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Plex redesigns its app to look more like a streaming service (techcrunch.com)
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Streaming service and media software maker Plex on Friday introduced a redesign of its software that puts more emphasis on discovery, easily accessing your watchlist, and other personalization features — including those for home media enthusiasts who still use the app to organize their media libraries.

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[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I host a media server of 72TB of classic movies, cancelled TV shows you can't get on streaming plus new shows and movies as well. I do this for family and friends who don't have the patience or know how to run a media server this size. I have a catalog of over 7k movies and 400 TV shows. I am likely the only use case for this. However I do appreciate it.

For someone's personal use I usually suggest jellyfin.

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

Hey uh, its me, your distant cousin from Boston!

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago

My friend has a 5gbps fiber line in their home and also hosts some 30TB+ of content for friends & family. It's easy to use. It is quite nice.

[-] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I've only dabbled in Plex, but Im kinda confused about the hate for this. Isn't the whole point to be able to more easily browse and use a large media library (esspecially for something like a shared library)? This seems like its useful to that purpose.

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

If you already know your catalog and what you want to watch, it adds two to three more steps to watching that media.

If you don't know your catalog or feel like browsing it's very good for that. Most the people that self host fall into that first group.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Oh my lord can we be friends?

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

But I don't have any Photos

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I thought I had a decent library. I'm sitting at 5tb. I feel like I built a house and you're over here with a mansion. Lol

[-] Onarock@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

There are dozens of us

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

You too are a never nude?

[-] Onarock@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I didn’t see you at the convention

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I was at the analyst/therapist convention this year.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Me too bro! You aren’t the only one!

[-] Brain@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago

I've put a lot of effort into making plex posters that match/have a uniform look for 90% of my library, from what I've seen this will make all that useless as they switch to what appears to be fanart only. I don't necessarily care for that change.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -2 points 4 weeks ago

ha, cuz what home users need is better discoverability of their own fucking library.

i hope this put the nail in that shit services coffin

[-] red@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 weeks ago

This comment is jaded af

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

There are numerous dubiously legal (at best) streaming services that serve using Plex.

Why pay for Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Paramount, etc when you can buy one service at lower cost that any of those, have all the big stuff automatically, and request whatever you want, just with a slight delay.

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

A lot of those sketchy services reskin and copy left Plex though. Otherwise Plex will give them the bonk and report them.

https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-allowed-to-use-hetzner/853570

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