Is Plex still a thing?

Bubo said:
Can't go wrong with

ffmpeg -i bigfile.mkv -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -c:a copy -c:s copy -o smallerfile.mkv

or to do a whole load of files one after another, cd to the directory where they are, create a new folder called encoded, and run this command

for %i in (*) do ffmpeg -i "%i" -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -c:a copy -c:s copy -o "encoded\%i"

Google ffmpeg to find that and how to install it, needs to be run from a DOS prompt, and path to the ffmpeg,exe file needs to be in your PATH environment variable.
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Is it much better than Handbrake? That's what I use at the minute.
 
robj20 said:
What really bugs me with my latest approach is UHD stuff often goes above 100mb and my TV and indeed loads of them only have full speed rj45s sockets. I'm trying to limit my WiFi devices. Wish they'd put gigabit sockets on them.
So some of my UHD movies transcode to lower the quality.
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I was quite disappointed that my LG G4 still only had a 100Mbps Ethernet port.
 
My C3 works with some unknown brand usb to gigabit ethernet I happened to already have. I’ve heard it’s hit and miss as you say often they don’t work at all. That said, I never use anything inbuilt just my Apple TV.
 
I've just got rid of Jellyfin after about a year, and gone back to Plex. Plex just works. I can't even remember why I stopped using it in the first place. Jellyfin constantly crashed, subtitles hardly ever loaded, interface was slow.

It's running on my home built NAS, that is running the Synology OS. I use it through an Nvidia Shield Pro.
 
Never tried Plex as always used Kodi. Last 6 months or so been using Jellyfin no problems at all on my Unraid server. Using Tailscale to share with family and also no problems.
 
Long time Plex Pass user here - 8 years and counting…

I still buy BD’s and rip them (at full bit rate) to my server for the convenience of streaming, but the vastly superior quality of disc.

I’ve had a mix of players / clients over the years: A Raspberry Pi 3 and an ODroid C2 running Rasplex / OpenPHT. Currently using Vero 4K+ and a Vero V (which is my main player) running Kodi with PlexKodiConnect.
 
oggiet said:
Never tried Plex as always used Kodi. Last 6 months or so been using Jellyfin no problems at all on my Unraid server. Using Tailscale to share with family and also no problems.
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Forgot to add, if you have LG oled you can play DV and HDR on Jellyfin app.
 
Another long time Plex user here. Just got up to 100Tb storage. Runs flawlessly on a Synology DS920+ with 3x two bay USB3 DAS, all running in RAID1 so about 50Tb of actual usual space.
 
robj20 said:
Is it much better than Handbrake? That's what I use at the minute.
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Handbrake is more or less a front end for the underlying encoding engine that is ffmpeg. If you do it all in Handbrake with the same encoding settings you should in theory get the exact same quality. But if you can get your head around ffmpeg itself and its various encoding options then it will help you understand Handbrake and the other front end software that uses ffmpeg. I prefer it for the simple multi batch script I mention above when all you want to do is set it running to convert a large number of files with a common encoding set up. I think you can still do this multi converting in Handbrake but I prefer doing it direct.
 
Manbatius said:
My set up is a biostar J3060 board integrated gpu. Switched to a smaller case with built in laptop brick style PSU last month. Running Xubuntu

All our TVs have the app, as do the tablets. It is better on Roku though.
Have it set up
Films
Series
Kids films
Kids series
Stand up

It's good, get the odd wrong cover and have to fix manually every now and again.
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I'm doing the same soon with a Lenovo SFF system and a large HDD for media, I was considering Plex but jellyfin seems like it could be a better option. But then there's also Kodi.
Ideally I'd like a standalone OS dedicated to "media centre" so it boots straight into it and not an app.
 
Skynet5 said:
Very subjective, but I suspect in a few more years it’ll be dead.
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On the contrary, I would say self-hosting media is picking up again. It was different 5 years ago when you pretty much just had Netflix and Prime to subscribe to for your films and TV shows. But these days the half a dozen TV shows you want to watch all seem to be hosted by different providers making it a very expensive commitment.
 
Semple said:
On the contrary, I would say self-hosting media is picking up again. It was different 5 years ago when you pretty much just had Netflix and Prime to subscribe to for your films and TV shows. But these days the half a dozen TV shows you want to watch all seem to be hosted by different providers making it a very expensive commitment.
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Agreed, then the movies you want to watch are always on the service you don't have or cancelled last month etc.

I run a plex server on a old PC now running Linux, gets used all the time.
 
Semple said:
On the contrary, I would say self-hosting media is picking up again. It was different 5 years ago when you pretty much just had Netflix and Prime to subscribe to for your films and TV shows. But these days the half a dozen TV shows you want to watch all seem to be hosted by different providers making it a very expensive commitment.
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Yeah, and some of the bitrates are laughable.
 
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