I haven’t used Plex in quite a while now, but what the fuck are they doing? This was $75 when it was first introducedhttps://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/
>>220602724It's gonna have Redux forever so this display of hubris isn't surprising
I just use Jellyfin
i got mine on sale a while back for like 80 USD thank god i did what the shit
>friend called me a retard and a sucker for paying $120 for it when Jellyfin is free>now he's crying and asking me for a loan so he can buy the $250 pass before it goes to $750 because Jellyfin sucks ass
>>220602724i still have no idea why anyone would pay for this. you get barely any extra features worth a damn.
>>220602770yee jellyswag with my jellyiggaz
>>220603269>Jellyfin sucks assI didn't switch to it yet because lazy, but how so?From the outset, it just looks like you're trying to justify your purchase so you don't look dumb
jeezus
>>220603272Doesn't it not let you stream to friends outside your wifi network without premium?
>>220603347ever heard of one of these
>>220603369i used to do that but then plex became more convenient.
>>220602755nani ga redux?
Join usJust need tailscale and you can stream remotely too.
>>220603369>why would you want your friends to be able to instantly stream terabytes worth of content from you anytime they want when you can just drive two hours and hand them a thumb drive with one season of a tv show or one 4k movie on it?
>>220603333I'm not a power user, but I have used both, and ultimately stuck with Plex for a while now.Jellyfin asks more of you because you need to maintain metadata and preview media yourself. I don't mind that and have still been doing that for when I eventually switch back over. What made me drop it for the time being was the terrible Roku app, which is more of a Roku problem than an actual Jellyfin problem. I was having specific encoding and playback issues on my TVs. I think the app has since been updated, but I haven't gone back yet.Basically, it's not as plug and play as Plex is so I'm sure a lot of people get turned off.
>friendless, LAN-only kings remain unbothered
R8 my recent additions
>>220603532a better question is why you would do this in the first place
>>2206036381/6
>>220603530>Dood just install flipglorp and get the monoExentionsExpiremental app to get better integrations with subtitles and previews, oh and don't forget to make sure that PodMan is set to snapshot and backup and on the same vlan as the flipglorp setup you did earlier and there you go you're almost 60% of the way there to a one click install Plex setupLmao. Should've just bought the pass when you could have years ago. Jellyfin is only free if you value your time at $0.
there are ways to stream 4K blu-ray remuxes, dolby vision & atmos and everything, directly to your TV instantly with a streaming service style interface but people would rather buy a NAS and download everything instead. sad.
>>220603532how about teach your friends how to set up plex on their own network and then use any number of the free file sharing websites to share the video files that they want. No need for them to rely on your server / computer to be up and running when they're in the mood to watch something.
if my friends want my media library they can buy an hdd and i'll load them up. otherwise i'm not their fucking entertainment server.
>>220603532>why would you want your friends to be able to instantly stream terabytes worth of content from you anytime they wantWhy WOULD I want that? It's not important to me to be The Movie Guy. All my friends are normies anyway.
Can someone explain to me what the fuck these services even are? They're not streaming services, you're not paying for access to pirated and hosted streaming content. So what exactly is it?
>>220603532I mean I don't see the issue here.>"Hey bro what do you wanna watch?"Problem solved.
>>220602770hell yes my friendPlex is better but I use Jellyfin regardless, because fuck Plex.
>>220603648>>220603698>>220603715>why would you have friends and want to do something nice for them and share the nice things you have with them
>>220603729Its a media server. You bring your own media so you can access it anywhere. You can legally rip blurays that you own and upload them to your media server.You essentially pay for the Netflix-like wrapper
>>220603729It solves the HDMI problem.
>>220603748there's doing nice things for your friends and then there's being taken advantage of. this is even worse than letting other people use your netflix for nothing in return.
>>220603729It sorts and finds metadata, tracks watch progress for local video files you "obtained", and gives you a nice Netflix-like interface for other devices like TVs and tablets that connect to your server. You can make user accounts for your friends for them to stream content you have on your server, but they recently paywalled that.
