>Millions of people are doing this already with products like Plex. That's fair up to a point. Plex doesn't require network access, but if you want to use it,

>Millions of people are doing this already with products like Plex. That's fair up to a point. Plex doesn't require network access, but if you want to use it, even with just local media, you still need to register an account with them, and usage data for local media is sent to them. Which is why I don't use Plex. Any device/app that requires you register/give access to usage information in order to utilize local resources is an intrusion of my privacy. Please note the word requires above before replying to my comment.