Personally speaking, due to usability reasons and due to problems observed under Windows with Plex in the past, I've come to prefer the Linux route. And you, with the corresponding media players on the client devices such as mobile phones and TV, can access and. By installing the Plex and Emby media servers on the computer, NAS, or Xbox game console, the server will organize video, audio, and photos from your media collections and online services. If you decide to go the Windows 10 route, I suggest creating tasks to automatically reboot the machine at set intervals, and setting active hours to as wide of a range as is possible. Plex and Emby follow a server-client model. If you're going to run Plex in a Windows environment, and you want absolute uptime, then you run it under Windows Server - 2016 or 2019 at this stage - though 2012 R2 is supported through 2023.Īlso note that Windows Server is NOT cheap.Īdditionally, if you go the Linux route, your RX 580s will be complete overkill if this is to serve as a dedicated Plex Server as Plex does not support AMD GPUs for Hardware transcoding under Linux. In other words: It will reboot for updates. The largely royalty-free application (GNU-GPL), which has been maintained by Emby LLC since 2015, provides all the features you might need for the multi-device organisation of your media files, starting with a free-of-charge media server available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as NAS and docker platforms. It is a Desktop OS and accordingly operates like on. If you want to try building your own Plex media server, use this article. The total cost of this build will run you around 400, but it will perform better than any prebuilt of the same price. Okay, I'm going to come right out and say it: Windows 10 is not a server OS. In general, Plex works best with Windows operating systems, although it has a broad range of compatibility with other systems including macOS and Linux.
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