We can already watch trailers for our media the way Plex already is. We don’t need Discover to play trailers. It’s already a feature.
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You don’t like it – that’s fair enough.
I’m not going to fight with you about it or justify my use case.
You pointed out it’s all useless – I pointed out my use case.
It also shows trailers for upcoming stuff. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a trailer of something I already have as I just watch the actual thing instead!
I use to like watching the iTunes trailers for new releases back in the day.
When Plex fixes all the annoying bugs that never even get a reply from staff then we will stop nit picking your damn app.
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How do I get past the stupid new ad on my server login.
where is the abort, trashcan, exit button…
Please don’t tell me this is going to come up on every client I have.
You can also update OP, it will be useful for new usees.
This topic once again shows the complete contempt with which Plex holds its users. (I almost said “customers” but the Plex “users” are not “customers” or Plex might actually pay attention to what they say. and what they desire.) The only time Plex notices their users is when they wipe their feet after squishing them under foot.
This has caused my Plex insulation to become too cluttered and too slow for useful operation. While it can be turned off, sort of, it cannot be completely disabled and serves no useful purpose.
I have delayed a final switch to Emby because of loyalty to Plex but this stupidity has driven me to use nothing but Emby and I have now removed Plex from all my devices.
The usefulness of Plex has now dropped below zero.
I have a lifetime Plex pass but I will not be using it any more as its value is now less than the deposits my dog makes on the lawn. But I cannot transfer it so I will just eat that bit of money. I guess Plex will be happ because they can replace me with a user that will pay monthly for the use of the crappy bloatware that Plex has become.
I know this post will not last long because Plex is too insecure to allow posts like this but, maybe, it will last long enough to cost Plex a little bit for their extreme stupidity.
Plex is proof that money can corrupt anyone.
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That’s for media one already posses and one has to go inside particular movie/show to watch that respective trailer. Discover solves both of these cases.
I just went to do a search on the fire stick and half the screen is out past the left edge of the screen and you can’t move to the search field.
I would really prefer if the additional “More ways to watch” results that now appear when searching for an item could be turned off.
The thing I do really like from these newly introduced functionalities is the Discover tab. I’ll probably also use the new Watchlist, but I still need to play with it more to see if it really can be useful to me.
A lot of these new functionalities are great, but why not give us settings to customize the experience according to our own use case? Some settings, like the ability to turn off the “More ways to watch” search results for example, would make a huge difference in the overall experience.
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Open Search > Settings > Keyboard > Check the “Use System Keyboards”
Thoughts and observations…
Not gonna lie, the number one feature I have been anxiously waiting for was a Watchlist for my personal media. So thanks… but with some caveats:
While I had been looking forward to it, I did not foresee this feature being implemented in the way you did it, as a “universal” Watchlist. I would have been quite content (maybe even preferred) if you had added this feature so that it allowed me to set up a Watchlist for JUST my personal media, with this information stored in the local database.
Obviously, Plex’s goal is to become a media hub for all streaming services, which for business reasons I can understand. Could (or should) this feature have been executed in a way that separated personal media and online streaming? I don’t know. I think I would have preferred it that way, but that is just my opinion for whatever it’s worth (very little). I’m sure other people are going to love it the way you implemented it.
It’s clear that this universal Watchlist database is stored on your servers. I know that there are other websites, that people freely sign-up for, that store this kind of information. However, this will be a concern for many Plex users who value their privacy. I read your announcement that says you do not store information about personal libraries on your servers. The client itself checks to see if an item in your Watchlist is available on a personal media server to which it has access. Clever, I guess. However, by storing this information, along with search results, etc., on your servers, you still have access to information that many would rather not share.
It apparently also puts a technical limit on what can be added to the Watchlist. For example, I’ve noticed that I cannot add any item in my personal library that does not have a “match” from the scanning agent. I have documentaries, concerts, home videos, etc. for which there is no match in one of the online databases. I guess we just won’t be able to add those kind of items to the Watchlist. Another casualty of your approach that I have noticed is that the Watchlist does not (so far) use the movie poster and other metadata that I have entered for a movie.
