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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 11 months ago by kpw@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 45 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Use Jellyfin. Stop relying on corps' services.

[–] SkippingRelax@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or Kodi

[–] pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

There's a Jellyfin plug-in for Kodi and it's pretty awesome

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just started my switch last weekend! Jellyfin is amazing so far. Just need to figure out how to export all the Plex metadata and posters to .nfo files.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are surely tools to help, that has to be a common problem

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’ve been searching all over and haven’t found anything yet. The only answer seems to be to directly open up the Plex database in sqllite and navigate the schema myself and figure out how to export the specific tables and fields I want in some usable format. Once I have that, there are tools to generate .nfo files. 

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Jellyfin is majorly based. I use it with Syncthing for all my media except games

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would if it had most of the features that Plex does.

[–] SheeEttin@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It does.

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't work on Samsung TVs, I tried

[–] ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can you browse web on your tv? That would work.

[–] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I was curious and tried that on my Samsung TV from 2016, it loads a grey background and does nothing

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe, I put it into dev mode to install the app, but it seems that it's not functional in the current version

[–] ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Oh, I meant browse to the webpage like you would on a computer. Is there not a browser available? I've only got dumb tvs, so sorry I can't be of more help.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're inputs broken? Who the fuck cares about TV OS support?

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who the fuck cares about TV OS support?

Me with my limited budget

[–] aniki@lemm.ee -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I spent 30 dollars on an orange pi zero 2 and installed android TV on it.

Can you afford 30 dollars? The privacy alone is worth the cost. Those samsung TVs are spyware central.

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I can't justify that cost

[–] aniki@lemm.ee -4 points 11 months ago

I dont believe you.