Who Here Uses Plex ?
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tankplanker said:
Emby is based on Kodi and designed to be the backend for Kodi.
It's based on Mediabrowser (thus the MB) which was a plugin for Windows Media Center. The Kodi integration is incidental to their business model - it's a rival for Plex, with paid-for front-ends. If you have Windows the picture quality should be better than Kodi.Also running Plex on an UnRAID HP Microserver. Streaming to AppleTV (gen 4), iPads etc. Has worked flawlessly for many years.
I still think the interface is light years ahead of the commercial stuff such as Netflix.
It also manages to stream remotely via my dodgy 1 Mbps uplink as long as I turn the resolution down. Impressive.
I still think the interface is light years ahead of the commercial stuff such as Netflix.
It also manages to stream remotely via my dodgy 1 Mbps uplink as long as I turn the resolution down. Impressive.
Plex user here (I even have a plex pass subscription which allows syncing of content and free apps on devices).
I have it running on an old dual core 2.3ghz laptop using Ubuntu 12.04. Works great, although as already mentioned, permissions on external drives can be a faf to sort out meaning it can't index media.
If anyone is having that issue, you need to add plex to the plugdev group and then set permissions on the remote drive to allow plugdev as a user. Works fine then.
I have it running on an old dual core 2.3ghz laptop using Ubuntu 12.04. Works great, although as already mentioned, permissions on external drives can be a faf to sort out meaning it can't index media.
If anyone is having that issue, you need to add plex to the plugdev group and then set permissions on the remote drive to allow plugdev as a user. Works fine then.
scovette said:
It's based on Mediabrowser (thus the MB) which was a plugin for Windows Media Center. The Kodi integration is incidental to their business model - it's a rival for Plex, with paid-for front-ends. If you have Windows the picture quality should be better than Kodi.
Ah cool! Although if you are using a high end PC you can improve the picture quality of pretty much all the main media players including Kodi by using DSPlayer, MadVR etc. in conjunction with the front end of your choice.Nardiola said:
And another one, I've been using Plex for years, currently running on a W10 Media Server (Core i5 3750k, 16GB RAM, 8TB) streams my content to various devices, iOS, Android, FireStick and Kodi on an rPi, I've got a PlexPass for local syncing, pretty much faultless here.
That seems a bit overkill for a server, no?tankplanker said:
Who else is using download managers? I'm using Sonarr, get_iplayer, and couchpotato to manage everything for me,
I'm using Sonarr, couchpotato and headphones... sonarr works flawlessly, I've got a problem with the post processing (in that it does rename or move the files to the library) on the other two which I really need to invest some time in resolving.neilus said:
I'm using Sonarr, couchpotato and headphones... sonarr works flawlessly, I've got a problem with the post processing (in that it does rename or move the files to the library) on the other two which I really need to invest some time in resolving.
I had this issue with Couch - turn off renaming and just let SABnzb handle the post processing. Works great.Used Plex for a few years - server running on Synology and client on Samsung smart tv.
Generally, very reliable with only an occasional issue with upgrades but nothing recently.
My only real gripe is DVD-video format which it doesn't recognise. I understand their decision, but its a pain as it means I need to use the Synology own video client for those films and it would be handy if one app could do everything.
Generally, very reliable with only an occasional issue with upgrades but nothing recently.
My only real gripe is DVD-video format which it doesn't recognise. I understand their decision, but its a pain as it means I need to use the Synology own video client for those films and it would be handy if one app could do everything.
Oakey said:
For those baffled as to why Plex keeps transcoding despite your media being compatible, you want to go in to the client's settings and change it to 'Direct Play' (I forget which menu it's in).
Tried that on Plex client on PS3 and Sony Bravia, didn't help at all, still transcodes and still buffers.8bit said:
Oakey said:
For those baffled as to why Plex keeps transcoding despite your media being compatible, you want to go in to the client's settings and change it to 'Direct Play' (I forget which menu it's in).
Tried that on Plex client on PS3 and Sony Bravia, didn't help at all, still transcodes and still buffers.It's in Settings/Web/Player
I have Plex running as a docker (with ~20 other dockers) on a server. I use Unraid server OS https://lime-technology.com/
Runs perfectly. I use a mixture of Plex clients and Kodi clients with have Plexconnect installed.
Runs perfectly. I use a mixture of Plex clients and Kodi clients with have Plexconnect installed.
spants said:
I have Plex running as a docker (with ~20 other dockers) on a server. I use Unraid server OS https://lime-technology.com/
Runs perfectly. I use a mixture of Plex clients and Kodi clients with have Plexconnect installed.
What hardware are you running this on please?Runs perfectly. I use a mixture of Plex clients and Kodi clients with have Plexconnect installed.
tankplanker said:
Who else is using download managers? I'm using Sonarr, get_iplayer, and couchpotato to manage everything for me, I just add a program and off it goes, removes all the pain of finding downloads, renaming and moving files myself.
It was a lot more work to setup but I find it much more powerful and a lot less hassle once it was all working.
I was waiting until I had a few satisfied weeks completed before I posted. This might help those using any kind of Android TV device (with storage).It was a lot more work to setup but I find it much more powerful and a lot less hassle once it was all working.
I use the Flud torrent app, and add a specific RSS for any series I follow. It also moves the download to a folder you enter in the settings menu, so you can set it to transfer the download to your media location, or wherever.
For me it means we can just walk in home, launch AVP and the most recent files are at the top of the screen waiting to be viewed.
It's also clever enough to have placed them in the relevant tv series episodes, so it builds up a full series over time.
Quite happy with it now, it's had a few weeks of testing and behaves perfectly.
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