Subj : Re: Media Servers
To   : jack phlash
From : Accession
Date : Tue Oct 03 2023 17:29:52

 Re: Re: Media Servers
 By: jack phlash to Accession on Mon Oct 02 2023 06:27 pm

 JP> Same boat. I used to run my own DLNA servers but found less and devices
 JP> with good clients, so eventually migrated to Plex, but I run a local Plex
 JP> server off of my Debian based NAS box. Not much power for transcoding,
 JP> etc. but good enough for most uses, and seemingly everything under the sun
 JP> has a Plex client these days. I don't use mine much either, only for the
 JP> occasional thing I run into that I can't easily stream. 

Plex just happened to be the first one I ever setup, and just stuck with it
because the need for it wasn't all that major, and it's super easy to maintain
and/or upgrade. I used to throw movies on there quite a bit, but haven't in the
past few years or so.. probably more due to the lack of good movies that have
come out since the great and powerful covid scare of 2020. :|

Once we picked up streaming services, there really hasn't been a need to use
it. I'm definitely not going to try to keep up with downloading everything we
enjoy watching when I can just flip on the TV and pick and choose. Still less
than paying for cable, and we have half a dozen services probably. The money I
save from getting rid of cable is able to take care of my gig internet upgrade
and then some.
 
Regards, 
Nick                           

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