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Alternative ways to run Plex? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Context; So... Just bought a brand new TV and life is good, but I should have done more research before buying it. I primarily want to use PLEX for watching media on the TV. However, due to "smart TV's" not being smart and being rather slow because most current TV operating systems are either bloated or just riddled with ads.

Question; So Plex is there, but it runs very poorly. What are the best options out there to get this running smoothly? Are the only options AppleTV and Amazon Firestick? Anyone been in this boat before that have any tips-n-tricks to share?

Ps. I hate ads, so the Firestick is of off the charts.

Much appreciated

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[–] whynotzoidberg 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m a fan of the Apple TV because I’m in the ecosystem. Plex works just fine for me there. And I love that my Apple TVs don’t seem to rot out as fast as Android or Google TV boxes I’ve used in the past.

That being said, someone else mentioned the Onn box, and that thing seems to have pretty solid value. I’d start there, too, if I was trying something non-Apple.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having been through several generations of Apple TV, I second this option. They’ve always been pretty great to me with regards to running Plex.

[–] whynotzoidberg 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man, I just had the memory pop in of using Plex on my AppleTV 2 — had to use a side-by-side python script running on the Plex server to make it work. My, how far we’ve come!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, never had that one. My first was an ATV HD, and that was great, as well as its successors.