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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Heads up! Plex media server with the Plex clients on all your devices is such a smooth experience. Highly recommended. And their “Watch together” feature is so nice for people that prefer to stay in bed and spend the winter binge watching next to a warm body.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Use Jellyfin. Stop relying on corps' services.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just started my switch last weekend! Jellyfin is amazing so far. Just need to figure out how to export all the Plex metadata and posters to .nfo files.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are surely tools to help, that has to be a common problem

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I’ve been searching all over and haven’t found anything yet. The only answer seems to be to directly open up the Plex database in sqllite and navigate the schema myself and figure out how to export the specific tables and fields I want in some usable format. Once I have that, there are tools to generate .nfo files. 

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I would if it had most of the features that Plex does.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It does.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It doesn't work on Samsung TVs, I tried

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Can you browse web on your tv? That would work.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're inputs broken? Who the fuck cares about TV OS support?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Who the fuck cares about TV OS support?

    Me with my limited budget

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I spent 30 dollars on an orange pi zero 2 and installed android TV on it.

    Can you afford 30 dollars? The privacy alone is worth the cost. Those samsung TVs are spyware central.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok.

    So it has a dedicated music app?
    It has music filtering?
    Good 4k/x265 performance?
    Has a third party (or built in) utility that shows me streaming usage?
    Allows me to limit remote users to streaming from a single IP address at a time?
    Let’s me watch something together with another remote user?
    Has an app for most any device (like Plex or Emby) that does NOT require sideloading?
    Has built in native DVR steaming/recording support?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Heads up! Plex is garbage and enshitefying their own services to make more money.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It is working well for my purposes, but I suppose I may have recommended something without knowing this part of the story.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Don't feel bad. Plex is working wonders for me. Yea, there are things that annoy me about it, like the volume issues. But all in all, it passes the "wife test".

    99.9% of the people here who trip over themselves to shit on Plex and recommend any other service that requires IT knowledge to consistently and easily give access to family members, don't have to deal with the "wife test". Substitute "wife" with husband or mom, or grandma.

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