I am a Plex defector.

[trifleneurotic 63]

Hello all!

 

I had been a loyal Plex user for years and it served my needs quite well. Recently however, the Plex agents ceased downloading metadata for some new content that my wife purchased. I scoured documentation and forums and tried many different potential fixes which were unsuccessful. Granted it may have been a problem with an external service the agents were using (i.e. themoviedb) and not anything on my end.

 

But I was at a crossroads: keep chipping away at fixing Plex (or just wait), or try something new.

 

I chose the latter option for a few reasons, but mainly because I was impatient and wanted something that worked! It seemed that Plex’s other main competitors were Kodi and Emby. I saw some screenshots of Emby’s interface and liked it, and along with Emby’s open source model, greater configurability and support for books, the choice was clear.

 

And from a former Plex user’s point of view, I wanted to give my VERY initial thoughts:

 

- I was up and running in just a few hours.

 

- I am loving the chapter access and (what I see as) more comprehensive metadata display.

 

- I like that you don’t have a Google TV app. That forces me to get a Chromecast finally!

 

- Making my Plex library Emby-friendly:

 

1. Emby mistook my extras as movies, but then again I should have RTFM and made “extras” folders.

 

2. Emby didn’t get metadata for my documentaries, but that was because again I didn’t RTFM and select the correct library type and follow the suggested naming scheme.

 

3. When it comes down to it, the only “real” problem it had was misidentifying “M (1931)” as something totally different. But after manually identifying it, all was good.

 

In short, I am loving this product! So much so that I am now a Premiere subscriber. You have done excellent work - well done! I do some programming too so I’d love to help in some way (perhaps a quick-and-dirty “gotchas” guide for Plex defectors?) I thought I would have more issues than I actually ended up having.

 

I’ll check the thread on promoting Emby so I can do so in the most effective way possible. And maybe I’ll show off my Linux rig soon (:

 

Long live Emby!

 

[mastrmind11 722]

 

- I like that you don’t have a Google TV app. That forces me to get a Chromecast finally!

 

 

 

Do you mean Android TV?  Because there is, and it's pretty sweet.

[trifleneurotic 63]

Do you mean Android TV?  Because there is, and it's pretty sweet.

I agree. This is Android TV's predecessor. It's old (:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_TV

[mastrmind11 722]

Ahh, I see.

[the-dumb1 135]

I "defected" from Plex a long time ago because it does not allow one to manipulate ALL aspects of metadata.  For example, if you have a video whose metadata CANNOT be found online, then you CANNOT edit its actors.  I asked about it and never got a response, so I jumped ship.