The short answer is because it is open source.
I’m using some non-standard transcoding profiles, for example RIFE motion interpolation. I have some other server customizations so that it integrates with my home automation system a bit better.
I can’t customize Plex.
It is. The laptop was originally my testbed for trying hyprland so it had essentially nothing else installed, I just ended up using it as a portable terminal due to some unexpected traveling and I enjoyed the concept so I’ve kept it around.
I haven’t tried zellij yet, but I’ll give it a shot (thanks).
If I had to guess, it’s that there are a ton of plug-ins for tmux and she’s more comfortable with tmux.
Really, any terminal multiplexer will work fine. You just need to be able to do multiple things at once, Linux offers a plethora of choices for this.
I understood the misunderstanding from reading the previous comments.
I was clear in other comments that I was speaking of what I knew to be true at the time, therefore the tense was correct from my perspective.
I didn’t say you were intentionally lying, only that you were mistaken. I wasn’t making a personal attack.
I acknowledge that based on your experience that is how Plex worked 10 years ago, but it is not how it currently works. So, when you say that ‘this is how Plex works’ instead of ‘this is how Plex worked 10 years ago’ it’s implying that it still works like that when it does not. That could confuse people who are here and trying to learn.
This place takes itself way, way too seriously, in my opinion. I’m sorry for any toes I stepped on without even meaning to, and I won’t comment on the matter further.
The community exists to talk about, and help people with, self hosting. Providing incorrect information runs counter to that purpose and so community members should point out when information isn’t correct.
Misinformation just means that the information that you’re providing is not correct, it’s not a personal attack on you to be corrected about a factual issue. It doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person or suggest that you’re trying to be intentionally misleading, it just means that your statements do not match the current factual reality.
My laptop is terminal-only as well.
The only difference is that I use hyprland and waybar because it looks a bit better and using the dynamic tiling is sometimes easier than operating tmux panes.
To add to her list of useful apps:
mpd - To play music/audio. There are plug-ins for tmux and waybar to show the song status
ncmpcpp - TUI mpd client
lynx - Sometimes you need a web browser
Well, grammatical quibble then.
Your verbs are present tense and not past tense:
Plex requires a Plex Pass subscription
Plex doesn’t allow you to watch media on your local network
This gives the impression that you’re talking about the current state of things. Which seems to be the above commenter’s issue.
Where as:
Plex required a Plex Pass subscription
or
Plex didn’t allow you to watch media on your local network
Would imply a past experience.
Misinformation doesn’t mean that you’re intentionally lying (that is disinformation), it just means that you’re stating facts that are not true.
(I’m not being negative, just pedantic lol)
To actually contribute to the conversation:
Plex now allows local network streaming without their servers being offline as long as your client is already authenticated (cached tokens have a short expiration date however)
Alternatively, you can add your LAN’s subnet in Settings > Server > Network > ‘List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth’
Here’s a full written guide: https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-use-plex-with-no-internet/383325
(I know you’re just joking)
☝️🤓, We typically don’t consider local-only applications as being hosted.
Hosted implies a server and the ability to operate remotely and to service multiple users.
I have both specifically for this reason.
Plex is for my family who only need to know ‘login to your Plex account’, but I personally use Jellyfin because I’m on my VPN. I got the lifetime pass for under $100 ($80?) and it has saved me a lot of time by preventing technical issues that would need my personal attention.
Yeah, and I’m on your team on the important topic.
My perspective on the systemd change is that in open source software it is impossible for any project to force me to do anything that I don’t want to do. If the field ever becomes non-optional then I’ll use a different init system.
To me, this is just engineers making engineering decisions in a way that is the least impactful for people not participating in the age verification nonsense.
Seeing people actively targeting the humans behind the update is the part that has motivated me to speak out. I don’t think your position is wrong in any way, just some of the people sharing that perspective were being actively toxic and harmful.
It’s only because it is a large mp3 okay?
I understand their position but disagree with the tactics.
Yes, the age verification laws are incredibly bad for various reasons. I do not support them in any way.
However, they do exist and services are required to comply with them. Many services in this position use Linux and systemd. On those systems, systemd is the location where user data like this would be stored. So, from a software engineering perspective it only makes sense to include a field to handle this.
People were taking this engineering decision and treating as if it were a proxy for age verification laws. They were doxxing the developer and the comments were borderline inciting violence (and some not borderline at all). That’s the part I take issue with.
It’s slacktivisim.
Effectively fighting against age verification requires engaging with the political system, not spamming toxic comments on social media. The fight against age verification isn’t going to be won inside of git repos and no progress is made by attacking volunteer developers.
You’re right that it is an important issue, but the people that show up just to be toxic and violent are not doing the cause any favors and should be shunned from the community. These people were not actually members of our community, they were tourists following the outrage train and have since moved on to other topics for their next hit of outrage and self-righteousness.
I’m at a loss
Reading the comments I’m glad to see that the outrage crowd has left, last month they were swarming this topic heavily.
(Well, they seem to have limited themselves to downvoting at least)
This is very serious…
…now it’s free x 4.
Yeah, I have had a similar experience.
Some are excited about it when I give them the tour but never use their login.
Luckily my nieces and nephews love the fact that they can watch all of the Mouse House movies without the Mouse House+ subscription
I just got a refund, I’m moving to Real Player
I try to hit 15TB/mo automatically fetching the latest Linux ISOs for ratio. I paid for 20TB so I’m gonna use it!
Only about .5-1TB/mo personally.
Yakuake with tmux, all your terminal apps at the push of a button.