The benefits to Plex Cloud are significant: There’s no need to download, install and configure Plex software on your Mac or PC, there’s no need to leave that machine on 24/7 so you can access your content, and there’s no need to mess around with transcoding options, both inside and outside of Plex, in the event that your computer isn’t a powerhouse with the capability of handling all of your streaming demands. Tidal gives beta testers a live DJ feature What is Amazon Music: everything you need to know Peacock does away with free tier for new subscribers Plex Cloud is currently in closed beta through an invitation process which gives priority to those with a Plex Pass. I wouldn’t be surprised if Amazon puts a stop to this, if in fact they weren’t consulted before the launch of Plex Cloud.
Since Amazon Drive is primarily intended to be used as a backup service, it’ll be interesting to see how Amazon feels about Plex users using the service to stream multi-gigabyte files on a daily basis. My main concern is it doesn’t seem like Plex is working with Amazon to provide this service, and is instead just piggy-backing on Amazon Drive to make it work for their liking. For starters Camera Upload, Mobile Sync, Cloud Sync, Media Optimizer, DLNA, and DVR are currently not supported, but Plex says they’ll be working to add support for those over time. Plex says not all the features of a standard Plex server are supported with a virtual server using Amazon Drive. Add in the $39.99 per year cost of a Plex Pass and you’ve essentially got your own private streaming service for around the cost of a Netflix or Amazon Prime membership.
This allows the Plex app to stream media directly from the Amazon Cloud Drive, without needing to have a PC or NAS running Plex’s server software.Īmazon’s Cloud Drive costs just $59.99 per year for unlimited storage. Plex Cloud links a Plex Pass to an Amazon Cloud Drive account. Plex has just announced Plex Cloud, which may be the simplest way to access all of your personal media from anywhere, without needing to leave a PC or NAS drive on all the time.
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