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Why?
Cos they might only get 15 year from a sub like this
At best it’s a very different value proposition if we assume the company to be around long enough to make a lifetime sub halfway meaningful.
Otherwise call it something more descriptive of a realistic value.
If you don't think you'll get use from a lifetime subscription you can sign up for $6.49 per month.
If you still want a lifetime subscription please use the discount code DEADSOON for an extra $0.49 discount.
Or they might get 50 years.
Maybe discount only applies to people over 90…@0jay: That's right, in that case what's the point of people signing up to this lifetime subscription if you don't think they will still exist in 50 years time?
@edfoo: Haha pretty likely we’ll be doing things a bit differently and wont have much use for Plex.
Lifetime subs might as well say for the life of the product or so long as we feel like supporting it (never mind buy-outs, bankruptcies, irrelevance or plain old fade to blacks)
@0jay: As long as they are around for more than 18.48843 months you'll break even assuming the monthly price doesn't increase in the next 19 months.
more than 18.48843 months you'll break even
Assuming you consider the monthly rate good value to begin with
The continued existence of this company isn’t assured. We could all only get 12 months.
@buckster: I don’t think the lifetime subscription is a bad idea. I think the seniors discount is a bad idea.
Actually not a serious suggestion, just objecting to the idea of ‘lifetime’ subs
But it never said you can’t pass the account to your Children and grandchildren. So lifetime pretty much means forever (until Plex disappears)
@ozbking: I actually just switched lawyers for this very reason, just got in with a lawyer in wills & probate with expertise in bequeathing lifetime subscriptions.
You can never be too careful and I’d really hate for my daughter to miss out on her rightful claim to my subs, yo.
Back in my day we used to call that "Purchasing the product"
Haha. How did so many people not realise this was a joke?
Lol. I'm 67 and I think a lifetime sub is good value (if it's something you want).
I've got enough years left to keep enjoying life.
If you don’t want to pay, check out Jellyfin. It’s a very good open-source alternative.
I tried to get jellyfin to work because it does hardware transcoding and liked the nature of the software. But I just couldn't get it to recognise my library properly. Plex matches and categorises perfectly
I also have this issue with it recognising my library, need almost perfect naming scheme for it to work compared to Plex which will usually mostly figure it out for you. One main benefit of Jellyfish is the support for playback speeds though
I recommend Tiny Media Manager for all Library management needs
If you use Chrome and watch Plex in its web interface, there's this Chrome Extension - Plex Speed - that can vary playback speed:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/plex-speed/kegkeie…
I had the same issue. Plex has only ever mismatched 2 of my 500ish movies, which were quick fixes. Jellyfin however mismatched about 150. I didn't want to spend the time to fix it, and for my needs, Jellyfin doesn't have the functionality that I want that plex does, so I uninstaller Jellyfin. Maybe down the line it'll be better, but as it is, plex does everything I want and need, and none of the competitors match it
Sounds like bad library management, rarely have issues like that
@noise36: While it is a case of bad naming, it's not like what you're thinking. My library naming is automated - I have the *arrs dealing with it.
The issue is that when I started, I didn't put the year into my movie or shows because I didn't like how it looked. Plex didn't have nay issues with it, because everything else was named perfectly (because the *arrs handled it). I've since fixed it, but I haven't updated all the movies from before the change, since I don't want to risk losing play history for my users. There is a way to do it, but I haven't yet - maybe because plex already handles it, but maybe also because of laziness?
Either way, when I started jellyfin, a lot of movies didn't get picked up properly. Now, it would be one thing if it was meant to be the 1992 version of Aladdin and it thought it was the 2019 live action. But it wasn't just that - out of the 3 original Aladdin movies, 2 of them were picked up as the live action movie, even though they were named correctly (i.e. Aladdin and the king of thieves was being picked up as the 2019 Aladdin)
Like I said, it's nothing I can't fix with time, but I don't want to put that time into jellyfin when plex works perfectly already :-P
Also there were other things that jellyfin can't do that I have set up with plex, so it's not just that. Maybe if jellyfin gets to be equal to plex in that regard without needing to set a bunch of things up, then I'll change, but for now, plex works better for me
I don't want to risk losing play history for my users
Plex so long as there isn't a time without the file being present it doesn't lose play history in my experience; e.g. renaming with a date or adding a second copy of a movie/show it won't care about and dedupes nicely
@justin8: Yeah, I've heard that, and there's even a support article on plex's site about this, but I just have to trust it'll work and do it some time :-P
@Opaquer: can confirm it keeps everything as it should be.
