Jellyfin and Plex: "What am i? Chopped liver‽
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ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 month agoI wish there were more/better/good choices for streaming video. We already have decent solutions for audio, games and books/audiobooks, yet video seems to be lagging behind, hugely.
cm0002@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Streaming isn’t the middle ground in my opinion, it’s unrestricted downloadable files that you can then handle however. Streaming provides some convenience but no consistent access (see various shows being delisted or shuffled between services).
Companies would love if everyone forgot having home video, in the sense of owning copies of movies and shows they always having access to and ability to watch whenever.
criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Especially since stuff you want to watch changes services all the time.
It’s like if your DVDs of the star wars trilogy got replaced by the Brady bunch and then told you to pay more for that privilege.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
what decent solutions do we have for audio and books?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s because there is a strong tradition of rights distribution for movies and TV being totally fucked up, and it has been since day 1 of both industries. Brought to you by the same motherfuckers who gave you Hollywood Accounting^tm^, where a movie that cost $100 million to make and raked in $500 million at the box office somehow “didn’t turn a profit” and magically they don’t have to pay royalties to any of their writers or actors.