Sensei321,
I reread (skimmed) again the entire thread.
Your contention: “Why is your server required to add content to my server?”
Correct?
Look at what I’ve proposed.
I just bypassed Plex.tv in that “Enter Server Address”.
For this to work fully, you need get rid of the self-imposed mandate on Plex Home.
Delete the home and you are free of Cloud services.
Keep it on and then you MUST access the cloud service before you are allowed access to yours.
Do I think they could have written it differently? Yes.
IMHO, and what we’ve wanted for a LOOOOOOONG time.
- Local authentication.
- True, local user / asset management.
Since those still don’t exist, I’m not holding my breath. Instead.
I’m going to trim my server down to:
- Serve my media in my home
- If cloud services are available, let friends use “Shared” libraries
- Anyone else I’ve not made my own arrangements to grant access at the internet level is just S.O.L.
Is this “fair” to everyone? No.
If it’s my family, I’ll take care of them.
I have a unique perspective: If someone is going to run a server then that someone better know what it means to truly “run the server” . Clicking a few buttons then whining that it’s broken when the cloud authentication fails doesn’t cut it with me.
