

It just means I'm at the mercy of the player as to what files will play and what won't. Unreliable results.Īt the end of the day, it matters very little. I have looked at Emby, but it looks like more of the same and my efforts with Kodi have produced. That's the crux of my 'technical' issues with Plex - If it wasn't for the additional distaste for the interface, the application itself, the way it conducts itself on my network, the option for a "premium" thing which also affects how much guff there is at any one time trying to get me to sign up for it, the general look of the interface, then perhaps I could learn to live with it - But I'm very granular in my organisation of media and that doesn't seem (In my various attempts) to align with what Plex wants/expects/needs. This might be a configuration issue, but I didn't find any options that appeared to have any bearing on this. Since I have multiple NAS units I like to have them do that as they're not in constant use for each of their tasks. It didn't like that the media NAS (Actually, all my NAS units do it, but) will put itself to sleep after a period of inactivity. Comedians are all in a "comedians" folder, and so on and so on.Īnd for reasons I've never been able to work out the Plex method of displaying that content seems to be "However the chuff it feels like it this time" with very little room to change it. EG: Marvel films are all in a "marvel" folder. I sometimes additionally have "collected" folders under here. Every time I've tried to use it, it's disagreed strongly with how I categorize - My structure is basically well, duhrrrrĪnd don't drool on my tubes please, it's definitely not good for them and will be a pain to clean upĬlick to expand.Honestly, it could be my attempts at installing it, but I don't think it's a particularly complex install. "But for the cost of that Denon you could get a 2ch amp that would trounce it in every way!". I was content with the stereo during my time with a Denon 3313, and very happy during my brief time with a NAD T777v3, and with my X8500 though it makes me twitch to suggest it, I think my AV setup now sounds better than my 2ch setup for a lot of (but not all) music since getting the 804s. AVRs do two channels of pre and power just like stereo integrateds, and then another 5+ channels, and then room correction, and then HDMI switching, and then video processing, and then wireless streaming, and then have 7+ channels of DACs, and then some even have multiple channels of audio and video ADCs. In these cases the video sometimes "stutters" - I think it has to do with the fact that my wi-fi router is quite far away from my TV, I tried once getting it closer and that seemed to fix the performance.Click to expand.I've always thought older AVRs were a cracking choice for bang-for-buck stereo, especially "enthusiast" ones such as Arcam - disproportionately cheap because they can't do the latest and greatest codecs and formats, but stereo hasn't changed in forever.ĪVRs get an unfair rap for stereo quality IMO simply because people aren't realistic about expectations.

Other than that the only performance issues I have are with the large files (1080p HD) that have a lot of high-pitched background noises.
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In 5+ years of using Serviio, it crashed only once, after an update clashed with JAVA version on my PC. I particularly like that I can organize the files in any way I can think of, and choose to hide/show categories so that the path to the files that I want takes the minimal amount of steps. It plays pretty much any format that I throw at it, refreshes the library automatically or you can force it to refresh right away after adding a file. I found Serviio and haven't looked back because it just works. This is based on a variety of factors including network performance, media. In most cases, the server and the apps will automatically select the ideal settings to achieve smooth playback.

But it was very picky when it came to the different formats and updating media library, and I went looking for something better. Emby has the ability to convert your media during playback in order to make it compatible with all of your devices.
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Monika's Experience I tried using Windows Media Player to stream my media when I got my first smart TV some years ago, and it almost worked.
