Hello, I’m Joel. I’m really nobody but I’ve been using Plex for years although this is my first forum post. I doubt anyone will read this but these are my suggestions and I know several of them have been posted before.
Dedicated audiobook option. I know that audiobooks can be scanned into the library under the music option but clearly they’re not optimized for the service. I currently have an audiobook library set up in Plex but it’s not as user friendly as it could be.
eBooks would be wonderful too. The Plex UI is so clean and elegant that eBooks would display nicely. It’s been said in other posts but if Plex can successfully organize phot albums, why can’t it incorporate eBooks?
Autoboot users for (insert reason here). I.e., inactivity, spending too much time on the server, etc. Prescripted messages for users would also be nice.
Restore plugins! I know plugins are still able to be accessed via root menus however devices such as those by WD do not allow access to those folders.
To go along with plugins, I’ve seen people successfully link their Pandora accounts but again, it’s not possible for me. Pandora is possibly the number one music streaming app that I’d like to incorporate into my server.
Separate prerolls for TV shows or at least a preroll option for TV shows in general.
I’d like the ability to filter out movie genres. My son is getting older and soon he won’t want to watch cartoons anymore but I’d still like to keep the cartoons on my server. I just don’t want to see them as my wife and I are trying to find something to watch on a Friday night.
I’d also like the ability to give access to my Live TV & DVR tab to someone without adding them to the home user list. I’ve never understood why this isn’t already an option.
Custom colored UI for different users or customizable backgrounds to better distinguish between users. I can’t tell you how many times my wife has forgotten to switch to her account and here I am logging on after a couple beers wondering when the hell I watched 50 Shades of Grey.
Finally, I’d like to link related movies to TV shows or related TV shows to movies. This is already an option but only for TV shows in collections. I can’t link El Camino to Breaking Bad or The Fall of Sam Ax to Burn Notice for example.
Plex is by far the best streaming system available, there just seems to be a few tweaks that would make it more enjoyable for people like me.
