That doesn't seem easier.
Click on Apps, find the one you want and click install.
Is Plex still a thing?
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Click on Apps, find the one you want and click install.
I actually have Jellyfin running off my laptop as I said Jellyfin doesn't run smoothly if it's not installed on a SSD. It starts to run slow on HDD. I believe it's more resource hungry than Plex.
I installed Plex and all the rarr apps (and others), behind traefik, with ssl certs for my domain with a one line command in Ubuntu after editing some re-req config files. All of the apps/API etc is all configured automatically as is any other requirement including NFS/Google Drive mapping.
Yeah that definitely doesn't sound easier.
I always make sure Plex or similar is running off an SSD. You then just have to wait for the drives to spin up once you click on a movie or show to watch.
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If you run the full suite it's definitely quicker compared to individually installing/configuring them all. If it's just Plex you're running, sure, native app is better.
When you add a new show to your library on HDD with Plex on an SSD, do you know if Plex detects the drive is now spinning, cos you've just dropped something on the drive, and only THEN at that point it does its scan and metadata scrape, or does it periodically fire up the hdds to detect new files even if you haven't added anything? I'm trying to work out how Plex will do its media scraping if it is on an ssd with your libraries on hdd's that have spun down.
Up to you how it scans for new stuff, automatic, periodically or manually.
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I'd love a NAS. I have a cheap network storage device but you can't install anything on it. Right now, I'd like to install my cable mods and someone is watching something. I guess I'll wait. Was considering stopping playback with a message then felt too guilty.
Maybe one day a low cost one will appear on MM.
Maybe one day a low cost one will appear on MM.
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I paid £33 for my lifetime pass in 2014. It’s still happily handling my movies and TV alongside the arr’s.
This is not my experience with JF, I've got it installed on a 5,400rpm WD Red, cache and metadata too. How big is your library?
That said I seemto remember it having issues was when it used to transcode and it seemed like it'd try to transcode all of the file in one hit unlike Plex. However I believe they've changed that now - looking at the settings it seems to be set to throttle after building a buffer of 3 minutes. Though I transcode literally nothing on Plex or JF as I use my desktop as the server and don't want the CPU to be transcoding when I'm using it.
@edgedemon IIRC, AFAIK ripping is currently illegal in the UK, if that's the case I'd save yourself some time (and hassle).....
I was all in on plex quite a few years ago. Early adopter and got lifetime for free.
However gave up with it all a while back. What with the abundance of streaming platforms that is dirt cheap to get if you time it right, lots now in UHD where my copy was only 1080p at best, the proposition of running my own media doesn’t stack up for us personally anymore.
Sure some stuff we have isn’t available. But we watch them once every few years and can always just use the physical media if wanted.
Very subjective, but I suspect in a few more years it’ll be dead.
We have music ripped on a share for Sonos, but even I’ve given up on that and listen to less music. Other half is still ripping lossless though… but I think that is more for a pass time than really actually enjoying the outcome.
However gave up with it all a while back. What with the abundance of streaming platforms that is dirt cheap to get if you time it right, lots now in UHD where my copy was only 1080p at best, the proposition of running my own media doesn’t stack up for us personally anymore.
Sure some stuff we have isn’t available. But we watch them once every few years and can always just use the physical media if wanted.
Very subjective, but I suspect in a few more years it’ll be dead.
We have music ripped on a share for Sonos, but even I’ve given up on that and listen to less music. Other half is still ripping lossless though… but I think that is more for a pass time than really actually enjoying the outcome.
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HTPC version of PLEX with 4K content at 21:9 justifying my purchase of a 21:9 UW
I don't think it is, you are allowed to make backups of your own owned media.
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AFAIK, it was originally, so using an iPod and ripping stuff was illegal. Then they decided that was stupid (because it is) and made it legal, and then the last thing I remember seeing was they'd overturned it - see the BBC article linked by @Infidelus
Now that was a while ago, so things could have changed - but I doubt it, mainly because that'd be something sensible.
Besides, even if it were legal, since OP is considering ripping the stuff before it gets sold off by their other half, I'm not sure it'd count as legal any way.
I'm finished with DVD quality is too low on a modern TV. I have a handful ripped that I can't get on BluRay.
Blu-ray's are cheap now and often superior to streaming in many ways. The streaming services are so fragmented and good luck getting classic movies on them, when you want them.
I upgraded to 4k Blu-ray and have a few 4k disks. It's was more to have a faster bluray player. Have local storage on my Nvidia Shield. But only my favourite movies that aren't on streaming.
Blu-ray's are cheap now and often superior to streaming in many ways. The streaming services are so fragmented and good luck getting classic movies on them, when you want them.
I upgraded to 4k Blu-ray and have a few 4k disks. It's was more to have a faster bluray player. Have local storage on my Nvidia Shield. But only my favourite movies that aren't on streaming.
Streaming quality is pretty poor though. I have many of my Blurays ripped and it's so much better.
Yup. But certainly good enough for me and I’ve noticed a marked improvement over the last couple of years across the platforms in terms of bitrate.
I buy the odd movie on UHD disk to watch. But I’m not running a server and HDD to have that quality on demand any more.
I did. But the value exchange isn’t there for me anymore.
It's a convenience thing for us. My little girl watches the same movies over and over so it's handy having them all on Plex all my discs are kept in the loft in little wallets so they take up no space I don't need to have loads of shelves in the Livingroom anymore.
That was one of the reasons we had it too.
We went on a holidays and it was a godsend to have all these tv shows my little lad watched available to stream / download at any time we had decent WiFi on to some cheapo android tablet.
Thankfully now he is old enough to enjoy the holiday with us and not need his fix of Octonauts or Abney and Teal to keep him from melting down.