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    • thanksajdotcomT
      thanksajdotcom @gjacobse
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      @g.jacobse said:

      Better Understanding....

      AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

      What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

      You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

      Most of my collection isn't movies though. It's mostly TV shows.

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        A Former User @thanksajdotcom
        last edited by

        @thanksajdotcom said:

        @g.jacobse said:

        Better Understanding....

        AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

        What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

        You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

        I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.

        What's the point of that? Just put the server locally.

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        • thanksajdotcomT
          thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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          @thecreativeone91 said:

          @thanksajdotcom said:

          @g.jacobse said:

          Better Understanding....

          AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

          What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

          You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

          I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.

          What's the point of that? Just put the server locally.

          I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.

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            A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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            @thanksajdotcom said:

            I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.

            You are just making the connection between the VPS/cloud server and your file shares the limitation with that setup. I mean you could get a free desktop of craigslist to do plex. It doesn't need to be very powerful.

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            • thanksajdotcomT
              thanksajdotcom @A Former User
              last edited by

              @thecreativeone91 said:

              @thanksajdotcom said:

              I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.

              You are just making the connection between the VPS/cloud server and your file shares the limitation with that setup. I mean you could get a free desktop of craigslist to do plex. It doesn't need to be very powerful.

              I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                last edited by

                @thanksajdotcom said:

                @g.jacobse said:

                Better Understanding....

                AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

                What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

                You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

                Most of my collection isn't movies though. It's mostly TV shows.

                Does that mean that you watch them regularly rather than rarely?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                  last edited by

                  @thanksajdotcom said:

                  @g.jacobse said:

                  Better Understanding....

                  AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

                  What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

                  You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

                  I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.

                  What's the purpose of the remote piece? Just to expose to non-home locations?

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                    @thanksajdotcom said:

                    I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.

                    But, presumably, doing so would be cheap compared to other options.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                      last edited by

                      @thanksajdotcom said:

                      I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...

                      Can't take that much longer than building something on a cloud, right? Just take the time to do it locally. Worth the effort now.

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                      • thanksajdotcomT
                        thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @thanksajdotcom said:

                        @g.jacobse said:

                        Better Understanding....

                        AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

                        What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

                        You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

                        Most of my collection isn't movies though. It's mostly TV shows.

                        Does that mean that you watch them regularly rather than rarely?

                        I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

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                        • thanksajdotcomT
                          thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @thanksajdotcom said:

                          @g.jacobse said:

                          Better Understanding....

                          AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

                          What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

                          You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

                          I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.

                          What's the purpose of the remote piece? Just to expose to non-home locations?

                          Load-balancing. I divvy up the load between multiple servers for multiple people using them.

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                          • thanksajdotcomT
                            thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @thanksajdotcom said:

                            I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...

                            Can't take that much longer than building something on a cloud, right? Just take the time to do it locally. Worth the effort now.

                            Yeah, but as it stands right now, if I bring that into my current dwelling, my landlord would freak...

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                              A Former User @thanksajdotcom
                              last edited by

                              @thanksajdotcom said:

                              I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

                              Then just don't allow a bunch of people to access it. Of course we could go into the legal aspects of this as it's not legal either.

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                                A Former User @thanksajdotcom
                                last edited by

                                @thanksajdotcom said:

                                @Aaron-Studer said:

                                Do you legally own any of them?

                                Yes.

                                All of them?

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                                  thanksajdotcom @A Former User
                                  last edited by

                                  @Aaron-Studer said:

                                  @thanksajdotcom said:

                                  @Aaron-Studer said:

                                  Do you legally own any of them?

                                  Yes.

                                  All of them?

                                  Sorry, but one question per person.

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                                    A Former User @thanksajdotcom
                                    last edited by A Former User

                                    @thanksajdotcom said:

                                    @Aaron-Studer said:

                                    Do you legally own any of them?

                                    No.

                                    If you had to guess, what percent do you think you legally own? I am going to guess that it is less then 10%, might even be less then 1%.

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                                      coliver @A Former User
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                                      @Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

                                      @thanksajdotcom said:

                                      I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

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                                        A Former User @coliver
                                        last edited by A Former User

                                        @coliver said:

                                        @Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

                                        WHAT?! @thanksajdotcom How do you like prison?

                                        I never understood why you would want a hosted PLEX server, never made since to me, until now.....

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                                        • thanksajdotcomT
                                          thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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                                          @Aaron-Studer said:

                                          @coliver said:

                                          @Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

                                          WHAT?! @thanksajdotcom How do you like prison?

                                          I'm not charging for it. I'm also not in the mood today to deal with s*** [moderated] like that comment, so if you don't have anything to add to the OP, shut it.

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                                            A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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