The Plex Channels are like customized entry points to a specific website. You can have as many Plex clients (Roku, PCs, mobile devices, etc) as you have bandwidth and CPU to support.
Just keep in mind there is only 1 computer that runs Plex Media Server and that's the computer where all of your media is stored. Tnorris covers the highlights as well as can be said. Just guessing there may be an NFL channel or something. As far as how it would solve your football issue, I have no idea. To keep things simple, I've tried to gloss over some of the details, but that's the basic idea. I use XBMC for my in-home viewing and only use Plex when I'm out of the house and want to watch something. Someone else will have to explain those since I haven't messed with them. I haven't personally done it, but Plex also has channels that can contain a variety of content (usually streamed). phones, tablets) where a 1080p movies would be overkill anyway on such a small screen. This is especially useful on smaller devices (e.g. PMS will also do real time transcoding such that your huge movies that would normally overwhlem your bandwidth can still be streamed over 3G/4G. The MyPlex web service takes care of all the underlying technical config to make this work, making it much easier for the laymen to get it working. The platforms that run Plex Clients I know of off hand are Windows, Mac, Android, IOS, and Web (check the plex website for others).Īnything you can watch in this way, can then also be shared with friends by granting them access to your Plex Server. To use it, install Plex Media Server (PMS) on an always-on PC (or HTPC, NAS, etc.), point it to your movies/TV Shows and, then you can stream your library in real time from that PMS to any platform that can run the Plex Client. Plex is a client-server implementation of media software (e.g.
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