Just went back in to Plex HTPC and checked the new functions again for kicks.
It really is seriously broken. Tried to go to shows that are on my listed streaming services and just get unclickable logos or the usual warning message that linking to the service is not possible or nothing at all.
So, advertising, with none of the reward :).
You’re doing it wrong!
Suppose to uninstall the app, then reinstall. Cross your fingers, burn sage, say a prayer, and lastly do the Plex Dance.
/S
Yes, that’s exactly my point. My suggestion is to infuse the already existing functionality, to schedule DVR recordings from your local free to air tuner with the additional power of the new watchlist feature.
For example, I use my tv tuner so record some older shows or movies that are not available through any of the usual streaming options. However, I have to manually keep an eye on the EPG every week, just to make sure I don’t miss the airing.
I’d love to use the watchlist feature, to tag all the movies and shows I might be interested in and the Plex DVR would automatically schedule a recording when the move or show might someday be shown on any of the FTA channels available through the Plex EPG.
Also, you could use such a feature to specifically schedule a recording for a movie I so far have only recorded in SD, when a movie is shown on an HD channel on some later day in the future.
Rephrasing my previous question to Plex employees - Are the Watchlist and the Discover features supposed to integrate with “Continue Watching” under the Recommended tab on the Home screen? I am asking because the Discover functionality is something I’ve been waiting for, but this is how I, as a user, expect it to behave.
Example #1 -
On Netflix, I am currently doing a re-watch of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I went into the Plex Watchlist and manually marked the first 6 seasons as played. I was expecting the Season Premiere of Season 7 to show up under “Continue Watching” so I could just jump right in, but it did not.
Example #2 -
As part of the above example, I marked that I have access to both Netflix and Paramount+. In addition, I know that at least one of the Plex servers I access also has all 7 seasons of Deep Space Nine. Since I did not specify which service I was watching Deep Space Nine on, if the Season 7 premiere showed up under “Continue Watching”, I should have the option to choose whether to watch it on Netflix, Paramount+, or the other Plex server.
Current behavior -
Expected behavior -
Oh Jeebus, I hope it doesn’t integrate with my home screen like that. I want Discover stuff separate from my library stuff. Keep my Home Screen local only.
Had to add this thought to what you said,
“If you are having to watch content on outside sources, then you aren’t using Plex correctly.” 
I have used Plex for many years. But I have shifted from own media library to bought movies on iTunes, Vudu and other services. I would like the option to use Plex again, to show my purchased movies, and then tell Plex on what service I bought them. Then when I click play on the Movie, it will open the correct app from where I bought the movies. That would be awesome, and you’re like 90% there already. Then I would have one place to look for all my purchased movies. So please implement that ;o)
I like this suggestion! I too have quite a few movies and TV shows I purchased on different services. Having the option to add them to my Plex library along with the info related to where I bought them and where to access them would be a great feature.
If you don’t mind, I have a question out of curiosity:
Why do you buy movies in streaming format instead of getting them on Blu-ray/DVD, where you can rip them to Plex?
For me personally, it’s about convenience and price. Buying a movie on UHD/Blu-ray/DVD (and then transferring it to my Plex server) is always my first choice, but sometimes with the digital offering the price is just too good or it’s just too convenient. So I do occasionally purchase some content digitally.
Thanks. I was thinking it might be those two things. The other is that you don’t have to pay for the storage.
What I think the media companies are figuring out is that streaming ownership is better for them in the long run because you can’t share your streams with your friends or resale them later. Besides all the manufacturing and shipment costs.
My personal worry is having the streaming company go out of business or something.
There is more than one reason for not just ripping movies. But primarily, it’s because it is illegal to rip movies in Denmark, cause of the need to bypass encryption. Even though you actually bought the movie, it’s still illegal.
Thanks. Seems like you are moving your “storage” to the cloud, which makes sense in a lot of ways. And yes, there doesn’t appear to be any unifying interface solutions for that option yet.
If you live in America, there is a service called moviesanywhere, which gives you the opportunity to gather all your digital movies (with some exceptions). This is totally awesome. It also gives you the ability to lend your digitally bought movies to your friends, for a short period.
Unfortunately I live in a country where (even though many have 1Gbit connections at home) still are years behind. As hunting and prohibiting Piracy and taxing every bought media to the max, is more important than actually giving the users a legal alternative.
It’s actually quite stupid and sad at the same time, as the music industry has proven, that a legal alternative has removed almost all piracy.
I like this suggestion of an option to manually add that you have bought a movie on iTunes or similar to that movie’s metadata so Plex tells you to watch it there. It won’t work having it open the film for you as often there are multiple versions and the one you bought isn’t the one on the iTunes Store for example.
If Plex could import my purchases from Cheap Charts (or even iTunes as that service can) that would be excellent.
I was totally with you until this point.
Now, I DO think that this would be an improvement, but with that system it’s just JustWatch but also shows Plex as a source. Which I quickly stopped using because it was just as easy, & more convenient, to keep my list on Trakt even though I have to manually update aside from Plex. But my Netflix watch history is never up to date because it’s more work for little benefit. If Plex wants this feature to be worthwhile it needs to have some automation & some USE for the feature, instead of just being a search engine
Exactly this 
At the very least give users the option of manually say “I own this on Vudu”, which would be a lot of manual entry for those of us with 300+ movies there, but if I can’t have a login to scrobble that, I’d be willing to do it to make it useful
For me it’s almost entirely a digital copy included with the Blu-ray or DVD, the others are ones I have the disk & paid $2 to add to Vudu with the Disc-to-Digital. I do have a few that I only have digitally, but those are ones that were free because I participated in an event where as a reward they gave a bundle of 5 movies on UV or when it was new each service would give a random free UV movie when you created & linked an account. I personally use my Plex server almost entirely in-home, where Vudu I can login from anywhere without relying on my server remote access to work properly, which is a problem in a Triple NAT setup, my home upload speeds not being taken up by other things, & whether or not the device I’m using can direct play the format. Some of those Blu-rays have been ripped to my library as well, but those are ones that are favorites, ones that get watched in-home frequently, or ones I forgot I had digitally when I ripped them
Vudu is superior to Movies Anywhere. Movies Anywhere doesn’t get ALL your movies from the services it links, Movies Anywhere isn’t available on many platforms but Vudu is available everywhere, every smart TV & blu-ray player, even those that don’t have much, have a Vudu app. Plus Movies Anywhere only has 184 of the 276 movies I have just on Vudu, plus that includes the couple I have on Amazon & a few on Google Play & a BUNCH I have on iTunes, & it doesn’t include TV Shows at all, which are also on Vudu. Movies Anywhere is not the solution by any means, especially since the TOS pretty much says they can remove the movies you own for whatever reason whenever they like…
Thanks LostOnTheLine. It’s very interesting to understand different people’s usage scenarios.
I find media consumption, from books, music, photos and video, a very interesting topic. I work with several families and their media needs. Some have gigabit connections and others barely internet at all. Some are extremely media conservative and others could care less. Some are very rich and others are barely making it.
The needs of each family are very unique and its been fun to watch how they are adapting to the cord-cutting culture, whether they wanted it or not.
