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Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by ashark »

goialoq wrote: post #5
morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

Plex is a business that needs to monetize. For private local media, we need to revive and renovate VLC.

Kodi's pretty OK. Runs well on a FireTV if you want a cheap device that supports h.265 at 1080p. Interface still kinda terrible, but better with a real remote. Can use phone to control it if you want, though less convenient to do that on FireTV than dedicated box, since it may be killed when idle.

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by manfredz »

morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

Isn't this what Kodi (formerly XBMC and source from which Plex forked) is all about?

https://kodi.tv

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by ihuman »

cptskippy wrote: post #8
awill wrote: post #4

I'm confused why everyone (both regular users and plex pass users) gets ads.

Because the feature isn't free to implement so the ads offset the cost.

I'm already paying them money, why should I also have to pay with screen space/attention?

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by frgtpsswrdlame »

shostack wrote: post #9
morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

I'm a Plex user, but let's not be naive. They are a business and a cloud-based subscription model is way more profitable than giving away software for free to let people stream from a local server. You can't blame them for making logical decisions for the health of the business (even if they negatively impact you).

Sure we can.

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by electriclove »

morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

There definitely has been a shift over the last couple years. My guess is that VC money has changed priorities. I fondly recall all the blog posts by Elan at the start of the project and purchased a lifetime PlexPass early on. Now all I see mentioned is CEO Keith Valory.

I'm definitely concerned about privacy changes that have been made recently (and then changed back?).

https://betanews.com/2017/08/21/plex-data-collection-opt-out...

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by ryandrake »

morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

It will surely be able to read your E-mail soon [1].

1: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zawinskis-Law.html

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by msh »

manfredz wrote: post #12
morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

Isn't this what Kodi (formerly XBMC and source from which Plex forked) is all about? https://kodi.tv

I guess it depends on the features you use. I can't use kodi as I need transcoding and streaming to multiple local devices.

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by secabeen »

manfredz wrote: post #12
morganvachon wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.

Isn't this what Kodi (formerly XBMC and source from which Plex forked) is all about? https://kodi.tv

AFAIK, Kodi is still client-based, and doesn't have the nice server component that Plex does. It's nice to have a single server handling transcoding, media management, etc. etc, and allowing the clients to be thin.

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

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Post by awill »

_ea1k wrote: post #18
awill wrote: post #4

I'm confused why everyone (both regular users and plex pass users) gets ads.

I'm guessing that they are trying to find a way to get ongoing monetization out of lifetime plex pass customers.

honestly that's how they lose their plex pass lifetime customers. Not how they monetize them further.
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