>>220603530What can Jellyfin offer that free version of Plex can't? Plugins to make jellyfin a little less trash? Not needed on Plex. Streaming? Of course not. Plex is superiour in every way.
>>220603729Plex has video on demand for movies and television, along with traditional cable like channels you can flip through. It also allows you to organize media from your computer / server in a way that's similar to flipping through Netflix or other streaming services. Using the Plex app you can stream those media files on any devices across the same local network, and you can pay for the premium service that allows for streaming across the internet outside of the network. It's one of the easiest services to get up and running. Just visit the website to see what the basic version is like.
>>220603757>>220603791"netflix-like" is probably the wrong comparison because the netflix interface is absolute dogshit.
>>220603787the world has no shortage of suckers and just as many leeches attached to them
>>220603532>having friends
Before Plex I used file explorer, and I would manually change the folder icons to films I had watched, films I hadn't watched, foreign language cinema and documentaries. I didn't even know these services existed. Now I get to browse films by pictures which is easier on my eyes because I'm a little 'tarded.
>>220603748I have friends. I don't have to provide them with a media library to keep them.
>>220603748you don't have any friends with that attitude, anon.
plex looks better but doesn't work. seeking is almost a guaranteed never ending spinner.jellyfin doesn't have as nice of a ui, but works perfectly
>>220603863you can adjust the quality of the video / audio until your network is able to keep up, anon. Maybe you're pushing it too hard.
>Download movie/show/game/book I want >It worksThis shit reminds me of linuxfags so much, at most I need to download or find non pozzed subs somewhere. What the fuck does this add? Enjoy fiddling around and boasting about how easy it all is while I am actually enjoying whatever piece of media I want.
ill never understand the point of these thingsjust qtorrent searchplug my private trackers insearchdownloadwatchdone
>>220602770based. jellyfin and tailscale remove the need for plex entirely
>>220603903if you watch on a TV instead of your PC then it's more convenient to use Plex than putting the file on a USB stick. But you can do that for free, the paid version is retarded.
>>220603903That's what I do, except I add shit into Plex so I can sort my (4000+) films. This way I can sort by release date/date added/director/critic score/decade or make playlists or whatever. If you download a movie, watch it, then delete it, Plex/Jellyfin is a complete waste of time.
>>220603903if you are watching them at your PC or you have to go to your PC each time you want to watch something different then this saves you the hassle due to a streamlined presentation and sharing process across any devices that can use a simple app. Download the movie and let plex locate it. Any device that runs the app now lets you watch it wherever you are / whatever device. If you don't need that flexibility then your approach is more than adequate.
>>220603530Based was gna say tailscale can trick plex too in response to >>220603347 but I’m banned and evaded by turning tailscale off.
>>220603903you do understand you’re just pretending you don’t
>>220603747>plex is betteras far I remember, I couldnt turn off critic ratings and web descriptions on plex which makes it inherently worse.
>>220602724paying to access your own files. people on this board will somehow still try and convince you that you should pay $750 for this slop
I stopped using Plex when their SSL certificate expired and I couldn't stream things from my pc to my tv.>you can just reconfigure plex to work offlineor I can just use something that doesn't make me do that.
>>220604133It's $750 soon or $1500 in another few years dumb jellyfin baggie. Should've bought the Plex lifetime dip 5 years ago.
Did I get kino or slop?
Yeah dude... I've used it for years. Then the other day I went to watch something and they want me to pay to stream stuff from my pc to my tv. I downloaded kodi, i think is what its called but haven't done the set up yet. is kodi the best free replacement?
>>220604171I think you should give me 50 now or I will ask for 50 million in a week, obvious which choice is the best right.
>>220604133It's mostly dumbasses that don't know how to setup their own server. They usually have a retarded boomer mentality, "fuck you got mine," too. >>220604171
>>220604133I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the people on 4chan that use plex don't pay for any additional services. People pushing Plex here predominately just enjoy the basic free utility it provides.
