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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you have an extensive movie collection, you may want to share it with other devices on your home network instead of paying for loads of streaming services. Here's how you can use Plex to create ...