MythTV users of the past, I feel your pain. Now I understood why people chose Plex over XBMC. The interface is solid and the options for content seemed endless (and I hadn’t even imported my personal collection yet!). I know, I know, Slowpoke.jpg – but: I found this to be pretty amazing. I stayed late the previous night configuring the newest plugin for FreeNAS: Plex Media Server, so I was pretty excited to show it off.įirst thing, I brought up the Plex client and browsed to my “Channel Directory” which displayed more than 30 online streaming videos for topics that would interest me, like TED, YouTube, SoundCloud, NPR, The Onion, and Sesame Street (for my little girl). We walked to the lounge while he waited for drivers for the-operating-system-that-shall-not-be-named to finish installing. It was impressive, but my first question was: “Does it run on FreeBSD”? He snickered and ran away.įast forward one year later: “Bro, seriously, come check this out!”, I said to Peter while walking out of the break room, coffee mug filled to the brim. ![]() He had his Plex server running on his Macbook Pro and was controlling it, and viewing movies, from his iPhone. “Hey man, check out this totally flippin’ sweet app!” said friend and co-worker, Peter, while sitting in the iX lounge sometime last summer.
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