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Lifetime Plex Pass

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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:
  1. Visit the Offer Page
  2. Login / Sign-up for a account
  3. Select the Lifetime Option
  4. Apply promo code ITSPROTIME
  5. 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.

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 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:
  1. Visit the Offer Page
  2. Login / Sign-up for a account
  3. Select the Lifetime Option
  4. Apply promo code ITSPROTIME
  5. 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.

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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Beware if you host your "content" on dedicated servers. They started implementing IP blocking, so if your hosting your stuff on Hetzner, or services with Hetzner IPs they will start blocking access. Not sure how long before it moves to other providers.
Are you trying to figure out what Plex is or what the Plex Pass is?

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.
I'll be the first.

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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Sep 21, 2023
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dclive
Sep 21, 2023
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Those considering Jellyfin as a full replacement for Plex + PlexPass should read this, particularly the 4k section (namely, Jellyfin doesn't handle hw transcode of HDR mapping data, resulting in a very bad 4k experience if transcode is required; Plex just handles it).

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/com..._jellyfin/

The #1 voted comment:

Jellyfin could be the greatest thing since sliced bread as a server, but the client support is asstastic, and that's what Plex does better than anyone. Most end users don't care about why something transcodes or if their setup strips out ATMOS or whatever, they just care that it works on their machine, and that's what Plex does better than any competition (by far)
Sep 21, 2023
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chaz3664
Sep 21, 2023
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If anyone knows how to get remote access working with CGNAT please let me know. I have Starlink so no private IP address and ipv6 hasn't been activated on my Starlink account yet.
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Sep 21, 2023
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nawaf1
Sep 21, 2023
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it will probably be $90 for new year sale.
Sep 21, 2023
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BuyMoreChuck
Sep 21, 2023
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Quote from chaz3664 :
On bottom left corner of the image is an edit icon that looks like a pen. Click that then click poster. Click "choose an image" hyperlink and upload whatever image you want to replace with. Save and you're done.
Thank you, I will give it a try.
Sep 21, 2023
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BaudLord
Sep 21, 2023
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Quote from dclive :
I had a few issues with my JellyFin testing, mostly with an iPad:

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.schedulesdirect.org/.), vs. Plexpass $90/forever. No brainer - get a PlexPass!
Regarding live tv, I also tried to get that working. No way I was going to try and buy a yearly sub just to get tv guide data. The free option of doing xml - zap2xml - was a bit of a pain since the docker container is severely outdated and I kept getting errors. I was able to try and do a docker run command since i'm currently traveling and can't SSH to my synology from vpn. I did VPN and watch a show on Jellyfin and it was fine. I just can't give up plex at this point due to all the QoL features it gives - the Live Tv guide debacle is really upsetting to me... I don't see why Jellyfin just doesn't take care of it on its own.
Sep 22, 2023
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MaratV
Sep 22, 2023
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Quote from PhatDummy :
Plex is phenomenal. I have the free version and have been waiting for this deal.

Anybody that has a library of digital movies, this is great for playing your collection from anywhere around the globe.
This is a really cool feature, so I can sync my Vudu and Amazon accounts?

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Sep 22, 2023
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dclive
Sep 22, 2023
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Quote from MaratV :
This is a really cool feature, so I can sync my Vudu and Amazon accounts?
https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/04/ho...one-place/

https://www.plex.tv/blog/end-the-...with-plex/
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Sep 22, 2023
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chevron7
Sep 22, 2023
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Quote from dclive :
https://repo.jellyfin.org/release...0230920.2/

See how fast you can make the unstable build crash.

Any reason not to just put it in a docker with all the -arrs ?
It's just a mac mini m2 desktop I use daily and didn't turn off often. I didn't want to bother to install docker environment on it. But thanks for the suggestions, though, I gotta try it. Or at least put it on my ubuntu docker.
Sep 22, 2023
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chevron7
Sep 22, 2023
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Quote from nawaf1 :
it will probably be $90 for new year sale.
I just checked last year's Plex pass deal emails. One was 2/09 (before Valentine) for 30% off ($83.99) and the other was 11/21 (Thanksgiving) for 25% off ($89.99). Surely there shall be another one later this year but at what %.
Sep 22, 2023
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dclive
Sep 22, 2023
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Quote from chevron7 :
It's just a mac mini m2 desktop I use daily and didn't turn off often. I didn't want to bother to install docker environment on it. But thanks for the suggestions, though, I gotta try it. Or at least put it on my ubuntu docker.
IMHO that's vastly easier. Linux is a first-tier target for all of that stuff; MacOS really isn't.
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Sep 23, 2023
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boourns84
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Plex lifetime i paid $75 prob six years ago. It's worth it for me because I use the HDHomeRun with an nvidia shield for dvr purposes. HDhomerun charges $35 for dvr service annually, so I don't have to pay that because I have plex lifetime. I also have 4k movies download which I couldn't share on my home network unless I had lifetime because of the transcoding being basic with plex non lifetime.
Sep 23, 2023
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Veranek
Sep 23, 2023
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Quote from CJ00TA :
I'll be the first.

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.
Their streaming crap (because it is indeed crap) is utterly easy to hide and remove from the sidebar. If this is your gripe with Plex, maybe you haven't used it enough.

Compared to Emby and Jellyfin, it's still the most cohesive and user-friendly experience, in my opinion.
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Plex is the GOAT. For the people that are complaining aboiut the forced content, you can customize you menu. Maybe that wasn't there before or something. But I see absolutely no suggested conetent from the internet/advertising they way I've set it up.

I'm not on plex pass or plex premium either. I control everything that users should see through my "server" which in this case, is just installed on my gaming/workstation. From there you select the location of where you want your video or picture sources to be, manage devies, etc. CPU is a i9-10900k on the server. I'm literally running videos off a external hard drive, not ssd, and I'm getting 4k content with HDR, HD, Atmos, Dolby 5.1, all of it through a freakin 5200rpm western digital passport. Granted, I have a high end CPU which is crucial to encoding/decoding the above content, and also a high end GPU that helps leverage some of the video handingling. The speed at which I can access content on an ssd vs a 5200rpm tradition disc drive (plugged in via usb 3.0 ) is literally unnoticeable.

I see plex being around for a while and would rather not switch to an open source project. From my experience, open source developers can drop out of a project as they please/need to due to life circumstances, etc..then you as an end user need to think about the security of the application, the compatibility for video formats, picture formats being updated, bugfixes, compatibility with new hardware, the list goes on and on.\\

While I am a champion for open source software and OS, keep in mind that open source is FREE for a reason. People making it do it for the fun of it and in lots of cases helps their resume. Open source projects are largely meant to not go on forever with the same team. Lots of projects get deprecated for one reason or another (mostly the reason I stated above); project closes down or another dev joins the team.
Last edited by mrdoge September 23, 2023 at 05:45 PM.
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