>>220604165You can still stream from PC to TV easily, anon. Are you trying to use a cable box to run the App? Xfinity does't allow the Plex app to stream personal libraries, but a simple Roku or similar dongle will handle it easily.
>>220604186Warfare was a tonally mixed-up piece of shit and I was mad at everybody who sold it to me as 'authentic'. Some of the worst green screen I've ever seen outside of a Netflix show.
>>220603748let me download and set up this retarded service that makes it so i spend less time with my friends, freeing me up to argue with internet strangers on why this is improving my friendships. xbmc for life nigger watching movies and tv on a web browser is the gayest way to do it.
>>220603347The $20 a year pass lets you do that, no?
It really can be that easy
jellyfin is fine
I was always surprised there were no legal issues with plex.
>>220604439>the pirate bayenjoy your dogshit quality.
>>220604439>Uses piratebayOh my god that explains the kind of retard that uses this shit.
>>220604521Why would the website influence the quality? What an odd thing to say. You should have gone with>WEB-DL>HEVCor>BONEbut you just completely outed yourself as not knowing anything about anything
>>220604255If Plex is down and you didn't already set it up to run offline you cannot use Plex to stream until it comes back online. This happened when about half the websites on the internet's SSL certifications went down because they were all set to expire on a random day way into the future but many sites didn't bother to fix it in advance like Plex. And it's not like they tell you in advance, hey this shit only works if you're connected to the internet. And Roku requires an internet connection to use anything as well sure it can function if it disconnects but if you turn on from off it can't function without making a connection to Roku headquarters first or whatever it does.
>>220603748Teaching them how to do it themselves would be even nicer #niceMaxxing #wholesome
>>220604462I've used both and anyone who makes a point about talking about the difference between them mattering is autistic.
>>220604554interesting, thanks for the clarification
>>220603333>lazyemerge --ask www-apps/jellyfin-binWow so hard
>>220604521>3.2GB x265sounds absolutely fine you autist
>>220604651I can't see the difference between this and remux desu. The exception being old films where they fuck up the grain with compression. Ran for example has always looked like shit until the new 4k bluray came out recently
>>220602724got mine for like $80-90ish on a sale a few years agofeels good to be a PlexChad and I love using Plexamp for musicWaitsissies get fucked yet again and have to settle for garbage like jellyroll lmfaooooooo
I use Kodi. Is Jellyfin that much better?
So what I'm understanding from this thread is that a lot of you guys don't mind your "friends" referring to you as "gay video guy" because you've made it your life mission to torrent every movie in existence and then spam them with friend links and stuff because you think by sharing your collection with them so they can stream all of the shit using a service you pay hundreds of dollars for, they'll like you. Am I about right?
>>220602724>What’s not changing:>All current Lifetime Plex Pass holders will continue to have access to all benefits and perks associated with a Plex Pass. (Nothing will change for you.)>Monthly & annual subscription pricing for Plex Pass and Remote Watch Pass will remain unchanged.nothingburger for us old users
Do any of these programs even support DV or HDR10+?
>>220604893>I can't see the difference between this and remux desu.You need glasses then, because I can tell the difference.
>>220602724they announce the price raise, to encourage you to buy now. fear of missing out. they routinely have "sales" throughout the year.
>>220603638haven't seen itamazinggreathaven't seen ithaven't seen it but the book is absolute dogshithaven't seen it
>>220605177>Do any of these programs even support DV or HDR10+?Yep, Plex works great for those. Feels good not being a poorfag.
>>220603638No
>>220603903My experience was that people share servers. My friend turned me onto plex and had gotten an invite to some private server and new stuff just appeared. ^shoutout jellyfin enjoyer above.I loaded it up and it looks cool.
Why would you pay for what I understand is just some netflix-y frontend to your own media collection? Is this some kind of collective psychosis?>I want to share it with my friendsHave you heard of a thing called a file server?
