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Hughlander posted:If you're in the eco-system at all AppleTV 4th gen was the best plex device I've used of a Fire Stick, PlexPi, PS3, 360. And they can be found at a decent discount on Craigslist or eBay depending on where you live. Hell, even Facebook Market has some decent ones near me. But I'm pretty happy with my Roku 3 in the bedroom.
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EL BROMANCE posted:I'll take a look into that, thanks. I don't mind having something Android based if I'm not totally relying on it and it doesn't cost the earth. Uhhhh... what?
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Jun 22, 2017 03:26
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EL BROMANCE posted:Based on familiarity with how Apple tend to do things and the current experience in the second part. Sorry for confusion, currently moving house and typing a bit sloppy. No insider knowledge! They're actively embracing x265 on iOS and macOS and the appletv supports standard codecs. Just not a lot of the new ones. If anything I expect DTSHD and DTS:x/Atmos support on the new one when it drops. As well as 4k. They really haven't been like that for years unless you count AAC.
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Jun 22, 2017 03:45
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EL BROMANCE posted:Exactly, and there's talk of them going to a different file format than HEVC. Only time will tell, but I'm not going to be surprised if they roll out a device that's not widely compatible with formats other people use. Link please, because everything I've seen from the keynote is the complete opposite of this. High Sierra and iOS11 enable x265 on devices going back to 2016. If you're referring to some weird proprietary thing for photo/video compression on iCloud, then who cares?
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Jun 22, 2017 15:53
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OldSenileGuy posted:drat - I want to set up my projector for a 4th of July BBQ I'm having, but the place where I'm having it doesn't have great wifi so I don't trust remotely connecting to my Plex library. What are my options for a cheap box with hdmi out that I can load some movies onto? The adapter and phone option is your best option. You'd be surprised how well it works and it'll push 1080p easily.
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Jun 28, 2017 04:25
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Go with a huge case and slap a shitload of hard drives in there, and get your Radarr/Sonarr automation on.
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Jun 28, 2017 16:08
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Godinster posted:Unless you really love Apple there's virtually no reason to get an apple TV over a similarly priced Shield or cheaper Roku. I don't know how any actual human likes using that God awful remote control on ATV. I still have audio sync issues with plex on my roku and I’m pretty heavy into the Apple ecosystem. I’m getting one over the shield.
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If anyone is on Roku for Plex, they just put out a firmware update that looks like it fixes audio sync. I'm getting perfect sync right now. Just as I was about to switch to a Shield out of pure frustration.
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Sep 19, 2017 16:42
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Godinster posted:DTS too? I've had a Roku Premiere+ for several months for my parents and that loving thing has had audio sync issues since I got it for them, solely with DTS. I hope this legitimately finally fixes it. DTS seems fine, just tested it out and everything looks ok.
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Does the Plex Alexa skill work with the Plex Kodi plugin thing that basically hijacks Kodi? Also does anyone actually use that thing? I have a HTPC that I like for movies vs my roku because it's more reliable and supports more audio formats. Right now I'm using the PlexKodi connect but I'm going to be making the apartment "smarter" and the Alexa stuff seems neat.
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Nov 28, 2017 16:39
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TheScott2K posted:Get a Shield and stop using Kodi, which is bad. No.
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Nov 28, 2017 16:57
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My wife gets around plex on our roku Just Fine and that's all I care about. Just show my movies and teevee on the screen and I'm good.
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Dec 27, 2017 19:02
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Please don't. This argument sucks.
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Dec 30, 2017 20:09
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I've said it in the NAS thread and I'll say it here, unRAID is worth every penny for a home NAS.
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Mannn,. plex on the Apple TV is pretty drat good.
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The ATV4k is very very good. And if you have plex so is the client and the. You can leave Kodi behind. I do t know why everyone talks about lock in, Ive never once had an issue with an app not being available and apples tv app is great too when you have a DTVN login or even a cable provider login and load up the apps. Glad I skipped the shield.
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Hed posted:If I'm migrating from a single Kodi to Plex and I want to sync "watched" status, is the easiest way to get a Trakt account and link it to both then kill it? Yep
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FunOne posted:The hope was I could rig something up for the handful of times I want to be able to get a hockey game onto this TV. Otherwise I gotta pay DirecTV another loving receiver fee, remote, cable, etc. Have you looked into third party app logins?
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Aug 13, 2018 16:35
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FunOne posted:Fox Sports streaming is either live or replay. No DVR functionality (last year when I checked) on those games. Maybe they fixed it? No idea. I doubt they offer their own dvr tho.
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Housh posted:What's a quick and dirty expandable nas setup? An old PC with a bunch of drive bays and unraid.
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eddiewalker posted:Install xpenology on that old pc and have both? Sure, thats definitely the happy medium and if it works for people then more power to you but mannn, the few times I've fooled around with xpenology it just seems so janky.
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Broke: video game console wars Woke: Plex client console wars E Roku is fine as long as you don't need directv now because holy hell its really really bad on Roku. But that's not really Rokus fault. Personally I use and like aTV4ks because I'm heavily in the apple ecosystem and use Apple Music and HomeKit. It works for me and it's also really good hardware. Matt Zerella fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Oct 13, 2018 |
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Fuzz posted:We use DTV Now. They fixed the client about 8 months ago and it's been fine. It's dog poo poo slow compared to Apple TV. I was literally using it on an ultra 2 months ago.
