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  1. Away from hom and testing the remoteness of my setup, nothing is exposed publicly, its all mesh von so was able to watch my #plex on the tablet knowing there's no open ports or port forwarding on my lan.

    #daveknowstech #selfhosted

  2. @lenzgr You know what weirdly follows this pattern? #JellyFin. I tried to get off #selfhosted #plex and run a self-hosted JellyFin server. Not only can you not organize your media, they are actively hostile to the concept.

    I have hundreds of films and thousands of home movie files I have accumulated over 20+ years. All arranged in a directory hierarchy by my own preference. In Plex, I choose “Library” view, make that the default, and never look at their stupid suggestions again. JellyFin literally cannot do this. And if you ask on the forums (I didn’t bother because dozens already have asked and been answered), they just say that’s not how it’s done. There’s no workaround and no backlog item. Please feel free to pound sand.

    You dump everything into whatever, and the app surfaces them in whatever predetermined organization you select. Genre (according to some db somewhere), year, recently added, alphabetical. Anything except my way.

    I fought it for a few months. I even paid $2.99/mo for an appletv app that was a better client than the native client. Everything ignored my structure and imposed its own on me.

    So this mentality of the-system-knows-best has infected even some otherwise good open source tools.

  3. @lenzgr You know what weirdly follows this pattern? #JellyFin. I tried to get off #selfhosted #plex and run a self-hosted JellyFin server. Not only can you not organize your media, they are actively hostile to the concept.

    I have hundreds of films and thousands of home movie files I have accumulated over 20+ years. All arranged in a directory hierarchy by my own preference. In Plex, I choose “Library” view, make that the default, and never look at their stupid suggestions again. JellyFin literally cannot do this. And if you ask on the forums (I didn’t bother because dozens already have asked and been answered), they just say that’s not how it’s done. There’s no workaround and no backlog item. Please feel free to pound sand.

    You dump everything into whatever, and the app surfaces them in whatever predetermined organization you select. Genre (according to some db somewhere), year, recently added, alphabetical. Anything except my way.

    I fought it for a few months. I even paid $2.99/mo for an appletv app that was a better client than the native client. Everything ignored my structure and imposed its own on me.

    So this mentality of the-system-knows-best has infected even some otherwise good open source tools.

  4. @lenzgr You know what weirdly follows this pattern? #JellyFin. I tried to get off #selfhosted #plex and run a self-hosted JellyFin server. Not only can you not organize your media, they are actively hostile to the concept.

    I have hundreds of films and thousands of home movie files I have accumulated over 20+ years. All arranged in a directory hierarchy by my own preference. In Plex, I choose “Library” view, make that the default, and never look at their stupid suggestions again. JellyFin literally cannot do this. And if you ask on the forums (I didn’t bother because dozens already have asked and been answered), they just say that’s not how it’s done. There’s no workaround and no backlog item. Please feel free to pound sand.

    You dump everything into whatever, and the app surfaces them in whatever predetermined organization you select. Genre (according to some db somewhere), year, recently added, alphabetical. Anything except my way.

    I fought it for a few months. I even paid $2.99/mo for an appletv app that was a better client than the native client. Everything ignored my structure and imposed its own on me.

    So this mentality of the-system-knows-best has infected even some otherwise good open source tools.

  5. @lenzgr You know what weirdly follows this pattern? #JellyFin. I tried to get off #selfhosted #plex and run a self-hosted JellyFin server. Not only can you not organize your media, they are actively hostile to the concept.

    I have hundreds of films and thousands of home movie files I have accumulated over 20+ years. All arranged in a directory hierarchy by my own preference. In Plex, I choose “Library” view, make that the default, and never look at their stupid suggestions again. JellyFin literally cannot do this. And if you ask on the forums (I didn’t bother because dozens already have asked and been answered), they just say that’s not how it’s done. There’s no workaround and no backlog item. Please feel free to pound sand.

    You dump everything into whatever, and the app surfaces them in whatever predetermined organization you select. Genre (according to some db somewhere), year, recently added, alphabetical. Anything except my way.

    I fought it for a few months. I even paid $2.99/mo for an appletv app that was a better client than the native client. Everything ignored my structure and imposed its own on me.

    So this mentality of the-system-knows-best has infected even some otherwise good open source tools.

  6. @lenzgr You know what weirdly follows this pattern? #JellyFin. I tried to get off #selfhosted #plex and run a self-hosted JellyFin server. Not only can you not organize your media, they are actively hostile to the concept.

    I have hundreds of films and thousands of home movie files I have accumulated over 20+ years. All arranged in a directory hierarchy by my own preference. In Plex, I choose “Library” view, make that the default, and never look at their stupid suggestions again. JellyFin literally cannot do this. And if you ask on the forums (I didn’t bother because dozens already have asked and been answered), they just say that’s not how it’s done. There’s no workaround and no backlog item. Please feel free to pound sand.

