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PLEX has Lifetime Plex Pass on sale for $95.99 when you apply promo code ITSPROTIME during checkout.
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Deal Instructions:
- Visit the Offer Page
- Login / Sign-up for a account
- Select the Lifetime Option
- Apply promo code ITSPROTIME
- Enter your information and complete checkout, your total will be $95.99.
- Sync your movies, shows, music, and photos to your mobile devices for offline enjoyment wherever you go.
- Unlock the power to set extra sharing restrictions and allow access to select premium features for shared users.
- Track your server stats with our desktop Dashboard or on the go using Plex Dash.
- Set max upload bandwidth and per-stream caps to ensure the best streaming experience.
- Use the dedicated video decoder and encoder hardware support in your computer/device to convert videos and stream HD or 4K video more smoothly to more devices at once.
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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- About this deal:
- Promo code valid Now through 23:59 UTC on Friday, September 22, 2023. Lifetime subscriptions only.
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
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PLEX has Lifetime Plex Pass on sale for $95.99 when you apply promo code ITSPROTIME during checkout.
Thanks to Deal Editor Discombobulated for finding this deal.
Deal Instructions:
Thanks to Deal Editor Discombobulated for finding this deal.
Deal Instructions:
- Visit the Offer Page
- Login / Sign-up for a account
- Select the Lifetime Option
- Apply promo code ITSPROTIME
- Enter your information and complete checkout, your total will be $95.99.
- Sync your movies, shows, music, and photos to your mobile devices for offline enjoyment wherever you go.
- Unlock the power to set extra sharing restrictions and allow access to select premium features for shared users.
- Track your server stats with our desktop Dashboard or on the go using Plex Dash.
- Set max upload bandwidth and per-stream caps to ensure the best streaming experience.
- Use the dedicated video decoder and encoder hardware support in your computer/device to convert videos and stream HD or 4K video more smoothly to more devices at once.
Editor's Notes
Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- About this deal:
- Promo code valid Now through 23:59 UTC on Friday, September 22, 2023. Lifetime subscriptions only.
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
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Plex has two pieces. One piece is the server. You would install a program called Plex Media Server on your computer. Then you tell Plex the location of all your movies and media you own. It scans everything and organizes it.
Then you go to your smart tv devices (fire tv, android box, roku, etc) You can install the Plex CLIENT on these and watch the movies from your Plex your server.
Plex is free if that is how you use it.
The Plex PASS is just some additional features for Plex. It lets you watch movies on your phone/mobile devices. You can download movies from your server. It allows "hardware transcoding". Skip intro/skip credits, etc.
Plex lost their way long ago. I want (and bought) to play local media, not have them push their stream crap on me.
Long time Emby user. Love it. UI isn't as polished as Plex but it's worth the effort to use because of my hate for plex streaming.
Also JellyFin.
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The thing that threw me over the hump was when my internet connection at home was down and I wanted to stream something from the NAS. Lo and behold, Plex would not allow me to stream since it needs to talk to their central servers to do basic functions. This made no sense to me so I began test running Jellyfin for a few months to see how they would work. While they don't work as smoothly as Plex, I am happy to know that even when my internet is down, I can still stream from my local NAS.
Going to donate the $95 to Jellyfin development instead.
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Plex has two pieces. One piece is the server. You would install a program called Plex Media Server on your computer. Then you tell Plex the location of all your movies and media you own. It scans everything and organizes it.
Then you go to your smart tv devices (fire tv, android box, roku, etc) You can install the Plex CLIENT on these and watch the movies from your Plex your server.
Plex is free if that is how you use it.
The Plex PASS is just some additional features for Plex. It lets you watch movies on your phone/mobile devices. You can download movies from your server. It allows "hardware transcoding". Skip intro/skip credits, etc.
The thing that threw me over the hump was when my internet connection at home was down and I wanted to stream something from the NAS. Lo and behold, Plex would not allow me to stream since it needs to talk to their central servers to do basic functions. This made no sense to me so I began test running Jellyfin for a few months to see how they would work. While they don't work as smoothly as Plex, I am happy to know that even when my internet is down, I can still stream from my local NAS.
Going to donate the $95 to Jellyfin development instead.
The thing that threw me over the hump was when my internet connection at home was down and I wanted to stream something from the NAS. Lo and behold, Plex would not allow me to stream since it needs to talk to their central servers to do basic functions. This made no sense to me so I began test running Jellyfin for a few months to see how they would work. While they don't work as smoothly as Plex, I am happy to know that even when my internet is down, I can still stream from my local NAS.
Going to donate the $95 to Jellyfin development instead.
You just need to add your local network under Settings > Network > "List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth."
Then you access the local server by IP on port 32400 like https://10.0.0.69:32400/
Emby takes exactly the same amount of time to setup and get running as Plex does. Same firewall config issues. There is almost zero meaningful difference between the two.
Emby on the other hand is faster in every other respect. Transcoding, skipping, resume etc.
UI isn't as pretty (like I said) but that small knock on Emby is worth it to not deal with Plex.
I still run both in docker containers. I've been a Plex pass owner since 2013 and Emby premier since 2020. 99% of my media is direct stream and Plex is just slower by a lot.
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If you're hosting at home and plan on it long-term I wouldn't hesitate to to go lifetime.
If you're hosting at home and plan on it long-term I wouldn't hesitate to to go lifetime.
1. Roku
2. Android/Google TV
3. Apple TV
I do not like how Plex is forcing their streaming channels on the user. I can honestly see how folks are getting irate and see Plex pushing away from its roots. I'm able to hide and not use their services the best I can to my liking for now; however, there may be a time when I get fed up and go full team jellyfin. I'm just not there yet.
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