Stream and Play H.265/HEVC via Plex Media Server

HEVC H.265 codec is becoming more and more popular in this year, there are more devices can record or play H.265 files, such as Samsung NX1 and Samsung NX500 camera. Some guys are planning to encode some videos manually to HEVC/H265 for saving space but keeping quality... However, there're problems around the Plex users: Does Plex support H.265? How to get H.265/HEVC to Plex? Can we play H.265/HEV...
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Put 3D Blu-ray Movies to Plex Media Server for Storage

For Most of Blu-ray fans and 3D lovers, there is an urgent demand that has yet disclosed – "Directly Copy 3D Blu-ray on Plex Media Server". As 3D Blu-ray is not compatible with the Plex, before watching 3D Blu-ray on Plex, I need to convert these 3D BD movie files first. To help you put 3D Blu-ray on a Plex with ease, read on to get some useful info from the following paragraphs I shared with yo...
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Easiest way to convert Video_ts folder for use on Plex server

A VIDEO_TS file is a DVD folder file, mainly containing all data for the DVD movies. It totally contains three kinds of files inside: VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.BUP, and VIDEO_TS.VOB. Yeah, you can view Video_TS files on your computer and DVD players. However, if you want to put your VIDEO_TS movies on Plex, you'll find it's difficult to do that since Plex doesn't recognize VIDEO_TS format. Find A...
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Make plex to stream a DVD for watching on my virtual reality Gear VR

I'm interested in being able to swipe through my Plex media library and then play the selected media in Samsung Gear VR (Learn how to use it). Is there any way to make plex to stream a DVD movie for watching using my virtual reality gear??? That would be awesome. Gear VR is a full virtual reality headset that can be used anywhere, especially on those really long international flights, trave...
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Can I play 4K H.265 files through Plex onto Roku 3?

Q1: I have had a Roku stick for a while and use Plex all the time to play my stuff. I recently stumbled across some really small size TV and movie files that will help me store a lot more stuff because of the small file size. However, they are H265 files and when I try and play them back through Plex onto the Roku, Plex says it can't find the video, etc, etc. I have tried forcing Plex to transcode...
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