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		shortrounddev2 on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner I just have my home pc set up as a media server and I share my videos folder across the network. I have a roku with a basic file browsing app that let's me see the files and I just use that. Never quite understood why an entire server and app was required for something that has been supported natively by any OS for years

beeb on Sept 15, 2023 | [–]

Stream to mobile devices from anywhere, transcode if target device doesn't support codec, chromecast, fetch metadata and subtitles etc.

rubatuga on Sept 15, 2023 | [–]

It's for transcoding services mainly.

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