I've had shows where I really want to start watching so I download a 480p then eventually upgrade to 1080p with the watch history still intact.
after it's scraped/matched titles in your 'movies' folder or whatever, is there a quick way to see a list of the folders vs the match names so you can double check reasonably easily? Like a post-scan report or something… Or can do you have to scroll thru all the movie names and posters to see if there are any that dont seem to match, and then have to check them manually?
or, does at end of the scan does it tell you which folders/movie files it could not match at all?@swampson: So, as far as I know for plex and jellyfin, there's no way to do that that I know of - it just shows you your entire media folder at the end. That said, with my plex server, I already knew plex had all the movies working because when I add a new movie in, I get a notification to tell me something's been added to my server, and I know what I've requested to be added, so I'd know if something didn't match there. Also plex has a "recently added" section, so if I see something there that isn't meant to be there, I can fix it - though like I said earlier, out of all my movies, I think I've had 2 cases where plex didn't match it right the first time around
With jellyfin though, I already had about ~500 movies when I started getting it set up, and about ~150 of them didn't match correctly. I found that out by going through each movie 1 by 1 and looking at it on the main library screen to see if it was something that was meant to be there or not.
@Opaquer: thanks for the reply; yeah bummer.. it'd be great so chuck 100 titles at Plex, and then just view a followup report once it's done it's thing, to do a quick visual check of the outcome. Or if there are other efficient ways to achieve that, i'd be interested to know! Perhaps i am overlooking an obvious feature or configuration…
@swampson: Yeah, unfortunately nothing I know of like that, except the "Recently added" feature, but that's about it as far as I know
Ibracorp's video on 'Trash guides' is the solution. Automate everything
I run Jellyfin and have no such issues as Radarr and Sonarr manage the libraries.
This is the solution. Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr etc.
Not entirely true. I've got Intel quicksync working on mine…
Happy with jellyfin
Transcoding and native apps
No issues with it recognising my library
One thing to mention is that Jellyfin isn't necessarily a direct replacement for plex, but the good news is you can run both at the same time with the same media side by side and compare.
I went through that process not long ago and found it wasn't worth it for me (there were to many things plex has that jellyfin doesn't, and too many side things I've set up that work with plex but not jellyfin), but having them side by side to see how things worked out was nice. Of course, your mileage may vary, but that's just my experience
I’m intrigued.
So let’s say… I wear a patch on one eye, have a wooden leg, a parrot on my shoulder, and say ‘arrr’ a lot..
If I put my movies (arrr) on there or Plex, and I likely to have any issues with this with any ‘Blue Smurf’s’¿Asking for a friend (arrr)..
"I illegally download movies and I am afraid the police man will get me"
Sherlock
Your parrot will be fine
Phew. Thank you :)
I bought this and dont regret it. Plexamp is great, and an excellent way to make radio stations out of your own music, as well as audiobooks on the go
Came here to say this. Have just gotten into Plexamp in combination with Plex and it's brilliant. Especially so if you've taken advantage of any of the tricky Tidal deals featured on OzB because Tidal integrates very seamlessly with Plex.
Excuse my noobness.
I’m looking for somewhere to store my massive music library.
So.l with this subscription, does it store it on the Plex server, or do I need to have… say a dedicated computer running and connected to wifi, so I can listen to my music remotely.
Appreciate any helpful advice.Yes, you need your own storage. Plex is just the app/server program.
Ok. Cheers
Plex and Bookcamp is awesome for hosting own audiobooks and browsing on Android.
plex or infuse?
Infuse is a client only player whereas plex is a server with client players. You can run a plex server and use Infuse as the player if you like it better.
Not sure if things have changed, but last time I checked, Infuse did not support profiles or live TV/ DVR?
Pretty sure that’s still the case
I prefer infuse. Got my media on unraid, shared via SMB and play from infuse. It’s pretty easy
Last tried Plex a few years ago and it felt pretty clunky in terms of hardware support, transcoding media/library management. Maybe I’m. It the target audience but I don’t want my downtime feeling like work
I've had Plex with a limestone subscription for almost 7 years and haven't regretted it once. It's easy to use, works on almost any device and doesn't require an ultra powerful PC to be it's server. Add in the newish online features and it's well worth it in my book.
What is Limestone ?
Probably lifetime autocorrected
MVP
Can anyone pls explain to my dumbass what plex is and what I'd need (other than the subscription) to make it worth it?
Is it a client that just brings all the freetv and self hosted media together?