>>220606682Paypigs love to pay
Streaming niggers are pathetic.>Dude just rip your movies and host them on a NAS, which are extremely overpriced now becuase of AI!!How about I just keep buying Blu-ray and torrenting a digital copy when the studio doesn't give me a digital copy code?I never really got why people kept shilling plex if you have to pay for it.
>>220606682>Why would you want to be able to host and stream your own media for a one time flat fee without having to setup a bunch of proxies and punch holes through your router?Jeez anon. I don't know? why would someone want that when they can spend $80 a month on numerous streaming platforms or spend hours tweaking some open source garbage that won't work half the time?Just admit you got FUDDED out of the lifetime pass at $80, then at $120, then at $250 and now you're stuck wondering whether or not to do it now or do this song and dance again at $750?
>>220603623winners keep on winning
>>220606795Not beating the normalfag allegations with posts like this, embarrassing.
>>220606682You don't need to pay. You can use Plex and setup your server for free. Pass gives you just extra stuff.
>>220606881Oh wow that's so cool
>>220602724>installing a barrier between you and your pirated content that costs money and requires constant updating and maintenance lol>>220602770Good for you. Know what i use? VLC.
>>220604550TPB pretty much only hosts small filesize stuff for 3rd worlders.
>>220603530I've got a HDMI cable.I don't need anything else.
>>220603729You install them and they stream the stuff you already have to your television.They cost money.The people who use them are those tech millenniall types who spend more time on reddit trying to troubleshoot them than they do actually watching movies.When they're not troubleshooting them, they're fiddling with the GUI.
>>220602724Just pirate it, retard.
>>220603757>>220603786>>220603791>>220603809You guys will do anything to get out of just hooking up a cable and learning how to use bit torrent, including installing a subscription meme service that does nothing that you can't already do for free.You cunts fascinate me, endlessly.Every reply you type just fills my head with hundreds more questions, as you dig yourself deeper into your little hole of embarrassment.
wow im so mad at the cost of this thing that im not gonna fucking buy
>>220602724The toxic manosphere influencer Jay Bauman has joined in on dissing Plex. Is it really over this time, Plexsisters?
>>220607360That's wrong thoughliterally in the video
>>220607438The seething jealousy I can hear all the way from here knowing that you've been priced out of a premium experience is worth the $80 I paid for my lifetime Plex subscription :)
i whipped out the hdmi cord on my date saturday but then my date said his pusy dried up and left
>>220604186warfare was kino and the other guy is retarded
>>220603748You sound like an autistic "akchtually" faggot. My friends couldnt care less about sharing media with each other, they probably subscribe to most streaming services and cant be bothered with pirating. If you have friends that pirate they dont need you to share your media trove, they can download their own shit.
Jellyfin just works. I'll never understand how retards are so quick to throw away their money>but muh friendsI just give a link to my friends and they can watch from any browser easily. They dont even need to set up a plex account lmao
I'm a brainlet and Plex just werks so I bought it at like $125 I think
>>220603815>"netflix-like" is probably the wrong comparisonNo it's a fair comparison, they started bloating the shit out of the UI and pushing unrelated crap that's not in my server
>$750 to have them spam ads for streaming services you're trying to avoid
>>220607438you're so 2000 and late
i hate poor people so much bros
>>220603269Yeah you're a retard and a sucker. Plex is a burning ship that's only getting worse lol. Literally anyone can see it. They already introduced one new pass that prevents you from using certain features that used to be free even if you gave a regular plex pass so what makes you think shit like that won't just keep happening?
>>220603682>Having a tism meltie because software has.... LE NAMES??? OH HELLLL NOOOO NO NO NO! WHAT A SHITLOAD OF AAAAAAAAAAAASSSSS
>>220607810the most something costs the more better it is obviously
>>220602724I've never had any desire to use remote streaming so it still works fine for me.
