An old laptop needn't lie in a drawer gathering dust. It can still serve a useful purpose as a Plex Media Server. But does Plex work better on Windows or Linux, and what should you use for your Plex ...

PCWorld demonstrates using Google’s Gemini AI to diagnose Plex Media Server issues through a systematic four-phase checkup ...

The What: Analog Way is introducing Picturall Mark II series, its next generation of Linux-based media servers. Engineered around a new professional hardware platform, the new Picturall Mark II series ...

If you’re looking for an affordable home media server with low power requirements, the Docker-based ZimaBoard–with its plethora of ports and add-on modules–will do the job. And if you’re ...

When Raspberry Pi single-board computers were introduced in 2012, it seemed like a matter of mere minutes before creators were adapting it into a media center. A decade and change later, it's almost a ...

For years, there was a lonely Raspberry Pi 3 gathering dust on my desk, right next to a cup of pens and a stack of Post-Its. Occasionally I’d pick it up and absent-mindedly twirl it around, as if it ...

Tired of monthly fees and disappearing albums? I switched to a self-hosted Navidrome server and a Raspberry Pi to take back ...

Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. UMS was started by SubJunk, an official developer of PMS, in order to ensure greater stability and file-compatibility. The program streams ...