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  Wakrak on 29/12/2022 - 03:18

  +1

  Interesting read

  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.

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    Bill on 29/12/2022 - 04:04

    +1

    "legally ripped"

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  divxmaster on 29/12/2022 - 06:45

  I've been using Mediaportal for years,
  its good once you configure it, and free of course.

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    kevinh89 on 29/12/2022 - 08:30

    Furthermore to @divxmaster comment, I wanted to add that I use a RaspberryPi 3b+ and MiniDLNA installed on it to stream content through my home network (can be wifi and wired). It also has network sharing capabilities with an smb additional package to drop files into it. I’m a windows user but setting this up was very very easy (its linux based solution) and completely free, I can help anybody who wants to try. Lastly, the DLNA funcionality is also available on windows 10 (and possibly 7 too) by default I believe and setting it up is a matter of switching a setting to On and dropping videos on the Videos default folder. I used to use windows first but a raspberry consumes way less power compared to a pc.

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  Ashwin on 29/12/2022 - 13:42

  Can get it a little cheaper than $140 through Google play store with email id stored under turkey as the country. As I have saved my wise card there to pay amazon prime subscription which is like $1 a month.last I checked roughly coverts to $110 NZD

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  fabercastell on 29/12/2022 - 14:54

  What is the best way to have my movie/video library on demand locally on my iPhone/iPad? There’s no easy way for me to drag and drop and I’ve even begun considering swapping over to Android, as you could easily buy a large 1TB microsd for an android tablet (sadly no microsd on the flagship phones).

  Is Plex lifetime sub the only way? Any other alternatives?

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    0mfgroflmao on 29/12/2022 - 15:08

    I believe Jellyfin does it as well, and it's free.

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  Fred Delicious on 29/12/2022 - 19:25

  Have had the lifetime pass for 4 years - would recommend.

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    cutcutcut on 29/12/2022 - 21:00

    I've had for a few years now, it fits my needs well. I don't really like all the added content they do now but you just switch it off or ignore it.