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Plex lifetime pass 25% off, runs through to Cyber Monday I believe.
Enables some features such as HW transcoding, HDR tone mapping, Skip Intro, Skip Credits + more
25% off Lifetime Plex Pass $140.24 @ Plex.tv
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This is part of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals.
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unable to pay in TRY due to credit card being NZ based. I have tried all the cards I have and none of them worked. Do you have a workaround to paying in TRY with a NZ based card @nzninja97?
This is the message coming up when trying to pay:
There was an error creating the subscription: Selected country does not match Credit Card country
Not sure sorry. Maybe give Wise a try
Wise doesn't work either.
Think this stopped working around this time last year. Even the wise card approach doesn't work.
Long time Plex user - 🦃 hack won't work with NZ CC.
$140 is a good price for lifetime, I paid less (about $125) when NZ$ was better.
Skip Intro on some devices only - not while Chromecasting.
Otherwise full hardware encoding/transcoding with PlexPass.
so it based on the exchange rate?, i recalled you could get it under $99 ages ago should have gotten it then.
it used to be 75 USD lifetime pass (on special).
It used to be, but I think they’ve since locked in “local equivalent” pricing so it isn’t so volatile. Similar to what Apple and Google do with their app stores.
FWIW, I got it back in 2013 for US $75 = NZ $99 ;)
Previously had to pay in USD$, so factor in exchange rate and fees it worked out to be around $120/$125….. Don't remember exactly but better than $9.99 USD for a monthly sub!
They also have finally fixed a glitchy downloads problem….. Now happy.
Was a non-PlexPass user for several years…. Then went lifetime sub a couple of years ago and never looked back.
Running around 25/26TB :-)
Nvidia shield set up?
Can someone please dumb it down for me of what this is and what benefits the premium has cos I can't really see much about it on the website is it like Netflix or something? Cheers
Haha my thoughts too!!
hardware transcoding is probably the main one.
Which means…?
Probably not an important feature if you don't know what it means, it's basically offloading transcoding off the CPU. Only useful if you are serving multiple people on a wan or want to run a low powered CPU, as most lan clients wouldn't need server side transcoding.
Main things I make use of -
Hardware Transcoding - Server can make use of the Video card to convert video steam to other formats on the fly instead of just CPU.
Intro Skip - skips intros on TV shows etc.
Parental settings - Able to restrict user accounts so my kids cant watch R18 etc.There's probably other things that Im not aware of as Ive had paid lifetime for a few years now.
I travel a lot so the offline sync is the big selling point for me (existing lifetime subscriber here too).
What is the offline sync feature?
@Peter Wyngarde: Thanks - but how is this different to the Download functionality which I've been using?
@L3tstaxth1s: Plex Downloads replaced Plex Sync. Maybe they simply meant downloading content for using offline while travelling.
@Peter Wyngarde: Sorry, yes Plex Downloads is what I'm referring to (I've been a Plex user for quite a while and still call it "sync"…)
I use it while on a plane or somewhere with a spotty mobile signal.
Also included is the PlexAmp phone app, which is a nice music only player.
Can someone please explain what Plex is? What do you use it for? Is it worth paying for? Is this good to use/have??
Plex is a media solution that consists of two sides.
One, is the Plex Media Server. The Plex Media Server takes all your media (TV Shows, Movies, Music) from all sources regardless of origin (downloaded/pirated, purchased video, digital rips of DVDs/BluRays that you own, home movies, etc…) and, after a little organization on your part, downloads information about it (season, episode, synopsis, theme music) to what is called the "Plex Library" which is a database of all of your media. If you have a lot of media from different sources, this is invaluable as going through it normally (browsing folders) would take forever and be extremely inefficient.
The other side are the clients. There are clients for all sorts of devices. Right now the Plex team writes and distributes clients for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Roku, GoogleTV & Windows Phone. There are also unofficial clients made by other developers for AppleTV & Linux. These clients connect directly to the Plex Media Server, allowing you to access content on any of these devices. If the content isn't directly compatible with the device, Plex Media Server will convert the content to a compatible format on-the-fly as you request an episode (called "transcoding") so from the clients end, all content looks and acts compatible.
Plex also does much more (allow you to access your home content anywhere in the world over the internet, offer a player in the web browser so you can use any device with a browser to view your content without installing or purchasing anything, etc…) but thats the basics of it. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Copy and paste job from Reddit. I just searched what is Plex.
Also,
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288286-what-is-plex/Closer to home
https://www.cheapies.nz/comment/102347/redirOzBargain
https://www.cheapies.nz/node/14840Correct OzBargain link
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/12976943/redirDoing too many things at once
Where are you getting your FX rate from? I'm getting around $146 NZ converted - happy to use your rate of course ;)
Touche. Good to know.
I use Plex free and it works fine for me. Why should I buy this?
Full run down here:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid…I personally use it for offline downloads, hardware transcoding (much, much faster than software) and my kids can load their devices as part of my family group.
Takes strain of my multi use blade server (not having to use software to transcode) …. . Thinking of switching it to virtual machine now as its got less overhead.
What device are you watching Plex on that benefits from the hardware transcoding?
If you're streaming over the internet you might be reducing the bitrate (transcoding) regardless of the devices playback abilities.
Eg playing video while you're not at home.
As noted by kiwijunglist on the fly transcoding while away from home or to my 4 family members and many, many friends that have accounts and stream remotely.
All have different connections and internet speeds.
Plex will maximize the connection based on all these factors, Multiple outbound streams with only software decoding is not sufficient (will be totally overwhelmed) and having hardware decoding completely removes this bottle neck (and cause of HUGE frustration).
Resources are finite (especially with software transcoding) and if you are away and your server needs a bump to start it again …. You have to be in front of it to do so. Which isn't always possible.
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https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/748118Top comment:
Plex (for those who don't know) is a client/server system for serving up video and audio files. You put all of your legally ripped movies, TV etc on a computer, and then the Plex client on your TV/iPad/phone whatever, and Plex will convert whatever you're playing to a format that whatever you're playing it on can handle. It'll also let you stream your media library out to friends and family over the internet, and convert videos to lower resolutions on the fly so it'll fit through your (and their) internet connection. Having access to your whole media collection is pretty handy when you're stuck in e.g. a doctor's waiting room, and it'll even remember where you were up to in the show/movie.
It used to be really good, but recently they've decided the lifetime licence model is unsupportable, took on a bunch of venture capital, and are trying to become a low-rent ad-supported streaming company rather than support their existing users. that means you need to manually configure every client to not offer up their ad-supported Johnny Carson reruns when you're trying to search through your own library. Plus, some of their free/open-source competitors are now beating them to market with new features (HDR to SDR transcoding, Dolby Video transcoding, H265 streaming) as they're working on getting unpausable, streaming (but not on demand) 60's TV repeats out to people.
As someone who's had a "lifetime" Plex Pass/licence for the past 3 years, I don't know that I can recommend anyone else buying one. Maybe just stick with month-to-month until Jellyfin/Emby get a little better.
$55 NZD or 617.24 TRY if you change the country to Turkey.