Comment on MPV: The Ultimate Self-Hosted Media Solution You're Probably Sleeping On
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
- The “No Plex Shares Needed” Share
Send someone an SMB/NFS share to your media. They install MPV. They can now browse and play your media library like it’s local. No Plex accounts, no streaming limits, no transcoding quality loss.
Yeah, that’s not tenable for anyone but the nerdiest users. None of my users know what an SMB share is. They know Plex is the icon they click on to watch the movies I get them.
I’m glad this exists but the Netflix-like experience Plex offers is key to adoption by normal people. Aside from the yt-dlp integration, it sounds like DLNA sharing via PMS or XBMC from way back.
My SO is reasonably technically inclined, and still keeps forgetting they have the SMB share on there. It’s literally a folder like any other on their PC.
They do remember both the IP/port (our TV sucks and loses WiFi periodically, and Jellyfin forgets the info) and the URL (can’t use TLS on the TV apparently…). And that inconvenience is way less of an issue than dealing with an already mounted SMB share.
So yeah, MPV is a nonstarter.
ragepaw@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I have a buddy who won’t switch his streaming box because he thinks his in-laws will be too confused by a different button layout on the remote.