Help with accessing movie library on Smart TV

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I haven’t used PLEX much in the past and I’m curious to learn if it can help me access my movie library.

My current setup is as follows:

  • Samsung Smart TV from 2018 with the PLEX-app installed.
  • iPhone 8
  • iPad Pro with Plex installed
  • Apple TV 3rd Gen
  • USB-drive with all my movies and tv-shows ripped from DVDs some years ago, when I had a Mac.

As it is now, I can access all those ripped movies and TV shows by plugging in that USB-drive to my iPad Pro.

Then I can use my AppleTV 3rd gen. to play that movie or tv show on my Samsung TV.

But what I want to learn is, if there is a better, faster and easier way to access my the media library on that USB-drive, perhaps using PLEX, or some other way?

Thanks

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Plex works by streaming your files from a central server that you set up on your network. You’ll need something like a Mac or a NAS to do this, something that will run the Plex Media Server (PMS) software. The files that PMS can access can then be streamed to other Plex apps.

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Alright, thanks! I’m not really in the mood for adding a NAS and I’m completely off the Mac. I only use an iPad Pro, iPhone, Apple TV and HomePod.

So PLEX doesn’t work similarly to iTunes Match, which I originally thought, right?

I upload all my movies and tv shows from my USB drive to your servers and then I can access it on any device. I need to store it locally in my house to be able to play it?

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Correct. Plex is no a cloud service.

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