Anyone else use Plex or Kodi? How much content do you have stored? Do you use (((cloud))) storage to supplement and backup your video collection?
I currently have a ThinkPad R61 with a 256GB SSD and a connection to Google Drive with unlimited storage for all of my movies, around 500GB so far.
I use plex with ~2TB of movies and TV shows
Only complaint is it's pretty inconsistent with syncing playback across devices
Google locks your account because they scan your files. Don't fall for the botnet. Host it locally.
Google loves to tell you that you have unlimited video storage if you let them re-encode the video to their preferred format - I looked in their TOS and it says nothing of Copyrighted material other than sharing it isn't allowed.
So far I have uploaded at least 100GB of content and Google has done nothing.
Is there a way to use Plex streaming from a Backblaze account?
No idea. I use a work-around to even make Google Drive work with my Plex server.( I don't pay for a pass)
Your best bet is to check if a Plex Pass will allow this - because otherwise you are left to your own methods of tricking Plex into accessing the website and pulling data.
If I were you I would use Google Drive with their unlimited storage option because it is free.
Google uses content ID the same as youtube on google drive so yeah it can automatically find stuff.
I have a 4TB NAS with Plex, I also have 3~TB of videos on Onedrive/Dropbox trial accounts to stream with Plex.
If you can mount it as storage then yes.
Using rclone you can mount online sources like Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon, etc and even have stuff automatically encrypted
Then you just point to it like any drive on your computer.
Some people even do with with a VPS so they have a Plex server completely in the cloud.
I have uploaded over 100GB of content, a lot from Viacom and MTV. Shit that YouTube goes apeshit over. They have been on the drive for weeks without a peep from Google.
Care to explain why they are so slow with deleting my files? Are they refraining because I do not share them with others?(There are no download links for any of the files, completely private)
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Plex. I use a bunch of off the shelf NAS (a couple WD my cloud units). the setup works great. have redundant backups and i don't bother with cloud storage (if my house burns down i'll have more to worry about than my fucking pirated movie collection)
I use plex, it's great for home streaming or streaming remotely. Highest bitrate my chromecast can take is 8mb, anything higher stutters.
I use to run Kodi, but Plex had a better way of organizing content and streaming on my x360. I have roughly 2TB of media I'm collected over the years, and backup to a local external disk.
I have heard that yes, if you don't share the files they won't be an issue.
If your google account is legitimate and not one of those unlimited accounts you buy on the grey market then you should be fine.
Otherwise prepare for the account to be locked in a few months.
Actually everyone has unlimited storage on Google Drive if they enable it. You can "Backup" your videos and have Google re-encode the video to 1080P if it is above it. You need to use Backup and Sync for it to work though.
Will the Odroid XU4 be able to do on-the-fly 1080p transcoding as a plex server?
My boss has something like 12TB and I stream from his server he has set up at work
no.
underpowered. and TBQH for the cost you're better off buying an off lease dell optiplex 990 or something with an i5 2400/2500 or i7 2600. not uncommon to find these for like $50-60 nowadays.
My old desktop was retired to the role of a Plex server and I love it. Don't even have or need Plex pass. Mirrored 4TB drives have been keeping it pretty cozy, and I share what I have with whatever friends or family that make a free account.
apache2 + mod_dav + mod_dav_fs + ssl + basic auth, ports forwarded from my router with free DNS. kodi as a frontend.
This is the setup everyone should strive towards having. Everything else is pure trash.
t. basement dwelling freetard
Dedi with 4x4TB. Currently it's about 60% full, mostly with movies. I also have roughly 6TB spread across four drives of music, TV and movies locally
Plex is fucking stupid and it's developers are the rudest dumbest cunts on earth
thousands of users ask to be able to turn OFF transcoding of everything and they just refuse and say it's not at all possible ever
fuck Plex
What? Transcoding is only turned on when the client is unable to play the video without transcoding - so the vast majority of clients will be able to play just about anything at original quality without transcoding.
Do some research before you open your mouth you jackass
I use Plex, i have a NAS with 5tb of content and a linux server hosting plex. Everything works PERFECTLY.
you can FORCE direct stream in the fucking settings you retard