Choose the Categories section, then select TV and hunt for the channel you want to use. To install any of these channels, simply follow the instructions above to visit the plug-in management screen on the Plex web app. We looked at how most people were using the app, and most of you will have an equal (if not better) experience with a streaming device and our new players. Plex offers nearly 50 official channels that deliver movies and TV shows, entire series, show clips, and one-off TV specials. It marks the end of an era for us, and we’d be lying if we said it wasn’t a little bittersweet. The new desktop app is notably lacking TV mode, which means that we’re going to stop supporting the traditional HTPC setup (using a desktop computer connected to your TV or home theater) with this app. For the TV layout lovers out there, we want to be clear about this: the long-term plan is for the new desktop app to replace Plex Media Player as our only desktop solution. The desktop “side” of the (admittedly Janus-esque) Plex Media Player will live on in the form of the new desktop app. Devices like the NVIDIA Shield (what I replaced my HTPC with) are so capable, that they deliver the functionality I was relying on the PC for before, while also providing access to the OTT side of things (i.e. Personally, I haven’t had a HTPC hooked up to my TV in a few years now.

And playing a MP4 video in Plex is really simple in usual. As a Plex user, you can easily store all of your movies, videos, TV shows, songs and photos on a central server and play them anywhere you want. It saddens me a little to learn that Plex has decided to remove the 10′ “HTPC” interface from it’s PC version, but in truth it doesn’t really surprise me. Cant Stream MP4 Files via Plex Media Server- Any solution.

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