Just curious is if anyone has a pc that they connect to their pc and use it as the plex player?
Yes, many many people do this.
So seems simple enough to just use a pc as a player. Now what I’m wondering is could you build yourself a powerful enough HTPC to act as your media server/player that sends the hdmi signal over your cat6 cable?
I have my whole house networked with cat6. I’m wondering say I have a LED tv in the living room, LCD tv in bedroom, and LCD in the den. If you had a pc with 2 dual hdmi out cards. Can you use a hdmi to cat5/6 converter and push the signal that way? Would you be able to set it up so (in a 3 tv senario) have 3 instances of the plex media center and specify wich TV each instance goes to? The there is the question of remotes. I can use my phone as a remote but would you be able to use something else or even use one phone for each differnt TV?
Yes.
No, 1 PC can run 1 instance of Plex. For 3 TV's you need 3 computers.
If your PC's have IR receivers you can pipe that around, or use IOS/Android devices to control 1 (or more) Plex instances.
Thanks for the info T.
I saw these little devices. I’m wondeing now if this will be a way of running the plex client! Only down side I see is that it’s wireless. https://www.miniand.com/products/MK802%20Android%20Mini%20PC
Kinda -> http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/42851-i-saw-a-new-cool-looking-cheap-android-tv-will-plex-work-on-it/
Best buy a real Google TV, than a "butchered" custom android box.
Ok so I’ve been looking into extending my “htpc” that is my acting as my plex server to also act as my player for my living room. I was looking at this http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10425&cs_id=1042501&p_id=8009&seq=1&format=2 as a way to do so. It looks like I would need to run 2 cat5 or 6 cables from my office to behind the TV in my living room wich would not be that tough. My basement isn’t finished yet so I could get the cables run fairly easy. I guess I’m wondering if also I could use the same pc that runs the server as the player?
Also how do you go about something like a logitech harmony remote with plex?
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