Regarding the “Watch from these locations” section that now appears on Media Devices (Roku, Apple TV), I would recommend a few changes. FWIW, I sometimes use websites like JustWatch.com and Reelgood.com to find where something is streaming, so I can see how having similar functionality built into Plex could be useful when combined with the Watchlist, but I would make the following changes to the GUI:
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On a Roku, the “bar” where you show ALL of the streaming services for which a movie is available is distracting and too long. For many movies it even scrolls off the page. Instead, I would suggest having just a single icon, similar to the icon that shows up if it is available on Plex Movies, or on the local Media Server, but that simply says “Other Online Services” or something like that. If clicked, then go to the details page that shows on which services it is available, for how much, etc.
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On a Roku, the Detail Page that you currently go to when we select the bar is not very useful. For example, you currently have text that says “Linking to content within other apps is currently unavailable. You will unfortunately have to go direct to the correct app to play this content.” I doubt this will ever change on Roku. My guess is that some platforms will never have the ability for one application to open up another application, so why even bother stating it. Just display information about where online it is available on the detail page, and maybe spruce it up a little. Make it seem more like a feature and less “kludgy” and incomplete. It should look similar to how it appears on JustWatch.com or Reelgood.com.
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On Apple TV, I completely disagree with your design decision to list ALL streaming services on the movie info page, even those services that I have not selected in settings. Your promo page says “After all, maybe you start to notice that what you’re wanting to watch isn’t on your existing services, but lots of them are available on a different particular service. Maybe one you might want to try out, huh?”
My response to this is “NO”, I would rather not have the page cluttered with services I do not ever intend to use. What’s more, it is completely unintuitive and defies logic why you would even have these settings if you are not going to make use of them. If you are going to force this upon us, once again, maybe you can have a single icon that says “Other Online Services” that takes you to a JustWatch/Reelgood type detail page. -
Finally, as others here are saying, you need to have an option in settings to turn off this feature for those who don’t want it.
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thanks
So I check that and it’s fixed, so what is the other option for (un-checked)
Is there any reason to NOT believe Plex is getting paid for each click that sends you to a service that sells media or a streaming service? We pay Plex for the pleasure of providing them more customers (our friends and family).
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An option to turn this trash off would be great. The search functionality was bad enough before the ‘More Ways To Watch’ was added.
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Just uninstall the programm if you don’t like. Simple solution and will save you coming in here all the time to share your observations.
Perhaps Stephen3001 is prepared to refund all of the money we spent on Plex Passes when we uninstall a product that no longer does what we paid for?
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Remind me… what features have been dropped with the introduction of the universal watchlist and the Discover section?
I’ve done that and I feel happier already. Plex and its various stupidities have driven me to uninstall it. Emby is much better for me.
Plex used to be my most used and favorite program but now Plex just not worth the effort to keep it running and to actually do anything with it like watching MY media.
To be honest Emby is also bloating to some extent but at least they do not try to shove “features” down your throat or up another orifice at a different location.
“Greed is eternal” Rule of Acquisition #10.
Of course I never knew that Plex was run by the Ferengi. But Plex’s exploitation of everybody fits right in with Plex’s vision of the universe.
There are several other “rules” that Plex uses with regularity:
001: Once you have their money, you never give it back.
095: Expand or die.
105: Don’t trust anyone who trusts you.
110: Exploitation begins at home.
111: Treat people in your debt like family… exploit them.
117: Profit is the better part of valor.
131: Information is profit.
133: Only those ideas that lead to profit are good.
152: A lie is a way to tell the truth to someone who doesn’t know.
283: An individual is smart, a group is not.
284: Deep down, everyone’s a Ferengi.
285: No good deed ever goes unpunished.
There are at least 285 rules and these are only a few that Plex has taken too heart.
Plex is profit driven and that is not necessarily bad but Plex has placed profit above everything else and that is only good for Plex.
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Remind me… what features have been dropped with the introduction of the universal watchlist and the
Discoversection?
The ability to control what titles are displayed to what users in a completely private, ad-free experience.
Stop being an apologist. This is not what Plex was supposed to be about and it’s not what I paid for when I kicked over my money for the Plex Pass.
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