Plex itself categorizes, sorts and serves your locally hosted media. So if you have backed up your legally purchased DVDs and Blu-ray’s etc and want to watch them via your new TV but don’t have a DVD player, Plex can help you stream your content to your devices.
PlexPass allows you to stream your content remotely and share it with others too - so you can sort of create your own streaming service (if your hardware and internet connection is good enough). Or also unlocks hardware encoding/decoding too potentially greatly speeding up your stream and improving the experience.
I still don’t get this. What’s the advantage of Plex compared to just running my PC to my TV and clicking through Windows? So other devices and your friends can access and watch these shows too?
Think of it a bit like Netflix - using plex you have a nicer ui rather that should run natively on your devices that let's you watch whatever media you have on your pc. It also allows you to keep track of whereyyou are between devices, so if you stop watching something on your TV and come back to it a few days later on your phone/pc/whatever, you can.
It also allows remote access, so friends and family can access your media if you want them to, or set it up for you to watch stuff when you're not at home. The free version of plex has some caveats with mobile devices that I've mentioned in a post below, but if all you want is local playback in a nice ui without using mobile devices, the free version may even be plenty, depending on your media and how things are set up
@Opaquer: So someone would be spending a couple hundred dollars for a nice ui on the tv? I say a couple hundred becuase you need a dedicated plex server to run it on, plus any other expenses such as subscriptions.
I still don't get why spend a lot of money when I could easiy screen share my screen onto tv and just watch movies like that?
@LuslecGrace: Ah, sorry, not quite - I misunderstood; I was talking about the features of plex in general, not plex pass (what the deal offers here). Plex does have a free version. It does require some hardware, but if set up right, plex can run on something as small as a raspberry pi. That said, most people run it on existing hardware, so if you already have a computer with media, you can run plex for free to see how it is. You definitely don't need to have server grade stuff, and quite a common thing is for people to run it on many year old computers/laptops.
As for other expenses, there's not anything else with plex if that's all you want, so it can be free.
That said, plex pass (the deal here) has some advantages to plex, and is either a once off payment like this, or a monthly subscription.
@Opaquer: Thanks for explaining, just meant when you would be spending money i assumed as someone with no old computer or laptop.
@LuslecGrace: Yeah, for someone who doesn't have any sort of computer or laptop and just watch Netflix/youtuhr/prime etc, this wouldn't be for them unless they wanted to invest a lot into being able to control their own media, which would cost money for the server (whether that be a raspberry pi, a $150 old pc that works nicely, or something more expensive for more hardware if they need it). That said, if someone already has a pc and have their own media for the pc, this makes a nice ui to use on Judy about any device while also being free to start with. It's definitely not for everyone, but a lot of people do like it, and it's quite a mature product, and does what it does quite well most of the time
@LuslecGrace: So many reasons.
Not everyone has a PC, or their PC is in another room. Or they don't want cables going around. Clicking around is hard from the couch. Controlling everything from your streaming device or even TV apps, sharing stuff as mentioned before….
The convenience of having Plex is real, that's why it's so popular.
Now, I don't think the Plex pass fee is worth that much so I just use the free version and it's enough.
Give it a go and open your mind.
@Fabbbrrr: Not everyone has a pc? But don't u need a dedicated pc to run plex in the first place or have i misunderstood something?
I personally don't need something complicating like this so i have very little reason to try it, watching movies isn't a major part of my time nor everyone's I live with lol. Might change in the future but to me its easier watching on my laptop screen with ease, I can delete the movies afterwards so I don't fill my storage.
@LuslecGrace: I Watch Plex through thé ‘Plex’ app on the “Google with Chromecast’ device.
Like this one (on a great sale price atm too).
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/738286@LuslecGrace: That's alright, I'm not gonna argue with you if you are happy watching movies on your laptop. We have very different needs for watching movies.
BTW I don't have a PC, my Plex server runs on the cloud, so no, I don't need a PC to run it at home, I just run the clients.
@Fabbbrrr: I'm curious, what service are you using to run Plex on the cloud? How much compute/storage do you have, and how much does that cost you?
@ValouSydney: There's a pretty significant difference between having to trudge through your filesystems every time you want to watch a tv show vs having it on an app like Netflix.
@ValouSydney: i’ve got that via infuse at the moment, my understanding was that plex isn’t that simple and always needs that extra server
@Opaquer: Thanks for the detailed explanation, clears things up a lot!
Is it correct to say that this is similar to the nVidea shield? But rather it's your own PC hardware that's providing the background streams rather than the shield?
@Smol Cat: I don't have a shield so can't say for sure, but I do know that people run plex on their shield, or use it as a client for plex.
