For those asking about comparisons to XBMC, what files it will play, what the hell it is, etc.



First, its built of XBMC. Most of the things XBMC can do, plex can do. Some newer features of XBMC have surpassed plex, but plex has the media server and other features, like huge app support. Heres a scenario.



So lets take my case. I have my gaming PC also function as my media server. On it, I have two apps: Plex Media Server and Plex Home Theater. I have Lord Of The Internet: Fellowship of the GAF as an MKV file.



Plex media server will organize my files, find out all relevant file information (bitrate, aspect ratio), manage a queue and what has been played from my library and what hasnt, AS WELL AS, it will stream, transcode, or play the file directly to other apps. So on the same PC i have plex home theater. Plex home theater is a real pretty/nice/slick way to view my library of content. I select the movie on it, and it plays the file directly, cause my PC can play MKV files natively.



But uhoh, dominbros pizza is at the door, and I dont want to miss a second of the movie. Pull out my phone, open up the Plex app, and see the movie i was just watching. Itll ask if i want to resume playback right where i left off. Plex Media server will then transcode the file to something that can play on my phone.



Make sense kinda? Theres ipad apps, phone apps, app for chromecast. You can ever share your server with friends, they can join a movie you are watching where you are watching it, and you can "sync" your content to your phone/ipad/dropbox/hamster to play offline too.