    You dump everything into whatever, and the app surfaces them in whatever predetermined organization you select. Genre (according to some db somewhere), year, recently added, alphabetical. Anything except my way.

    I fought it for a few months. I even paid $2.99/mo for an appletv app that was a better client than the native client. Everything ignored my structure and imposed its own on me.

    So this mentality of the-system-knows-best has infected even some otherwise good open source tools.

  7. Which are the bigger broken-brain power-trippers...

    Reddit mods or TVDB/TMDB mods?

    That movie title hurts my soul (and it completely short-circuits Radarr).

    #Plex #Radarr #Sonarr

  8. Which are the bigger broken-brain power-trippers...

    Reddit mods or TVDB/TMDB mods?

    That movie title hurts my soul (and it completely short-circuits Radarr).

    #Plex #Radarr #Sonarr

  9. Which are the bigger broken-brain power-trippers...

    Reddit mods or TVDB/TMDB mods?

    That movie title hurts my soul (and it completely short-circuits Radarr).

    #Plex #Radarr #Sonarr

  10. Which are the bigger broken-brain power-trippers...

    Reddit mods or TVDB/TMDB mods?

    That movie title hurts my soul (and it completely short-circuits Radarr).

    #Plex #Radarr #Sonarr

  11. Which are the bigger broken-brain power-trippers...

    Reddit mods or TVDB/TMDB mods?

    That movie title hurts my soul (and it completely short-circuits Radarr).

    #Plex #Radarr #Sonarr

  12. I have just released my first Windows app 🥳
    It helps you organize your media library by bringing your file names into the format used by Jellyfin, Kodi, Plex etc. with the help of TheMovieDB and MediaInfo.

    It's currently unlisted, so can only accessed via this link. It's free. If you have any feedback or encounter any issues, let me know :)

    apps.microsoft.com/store/detai

    #Windows #Jellyfin #Kodi #Plex #TMDB #MediaInfo

  13. I have just released my first Windows app 🥳
    It helps you organize your media library by bringing your file names into the format used by Jellyfin, Kodi, Plex etc. with the help of TheMovieDB and MediaInfo.

    It's currently unlisted, so can only accessed via this link. It's free. If you have any feedback or encounter any issues, let me know :)

    apps.microsoft.com/store/detai

    #Windows #Jellyfin #Kodi #Plex #TMDB #MediaInfo

  14. I have just released my first Windows app 🥳
    It helps you organize your media library by bringing your file names into the format used by Jellyfin, Kodi, Plex etc. with the help of TheMovieDB and MediaInfo.

    It's currently unlisted, so can only accessed via this link. It's free. If you have any feedback or encounter any issues, let me know :)

    apps.microsoft.com/store/detai

    #Windows #Jellyfin #Kodi #Plex #TMDB #MediaInfo

  15. I have just released my first Windows app 🥳
    It helps you organize your media library by bringing your file names into the format used by Jellyfin, Kodi, Plex etc. with the help of TheMovieDB and MediaInfo.

    It's currently unlisted, so can only accessed via this link. It's free. If you have any feedback or encounter any issues, let me know :)

    apps.microsoft.com/store/detai

    #Windows #Jellyfin #Kodi #Plex #TMDB #MediaInfo

  16. I have just released my first Windows app 🥳
    It helps you organize your media library by bringing your file names into the format used by Jellyfin, Kodi, Plex etc. with the help of TheMovieDB and MediaInfo.

    It's currently unlisted, so can only accessed via this link. It's free. If you have any feedback or encounter any issues, let me know :)

    apps.microsoft.com/store/detai

    #Windows #Jellyfin #Kodi #Plex #TMDB #MediaInfo

  17. RasPlex turns your Raspberry Pi into a Plex client, and it works really well!

    The only problems I have with it are:

    1. No controller support.
    2. No live TV viewing options.

    At least it streams my local movies, shows and music no problem. :guilded_thumbsup:

    rasplex.com/

    #Plex #SelfHosting #Raspberrypi

  18. RasPlex turns your Raspberry Pi into a Plex client, and it works really well!

    The only problems I have with it are:

    1. No controller support.
    2. No live TV viewing options.

    At least it streams my local movies, shows and music no problem. :guilded_thumbsup:

    rasplex.com/

    #Plex #SelfHosting #Raspberrypi

  19. RasPlex turns your Raspberry Pi into a Plex client, and it works really well!

    The only problems I have with it are:

    1. No controller support.
    2. No live TV viewing options.

    At least it streams my local movies, shows and music no problem. :guilded_thumbsup:

    rasplex.com/

    #Plex #SelfHosting #Raspberrypi

  20. RasPlex turns your Raspberry Pi into a Plex client, and it works really well!

    The only problems I have with it are:

    1. No controller support.
    2. No live TV viewing options.

    At least it streams my local movies, shows and music no problem. :guilded_thumbsup:

    rasplex.com/

    #Plex #SelfHosting #Raspberrypi