• LittleLordLimerick@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Plex is just a media server. You have to acquire content through some other means, then you can host it on a Plex server and stream it to any device that has the Plex app installed.

      I have a Plex server that my entire family has logins for, and I put whatever movies or shows people are interested in. Basically you can make your own mini Netflix.

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        11 months ago

        I got Plex on a RasPi3 and an external 2TB. I have to limit to 1080p/x264 but works quite well.

        If I want 4K I’ll buy the disc, downloading even Blu-ray quality is so goddamn big.

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          11 months ago

          I had a pi4 but I found it struggled with transcoding and multiple streams, ended up with too much buffering.

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        11 months ago

        In what way ? I haven’t used Plex yet. It shows you what you have on your other streams. I tried to play a vid I have downloaded but it refused to play. Don’t get the hype.

        Would just use a pirate site and stream from thereb

        • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip
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          11 months ago

          Add a library in plex pointing to where your personal video files are stored. If you automate the downloads with the *arrs radarr, sonarr etc plex turns into basically Netflix for your local media.