How to Connect Plex to VLC First things first, for this process to work, you need to have Plex Media Server installed on the device you're streaming content to.

Streaming music and movies from your home PC or Mac to your Android or iPhone is easy by simply installing Plex. Here's our step-by-step video guide.

Plex has been around for a while, but if you’re unfamiliar, the service can turn just about any device with enough power and storage into a network-connected media server that you can access ...

But to keep things simple, using a wired external storage device with your NVIDIA Shield is the easiest way to save media files for your Plex server.

Using Plex as a Media Server means you can access your personal collection of photos, videos, movies, music and TV shows without relying on a third-party cloud service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.