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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by kstenerud on Friday May 17, 2019 @09:20AM (#19939297)
Plex doesn't convert files for storage on a portable device, nor does it replaygain. It also has a terrible music selector interface and doesn't firewall punch.

Streaming is only part of the issue. I'm talking about the whole lifecycle, from backed up lossless to lossy-on-device in whatever format, or to a streaming service that integrates with your player devices, all from a single source of truth that you control 100% with no silly DRM or ads or restrictions.

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by fuzz4lyfe on Friday May 17, 2019 @09:30AM (#19939390)
>Plex doesn't convert files for storage on a portable device

Yes it does, you can pick what quality you want when you sync[0]

> doesn't firewall punch

It does so via a reverse proxy if required[1]

[0]https://support.plex.tv/articles/201053678-sync-media-to-a-d...

[1]https://support.plex.tv/articles/216766168-accessing-a-serve...

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by _bxg1 on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:03AM (#19939684)
I know it does encoding/decoding for video at least; I don't know how its music features compare.
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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by JohnFen on Friday May 17, 2019 @01:46PM (#19941878)
> Plex doesn't convert files for storage on a portable device

I don't know about Plex, but Kodi does this.

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