![]() ![]() The last device, before transitioning to Plex, was a WD TV Live streaming media player. Over the years, I’ve had a number of similar devices, all with their own unique issues, but always improving. So, it was far from “family friendly.” But, even with all of those drawbacks, it unified my movie collection and allowed me to access all of my films with a few button presses of the remote. Also, the backups needed to be in a very specific format to be playable on the device. Also, the EyeHome was a little temperamental (requiring regular reboots) and the user interface wasn’t great. First, I had to make backups of all of my movies, which was both time and hard drive consuming. But… there were a few rather serious drawbacks to this setup in 2004. It completely changed the way that I organized and viewed movies. It allowed me to stream backups of my movies from my green iMac to my Sony 34″ CRT television. ![]() The EyeHome was a small box, similar to a DVD player, that connected to my home network and to the TV. There had to be a better solution! Enter the 2004 Elgato EyeHome. Up until 2004, my movie library consisted of stacks on stacks of DVDs littering my television area, just waiting to be damaged or go missing. While I genuinely enjoy watching films, the process of organizing and storing a movie library hasn’t always been fun, easy, or visually appealing. I’ve been collecting movies for over 20 years in one form or another. (streaming a 45Mbps movie – showcasing transcoding options) (screen capture of my home movies on Plex) ![]() Plex is designed for a home network, and that’s where it truly shines. I should also preface that I have not installed Plex Media Server on any Duke owned computers or stream content from Duke’s network… you’ll understand in a minute. While this DDMC article may not fall directly under classroom or enterprise digital media, Plex is an emerging technology that touches on many server/client related AV topics, and does have a few specific applications for groups collaborating on video or audio related projects, more on that later. ![]()
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