Both XBMC and Plex offer great unique features and similar ones, which should come as no surprise if you know the history of these two home theater PC (HTPC) platforms. XBMC is open-source software, ...

Plex, which started as local media server—something to stream movies from your computer to your phone or TV—has evolved into an entire media ecosystem. You can use the free Plex account to watch a ...

We recently received a report via our bug bounty program that there was a potential security issue affecting Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x to 1.42.0.x. Thanks to that user, we were able to ...

Update August 22, 03:57 EDT: This Plex Media Server vulnerability is now tracked as CVE-2025-34158, and it has been rated as maximum severity by VulnCheck. Plex has notified some of its users on ...

If you have a collection of movies and TV shows in your personal library, there's hardly a better way to manage it than Plex. Like the similar library app Kodi, Plex gives you an attractive interface ...

If your setup is anything like mine, then your NAS is likely also your Plex server. While that might seem like a great idea at first, over time, your NAS just might not have the power to keep up with ...

Plex charges for features Jellyfin offers for free, but requires more setup. Jellyfin offers free hardware transcoding, while Plex requires a paid subscription. Plex is more compatible with devices; ...

Plex, the media server software that powers many a home theater setup around the world, has announced that it’s ending support for its Plex Media Player software for the desktop, replacing it with a ...

There is a Plex server here (not mine, but intentionally accessible). On my iPad I can download files no problem. But I want to do that on my computer but first, VLC doesn’t find the UPnP server, and ...

The NVIDIA Shield Android TV and streaming gaming console just got better. The addition of the Plex Media Server lets users stream movies from storage connected to the Shield TV to computers, mobile ...

CISA has added an almost three-year-old high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server to its catalog of security flaws exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2020-5741 ...

Users of home media streaming service Plex have been warned to reset their passwords immediately following a breach in which an undisclosed third party was able to make off with a user dataset that ...