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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/2017 03:40 PM, Greg Oliver
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:21 AM, James <span
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all, opinions please<br>
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My Samsung TV chokes on myth’s uPnP files. I need to
transcode (or put my recordings on a thumb-drive !!)<br>
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One of the solutions I’ve been looking at is Plex media
server.<br>
But I’m naive about this whole area.<br>
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Will some knowlegable please comment.<br>
eg I think appleTV’s mythtv app uses mythtv streaming<br>
Is the interface ‘nice’?<br>
What are the options to receive (and watch) a stream. eg
plex has an appleTV app. eg (australian) ABC has a
streaming app on the Samsung so some sort of SDK must
exist.<br>
I want a stream server. Is myth video a good generic
library server?<br>
(I do use myth video, but that is my *only* experience of
hosting a stream)<br>
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Apple may be akin to shark droppings, but (to seamlessly
drain all your money while you smile) they do make very
nice hardware (eg bluetooth mouse and keyboard work at the
bios screen eg their trakpad is a joy to use (left click,
right click, double click, scroll, click-and-drag etc)<br>
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James</font></span><br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I use Plex for watching anything
remotely (off my local network). For realtime transcoding per
watching device, etc - it is definitely the best out there. I
use mythfrontend inside the house, and tinker with Kodi inside
the house. Kodi lacks on comm skipping, or I would use it
full time with low power devices / Android devices.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Plex DVR sucks a$$ though. The
decisions they make for the user makes me think they are all
ex apple engineers who want to make it so easy for the end
user, they just figured "no one ever needs more options than
this".. etc.. They support a lot of capture cards nowadays,
but their guide makes me want to go get a monkey from the zoo
to throw feces at the TV.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I smlink mythtv recordings into my plex
directory with readable names and plex adds and plays them
well though. <br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Like another user just posted, there is
also Emby. It does not transcode nearly as well as Plex (not
even close actually). Plex will take a raw bit/s number and
make sure that when it transcodes, even the places who need
higher bit rate to remain smooth will get pre-buffered in
their client. The yspent a lot of time on that part of their
solution and got it right. No other software out there does
this - none that I know of.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">The only drawback to Plex is if you run
it natively on TVs, etc.. You are up to the TV manufacturer
to update their app. I have a high end Samsung, and once the
initial year was over, it no longer receives updates. I can
buy a Smart replacement module every year for a couple hundred
dollars, but I never use the native TV apps after I learned
they were all dipshits who have no business putting products
on an IP network. You would think the smartphone arms of all
of these companies would be supplying the TV people with IP
interfaces to use, but nah - it is just easier to sell really
expensive TVs that can be easily hacked :)</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Just my .02</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">-Greg<br>
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I use Plex in our bedroom's in our house. I use mythlink too rename
the Myth recordings. I created a Mythtv Recordings library in Plex
and point the path to the proper file location's where the symlinks
are stored.. Plex will pull down the meta-data and cover-art.. I use
a Chromecast, but you can use a Roku or Amazon Fire tv, or any other
streaming box that Plex has an apt for... <br>
Mine is strictly wireless and I have never see any buffering or
artifacts..<br>
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