At this point, Plex should call a halt to work on new features and work instead on all bugs in the core features which have been reported multiple times over many months.
I’m happy for new features to appear, but not at the expense of basic functionality.
My main experience is with the Windows UWP application, which is very unstable. However, I understand from other forum users that there are problems on all platforms, which have remained despite being reported months ago.
In addition, at least for the Windows UWP application, questions on the forum are remaining unanswered, and support is non-existent.
If you agree with me that Plex should concentrate on fixing the existing applications as a priority, rather than adding yet new features, please Like the post above.
I have but only one like to give.
I have just posted a comment on my own thread about this same exact issue about the same exact app. There is a major problem across the entire tech universe of devs in general (not just plex devs) completely neglecting Windows as a platform. I really don’t understand why this is as there are more Windows UWP devices out there than anything else and with the fast moving device integration between the desktop/tablet/phone/xbox/etc of windows 10. The platform is going to grow, not shrink.
Anyone with solid UWP apps is going to be ahead. Those without will be totally lost. At this point, I pretty much write off any company that doesn’t have a UWP app of some kind as a non existent product. There are a few really excellent UWP apps/games and I think those companies are just going to be really ahead of the game in the next couple years.
But yes, back to the main issue. This is a PAID PROGRAM! I think they’re forgetting that whole aspect. I mean…take a poll on the site or something. I have used Plex for several years (and paid) and I have recruited 5-6 of my friends and now they pay. 0% of them care about Live TV or Cloud DVR or Channels or all this other garbage they’re inventing. And trust me, as the resident IT person for the circle of people, if you don’t make this do what I want it to do and something better comes along, you’re not just going to lose this user, you’re going to lose 10-20 users when I start telling all my friends or converting them over for them.
@thelanranger said:
I have but only one like to give.I have just posted a comment on my own thread about this same exact issue about the same exact app. There is a major problem across the entire tech universe of devs in general (not just plex devs) completely neglecting Windows as a platform. I really don’t understand why this is as there are more Windows UWP devices out there than anything else and with the fast moving device integration between the desktop/tablet/phone/xbox/etc of windows 10. The platform is going to grow, not shrink.
Anyone with solid UWP apps is going to be ahead. Those without will be totally lost. At this point, I pretty much write off any company that doesn’t have a UWP app of some kind as a non existent product. There are a few really excellent UWP apps/games and I think those companies are just going to be really ahead of the game in the next couple years.
But yes, back to the main issue. This is a PAID PROGRAM! I think they’re forgetting that whole aspect. I mean…take a poll on the site or something. I have used Plex for several years (and paid) and I have recruited 5-6 of my friends and now they pay. 0% of them care about Live TV or Cloud DVR or Channels or all this other garbage they’re inventing. And trust me, as the resident IT person for the circle of people, if you don’t make this do what I want it to do and something better comes along, you’re not just going to lose this user, you’re going to lose 10-20 users when I start telling all my friends or converting them over for them.
I understand your point but with competition and growth of compatibility with the never ending new device market, something often has to give. As you mentioned UWP with Microsoft a change definitely was required as they certainly lost the mobile / micro pocket computer market share with a big huge thud.
What everyone forgets that Plex is a Incorporation and has a responsibility to shareholders just like there services should be to their customers. Your argument that features don’t sell does not cut, explain that to Samsung group, Apple Inc, Sony Corporation, LG Corp and alike. The market is very feature focused, if it’s all good or not that not the correct answer. Growth is king and if you don’t grow you die.
Too add, I would like to see a more stable product line from Plex, just like yourself but I find the DVR a very important part of organizing my Media. It presently has many short comings and Channels are less important for me but I still use fairly regularly. Channels for some users are a every day need.
At present Plex is the best Media organizer available, but there are always up and coming alternatives.
I’m not going to argue the future but as I sit here typing to you from a Lumia 950 with no plans to ever replace it, I don’t really see Windows Phone as a failure.
DVR is fine if you like it but the whole point of plex is to cut the cord. Buying TV tuner is not cord cutting. Also, I’m not investing in disk space for DVR or multiple tuners when nothing else works…including the channels.
I agree it’s currently the best, but there are also CURRENT competitors. If they get their devs in order first then there will be a mass exodus.
@thelanranger said:
I’m not going to argue the future but as I sit here typing to you from a Lumia 950 with no plans to ever replace it, I don’t really see Windows Phone as a failure.
One day you will have to, that a guaranteed outcome with Electronics.
Well I’m sure I will…it will just likely be replaced with an Andromeda device. That just means that I’ll still want a UWP app.
Regardless of my phone, I still want a UWP app that works properly for the 10 Windows 10/2013/2016 computers and Xbox that I have that aren’t going anywhere for the next 10 years.
That said, if 10 mobile is completely obliterated (which it won’t be) I’ll just go with whatever has the best integration with Windows. Thus far there’s 0% integration. So, either do something about that or make a UWP app that works properly.
@thelanranger said:
Well I’m sure I will…it will just likely be replaced with an Andromeda device. That just means that I’ll still want a UWP app.Regardless of my phone, I still want a UWP app that works properly for the 10 Windows 10/2013/2016 computers and Xbox that I have that aren’t going anywhere for the next 10 years.
That said, if 10 mobile is completely obliterated (which it won’t be) I’ll just go with whatever has the best integration with Windows. Thus far there’s 0% integration. So, either do something about that or make a UWP app that works properly.
Are we talking about windows 10 or windows 12 plus, nothing stays still. Love your faith but really it not going to happen.
The current version of Windows 10 Mobile, as seen on the Lumia 950 etc., certainly won’t appear in future products.
Surface devices will continue to exist, and can best be served by a UWP application.
However, there will be a version of Windows for new Microsoft products like Andromeda. We already have Windows 10 S, which will only allow apps to be installed from the Windows Store. See also, the Always Connected Windows 10 devices which are coming online now, running on Snapdragon processors.
If Plex wants to support the Windows platform (which is going to be around for many years to come), then they have to produce a proper, working UWP app. This will run on Surface, Andromeda, Windows 10 S, and current Windows devices, such as the existing Windows 10 Mobile devices.
Unfortunately, Plex doesn’t appear to have the talent to produce a proper UWP application which runs on all the devices that other UWP apps run on. Since that is the case, I guess they are abandoning the entire Windows platform as far as client software goes.
That is, unless they have a top secret project that is going to do just that. They have certainly gone dark about Windows development again, fostering uncertainty.
Right. It’s Windows 10 with S mode. That’s exactly what is on the Lumia 950 and 950 XL right now if you have an unlocked one.
If you bought an HP, Windows 10 tablet with S mode enabled, and it has an arm chip, it has the exact same capabilities as the phone I’m using right now (other than propriety hardware).
UWP apps let a dev compile a single app for PC, XBox, Mobile, Tablet, HoloLens in one compile. That’s the idea. It’s not going away, it’s going to get MUCH, MUCH, bigger.
I just paid for my lifetime Plex Pass, and the sync feature was a big part of my decision. Now I’m seeing tons of content which claims to be synced, but won’t play. I’m getting the mf_media_engine_err_src_not_supported error. It seems others have been getting this for YEARS. When will it be fixed?
That’s why I didn’t buy lifetime. I feel like I can at least hold them minimally hostage with a small yearly fee since they’re never fixing anything. I can always threaten to stop paying.
