u/KellyN87

Currently, I'm a solid Plex server admin. But, always looking at options.

How many family and friends can I host with the 30 device limit. I currently have about 25 users on Plex. But, in my house alone, I have 5 devices, and I notice my users usually have 1 or 2 devices.

My concern is that if I exceed the 30 device limit, the cost of Emby Lifetime pass become unacceptable.

Last day to buy your lifetime pass at $250.

If you've been using the Plex server for a little while now and are enjoying it, and now asking if you should buy a Plex Pass; do it.

If you don't have a Plex server but are using Plex to stream from your friend's or family's Plex server: well, this is more difficult. Do you want to share multiple accounts on a single streaming device? Do you really enjoy Plexamp? Do you really need Skip Intros? Do you really need the ability to Download (offline viewing)? If so, you should probably strongly consider saying "Yes" especially for the sharing a single device and Downloads.

UPDATE: I wasn't aware Tdarr updated the packaged ffmpeg today. Well done! Back to using Tdarr.

OLD POST: It appears Tdarr ships with an unpatched version of ffmpeg that contain a very nasty vulnerability. Ffmpeg has been patched, but Tdarr is not yet shipping the new version. Also, Handbrake has not updated their ffmpeg version either.

So, use Tdarr at your own risk until the available ffmpeg is shipped with an update of Tdarr and Handbrake.

Not sure this is a good thing for Roku Plex users.

a = [10, 20, 30, 40]

b = a

a.pop(0)

print(b)

Output:

[20, 30, 40]

Why does the "pop" on "a" delete from "b" list? Are the two list variables just pointers to the same memory location? I would assume the lists would be completely separate.

Does anyone know what domain Roku using to check for internet connectivity (and also updates)?

Since moving to pfsense from DD-WRT, my Roku cannot update. One difference is that I also enabled pfblockerng. If I disable pfblockerng, the Roku updates properly.

I'm not sure how to go about monitoring the Roku's outgoing calls to see which hostname is being blocked that the Roku needs for updates.

How should I best go about trying to determine this hostname?

Thanks

I love Tautulli.

However, the one thing that I find lacking is the ability to know if a stream marked as "transcoded" was just for audio transcoding.

When the stream is active, Tautulli is awesome! It shows me whether the transcoding is happening to the video and/or audio.

However, when the stream is not running, I have to dig into the web app to find out. But what is worse is that the mobile app does not show me at *all* what exactly was transcoded. Also, the mobile app does not show any stats about the stream like the web app.

First, it would be great to have additional icons that show you:

• Direct Play (existing)
• Direct Stream (existing)
• Transcode Video and Audio (new)
• Transcode Video Only (new)
• Transcode Audio Only (new)
• Transcode Video or Audio (remove existing)

Then in the mobile app, the detail report of a specific stream would show the detailed stats about the stream, as the web app does.

Thanks

I'm running into families who want multiple accounts so they can request restrictions for their kids' accounts on content from my server.

What I'm finding is that it is a hard sell to tell them they must purchase a Plex Pass ($250) to get the Plex Home feature so they can share multiple accounts on one device.

Seems to me it would be nice if Plex offered Plex Home for less if separate from all the Plex server features they won't be using.

Do you have families buying a Plex Pass just for Plex Home to use your server?

EDIT: Not sure everyone is understanding my question. How many of your remote Plex server users (not your family) bought a Plex Pass mainly to use the Plex Home feature (not to host their own servers), where multiple accounts can share the same streaming device without the need to login each user each time they use the device?

EDIT 2: I wasn't expecting so many users to respond to this post. Funny, I've also thought of most everyone on this subreddit to be admins, however it makes sense that users without servers but with Plex Passes would join as well.