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      A Former User @thanksajdotcom
      last edited by A Former User

      @thanksajdotcom said:

      My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.

      Those are containers, not codec formats. Doesn't really mean much.

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        A Former User @thanksajdotcom
        last edited by

        @thanksajdotcom said:

        My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.

        Do you legally own any of them?

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          thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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          @Aaron-Studer said:

          @thanksajdotcom said:

          My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.

          Do you legally own any of them?

          Yes.

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            gjacobse
            last edited by gjacobse

            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.

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              thanksajdotcom @gjacobse
              last edited by

              @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.

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @gjacobse
                last edited by

                @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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                    thanksajdotcom @A Former User
                    last edited by

                    @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
                      last edited by

                      @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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                        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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                            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
                              last edited by

                              @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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                                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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                                  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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                                    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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                                      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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