Plex is a must have app on N10 - Nexus 10 General

This app is just amazing, I have made a server on plex for my 1tb hard drive and can easily watch movies on my nexus 10 from any where. At home, I just connect the n10 to my tvand stream the movies from the plex server to my n10 through WiFi which then shows it on my HD TV. The cool part is that I use my nexus 4 as plex remote through the app
$5 app, but totally worth it
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I completely agree. It's a fantastic application. Bought it a long time ago and it continues to receive updates. One of the best apps you can drop money on!

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Advertise much?
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How does it compare to the XBMC app? As far as hardware decoding?

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Herman76 said:
Advertise much?
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Huh? Unless OP works for Plex or gets a commission on the whopping $5 the app costs he's most likely sharing something s/he finds useful with others which is more than anyone can say about your snarky retort. Plex happens to be a great tool for sharing video over your network or for accessing your network via Wi-Fi or 3/4G while traveling. For the latter it transcodes based on the available bandwidth. It's also pre-installed on LG TVs and is certified to run on Samsung SmartTVs. You can also share your media library (and vice versa) with friends that use Plex.
Here are some pics of it on an N2 and a link to a discussion in their forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948058

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Absolutely right there.I have 2 tb of movies, pictures, songs, etc,and I can easily view them out of he house/ country on my mobile devices. I have also given my account info to my family members and friends from different parts of the world. I did not get paid or anything to advertise, been using poles since 2009
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Malnoth said:
How does it compare to the XBMC app? As far as hardware decoding?
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I haven't tried plex but I'd imagine it has hardware decoding that works fine, but if I'm not mistaken its just a light client. With XBMC you're getting the full XBMC that you get on the desktop or whatever other platform. Having said that I haven't run it on my nexus 10 yet and I'm not sure if there's a build with hardware accel for it but there probably is one out there (Unfortunately the xbmc.org build does not have it), but I run a build on my android g-box midnight tv box and it works great.

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XBMC works great on the N10, the recently released Archos Video also runs great but is a little light on configurability, they're actively working on it though.
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plex was confusing
i open port forwardign for IP cams before but cant get it to open ports for this thing to work when im on the road and want to access home from mobile

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Plex is great. aMPdroid with Media Portal is good too, and free. Plex is much easier to setup and better for sharing with other people. Roku's even have a Plex app for accessing your media servers. The upside of aMPdroid is you can use external players, and it's free. If I didn't want to share my media with anyone I would stick with aMPdroid because Media Portal is much better on desktop/HTPC than Plex, using external players is very useful, and remote access can be done through secure vpn etc. You can access files remotely with aMPdroid just like Plex, and even stream TV, it is just harder to setup for your friends and family, and there is no iOS support.
Plex
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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aMPdroid

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does it play mkv video files along with its audio?

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mygti02 said:
does it play mkv video files along with its audio?
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Yes, both Plex and aMPdroid stream mkv files with audio. Every once in awhile a file won't play in Plex but you can always find a way to play files with an external player with aMPdroid.

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guys take a look at the new mizuu beta it's just awesome. i'm using it with the mx player and it just works great...