Each user can have some restrictions programmed in plex. There should be also Auto-play restriction which can be set to certain users. For instance the owner of Plex should be able to set restrictions as follow: do not allow auto-pay, pause auto play after 2 episodes (number should be selectable to 3, 4,5 episodes etc…, or alow auto play)
Why is this important? certain movies require a lot of internet bandwidth, and some internet providers like comcast have data caps (comast I believe is 1 TB)
By not controlling user autoplay, you can get easy in trouble by either going above the data cap, or be slowed down by ISP if they see a constant upload !
My issue is that my friend kids tend to turn plex on, and stream 24 hours non stop , slowing my internet and getting me in trouble with ISP. I asked multiple of times of them not to use auto-play but I’m being ignored, so I’m forced to terminate the stream almost every day!! I would like to force their login to have 2 auto plays restriction, so after three cartoons are played they are forced to resume auto-play manually to continue watching forth cartoon, and then after another 2 auto-plays the process should repeat itself… etc… this will save a lot of bandwidth, make ISP happy, and lower server power usage used for transcoding and streaming if no one is watching the TV anymore…
Even YouTube does stop the auto play and asks if you ware still watching, so Plex need to have same feature !
PS: my wife does this same thing, but at least she streams on local network
