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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by kstenerud on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:27AM (#14247140)
Plex kind of works, but if their central server thinks it's offline for some reason (which happens a LOT), you can't use it, even if you connect directly to it over LAN.
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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by JoyWolf12 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:51PM (#14248072)
Music support in Plex is rudimentary at best. I have no doubt that MStream is leaps and bounds better.

However, your statement is an `alternative fact` at best, and I am being generous.

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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by mikewhy on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:30PM (#14249761)
Eh? I connect directly to the computers, either from LAN or WAN+port forwarding, and only have an issue if my home connection is having issues.
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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by kstenerud on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:41PM (#14250894)
Hmm weird. I'd be connecting directly to it, as in 192.168.1.10:32400/web and all it would do is redirect to plex.com and then complain that the server is offline. Refreshing a few times would sometimes fix it, but usually not.
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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by 0x6c6f6c on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @08:28AM (#14255076)
Even prior to setting up port forwarding I have never had this issue with Plex :/
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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by matrixagent on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @04:25PM (#14250241)
I've used Plex for more than five years and that happened like… three or four times. That sounds like a problem in your network setup. You can also always connect directly to it and skip the central server completely. A PMS does not need an internet connection at all.
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Re:Show HN: MStream – A personal music streaming server by jjeaff on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:14PM (#14247664)
That's interesting. I have been using Plex for a few years now as my primary media source which means several hours of streaming use daily both at home and travelling and have never had any issue related to the Plex central server being down.
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