Forums General chat Playing Mkv Files Local Network Reply To: Playing Mkv Files Local Network December 28, 2017 at 5:03 pm #83 peter 5 Posts Personally, I would reconsider Plex. I use it a lot and find that it turns the kind of fiddly nightmare that you’re currently experiencing into a foolproof and convenient experience. It does depend how often you want to use it, I guess. Because we use it constantly, the server is always running and we have the client installed everywhere it could be needed. If you’re only going to use it very occasionally, I can see that the initial set up process and then having to start up the server each time you use it could be less worthwhile. I don’t think you’d have to pay for it at all. The free version is massively capable and the “Plex Pass” that you have to pay for is only necessary for some quite niche features. As for security, I don’t see any reason to be too paranoid. What exactly concerns you? It does have the option of setting up external streaming but that’s easy to disable in the settings so that it only runs on your local network behind your router’s firewall. You could also, if you wanted to, stop it gathering media data from websites.