Plex: Watch Live TV and Movies 12+

It works.....temporarily!!

Having used the desktop app remotely between my Macs I was somewhat sceptical of the iPad app. I didn’t want to pay for something that didn’t work the way I wanted. I was used to using Air Video but support for that stopped when IOS 11 came out so I had no choice. However, my fears were unnecessary. I only stream movies with the setup being a little complicated at first particularly doing this remotely but it works....well! The option to play the movie in higher quality is a bonus as is the addition of subtitles if available. I also like the fact you can continue on a different system from where you left off.
The small price I paid is enough and I’m more than happy with it as long as it continues to be supported on the iPads.
UPDATE:- no support for older Macs. All of a sudden it has stopped working and is asking for server version 1.3. This would not in itself be an issue but it still works perfectly when streaming to PS4. So it seems that the support fails at the first hurdle as they do not offer help, merely direct you to the forums. This has rendered it useless as a paid app and the customer service is not existent.
Go for a VLC option which is tried and tested.

5 stars for iPad and iPhone.

But issues on Apple TV and with Samsung TV.
If you have problems, you can chase your tail trying to find a solution that may not exist. I paid for plex pass and I'm not technical so I'd like clear user guide for troubleshooting. Step by step with screenshots. I don't mind looking on forums for a solution, but It's frustrating to look, find some information telling you what to do, you try and do it but can't. For help, all you can do is post on a forum and hope someone has resolved it before and can help. I've seen a few threads from months ago where people have all said they have the same problem. That's it, no response from the developers. Or when there is a response it's "sorry can't do anything" and the it's marked as as answered.

Plex to rule them all!

I’ve been using Plex since way back in 2011 and I do so live using Plex above all other media handlers, like XBMC, Jellyfin, etc, it out performs them all IMHO!
But today I still cannot fathom what, if any, advantages there are to spending £4.99 a month on a Plex Pass! Thought I would try it again, to see if anything had changed…nothing has, apparently! After subscribing again, Plex was running just the same as it always does on all of my devices really! No change in speed, performance, additional options or anything! Apart from another category added to my library tabs, which I know I’m not going to use!
For me, the best part of Plex is how it auto-configures to whatever device you are using and to whatever network settings you have applied, or a using at the time! It will 99% of the time play or display most types of video, audio, picture and songs that you throw
A truly epic multimedia handler!

Developer Response ,

For more information about which Plex features are free to use and which are paid for, please see our https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid/ support article. Thank you for your feedback and for using Plex!