Kodi vs. Plex: Which is Best For You For Streaming And Entertainment?

If you’re looking for a way to stream or watch movies and TV shows, there’s a good choice you’re trying to pick between Kodi and Plex. Though both are solid choices, there are some notable differences that can help you decide between them.

Plex is a media server solution that runs in one location and is accessed using client apps, a web interface, or DLNA.

By comparison, Kodi is designed to run on your primary media centre computer or device but also includes emulators, games, and a richer suite of add-ons that connect to all sorts of 3rd party services.

See https://www.howtogeek.com/887832/kodi-vs-plex/
#Blog, #entertainment, #Kodi, #Plex, #streaming, #technology

Nutzt hier wer #LibreElec und #Kodi auf dem Raspberry Pi? Ich habe das #Plex Addon installiert, aber das findet leider keinen Server. Einstellungsmöglichkeiten sind kaum vorhanden. Suche entweder eine Lösung oder ein alternatives Addon.

Mac-User anwesend? Ich hätte da mal eine Frage…

Am Wochenende hatte ich versucht, auf dem etwas älteren #Macbook der Tochter meiner Freundin #Plex zu installieren. Zum Glück. Denn nun weiß ich wieder, warum ich #Apple so hasse: Die nehmen einem einfach die Möglichkeit aktuelle Software zu benutzen! Der blöde Kunde muss wohl neu kaufen, oder wie ist das gedacht?

Für OSX El Capitan ist kaum noch etwas verfügbar: Firefox, Chrome, Opera? Pustekuchen! Safari ist anscheinend sogar zu blöd die plex.tv Seite korrekt anzuzeigen. Plex gibt es anscheinend nur als etwas älteren Download von irgendwelchen Drittseiten. Leider will die runtergeladene Plex-Version nichts außer Musik anzeigen und ich habe Filme.

Kurz: Trotz langer Frickelei habe ich es nicht hinbekommen. Ich bin so kurz davor auf dem Ding einfach ein Linux zu installieren.

Aber vielleicht gibt es hier ja einen Mac-Fan, der mir kurz erklären kann, was man da macht. Also, wenn man nicht direkt OSX platt machen, sondern erhalten will. Wobei ich mich natürlich fragen muss, ob der Mist überhaupt noch sicher ist.

Vielleicht gibt es aber ja Möglichkeiten, die mir nicht bekannt sind? Zum Beispiel für ein OS-Upgrade. Oder zumindest, um halbwegs aktuelle Software zu installieren.

#Mac #OSX

Search less, watch more with Plex.

Enjoy all of your entertainment, no matter where it lives, plus 50,000+ free titles from us.

Plex has done what Apple and Google couldn’t: Create a watchlist that works across all your streaming apps

Rolling out now to the service’s public beta is the new Discover section that helps you search, add, and stream any movie or TV show across multiple services. You can finally maintain a single universal watchlist in the Plex app (which is synced across all your Plex apps, on all popular platforms), and when you choose a title, you’ll see all the available places to stream it. When you choose to watch it on Hulu, it will open the Hulu app, and will directly start the media playback (thanks to some deep-linking magic).

There’s another advantage to using Plex’s universal watchlist: Plex will keep track of where a movie or TV show is streaming currently. So even if a TV show leaves HBO Max and moves to Hulu, it won’t suddenly disappear from your watch list.

See https://lifehacker.com/finally-a-universal-watchlist-for-all-your-streaming-s-1848756968

#technology #streaming #movies #plex
#Blog, ##movies, ##plex, ##streaming, ##technology

I've made a some changes, tech-wise, at home in the last few weeks.

1. We're starting up a Plex server for the home. We have so many movies and tv series (~2000), it's taking forever to rip a disc and then run it through a converter to make it streaming-ready (trying to make the streaming as easy as possible). Plex is actually really nice as a streaming service. It's far easier to navigate than a lot of other streaming services (Disney+, I'm looking at you) and it actually has some features other service don't, such as having the show's theme music play in the background. We're actually thinking we might let friends buy access to our stream (like $5/month?) and cover the cost of upgrading out Internet speed.
2. That brings me to having a computer to run the server on. My wife's laptop was having all kinds of performance issues. It's not particularly new and Windows 10 was just being a headache anymore. We knew it wasn't going to be able to upgrade to 11 and also my wife didn't really use it. She had her computer for work and used her laptop; I had used her laptop in the last year more than she had (it was the computer I used for running OBS while I streamed on Twitch). So, I wiped it and installed Linux Mint on it and set it up as our dedicated plex server/video conversion unit. We picked up another cheap 8 TB drive from CostCo and away it goes. It's actually running very well.
3. So what about the streaming for Twitch? Well, the computer I had been using for the gaming was the Dreamcade Replay that I had backed on Kickstarter. It was an entirely under-powered little unit that could only barely do what I asked of it (classic arcade games). It was a bit of a let-down from Dreamcade because this was not the system they had sold the Kickstarted on. It absolutely could not handle streaming video while playing a game (I found that out when I was first setting up my Twitch) and, very disappointingly, I found out it couldn't handle the arcade games half the time. I tried to do the 6-player X-men arcade but it could only handle having 4 controllers. So, a friend pointed out the Minisforum HM80 mini-computer could handle everything I need. It cost a pretty penny but I bit the bullet and got it. Right now, it's working like a dream!

#plex #linux #mint #dreamcade #twitch #minisforum #hm80 #streaming