And if you already have a Plex Media Server running, it makes a lot of sense to turn those ‘dumb’ TV sets into powerful Plex Media players, without putting a hole in your pocket. I get more out of my $35 Pi 3 than Chromecast, which costs almost the same. One of the best ways I’ve used my Raspberry Pi 3 was turning it into an extremely inexpensive media player. Plex Media Center has a friendly interface and it’s very easy to set up a media center (See our previous tutorial on how to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 or on another dedicated Linux machine ). Plex Media Server is based on open source Kodi (formerly XBMC), but is not fully open source.

If you already have Plex Media Server running, then you can build an inexpensive Plex Media Player using Raspberry Pi 3 and RasPlex. Just like books, I tend to buy these works and watch them once in awhile, instead of relying on “streaming” services like Netflix where content isn’t always available forever.

I have hundreds of movies, TV shows and music that I have bought over the years.

Raspberry pi movie server