# Plex or not to Plex (newbee) **URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-or-not-to-plex-newbee/714383 **Category:** General Discussions **Created:** [May 6, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-or-not-to-plex-newbee/714383 "2021-05-06T20:14:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H) #### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-or-not-to-plex-newbee/714383/3 "2021-05-06T20:27:36Z")
1. you can run your server on another computer and only use the Shield to run the client [What is Plex? | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288286-what-is-plex/) 2. Plex manages language preferences for audio/subtitles centrally on your account. You can e.g. configure it to prefer English audio and subtitles but only show the subtitles with foreign audio (=forced subtitles) [Account Audio/Subtitle Language Settings | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/204985278-account-audio-subtitle-language-settings/) 3. Plex Media Server and the big screen clients are free [Plex: Free vs Paid | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid/) [Plex Pass Feature Overview | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201751006-plex-pass-feature-overview/) 4. Plex will deal with embedded metadata but it’ll ignore other metadata files (1 exception: Plex will look for external references like an IMDb ID in an existing nfo file to match the file; Plex will however not use other metadata from that file). There’s a long-standing [feature suggestion](https://forums.plex.tv/t/with-plugin-support-dead-can-plex-finally-have-native-nfo-support/467992) to add full support for nfo files. 5. if you delete files from within Plex (needs to be enabled for the server), Plex does not remove related local extras/assets. [How do I delete something from my Library? | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202606363-how-do-i-delete-something-from-my-library/) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-or-not-to-plex-newbee/714383)._