Subj : Re: Media Servers To : jack phlash From : Accession Date : Sat Oct 07 2023 14:56:13 Re: Re: Media Servers By: jack phlash to Accession on Sat Oct 07 2023 10:13 am JP> Oh, sorry, I was referring specifically to organizing your media files and JP> ensuring they have the correct, full metadata, cover art, etc. If you're JP> just leeching a movie and sticking it on your server to watch the same JP> day, then nuking it later (which is how I usually do it) it really doesn't JP> matter much, but for people building a massive collection of their JP> favorite movies and shows, they're usually a bit more anal about this kind JP> of thing. Oh I see. I guess I never really needed to do any of that since Plex did most of the grunt work for me. At least everything that I needed, which was basically a title and cover art. JP> Ha! They're taking another one from cable companies' playbooks, I see. Of course. Where else would they learn it from? They came in hot with offering services for way cheaper than cable, and then slowly up their rates (cough, cable company, cough). Then everything else falls in line as well. JP> Yeah, Netflix used to be one of my constants but it doesn't have nearly as JP> much good stuff as it used to, and its original content hasn't been all JP> that compelling for a while so I suspect that'll change soon. Prime, I JP> rarely stream on, but I have it because I pay for Prime for various other JP> reasons and it definitely comes in handy on occasion (they have quite a JP> lot of weird, obscure stuff if you really dig around.) HBO/MAX has felt JP> pretty strong at times, I think I have it more often than not these days. JP> Apple, Discovery+, Disney, etc. are all sort of on an as-needed basis for JP> me. Hulu and Paramount+ are always battling each other for a spot. I've JP> been watching more on Paramount+ lately, but generally we've used Hulu JP> more. I don't think I've ever had Peacock. I'm sure I'm forgetting some JP> other major ones... We have Hulu Live TV with no ads as our main, which is fairly expensive (75/mo or something). We also have Prime, but I think the last thing I watched on there was Mr. Robot, which was years ago. But like you, we have Prime for other things. Netflix, but I always fight myself and the rest of the family to get rid of it, same reasons as you. We've watched all the good stuff already, and nothing new has come in awhile. MAX is free for us, which now includes most of what's already on Discovery+, and Paramount+ is nice for skipping the theatres for some movies (Top Gun and Transformers were the last couple I watched anyway). I think we have Peacock, but we don't pay for it (shared account or some such). So with that said, it's still at or under $100 probably. Whereas cable is like 140 for their medium package around here. Not saving an arm and a leg, but plenty enough to not want to go back to cable. I remember flipping through cable channels with absolutely nothing on, wondering why I was paying so much for it. At least now when I actually want to watch TV there's always something to watch. Regards, Nick .... There's no intelligent life down here. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (46:1/700) .