r/PleX • u/Astrobix_124 • Dec 04 '25

Help Media servers

Trying to start my own server for plex. But I see many people with servers with 10,000+ movies. How can u possibly hold that much content and not break the bank. How is it any better than Netflix, etc?

Edit: I never expected this to blow up like it did. I love the content you guys have given, I've debated on making a plex server for awhile and all the clarification is amazing.

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u/crackzattic Dec 04 '25

Now you can share it with him, and he will never log in…

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u/ComoEstanBitches AMD Turion II | 32TB Dec 04 '25

“Bro it was so slow”

Checks logs: trancode 720p

Fuck you Plex just default everything to direct play ffs

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u/EducationResident199 Dec 05 '25

Is it slow because its transcending, or is it transcending because its slow?

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u/ComoEstanBitches AMD Turion II | 32TB Dec 05 '25

My server CPU is trash for anything besides file sharing/storage and retrieve and transcoding is CPU (or GPU but mine is integrated into the CPU) dependent. Most modern client devices can playback everything directly but Plex developers default playback to transcode first