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I recently installed Plex on my Synology NAS. + awesome web GUI + awesome iOS app + excellent app for PS4 + streaming support for TVS e.g. Samsung via DLNA

I recently installed Plex on my Synology NAS. + awesome web GUI + awesome iOS app + excellent app for PS4 + streaming support for TVS e.g. Samsung via DLNA - synology does not seem to hibernate much now Plex is on (may not be Plex's fault) - needs premium pass to sync stuff to your mobile app (I paid for a lifetime subscription though, as it's a very good product) - Plex cannot use the hardware transcoder of my NAS, only the native Synology Apps can - Does not remember playback position of audio on mobile app (this is a big negative, as I listen to a lot of mixes which are a single audio file) Given a very good product already exists in the marketplace, which can stream to multiple channels, I am not sure what this project aims to achieve? I am all for people building new stuff, but I would like to see some gap analysis of existing products first so I know what the USP is.

benologist 10y ago
Synology's DS Video apps just got updated yesterday to be quite a bit better on Android TV and Android. Plex is pretty intrusive. Phones home constantly, for reasons that seem contrived considering all the media is on your hardware, the software is running on your hardware, and the 3rd party APIs they use for meta info can be used directly without routing through their website. Disaster waiting to happen when the MPAA gets involved. Or hackers, again.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  I like plex. It works, but would love an alternative so I could have separate users without having to have a plex pass. Not that I'm opposed to paying; I just want everything local to my machine.
  - prplhaz4 10y ago
    Emby has this capability and it seems pretty flexible...good for the "kids have their own library" use case... https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Users https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Users
- calinet6 10y ago
  Sadly, it's approximately you plus like 12 other people who care about the issue you describe. The experience works and works well, so very few people care how it works.
jacobush 10y ago
Eh, I also paid lifetime pass but that does not mean I am not happy there is an insurance plan in the form of an open source alternative
diminoten 10y ago
> Plex cannot use the hardware transcoder of my NAS, only the native Synology Apps can Not super topical, but this is what made me move Plex back to my Desktop. It's working fine with a network mounted drive, but I did like having a "Plex box" of sorts.

benologist 10y ago

Synology's DS Video apps just got updated yesterday to be quite a bit better on Android TV and Android. Plex is pretty intrusive. Phones home constantly, for reasons that seem contrived considering all the media is on your hardware, the software is running on your hardware, and the 3rd party APIs they use for meta info can be used directly without routing through their website. Disaster waiting to happen when the MPAA gets involved. Or hackers, again.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
I like plex. It works, but would love an alternative so I could have separate users without having to have a plex pass. Not that I'm opposed to paying; I just want everything local to my machine.
- prplhaz4 10y ago
  Emby has this capability and it seems pretty flexible...good for the "kids have their own library" use case... https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Users https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Users
calinet6 10y ago
Sadly, it's approximately you plus like 12 other people who care about the issue you describe. The experience works and works well, so very few people care how it works.

jacobush 10y ago

Eh, I also paid lifetime pass but that does not mean I am not happy there is an insurance plan in the form of an open source alternative

diminoten 10y ago

> Plex cannot use the hardware transcoder of my NAS, only the native Synology Apps can Not super topical, but this is what made me move Plex back to my Desktop. It's working fine with a network mounted drive, but I did like having a "Plex box" of sorts.