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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)

submitted 1 year ago by Sl00k@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Your view unfortunately doesn't show you how shitty the unpaid experience has become. XBMC used to be a good product. Since becoming Plex, now we have:

no local hardware accel
no HDR
panels that look like local videos that trick you into switching to a paid app
rearranged home screen after some updates
no downloads on remote devices
and now I'll lose the ability to share streaming with my kid, who lives many cities away

If this were clear from the outset , no one would be upset. But pulling back features Plex at one time promised "forever" (remote streaming), is complete rug-pull bullshit.

You can enjoy that warm and fuzzy reverse-fomo feeling now, but you should know that they'll start limiting your paid experience eventually.

[–] legion02@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Xbmc didn't become plex. It's still alive and kicking but rebranded to Kodi (mostly because it had little to do with xbox anymore) ages ago.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, you're right, I forgot about the forking.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no local hardware accel

What do you mean by this?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean by this?

Not OP

Hardware-accelerated streaming is a premium feature and requires an active Plex Pass subscription.

If you want to use your video card to transcode, you have to be paid.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 year ago

Ah okay. When I used Plex it had hardware acceleration. But I'd been a Plex Pass lifetime pass user for years so forgot the distinction between that and non pass. Thanks

[–] Harriet_Porber@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

what? all of these work on plex for me:

-server hardware accel transcoding (are you talking about something else?)

-HDR playback works fine for me...

-I can download just fine from a browser or the plex app, when remote