd.com) about how PLEX works and some ways each of us uses PLEX. If you have never tuned into Mac Power Users I would highly recommend giving it a shot and listening in every week. David and Katie have a great way of talking tech in a practical way that also gives some great tips on ways to get the most out of your technology.

You can listen to the show on PLEX HERE.

You can subscribe to Mac Power Users HERE.

If you have any questions on PLEX feel free to leave a comment below. You can also view my series of tutorials on PLEX on my Youtube Channel. I am in the process of doing an update to the screencasts I did back in 2013.

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Plex Media Server Part 3: Accessing Your Media Remotely

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One of the greatest things about Plex is that you can access your media from just about anywhere. Plex has a Mac app, a web interface, iOS and Android apps, support for Roku and other connected devices, it is even on some televisions! With all of these interfaces and the Plex Media Server Software running on your home computer it really allows you to have your media wherever you are!

In this screencast tutorial I cover how to access your media remotely. I take a look specifically at the
myPlex web interface and the iOS application. I also demonstrate how you can add media from around the web on the fly into your Plex interface so you can view it on your favorite media device. Plex really is an excellent media server and for a free application it really is incredible! If you want more features you should also consider the Plex Pass which is a paid subscription. For limited time they have a lifetime subscription which really looks like a steal with all the development they have been doing!

As always thanks for all your support! If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them here or on my
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Plex Media Server Part 2: Editing Metadata

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One of the great features of Plex is it’s ability to automatically match your media to online metadata and pull that information down to display with your media files. While Plex is accurate on this about 90% of the time, there are times when Plex gets it wrong, especially as it relates to your home movies and such. To help you clean this up and customize it a bit more, Plex has a built in media editor that lets you update and change the metadata it displays so you get each entry just the way you want it.

In this screencast tutorial I cover how to edit the metadata for your media. I show examples of how
Plex could get it wrong and what you need to do to make the changes and make sure those changes stay and don’t get updated again in the future.

As always, thanks for your support! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them here or on my
YouTube Channel.



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Plex Media Server Part 1: Installation & Set Up

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I get a lot of questions on my OS X Server Series about how to use a server to handle streaming media to various devices both in and outside the home. With all of us having media both in iTunes and outside of it, using the tools Apple has built into iTunes is not always the best solution. Sure you can use home sharing to get your local media that you have inside iTunes to all of your Apple devices like Macs, iOS devices, and AppleTV’s. But what if you have media that you haven’t put into iTunes? What if you have other devices that are not made by Apple like Roku players or Android Devices? What if you want to access your media outside your home network? That’s where Plex comes into play.

Plex is a media server with a lot of the features most people want in a home media server. Plex combines Movies, Television, Music, Photos and Web services into one easy to use and set up application. Plex automatically pulls the metadata for your media and does a great job presenting it inside the Plex interface. The Plex Media Manager is a web based application so you can access it anywhere you internet access. Combine that with their applications and services for so many different devices and Plex really is a great media server for your content.

In this weeks tutorial I cover how to install and get
Plex set up. Next week I’ll cover how to edit and tweak your Media. If you have any questions feel free to comment here or on my YouTube Channel.




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