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PC died. Trying the legal options. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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And fuck. I really miss plex. I've had Netflix and Hulu forever as family won't let me cancel. Decided to sign up to Paramount + for some Trek. Twice in lower decks it didn't save my watched episodes. Doesn't mark episode as watched if you exit during the credits. And multiple playback issues.

Wanted to add no ad Disney to the Hulu for some Doctor Who. Only the add supported is available through Hulu. So I'd have to cancel, wait for the month to end and sign up via Disney. Deal with ads or pay almost double the duo plan costs, or include ESPN, and honestly fuck sports.

What is so difficult about just providing a decent service for a fair price? Why is plex like a decade ahead of the streaming UI's? I'm trying to give you fucks money and you're making it extremely difficult.

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[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've coincidentally bought this machine for similar purpose, arriving tomorrow.

I'm intending to install a Linux KDE environment on it and use it as a living room PC, steam Linux machine, stream from my PC for 4k gaming, and a Jellyfin /Kodi box. I could probably keep windows 11 on it but I prefer the privacy and control I get with Linux plus it'll be a fun little project.

Was on sale for £270 here, and looks overpowered for what OP'd need.

Raspberry Pi 5 is also available for like £80 and that's capable for 4k video (although frustratingly the web browsers aren't able to take advantage of hardware video accel from my tinkering; you have to use dedicated apps like Kodi, freetube etc). That could also be a viable route for Plex / Jellyfin / Kodi machine media server and player or even just server.

Edit: worth point out a raspberry Pi costs the same as 10 months of just Disney+ without ads. Once you throw in other streaming subscriptions... May pay for itself much sooner...

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I read on the Jellyfin site that the Pi5 has no hardware encoders...

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration

Since I'm only streaming locally (on a Pi4) I don't need to record anything but still.

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