That said, it sounds like it's a similar thing, just using your own pc hardware as the server like you said.
Also I think people tend to recommend a pc rather than a shield for a server, because they can be more powerful and handle things the shield might not be able to? Take that with a grain of salt though since I don't have one and can't tell for sure how good it is :-P
@Opaquer: Yeah all this new stuff is very confusing. It's like taking convenience to the next level when I wasn't even sure if I was being inconvenienced by playing media straight off my PC. I'll have to give it a try at some point to see what I'm missing out on.
@Smol Cat: Sounds good! Yeah, it's definitely something that started out as a nice to have, but once you start setting everything else up to go with it, it's pretty cool, especially once you start automating media being added and whatnot!
Good luck with it!
@Smol Cat: Just wait, soon you won't even leave the couch - just cast media from your phone via the internet to your TV.
Ah, I was a bit confused by their graphics and such.
That clears it up for me.
Not something that I need then :) Thankyou!Just a thing - plex pass itself doesn't allow you to have remote access. You can set up remote access for free. But, by default, plex only let's you play 1 minute of playback on mobile/tablet devices - plex pass gets rid of that along with adding other features. If the free version is enough for you, you can also get a once off payment for devices to remove that 1 minute limit, but it's a per device fee if I remember correctly
I believe it's a per account fee. I only recall paying for the android plex unlock a single time and I've gone through a few different phones.
@Beyond: Ah, you are correct! I just looked looked it up and you're spot on - it's one unlock per Google account (and presumably for iOS too)
@Opaquer: I appreciate the confirmation.
Also, go easy on these responses. As I was reading through them all, I felt bad seeing you invest a reasonable amount of time on some questions that people should really have tried to Google first.
Otherwise, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were a plex-representative 😂 due to the fact that you've held up half of this thread on your own.
Hopefully, I run into you when I'm looking for information on some future thread. Haha.
@Beyond: Ha! No, that's just the free time on a weekend talking!
Also, I've spent a LOT of time trying to perfect my plex server - I reckon I know 90% of the docs off by heart just from trying to make my plex server exactly what I want it to be :P
@Opaquer: Yeah but, I find the docs were lacking quite a bit of information and categories.
I've done something similar with mine, gone over countless reddit threads, but still, I'm confident that there are bits and bobs that I'm lacking.
I run the free version myself, I haven't found a necessary reason to upgrade yet. I don't need hardware acceleration as I only give access to folders that I know will fit the individual family members' current setup for direct stream/play. Also, I remember some cheaper deals in the past and it's hard to invest money when you know you could have gotten it for a lot less.
One of the last things I read about was users partitioning/dedicating their NVMe drive for plex media data and I think they set the drive to an unassigned letter while still having plex be able to add to it.
I thought that was interesting, I still have to confirm the whole NVMe usage from the unassigned drive.@Beyond: Yeah, I agree about the docs too - reddit and discord have been such a help with my setup too. And that's fair about plex pass - maybe down the line it'll have more value/be cheaper and be more worth it!
Also that NVMe stuff sounds interesting! Wonder how it'll end up working out!
Sooooo….people go to JB Hifi, buy a $20 Movie Bluray, rip it and store it on Plex to stream it to their TV? Did I get this right? So it saves you time to not put in the $20 Bluray movie into the Bluray player? Isn't it cheaper and more time efficient to just stream Movies rather than buy a $20 movie, waste hours to rip it? OR do people use Plex to locally stream 4K Linux Distros they torrented? Because the first option just sounds a bit redundant and expensive.
You’re not quite thinking big enough…
Say you’ve slowly collected a movie library of about 100-200 movies over the years (which easily happened before steaming platforms, or if you just want 4K HDR) and you’ve got 3-4 TV’s in the house. It’s definitely easier to stream whichever movie you want to whichever TV you want whenever you want. You also have the option of enjoying your own collection when travelling or at a friends house.Some people use it purely for audio because Plex supports high bit rate and CD Rips.
It also categorises your library and makes it easily searchable.
I’m sure a lot of people use it for Linux distros but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a significant practical purpose outside of those sailing the seven seas.
@TimeWaster: Also, PLEX is great if you use Google TV.
Thats what I did last time.PLEX app on Google TV that get the high quality movies and TV series I collected over the years and stored on the WD 2TB NAS drive.
But nowadays with high speed broadband and streaming services, there's little need to use PLEX anymore.
The only downside (with streaming) is I have to pay monthly fees for Netflix + Amazon Prime video + Disney Plus + Paramount since there is no online streaming platform that has them all.
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