Plex’s new Kodi plugin
engadget.com
Plex’s new Kodi plugin
1–10 of 16 posts
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#2There is an unofficial plex pluging for Kodi (PlexBMC) that I've run for years. I've found that it actually works far better than the official Android Plex client, which is somewhat ironic.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#3Plex's blog post: https://www.plex.tv/blog/plex-media-player-now-ambidextrous-...
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#4There is an unofficial plex pluging for Kodi (PlexBMC) that I've run for years. I've found that it actually works far better than the official Android Plex client, which is somewhat ironic.
There is a ton of overlap in the functionality of Plex and Kodi - what are the benefits (or the primary use case) of running both this way?
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#5How is better than streaming over DLNA w/ Plex+Kodi? Nicer interface?
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#6Plex is proprietary, right? No thanks, will stick with Kodi.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#7There is an unofficial plex pluging for Kodi (PlexBMC) that I've run for years. I've found that it actually works far better than the official Android Plex client, which is somewhat ironic.
There is a ton of overlap in the functionality of Plex and Kodi - what are the benefits (or the primary use case) of running both this way?
I'm also curious. I'm using RasPlex (on an RPi3) as a client and it's working very well.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#8There is an unofficial plex pluging for Kodi (PlexBMC) that I've run for years. I've found that it actually works far better than the official Android Plex client, which is somewhat ironic.
There is a ton of overlap in the functionality of Plex and Kodi - what are the benefits (or the primary use case) of running both this way?
My understanding is that Plex has centralized media servers with one or many thin client where as Kodi is an all-in-one solution. You can run Plex server and client on the same box as well.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#9There is an unofficial plex pluging for Kodi (PlexBMC) that I've run for years. I've found that it actually works far better than the official Android Plex client, which is somewhat ironic.
There is a ton of overlap in the functionality of Plex and Kodi - what are the benefits (or the primary use case) of running both this way?
TL;DR: Server side transcoding of OTA HD recordings for playback over wifi. And "channels"
I have the plex server on my main media server, which also records OTA TV via an antenna. I often want to watch recordings on a tablet (older kindle fire) which is just on the edge of being able to playback 1080i (16Mb/s) content if everything is just exactly right with wifi. In my old house, with plaster walls, that was seldom the case. So I used the plex server-side software to transcode the video down to 3Mb/s and was able to reliably watch my recordings on my tablet from the other side of the house. These days, in a newer house with drywall, I'm finding less need to use PlexBMC, as the Kodi NFS access of the files works reasonably well.
The other thing that the plex server gives you is access to Channels (1) which don't exactly line up with Kodi's plugins. Even if they both support the same thing (say PBS or NFL Gamepass), there will be times when the Plex channel works, but the Kodi plugin does not. So it is good to have both. And, oddly, this is where the Plex Android client really falls down here. I've often had times when the Plex client simply refused to play channel content, but the PlexBMC Kodi plugin worked flawlessly.
(1) Channels are what the Plex folks call 3rd party plugins to provide access to on-line content, like PBS, NFL Gamepass, etc.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a ton of overlap in the functionality of Plex and Kodi - what are the benefits (or the primary use case) of running both this way?
TL;DR: Server side transcoding of OTA HD recordings for playback over wifi. And "channels" I have the plex server on my main media server, which also records OTA TV via an antenna. I often want to watch recordings on a tablet (older kindle fire) which is just on the edge of being able to playback 1080i (16Mb/s) content if everything is just exactly right with wifi. In my old house, with plaster walls, that was seldom…
There's also a Plex client for Roku and AFAIK not one for Kodi. If you have a Roku device you'll want to be running the Plex server instead of Kodi.