What are some good alternatives to Plex? It doesn’t have to be free. I’ve grown tired of watching orange circles spin around.

That is a very broad search though. I want to target the question to those who have experience with Plex. Is that ok with you?

I answered you. Those are the only 3 real alternatives and you’ll get 100 different reasons why to choose each, or to stay with Plex. Your question was generic and broad. If you’re looking for something specific, ask.

I didn’t want to ask something specific. I wanted to ask a generic and broad question to a targeted audience. Is that OK with you?

Im really not sure where you are going with this. You asked a question and got the answer. You then say… [image] jonokie: I want to target the question to those who have experience with Plex. …as if the answer will change? But @5stringdeath is right here on the Plex forums so I’m pretty su…

Asking generic questions is fine and you will get generic answers… but the problem is that you defined that you wanted an alternative to Plex, which is rather complex piece of software having multiple features. This is why people are asking you for more details on which aspect you want an alternativ…

I am not being critical of the answer provided, nor have I at any time asked for more. As was pointed out, I got an answer; but, the majority of the response was taken up by a snide remark suggesting that I shouldn’t be here and rather should google a question like this. The sole purpose of my subse…

For clarification, my response was criticism toward your original question. You ask for alternatives without context, having provided more context in your question you would have most likely received better answers as well. But if you are happy with the answers so far, then we are done here.

[image] 5stringdeath: Emby. Jellyfin. Kodi. Kodi is only an answer if you do not want easy access from multiple devices, particularly Roku and if you do not want remote access and you do not want easy and seamless sync of watch status on different devices on the same network. Jellyfin is onl…

[image] Elijah_Baley: Therefore the only reasonable answer is Emby. I agree. Emby is the only one that duplicates almost all the same features as Plex, especially after the 4.0 release. The one reason I’m still using Plex over Emby is the fit and finish. Emby still has a chunkiness to the use…

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Emby. Jellyfin. Kodi.

The answer is always the same. You could have googled your question really.

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