![]() ![]() Other packages usually rely on you to use a third party installer to write to an SD card, or even worse require you to compile the code yourself in a Linux or Mac environment. It’s simply a case of running the installer, downloading the latest image and then writing it on to an SD card connected to your PC. I can personally vouch for the Windows and Linux versions, and I’ve no reason to expect the Mac version not to work either. Rasplex is brought to us by Dale Hamel, using elements of the OpenElec, Raspmbc and Xbian projects to provide a Plex client that will work on the Raspberry Pi.ĭale has provided excellent installation tools for Windows, Mac and Linux. I was eager to see how Rasplex performed on the Raspberry Pi when compared to the XBMC variants that are available, read on to find out how things went. Thus far the Plex front end player can be installed on Windows, Linux and Mac computers, as well as on iOS and Android devices, Samsung and LG Smart TV’s, Roku and Google TV devices, and now the Raspberry Pi. ![]() This set up is an excellent way to have a centralised media library throughout your home, made even better by the list of supported devices. ![]() Not only that, but you can keep a central register of what you’ve watched and what you haven’t, you can even pause a video file part way through and pick up playback from any other client connected to the same server. Once your server is set up, any client devices on the same network will be able to access all of the media on your server. The big advantage to this is that you only have to catalogue your media library once. ![]() Plex itself is a package based on the awesome XBMC, but separates the front-end player from the back-end database, which means that you can have multiple client devices connected to one media server. My latest indulgence has been with Rasplex, which is a Plex package for Raspberry Pi. I’ve not done much programming on them myself per se (ok, I’ve not done any, happy?) but I have had immense fun playing around with packages that people much smarter than I have come up with. Not in a freaky way, I just think they’re a really good idea. ![]()
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