Plex allows you to host your own collection of movies, TV episodes, and music Stream on all your other devices, and even share your library with friends and family. However, Plex Media Server is about to drop support for older Windows PCs and Macs.
Plex Media Server is the application that streams a collection of media to other devices, usually running on a NAS, dedicated home server, or other device that is always left on and connected to a home network. The server app works on a wide variety of devices and operating systems, but Plex is now ending support for versions of Windows earlier than Windows 10 version 1607, as well as versions of macOS earlier than 10.13 High Sierra.
The first release to drop for older operating systems will be Plex Media Server 1.32, which is planned for release on April 10, 2023. The change means that Plex will no longer support server computers that are still running Windows 7 or 8 (including 8.1), as well as some PCs. Older Macs that may not be able to run newer versions of macOS. Plex isn’t alone in bringing down old Windows versions – Microsoft has finished Extended Updates for both 7 and 8 Earlier this year, around the same time Support for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge has ended.
Plex said in the forum announcement, “While older versions of the server may continue to function in these currently unsupported environments at this time, we encourage everyone to upgrade their systems to at least Windows 10 (version 1607) or macOS 10.13 (high Sierra) to ensure continued availability.” Your operating system and Plex Media Server will both receive important security and feature improvements going forward.”
The good news is that you still can He watches Plex content on an old computer. You shouldn’t be using Windows 7 or 8 at all, because Microsoft no longer fixes security holes in those versions, but Plex content should still be played through Web application. Firefox is the only major web browser It still supports Windows 7 and 8, so you’d better use that at least. Firefox also still works on early macOS versions like macOS 10.12.
If you have a home server that’s still running an old operating system, you’ll have to move to a newer version of Windows or switch to Linux to keep up with Plex updates.
source: Plex forums
