Plex 0.9.3.4 for Mac User Reviews
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"Not As Easy As It Looks..."
Version: Plex 0.9.3.4
Pros
Easy to pin Internet videos from any site to watch later
Cons
Never able to watch videos from hard drive but I can see them in My Plex account
Could only watch videos I pinned on internet with my computer onSummary
I seen 5-Star ratings on Roku for streaming like Air Play.
I have used these types of apps before for iPad to view content from my computer hard drive as long as both share the same router. Those apps were easy compared to Plex. I installed the apps on my computer and Roku and set up an account on Plex website and created a bookmark to tag videos in my browser. Everything works except the viewing video from my computer hard drive part. I see the videos on the website but Roku doesn't see them even when manually setting ports and entering it's address. I could view the web videos that work very good. I trusted them but allowing Plex to scan my hard drive and yet I couldn't do what I set out to do and watch videos from the computer. The web videos were only available with the computer on and I had lost the link twice and had to generate a pin, go to the web site enter it to reconnect. This is a good idea but it's not ready for prime time with the headaches users have to go through to view videos. I'm back to saving videos on the USB drive and plugging them into Roku. Safe and secure. -
"complete solution = sign your life away"
Version: Plex 0.9.3.4
Pros
seems to promise a richer movie experience?
Cons
difficult to understand and get support.
complicated and heavy.Summary
I was attracted to this by the idea of watching netflix on my laptop with a better experience than firefox. But I could not figure out if I needed the server, the client or both. DEspite several hours research, I couldn't find the info on their 'wiki' and their instructions to add plug-ins did not work with whichever app it was i downloaded (not labeled on the app, just says 'plex'). after attempts web research, wiki research, forum research, chat-room (unanswered), and forum posts (standard response, watch the videos), I am giving up. From what little I can tell, the netflix plugin (I gues there is only one available but i could not even get this straight!) doesn't work well anyway. I was not interested to stream to a TV, ipad or iphone, so these aspects do not count in my review.
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"Takes Over and Slows Down"
Version: Plex 0.9.3.4
Pros
Great idea
Cons
Launches itself, and doesn't fully shut off even when you Quit. Causes Safari to hang because it's hogging bandwidth waiting in the background. GUI wants you to use keyboard, but you have to use mouse to hit icons on toolbar and it can be difficult to get the pointer back onscreen. I tried for a week and gave up.
Summary
I keep reading great reviews, but I think this bites
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"Too much stuff, hard to uninstall"
Version: Plex 0.9.3.4
Pros
Looks nice, has lots of features. Probably great if you have a computer dedicated to TV/media.
Cons
Tries to take over your life by installing things that start up on their own. And hard to uninstall.
Summary
Nice interface/graphics, and has tons of features but it was too much stuff for me. And for some reason it installs a "media server" that launches by default whenever you start your Mac. That irritated me enough that I decided to uninstall the whole thing, but instructions to do so aren't included and requires a bit of searching to find out how.
Also I was hoping Netflix would work better than it does in a web browser (Silverlight seems to make my computer overheat and drain the battery) but Plex offers no improvement. Boxee for mac uses less of your CPU power for Netflix but has problems of its own when it comes to browsing for movies.
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