Replacement for CloudatCost
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@coliver said:
@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.
Oh, that's completely different. He's running a service. Legality aside, hosting elsewhere is obviously a smart choice then.
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This falls under the posting too much online category. Or just don't do it category.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
I'm not charging for it.
So if I rob a bank, but give the money away, it's OK?
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For hosting something of this scale, you are basically running a tiny Netflix service. I think getting something super cheap is going to be pretty tough.
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@scottalanmiller said:
For hosting something of this scale, you are basically running a tiny Netflix service. I think getting something super cheap is going to be pretty tough.
Yeah, I can connect to the content remotely. It's just having a second server for load-balancing that I'm concerned with.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I'm not charging for it.
So if I rob a bank, but give the money away, it's OK?
Seriously Aaron. I'm not in the mood to deal with you today. Either post a relevant response to the OP or [moderated].
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Seriously Aaron. I'm not in the mood to deal with you today. Either post a relevant response to the OP or STFU.
Just to be clear here, advertising and asking for help in breaking the rules isn't permitted. Telling people to STFU is not permitted. What Aaron is doing is fine by community standards. Your response, is not.
