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Plex Media Server for Mac

Plex Media Server for Mac

  -  128 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    Plex Media Server 1.41.0.8994 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Plex, Inc / External Link

  • Filename

    macos/PlexMediaServer-1.41.0.8994-f2c27da23-universal.zip

Plex Media Server for Mac connects your Plex clients with all of your local and online media. The combination of centralized library management, streaming of online content, and transcoding functionality provides flexibility and ease of use. Plex Media Server for macOS runs on your Mac, PC, or compatible NAS device and serves your media to all of your Plex clients including Plex-enabled mobile devices and Smart TVs.

Features and Highlights

Make your media beautiful
Plex gives you one simple interface to organize all of your media: your movie and TV collection, your music library, and all of your photos and home videos. Plex enriches your media library by adding descriptions, plot summaries, posters, and album covers. Enjoy your media on every TV in the house or on any mobile device on the go.

Plex keeps track of your media
Recently added content is presented front and center so you can instantly see what’s new. Plex also knows which movies and shows you’re watching, so you can easily pick up where you left off or play the next episode.

Available on most devices
Run Plex Media Server on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer and stream to your iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 or Windows 8.1 device. Have multiple TVs in your house? No problem, Plex also works on Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Google TV, Xbox, PlayStation®, VIZIO, and many late-model smart TVs. Plex is even available on most network-attached storage devices.

Playlists, for endless entertainment
Create your own customized music or video playlists to fit any occasion, including smart playlists based on genre, collection, and more. You can even import existing iTunes playlists, smart playlists, ratings, track counts, and other details! Playlists are available on iOS and in the web app, but Plex team working hard to bring them to all platforms.

Your big screen’s best friend
Plex for Mac liberates you from single-screen viewing. With Plex Companion, you can fling great content from your phone to your TV. Keep watching that movie on your tablet when you head to bed. Pause an episode when the phone rings, skip a track you’ve heard too many times or just find out more about what you’re watching with the world’s best remote control.

Share your media with friends and family
Effortlessly share media among friends, so you can all discover and enjoy even more content together. Exchange precious memories with distant family members by sharing your vacation photos and home videos. Now, you can also see what your friends are streaming from your collection as everyone gets their own view into your library.

Access your favorite online content
Plex Channels provide access to numerous sources of online content, like TED Talks, Vimeo, Revision 3, and more. No matter what your interests are, you’ll be able to find something great to watch or recommend to your friends, all presented in Plex’s gorgeous interface.

World class DLNA support built right in
Plex makes your media beautiful on thousands of DLNA certified devices like the PS3, Xbox 360, and WDTV Live devices without the need to install dedicated apps. Harness the power of the most sophisticated DLNA server available to effortlessly stream nearly any format to your device, right out of the box.

Save it now, watch it later
Easily save online videos from your favorite sites to watch later, even on the big screen. Or share the experience by recommending videos to a friend.

Note: Plex Pass required to use sync, add users to your home, view trailers and other extras, upload content from your mobile devices, use Gracenote Music Magic. Required 64-bit processor.

Also Available: Download Plex Media Server for Windows

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What's new in this version:

New:
- (AdDetection) Allow ad detection in libraries without DVR
- (Nvidia Shield) This release removes support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices
- (Scanner) Look inside ‘subs’ and ‘subtitles’ sub-directories for external subtitle files
- (Subtitles) Improved subtitle burn-in performance when Hardware Transcoding
- (Tone Mapping) Added a preference to select tone mapping algorithm to use. Only available on some platforms/devices.
- (Tonemapping) Added support for HW Tonemapping on Windows for some Intel devices
- (Web) Updated to 4.136.1

Fixed:
- (ARM) The server could exit unexpectedly on ARM-based devices
- (Android) The server could restart unexpectedly
- (Auto-Sync Subtitles) The server could crash when playing back very short media with auto-sync enabled
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted
- (QNAP) Restores Plex Media Server icon in App Center
- (Scanner) Improve performance when scanning in new movie items. Local metadata will now populate during initial refresh
- (Single Item Sharing) Filtering shared media by type didn’t work
- (Sorting) Default sort didn’t use natural sorting (10 should be after 3)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some ARMv7 devices
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some x86 devices
- (Tags) Tags with unicode characters could not be deleted
- (Tone Mapping) Tone Mapping could fail on Windows for some Intel devices
- Optimized Versions would show no items