With all the new options out there for Unlimited Cloud Storage. It would be great if we could use something like Google Drive not for CloudSync, but for Cloud Storage. So if I had 1TB of media files in my Google Drive, it would appear to Plex as just another local drive, but can stream and transcode or play directly from the cloud. I don’t wan’t to have to always keep local files, it would be a great feature. Maybe even Plex in the Cloud, so we don’t even need a local computer! Thanks.
You already can, I have my Bitcasa drive holding most of my media and it Plex will play straight from it. The only caveat currently is that 720p is the quality threshold.
Plex in the Cloud: Works as well, just purchase a VPS from a service and connect which ever cloud service you want to it as a mounted drive/volume and stream your content to anywhere
I use a VPS and they’re definitely the way forward 
You already can, I have my Bitcasa drive holding most of my media and it Plex will play straight from it. The only caveat currently is that 720p is the quality threshold.
Isn't that just CloudSync? I want the origianl files not 720p transcoded versions over a sync feature.
Plex in the Cloud: Works as well, just purchase a VPS from a service and connect which ever cloud service you want to it as a mounted drive/volume and stream your content to anywhere
What VPS service are you using?
I selected linode.com as it is near my location and the cloud storage provider I use
Isn't that just CloudSync? I want the origianl files not 720p transcoded versions over a sync feature.
No, Bitcasa holds copies of my media unchanged and is played direct from the drive where applicable.
What VPS service are you using?
I use https://zxhost.co.uk, reasonably priced and reliable. Have done for the last six months and have to say I'm very happy so far.
What if I just want my Plex to be able to show me my online media files and use my Google Drive natively, without paying for a VPS ? For me, this is a very important feature, now that a lot of clients are going full cloud for the storage...
this would be great as i have an unlimited google drive but i would also want the files stored in an encrypted format, the names replaced and watch status and resume to work.
this would be great as i have an unlimited google drive but i would also want the files stored in an encrypted format, the names replaced and watch status and resume to work.
If your on linux then EncFS would be the obvious choice,
https://github.com/vgough/encfs
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=148600
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
https://forums.plex.tv/t/integrate-the-direct-non-fuse-etc-connection-to-storage-providers-from-plex-cloud-into-pms/307297
