https://www.plex.tv/watch-free Plex already has a streaming service of sorts, by you hosting the media, and letting it play to everyone hooked into your network, but this more like the Roku...
Plex already has a streaming service of sorts, by you hosting the media, and letting it play to everyone hooked into your network, but this more like the Roku Channel or Crackle, where it's among whatever other content you have in there.
It being free AND internationally offered is appreciated, and having it in your intergration with your local media is nice, (except when it's not) and if Plex is getting into more service based media rather than local stuff you own, it would be cool if it could make a deal with creator owned media like Nebula, so they could start moving off of YouTube and into a more developed ecosystem.
Weird... I updated my Plex server and restarted it, but the streaming "Movies & TV" section still wasn't showing up in my dashboard, or in my 'Account - Online Media Sources' settings. It wasn't...
Weird... I updated my Plex server and restarted it, but the streaming "Movies & TV" section still wasn't showing up in my dashboard, or in my 'Account - Online Media Sources' settings. It wasn't until I went to the link you provided and clicked "Watch Now" (which leads to https://www.plex.tv/sign-up/?forward=web&twop=1) that it all seemed to load into my server.
p.s. Thanks for the heads up about this. It's too bad the current streaming selection is minuscule and generally pretty crappy quality at the moment, but hopefully it improves with time.
https://www.plex.tv/watch-free
Plex already has a streaming service of sorts, by you hosting the media, and letting it play to everyone hooked into your network, but this more like the Roku Channel or Crackle, where it's among whatever other content you have in there.
It being free AND internationally offered is appreciated, and having it in your intergration with your local media is nice, (except when it's not) and if Plex is getting into more service based media rather than local stuff you own, it would be cool if it could make a deal with creator owned media like Nebula, so they could start moving off of YouTube and into a more developed ecosystem.
Weird... I updated my Plex server and restarted it, but the streaming "Movies & TV" section still wasn't showing up in my dashboard, or in my 'Account - Online Media Sources' settings. It wasn't until I went to the link you provided and clicked "Watch Now" (which leads to https://www.plex.tv/sign-up/?forward=web&twop=1) that it all seemed to load into my server.
p.s. Thanks for the heads up about this. It's too bad the current streaming selection is minuscule and generally pretty crappy quality at the moment, but hopefully it improves with time.