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I've used Plex before, and while it is fancy and has a nice user experience for it's use cases, I've found it somewhat limited. It is fundamentally locked into
by lelandbatey 10y ago
I've used Plex before, and while it is fancy and has a nice user experience for it's use cases, I've found it somewhat limited.
It is fundamentally locked into itself. You need to either have a device which can run the web client, or a Plex app for the platform. And that works fine if you're doing this just for yourself (I've run a Plex server in the past).
But sharing media is painful (or at least, more painful than simply sending a link to someone), and the overhead of compatibility was always annoying. Additionally, if you don't like the way the Plex app works on your device, tough, that's the only UI there is. However, there are a tremendous number of apps and applications with UIs galore that all support HTTP streaming.
Now, the last time I fully investigated Plex was about a year ago, but since then I've used friends instances and it always seemed lackluster, or at least not as straightforward as bare-bones HTTP streaming.
- cormacrelf 10y agoOn the other end of the flexibility + compatibility scale, if all you need is to watch The Wire on your iPhone/iPad/Apple TV v4 on the couch instead of at your computer, I've been using Infuse. Just turn on SMB on your computer and fave a few directories, then stream away. It'll even pull in metadata, cover art, descriptions and sort shows into seasons. https://firecore.com/infuse https://firecore.com/infuse (Arguably, Infuse is very compatible with whatever your video source is, but it only runs on iOS.)
- pomfpomfpomf3 10y agoSharing media: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201105738-Create-a-New-Share https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201105738-Create-a... Alternative client/UI: check out PleXBMC, you can use any theme you like. That said, plex media player will provide a superior experience as it's using mpv.
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