> On 22 Oct 2019, at 01:53, chopinhauer > <chopinhauer.98a...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > > This is really more PLEX question than an LMS one.
You are right - a pure Plex question. But anyway, the short answer is Plex needs internet connectivity unless setup specifically to not use it. Here is one link (search for “Plex without internet): https://www.howtogeek.com/303282/how-to-use-plex-media-server-without-internet-access/ <https://www.howtogeek.com/303282/how-to-use-plex-media-server-without-internet-access/> or https://forums.plex.tv/t/use-plex-without-internet-connection-on-home-network/179493 <https://forums.plex.tv/t/use-plex-without-internet-connection-on-home-network/179493> Rainer > > I have both running on my local network. Often my internet goes down but > LMS still streams nicely to my Squeezeboxes throughout the house. This > is as expected as my music is stored locally. But the same doesn't > happen with PLEX even though I have my files stored locally as well. > When the internet goes down it won't stream to my TV via chromecast. > > Can any of the wifi/internet cognoscenti explain why this is so? Why > does LMS work and PLEX doesn't when the internet goes down even though > both are streaming from my local computer? Is it simply a PLEX thing? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > chopinhauer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32453 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111110 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066 Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zürich Office Y34-J-74 Winterthurerstrasse 190 8075 Zürich Switzerland Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64 Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 email: rainer.k...@uzh.ch rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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