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Looking to offload Plex from my gaming PC (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 hours ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I am looking to basically just transition to a small time, forever on, server to support my growing Plex footprint. I don't need anything top of the line, and I've already crimped my lines to the room.

What's the most cost effective way to go about this? Figured i would come to the pros.

Thanks!

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[–] 4 points 9 hours ago

It's basically a web server to play media on the front end and a metadata manager and conversion engine on the back.

Pretty well the same as Plex but there's less reliance on external services, more truly self contained and less subscription. There are client apps for most streaming boxes that I know of.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid/

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