TL;DR - The ability to share media content by generating a link to selected content that I can give to anyone. They can then use said link to immediately view content without having to have a sign into a Plex account.
To share content now:
- Share Person - Have them sign up for a Plex account
- Share Person - Have them open the email address and verify the email is good
- Myself - Get their username or know the email that they used
- Myself - Share the correct media folder to them
- Share Person - Have them navigate to the: http://plex.tv/web/app site
- Share Person - Open my folder/server and navigate to the correct media
- Share Person - Play the media
To share content in "the future":
- Myself - Select the media I want to share
- Myself - Post generated link
- Share Person - Click the link and enjoy!
Right now, there is a pretty steep barrier to start using Plex. I often have a song that I want to share while chatting in IRC but most people don't have a Plex account so I usually have to find another way to share the media. The idea might be to only allow people with accounts to view content but I think that overall we can attract more people to use Plex if the initial barrier is lower.
Stretch Goals:
- Set restrictions on how long the link is usable
- Time Limit
- Number of plays
- Unique Views
- Optionally set a simple password for the link in order to view it
- Ability to bundle different media together for a link
- 1 TV episode
- 1 TV episode, 1 movie
- 1 TV episode, 1 movie, 3 songs
- 1 TV episode, 1 movie, 3 songs, 1 photo album
- 1 TV series, 3 movies, 1 song album, 2 photos
- Ability to name the content of the link
- Saturday Night Movie Night Extravaganza!
- Family Vacation 2014 - Grand Canyon
- A way to signup for an actual Plex account right on the generated page
- Computer savy -> Sign up
- Not Computer savy -> Enjoy media hassle free! (This would be awesome for my grandma <3 )
- Share particular media with interval
- Song - [1:38 - End] - That final drum solo...
- TV Show - [5:38 - 9:45] - Awesome fight scene!
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