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Oct 13, 2018 18:17
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TraderStav posted:I'm currently using my desktop to do triple duty as server (3 HDs, but can condense), gaming, and all other productivity. Want to get my machines to be more specialized. Take the opportunity to learn Docker and linuxserver.io's packages for some easier setup. Once you get your compose file all set you'll have worry free rebuilds and easy updating.
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Tatsuta Age posted:Docker specifically with Plex was not recommended by Plex support last time I checked. Something about if the containers die in mid write to the database volume on your host can hose everything and you have to start over. This might have changed by now but ymmv. I've been running it in docker for 2 years and it's completely fine. The big benefit of docker is it keeps your base OS nice and clean as well as portable.
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Tatsuta Age posted:Ok. I have tried it myself, just throwing that out there. The only other concern is I don't think you can do hardware transcoding from a container since it's not given access to the gpu. Yes, you can pass the GPU through to the container.
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Dec 24, 2018 18:13
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2nding unraid. It owns. But that's probably better suited for the NAS thread.
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WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW posted:I still don't see a way to add a user on the Plex app on my phone lol Use your browser.
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Roundboy posted:Thanks for the insight on the CPU / transcoding issues. That still leaves me with storage space concerns. Is there a viable rackmount(preferable) HDD enclosure via sata connection that I can add drives to, or am I better off getting a bigger rack case and mounting dries internal? Most prebuilt NAS will export iscsi luns which you can mount on your server.
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If you stick to the linuxserver.io dockers they share the same base so it takes up less space. Not a big deal but it's something to keep in mind.
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Dongattack posted:What are my options to get subtitles in Plex that doesn't involve SubZero or opensubtitles.org? Bazarr
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Motronic posted:Woah yet another re purposed Sonarr fork. If you like downloading some pornaroonie there's another one called Bonarr 
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EL BROMANCE posted:Or people could stop recommending others move away from an OS they've probably used for a decade+ to one they have zero knowledge in, and is a hell of a lot more work when it inevitably shits the bed down the line. For the average Plex/Usenet person, there is absolutely zero reason to move to a Linux based install. Stick to Windows/MacOS if that's what you know, unless you were planning on learning that stuff anyway. Unraid is very good at hiding Linux from the user and leverages docker as a plugin system and is very stable. One of the reasons Linux is recommended is it as lower overhead so you're going to squeeze more performance out of an old shitbox you might have (which is useful for transcoding). But by all means, use whatever your comfortable with. WTF is with the aggression in here.
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Windows and Linux have nothing to do with low power. It's about what you're more comfortable with. IMO Linux is incredibly more flexible and powerful but yes, there's a learning process.
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teagone posted:My Plex server is pretty jank when it comes to storage. I honestly just threw whatever storage drives I came across in it over the years, lol. I have three 1TB WD Blues leftover from various old PC builds, two shucked Hitachi externals adding another 3TB between them, one shucked 2TB WD Elements external, and a 5TB Toshiba drive (that has had 8 reallocated sectors on it for a few years now haha) totaling roughly ~12TB. They're connected through an LSI controller I got basically for free from kind goon, and the drives are pooled together using StableBit DrivePool. Nothing janky at all imo. Not everyone needs datahoarder level obsession with replicating enterprise infrastructure at home.
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Regular cloud providers like AWS/GCP/Azure are gonna get real expensive real quick though. "Classic" VPS would be fine though.
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derk posted:indeed. i used to download evey show manually with torrents. then usenet and sonarr changed my quality of life forever. so beautiful. Sonarr and Radars work pretty well with torrents too!
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I still use torrents for certain well maintained categories where I know there's a serious dedication to quality. But yes for TV, you really cant beat usenet.
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Greekonomics posted:I’ve been running a Plex server off of my old laptop for a couple of years now, but it seems to be on its last legs. I saw someone in the Giant Bomb thread mention running Plex off of a NAS server so I’ve been looking into getting one. I’m thinking about getting a Synology DS920+ to run Plex off of and store files on. Does anyone have any experience with the DS920+? I know that earlier on in the thread someone had trouble with buffering. As long as you're not doing multiple transcoding streams the synology is a great way to run plex and consolidate your storage. I'm more into UnRAID but I'm also very comfortable in Linux land.
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BaronVanAwesome posted:I JUST built a home NAS using unRAID, I am very much a hobbyist when it comes to computer stuff, but re-purposing a 2500k and some shucked drives was way, way cheaper than a synology, while adding more functionality. You really don't need to have any Linux knowledge or anything (although some advanced stuff I'm sure it'd help) Normally I’d be right next to you singing the praises of unraid as i love it too but for a nontechnical people who just want push button, have storage/plex theres value isn’t he added cost there. I find unRAID to be a really nice median between prebuilt and rolling your own. And ill agree that its docker as a plugin system is really nice but there’s definitely some setting up involved there (like getting the “App Store” set up and having a some rudimentary understanding of the mount system docker uses). I also think you can do all that automation stuff on Synology as well.
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