Plex
A community for discussing Plex Media Server. Plex Media Server is a smart software that makes playing movies, tv shows, and other media on your computer simple.
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Rules
Rule 1 - Don't be a dick
Don't be a dick. This includes any kind of trolling, baiting, etc. Bigotry may result in an instant permaban.
Rule 2 - No misleading or non-descriptive titles
No misleading or non-descriptive titles. Try to be brief but detailed.
Rule 3 - Keep post and comments relevant
Posts must be related to Plex and Plex-related products, apps. etc. Try to keep comments relevant to the parent comment and to the post.
Rule 4 - Keep discussions of "media aqcuistion" limited to means and methods only.
Discussions regarding media acquisition should be limited to the "how" not the "what", as this is not the place to discuss piracy of specific media. There are other communities for that, and we don't want to get this community defederated from instances where it's a forbidden topic. Posts/comments discussing specific acts of piracy ("How do I find X show?" or "Where can I download Y film?")will be removed. For further clarification see this post
Rule 5 - No asking / offering Plex shares.
No asking / offering Plex shares. There are other communities for that.
Rule 6 - No low-effort / spam / meme posts
No low-effort / meme posts. These are considered spam, and will be removed. Repeat offenses may result in a ban.
Rule 7 - No referral / self-promotion / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts
No referral / self-promotion / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts. These are considered spam, and will be removed. Repeat offenses may result in a ban.
Useful Resources
- Plex FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about using Plex Media Server and client apps with many useful links
- Plex App Setup Guide - Visual guide for first-run setup of Plex apps on smart devices
- c/Plex Add-ons Guide - Detailed info on many of the most popular Plex add-ons with links to setup guides and other resources. Mantained for this community.
- Servarr Wiki - The consolidated wiki for Lidarr, Prowlarr, Radarr, Readarr, and Sonarr.
- TRaSH-Guides - Guides mainly for Sonarr/Radarr/Bazarr and everything related to it.
- Awesome-arr - a complete list of Plex-related companion apps, user scripts, etc.
- Plex Hardware Transcoding Cheat Sheet - NVidia GPUs
- Organizing and Naming Your Media Files
- Troubleshooting Server Connections
- Plex User Forums
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The quality of journalism these days is just bad. I guess the process now is just type something up, or have some crapgpt spit something out, and then post it with no editing whatsoever.
On topic: 'Olechowski said that the company has a “pretty major UX refresh” in the works to help support the many people using Plex to watch ad-supported movies and TV shows and FAST (free, ad-supported streaming) channels." ' Wow, way to totally not read the room there Plex. I use Plex to store my digital collection so that I do NOT have to see ads. They have totally lost sight of what the majority of their users picked up their program for and they are just running in the wrong direction in my opinion. Dear Plex, I would rather re-watch a movie I have in my collection a hundred times over, than watch something with ads. Yep, I detest them that much.
Don't be so sure. My wife recently discovered that she enjoys watching eighties shows targeted to "The Silent Generation" while she works (background noise). Stuff like Golden Girls and Murder She Wrote. I loaded both those shows on my server but after multiple rewatchs she clicked on the suggested ad supported shows like Matlock and Columbo.
Normally what happens is that she'll watch the ad supported stuff for a couple of hours or days before she gets annoyed and moves on. If it was something she really liked, she'll ask me to "find it" but most of the time a lot of the stuff on FAST is not worth the storage capacity. Still, it makes the company a few bucks and it prevents less than stellar media from being completely forgotten.
Yeah, I guess I am making a sweeping generalization based on my use of plex, and my seething disdain of commercials. LOL.