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Plex requires setting up libraries of media, such as a pictures library, a music library, etc., which is annoying to say the least. Whether it is easy is not th

Plex requires setting up libraries of media, such as a pictures library, a music library, etc., which is annoying to say the least. Whether it is easy is not the point, the fact that it requires installing it and configuring it when Apache2 will functionally do everything Plex can without consolidating files, which leads to duplicates and eating up storage space.

notmyprb 3y ago
Plex requires me to install Docker (which I use elsewhere so would install anyway) and docker compose -f file with my entire media setup We could endlessly debate which cognitive model is best but you know, that’s stupid… because there is only one… …Packaged executables should die off. I want to compose electron state in a machine not some randos config formats and syntax art. I don’t understand Apache OR Plex (or nginx or Docker, etc). Would prefer logic simply be modeled in open code libs I can list in a dep file and run; but software _products_ whether open like Apache or closed like Plex, with a bunch of opinions on acceptable UX/CX are foisted on me by Apache or Plex devs. I’m just as sick of learning one asinine tribal jargon after as I am the arguments about which tribal jargon is superior! Bring on the AI chips that abstract away software. Bleh what a trashy gossip fueled industry.
ciwolsey 3y ago
Apache won't automatically trancode your 4k videos for lower resolution devices
- Maursault 3y ago
  Automatic transcoding is the last thing I'd want wasting processor cycles.
justinclift 3y ago
> Whether it is easy is not the point That's a wrong assumption. For many (most?) users of Plex, that's pretty much the entire point. :) Try it out yourself, and then see what you reckon it would take to set up Apache to match Plex's functionality. It'll take significant effort, if it's even capable.
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dchuk 3y ago
Apache and Plex are nowhere near comparable software, what on earth are you talking about
- Maursault 3y ago
  You are mistaken. Plex is really just a dedicated web server with a bunch of annoying feature creep.

notmyprb 3y ago

Plex requires me to install Docker (which I use elsewhere so would install anyway) and docker compose -f file with my entire media setup We could endlessly debate which cognitive model is best but you know, that’s stupid… because there is only one… …Packaged executables should die off. I want to compose electron state in a machine not some randos config formats and syntax art. I don’t understand Apache OR Plex (or nginx or Docker, etc). Would prefer logic simply be modeled in open code libs I can list in a dep file and run; but software _products_ whether open like Apache or closed like Plex, with a bunch of opinions on acceptable UX/CX are foisted on me by Apache or Plex devs. I’m just as sick of learning one asinine tribal jargon after as I am the arguments about which tribal jargon is superior! Bring on the AI chips that abstract away software. Bleh what a trashy gossip fueled industry.

ciwolsey 3y ago

Apache won't automatically trancode your 4k videos for lower resolution devices

Maursault 3y ago
Automatic transcoding is the last thing I'd want wasting processor cycles.

justinclift 3y ago

> Whether it is easy is not the point That's a wrong assumption. For many (most?) users of Plex, that's pretty much the entire point. :) Try it out yourself, and then see what you reckon it would take to set up Apache to match Plex's functionality. It'll take significant effort, if it's even capable.

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dchuk 3y ago

Apache and Plex are nowhere near comparable software, what on earth are you talking about

Maursault 3y ago
You are mistaken. Plex is really just a dedicated web server with a bunch of annoying feature creep.