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.
Plex Pass Features:- 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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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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Here's the full list: https://support.plex.tv/articles/...plex-pass/
I don't see any killer must-have features unless you need hardware transcoding. If you're already using plex and don't need anything else I'd keep doing the free thing.
I'm considering setting up plex_debrid because Stremio hasn't gotten around to Apple support (and they may never). I'm hoping that will be a better interface on my iphone.
Plex can do a lot. ..... .
Regardless bandwidth, quality, transcoding, accessibility ... I wouldn't put my grandma (or my wife) in front of a smart TV or an iPad without an app such as Plex (or Jellyfin) client. Being a techie myself, I really enjoy all the automation Plex has done - category, metadata, validation, UI ... etc. I put video files into appropriate folder then later turn on TV, they are there, simple and pretty.
Why allow all data to phone home to their offices then ?
I think it's pretty darn clear in their agreements and privacy policy exactly why the phone home, what they collect why they collect it how it helps the user and how it helps them while protecting the privacy of personal library details. There were obviously very thoughtful about how they constructed those provisions to be suitable, necessary and not overreaching.
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See how fast you can make the unstable build crash.
Any reason not to just put it in a docker with all the -arrs ?
IMHO, super concerning that they are suddenly making these determinations AND are collecting enough data about you to believe they are able to do so. My recommendation (as a plex lifetime subscriber) is to just us jellyfin. It's free, and doesn't snoop on you + try to police how you use it.
Jellyfin really shines with its user and library customizability tho. I really did enjoy that - and their "Collections" library *chefs kiss*
IMHO, super concerning that they are suddenly making these determinations AND are collecting enough data about you to believe they are able to do so. My recommendation (as a plex lifetime subscriber) is to just us jellyfin. It's free, and doesn't snoop on you + try to police how you use it.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/...20to%20you.
You should read that.
Do you encrypt your Netflix traffic with another layer too? How far does this go?
Jellyfin really shines with its user and library customizability tho. I really did enjoy that - and their "Collections" library *chefs kiss*
1. The move from (I'm using my iPad on my network) to (I'm using my iPad externally) isn't intuitive. And unless one knows one's unchanging public IP (and/or using a Dyn-DNS type service) keeping track of this information isn't trivial. For the non-technical, this likely would exclude JellyFin on the spot.
2. Setup (see above, IP addresses) is far from intuitive. This is what Plex gives you with that horrible "centralized" login everyone loves complaining about - once you (or a user) are logged in, you don't have to worry about finding any servers you have access to; from that point it's all automatic.
3. I couldn' t get my HDHomerun going. Yes, I could find it and add it, but I couldn't see how to get guide data (free). I suppose I could pay for a service to do that, but if I am doing that, why not just get PlexPass and get ALL the cool features? $35/year for the guide they recommend (https://www.schedulesdi
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