install plex media server on ubuntu 16.04

And that, these client devices can only playback a file that it natively supports.

This means that, XBMC can only act as a media player and media source for supported DLNA/UPnP capable client devices. Though XBMC is capable of playing back almost all sorts of audio and video formats around, it’s not capable of converting media files, for proper play-back to DLNA or UPnP capable devices (like, PS3, SmartTV, Tablets and SmartPhones). Note: Transcoding is a process where you use a computer and computer application to convert one media format to another format. Meaning,it serves and play files “as is”. Some of you might ask why combine Plex with XBMC? Well, the main reason for this is, XBMC (v13.1 Gotham & previous versions) is not capable of transcoding media files. While for the HD media playback, I’ll be using XBMC as the front-end application.

For this guide, I’m going to show you the step-by-step procedure on how to setup a media server with DLNA/UPnP support, using two free-download-able software.įor the DLNA and UPnP part, I’ll be using Plex Media Server to serve media files to various DLNA/UPnP capable clients. Hello media server lovers and HTPC enthusiast! I’m back for another Ubuntu-based guide on how to set things in your Linux-based HTPC or media Server.

Install plex media server on ubuntu 16.04