As a hardcore user with 1000s of movies, I would like the option to have my own live TV channels. For this I would create a playlist where hand-picked films are played continuously. I might give them titles like “Classics” or “Jay’s favourites” etc., just like a “normal” playlist with pre-defined content.
Because, I am not always in the mood to search my entire collection to suit my mood and rather appreciate the live offering of something currently in motion. So, when I come home tired from work, I want to simply put Plex Home Theater on and surf between my movie or series channels instead of scrolling up/down slowly loading A-Z lists.
Other times I would like to be able to zap through my channels and perhaps spot a movie I have not considered watching before.
When I have a group of friends over for a movie night, as many other Plex users might confirm, the sheer amount of time that is spent on deciding which film to watch is pretty lame. Good to have some live content suggestions to zap through. I then also want the possibility to share these live playlists with my friends so they can continue watching on their own devices.
There could also be an option to specify playback timeframes/limits for a bigger playlist. I could say for example to loop 100 movies in one playlist with each a 30sec limit (defined starting and finishing point) and therefore create my own trailer-like channel.
The whole concept may be applied to my music too, thinking of having my own radio stations based on playlists with live continuous play - fully sharable of course.
This is not an attempt to go back to the dark ages of television broadcasting, rather an attempt to make more customised and cool stuff with one’s growing content library. Running my own on-demand service does not cut it for me anymore, I want the DJ back in da house :-)