You guys still struggle with constant changes in streaming? Always upcharging. Always your favorite show just vanishes, and you have to subscribe to another service. Playing cat and mouse games.Meanwhile my physical media collection is always there. steady. the price has already been paid. they will never vanish. they are steady and securewhile you flip out every other week about some streaming drama. on one of these threads I remain unphased, so cool and in my own lane.
>a jellyfin christmas!
even if you buy the lifetime pass, dont your remote viewers still need to pay for a viewer loicense too? imagine forking out $750 to run a server on your own hardware serving your own kino collection and then you have to tell your family that they also need to pay for a plex loicense. couldn't be me, jellychads
>>220608527I have a lifetime pass, you can give remote access to any number of accounts and its free for them to use
plex is broken bullshit. volume is way too low on all my devices, but sound fine when I play them normally. over ten years of broken bullshit
>>220602724Jeez, and here I was waiting for a sale
>>220602724Shill post
>>220605058unless you prefer a shitty netflix web interface that obfuscates your stuff over a nice simple native application and file list, no.
>>220605177YES THATS THE WHOLE POINT!!!
A lot of 4K HDR movies I try to stream on Plex will freeze, but have no issues with them on Jellyfin
>>220607438The people who say this think they are smarter than everyone but it shows they don't know anything. You torrent like you normally would onto the device running the service. It gets the covers, sorts it into your database, remembers where you left off, and you watch it from any device with that device's interface. Imagine thinking you're smarter than everyone by saying "DURR JUST RUN A REALLY LONG CABLE ACROSS YOUR HOUSE"
>>220608527Only on the plex mobile app. TVs with Plex app still work, as does browser. Only the server owner needs a loicense
>>220609312>>220605244So I can losslessly stream DV movies over the network? Last time I tried Plex, the video quality was dogshit.
I bought it at 120 thinking it'd help my PC use the gpu play 4k movies, turns out the i5 4690k just might be too old
>>220603698why even have plex? just click the file. it will play.>>220607355based
i bought it because i got dumped and just poured my time into making a plex server as a distraction
How do I setup jellyfin so many parents can just use it on their tv? I don't live with them so they need to be able to follow instructions to set it up. They have a Roku tv, no pc, and are very very boomer tech illterate.
>>220609853Why should I have to go to my pc to play a movie when I can do it on my TV via an app across the house? I can switch devices and pick up where I left off. All for free and letting Plex handle getting all the metadata and organization for me once I torrent it?
>>220609910would be too finnicky on their end to do it unless you set it up for themwhich is why plex is better, its plug and play for the most part
>>220602724Buy an ad.
>>220609853>why even have plex? just click the file. it will play.retard
>>220608527No>>220609597The app is a one time purchase. There's a $3/month subscription you have to pay to access a remote server if the owner of the server isn't paying a sub fee.
>>220609910>making your parents use opensores softwarewhy do you hate them?
>>220609597for now. they have altered their terms so many times at this point you'd have to be a complete fool to think you'll keep that functionality forever without paying extra at some point
>>220603638only seen one of theseguess the kino
>>220602724What does plex actually do outwith being a proprietary server account system that lets you pirate films through your household/neighbourhood? Can you not just make a normal NAS?
is Jellyfin better than Emby?Also, how do I safely set up remote streaming so I don't have to worry about some bad actor getting access to my server or computer?
>>220603682Literally this. We are using Plex because we need our normalfag family members to watch kino. They can't navigate the clusterfuck of open source software. @ me when jellyfin finally decided to clone Plex and be intuitive, clean, and stable
>>220603347Nope that's not an issue for me. I have a free account and I share my server with my family and 2 friends. Works just fine. I guess I'm not sure if there are like quality limitations on their end or something but I've never gotten any complaints.
>>220611147It has a UI
imagine stealing like an afro american
>>220603692I spent like half a day optimizing a dope Stremio setup with real-debrid for this purpose, but there is no Roku app for Stremio unfortunately so I need to buy a new roku-like device like the Onn if I wanna watch it on my TV which is annoying because I'm poor.
