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My good ol 2+ year Plex server host has been banned again. I have given up on this, I do not have access to an obscure server with few customers that will avoid future bans.

What's the platform of choice moving forward? Need wife-approval factor. Emby and Jellyfin? Where can I source servers? Reddit has made these hard to find and I haven't found a good community here.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

depending on where you live. in some places its legal to make copies of disk for personal use or as "backups". Same with music, or do you think apple would include a "cd ripping feature" in itunes if the usage would be illegal ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I know thats the case, but at least in the case of Germany where you are allowed a private copy, its still illegal to break DRM to do so. So most stuff you could rip for private use is made illegal, since it comes with DRM.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you can always use the DVR, you dont violate any DRM-Laws. As its included in many settop-boxes or even TVs. Plex even has a feature to automatically record for you based on EPG data

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks, you are the first person to actually provide a real argument. I did not know Plex can connect to a DVR.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

plex can be a dvr. I have my cableTV directly pluged into my server and use plex for recording, as well as watching tv

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Jellyfin can work as a DVR too. You just need some extra hardware like a TVHeadend or a TV tuner card to hook it up to your cable/satellite/antenna feed