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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie TV" data-source="post: 1231362" data-attributes="member: 146352"><p>All a bit gloomy this thread <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>I think you are being massively generous on Plex. I recently tried it and lots of metadata was missing specifically for TV Series whereas MP fully populated it with no issues. </p><p></p><p>Live TV has been shoehorned into the system and doesn't fit with the interface and how I would expect to watch TV, you can see here; <a href="https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/115007689648" target="_blank">Watching Live TV</a> their concept of a TV guide isn't the same as mine but maybe I'm getting old <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p>Plus it has the following limitations;</p><p>There are some limitations when watching live TV currently:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Live TV viewing cannot currently be shared. Only the Plex Media Server owner account can currently watch live TV. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Live TV requires the ability to transcode the content, so you need to ensure you run Plex Media Server on a device capable of transcoding. (Some <a href="https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201373823" target="_blank">NAS devices</a> may not be able to transcode.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Closed-captioning or alternate audio channels are not currently supported for Live TV.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flinging or casting playback to another Plex app is not currently supported.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You cannot initiate a recording of what you're currently watching in the client. If you wish to start recording, you'll need to stop live playback and then start recording.</li> </ul><p>So it doesn't work with my setup at all. I have a server in the loft which does all the TV hard work and clients which are viewers.</p><p></p><p>Connecting via various tablets devices is great but has no long term interest for me. I don't commute using a train (I drive) so when I'm at home I watch on a big screen and when I'm out the house I'm doing stuff so why would I watch TV/media etc. (MP sits on my holiday laptop and does the job perfectly working offline)</p><p></p><p>So overall MP still stands as the best media portal for me</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlie TV, post: 1231362, member: 146352"] All a bit gloomy this thread :p I think you are being massively generous on Plex. I recently tried it and lots of metadata was missing specifically for TV Series whereas MP fully populated it with no issues. Live TV has been shoehorned into the system and doesn't fit with the interface and how I would expect to watch TV, you can see here; [URL="https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/115007689648"]Watching Live TV[/URL] their concept of a TV guide isn't the same as mine but maybe I'm getting old :p Plus it has the following limitations; There are some limitations when watching live TV currently: [LIST] [*]Live TV viewing cannot currently be shared. Only the Plex Media Server owner account can currently watch live TV. [*]Live TV requires the ability to transcode the content, so you need to ensure you run Plex Media Server on a device capable of transcoding. (Some [URL='https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201373823']NAS devices[/URL] may not be able to transcode.) [*]Closed-captioning or alternate audio channels are not currently supported for Live TV. [*]Flinging or casting playback to another Plex app is not currently supported. [*]You cannot initiate a recording of what you're currently watching in the client. If you wish to start recording, you'll need to stop live playback and then start recording. [/LIST] So it doesn't work with my setup at all. I have a server in the loft which does all the TV hard work and clients which are viewers. Connecting via various tablets devices is great but has no long term interest for me. I don't commute using a train (I drive) so when I'm at home I watch on a big screen and when I'm out the house I'm doing stuff so why would I watch TV/media etc. (MP sits on my holiday laptop and does the job perfectly working offline) So overall MP still stands as the best media portal for me Cheers [/QUOTE]
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