[battlefield] Re: plex
- From: Ryan Hawley <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: battlefield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:53:21 -0600
Great points!. Kodi is only an alternative to plex for finding and
streaming content without having to have a server/media center
running/encoding anywhere. It plays your own content, but there is no
library to share. The navigation is easy, though i can't say it's
child-friendly.
it runs on android, ios, windows, osx, etc. I don't share my plex, so it's
not an issue for me. but Kodi has indeed, replaced Plex for my use case of
streaming movies and recorded tv from my home network.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Daniel Kulbacki <danbackattack@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Do you have to have a Media PC? Can you stream it to Xbox or PS? Is it
> just dlna? Is it easy for children to navigate and find a show they want?
> Can I stream my content to my phone? Can you share libraries? These are
> the reasons I use plex, if its an alternative to Plex it should do all
> these things. What are the apps, it looks like hulu to me and not so much
> plex.
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ryan Hawley <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, but Kodi it also has it's own built-in encoding and can play your
>> local files just peachily.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Ryan Hawley <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>>
>>> lol. Well, i did link to their description pages!
>>>
>>> Kodi is basically xbmc. With the tvaddons, you install addons like
>>> genesis, which allows you to basically stream most all popular and
>>> not-so-popular tv shows and movies. Stream, not host/encode. Stream. And it
>>> works well. I watch The Walking Dead more than an hour before it airs here.
>>> Yeah, it's shady and it's not your own content. But i actually find it
>>> easier than using plex to view my own recorded tv shows because it has them
>>> all already.
>>>
>>> I have it installed on the media pc with an mce pluggin so it's
>>> controlled all with the remote for our main viewing room. It's installed on
>>> the firestick tv in our bedroom, too.
>>>
>>> It's another option other than Plex, but it's basically stealing, too. I
>>> wonder if my Bishop will even understand it if i decide to confess....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:11 PM, bl00k <bl00k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Loren John Bailey <
>>>> beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sooooo are you just going to say that over again without explaining
>>>>> why it's better? What do you like about it? It came from xbmc from what I
>>>>> read.
>>>>> On Mar 31, 2015 11:42 AM, "Ryan Hawley" <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Too long. Just install Kodi and screw plex.
>>>>>> http://kodi.wiki/view/Amazon_Fire_TV_Stick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:11 AM, chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Balls! I get a minute of playback on the amazon fire app. anyone
>>>>>>> know how long exclusivity normally lasts for new features?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Loren John Bailey <
>>>>>>> beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, I have that turned on for my windows tablet but off for my
>>>>>>>> phone. It's kinda cool but unnecessary.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM, chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I downloaded the free android app and cast to my Chromecast &
>>>>>>>>> already have the firestick plex app. One cool feature that I think I
>>>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>>> going to turn off (if I can find it) is playing the theme song when
>>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>>> Shows folder.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Ryan Hawley <
>>>>>>>>> ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've used plex for quite some time.. it is better now, but i was
>>>>>>>>>> always frustrated at it not working well with windows media center
>>>>>>>>>> recorded
>>>>>>>>>> TV files. I have to group them all into the movies category for it
>>>>>>>>>> to work.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've stopped using it mostly and now am using Kodi
>>>>>>>>>> <http://kodi.tv/> with tvaddons <http://www.tvaddons.ag/> in
>>>>>>>>>> it's place.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Loren John Bailey <
>>>>>>>>>> beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> you don't need premium to access outside of your home. The only
>>>>>>>>>>> reason I have premium is because the xbox one app is only available
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> premium members for now. There are other features of premium but
>>>>>>>>>>> none of
>>>>>>>>>>> them are really worth it. Just do the networking to open it up,
>>>>>>>>>>> you'll
>>>>>>>>>>> see. It just shows up in your app. Eventually, like with
>>>>>>>>>>> Chromecast, the
>>>>>>>>>>> app will be a one time purchase and I'll probably ditch premium.
>>>>>>>>>>> They just
>>>>>>>>>>> offer it to premium for the first few months after they release a
>>>>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>>>> platform.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:59 AM, chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> account: the_skroobs
>>>>>>>>>>>> I know you need premium to access your media through the
>>>>>>>>>>>> interwebs but do you need it to access others? is it worth the
>>>>>>>>>>>> price? Any
>>>>>>>>>>>> channels I need to check out or are they just glorified weblinks?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Loren John Bailey <
>>>>>>>>>>>> beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree. I think it made a huge turn all at once in the middle
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of last year. I almost uninstalled it but then checked it out
>>>>>>>>>>>>> again after
>>>>>>>>>>>>> an upgrade and was blown away. It's my primary media software
>>>>>>>>>>>>> now. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>> apps are very well done on the xbox one and mobile devices. You
>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> really even need to organize your folders that much, you just
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> put them in the right library (TV Show vs Movies) and it takes
>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rest. A few of us here share our libraries and that is awesome.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Only one
>>>>>>>>>>>>> has to have the video file now and it even shows up as available
>>>>>>>>>>>>> when you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> search your library for the movie. It's come a long way very
>>>>>>>>>>>>> quickly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:25 AM, chris brooks <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cebweb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I decided to give plex another go, and it is much better than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the last time I installed in December '13. Anyway, anyone have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> good tips
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to get the most out of plex?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> [-F69-]bl00k
>>>> www.fighting69.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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