>>220604232I definitely don't pay for it and it does everything I need it to and some things I don't. I really like that I can download subtitles directly on the Roku app. I just drop movies in my movies folder and Plex locates it, Idk why people are acting like there is some arduous process to setting it up like with Stremio. My friends and family have access to it which is nice. A couple anons here said that they have removed that feature for free users, though that isn't my experience? Unless it's an extremely recent change, like within the last few days. That would be disappointing but I don't actually care much because my friends and family are retards and I don't care about them. But people acting like it takes any more money or effort than I was already using by clicking "download torrent" on ext . to is probably just an illiterate retard I think. I don't even know what the premium membership/license has that the free one doesn't but my brother has it.
>>220602724I bought it when it was $150 so I could set up movies for my mom to watch more easily but she passed away a few months after that so I feel I have to use it now just to get my money's worth out of it.
its jellyfin for me
>>220604521>>220607360Huh? TPB doesn't have like a quality limit, it isn't the first one I check normally but I've downloaded 100gb bluray remuxes from there before. Why do zoomers lie so much? Are they malicious or retarded?
>>220606724You don't have to pay for it retard are you not reading the thread you're posting in
>>220603530ok but I have my tech illiterate friends invited to my Plex server can they remote stream easily too or will they need tailscale
>>220607438How can you read this whole thread and still have no clue what you are talking about? Plex is robust as is without paying a dime for it. How is this so difficult for you fucking illiterate normies to understand? You don't do ANYTHING different than you are already doing, you just download movies on your hard drive and then watch them on your TV via your media server. There is no money or work involved in the process that you weren't already doing by downloading the movie. Other than pressing "install app" on whatever the fuck device you are using. Then you have an app that populates with your entire library and it has a cached archive online to fill in any missing metadata so it can be optimally organized by search filters and shit. It's very very easy and convenient and takes zero money and effort to set up. I guess you have to point it to a directory folder but if that's hard for you then you're way too young or female to be on this website. What a fucking idiot.
>>220602724I've been its free plan and gotten everything I need from it so I don't know what you're talking about
>>220607810It's free to share your server with your friends retard.
>Chad Lifetime Pass>Virgin monthly/yearly Subscription
>>220608527It's free, retard. >>220609597>>220610423I never paid for a license and multiple people have access to my server for free.
>>220612522>jew extortion scheme to push people to sign up before the price increase
>>220612479>How can you read this whole threadhe didnt
>>220608764User error. You are probably using a surround mix on a 2.0 stereo sound system like your internal speakers. Do you think everyone is suffering from the same problem or something?
>>220612601>Do you think everyone is suffering from the same problem or something?I make it out that I've done everything right, and then some Dunning–Kruger corrects me. saves me the trouble of doing proper research.
>paying money to pirate movies
>>220612827wheres the dick
>>220609615you were clearly doing it wrong because plex can play high bitrate hdr 4k with zero issues.
>>220612827god she's so hot now
>>220612827God I bet her tits are just awful. I mean I would still shot web, but damn
>>220612980>I would still shot web,why
>>220613013found the gay
Damn that's absurd. What a wild price hike. They really want people to pay a subscription to host their own content on their own hardware using their own internet streamed to their own devices. That is the only way such an absurd price hike makes sense. I don't think just software support is worth such a price anymore. If I didn't already have a lifetime pass I would switch to jellyfin.
>>220605079I only share it with my dad so he would finally stop paying an absurd amount of money for cable. It's nice to have an interface for my wife and kids at home. If it wasn't for these two things, I'd just keep watching directly from my computer or usb.
>>220609853I use it because it remembers where you left off on a movie/show like a streaming service. That's the only reason.
What is the benefit of using plex/jellyfin vs something like stremio? I'm not too familiar with a lot of this.
>>220613013she's anti-semite of the year bro
>>220613810hosting your own content vs just streaming it i guess