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you could run plex and give me access.

by dmead 6y ago

300bps 6y ago
I have tried to get Plex up and running with my ~20 TB collection but its library management doesn’t work for me. Fails to load files, categorization is horrible and many other problems. Kodi (XBMC) has perfect “point it at a folder and don’t worry about it” functionality. It just doesn’t have the remote capabilities I’ve found as good as Plex. What am I doing wrong with Plex?
- jedieaston 6y ago
  If you don't have your files named correctly, it won't work right. https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-... It can sometimes be forgiving, but other times it won't find it unless you name the file exactly correct. With a library of that size, you might have to leave it for a day or two to do the initial scrape, as it sometimes does a couple passes to find everything (why, I don't know).
- nikisweeting 6y ago
  Start by running it with Sonarr and Radarr so that your files are named correctly, then Plex "just works" without any tweaking. Both work well for library file management and renaming, they're not only useful for pirates.
- sergiotapia 6y ago
  12TB collection here. Throw your media at https://www.tinymediamanager.org/ https://www.tinymediamanager.org/ - then Plex, Emby, whatever will pick up seasons easily.
archi42 6y ago
Actually this isn't as stupid as it sounds. For home use, that's the only thing I can really think of wanting a lot of egress bandwidth. I run a PMS on my connection (400/25), and it's nice that I can let friends or family members watch a movie from it instead of needing to lending them the DVD (and keeping track who has which DVD, getting them back, etc.). My bandwidth means I'm limited to two streams (but then again, I don't buy many movies, I'm more a music person). Symmetric 10Gb/s are still total overkill, symmetric 1Gb/s would already be pretty good for that usage. But it's specialized: You need at least some knowledge for the setup and on how to get your BR and DVDs into the server - and then of course a collection of DVD & BR to start with. And, in the age of streaming, this means the person running the PMS is either pretty retro, a home theatre nerd or a pirate. And you probably don't want to taint the offering with "it's mostly useful for piratez" ;-)

you could run plex and give me access.

by dmead 6y ago

you could run plex and give me access.

I have tried to get Plex up and running with my ~20 TB collection but its library management doesn’t work for me. Fails to load files, categorization is horrible and many other problems. Kodi (XBMC) has perfect “point it at a folder and don’t worry about it” functionality. It just doesn’t have the remote capabilities I’ve found as good as Plex. What am I doing wrong with Plex?

jedieaston 6y ago
If you don't have your files named correctly, it won't work right. https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-... It can sometimes be forgiving, but other times it won't find it unless you name the file exactly correct. With a library of that size, you might have to leave it for a day or two to do the initial scrape, as it sometimes does a couple passes to find everything (why, I don't know).
nikisweeting 6y ago
Start by running it with Sonarr and Radarr so that your files are named correctly, then Plex "just works" without any tweaking. Both work well for library file management and renaming, they're not only useful for pirates.
sergiotapia 6y ago
12TB collection here. Throw your media at https://www.tinymediamanager.org/ https://www.tinymediamanager.org/ - then Plex, Emby, whatever will pick up seasons easily.

archi42 6y ago

Actually this isn't as stupid as it sounds. For home use, that's the only thing I can really think of wanting a lot of egress bandwidth. I run a PMS on my connection (400/25), and it's nice that I can let friends or family members watch a movie from it instead of needing to lending them the DVD (and keeping track who has which DVD, getting them back, etc.). My bandwidth means I'm limited to two streams (but then again, I don't buy many movies, I'm more a music person). Symmetric 10Gb/s are still total overkill, symmetric 1Gb/s would already be pretty good for that usage. But it's specialized: You need at least some knowledge for the setup and on how to get your BR and DVDs into the server - and then of course a collection of DVD & BR to start with. And, in the age of streaming, this means the person running the PMS is either pretty retro, a home theatre nerd or a pirate. And you probably don't want to taint the offering with "it's mostly useful for piratez" ;-)