Re:The endless uses for an always-on Mac
by Maursault on Friday May 05, 2023 @12:10PM
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Plex requires setting up libraries of media, such as a pictures library, a music library, etc., which is annoying to say the least. Whether it is easy is not the point, the fact that it requires installing it and configuring it when Apache2 will functionally do everything Plex can without consolidating files, which leads to duplicates and eating up storage space.
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Apache and Plex are nowhere near comparable software, what on earth are you talking about
You are mistaken. Plex is really just a dedicated web server with a bunch of annoying feature creep.
Apache won't automatically trancode your 4k videos for lower resolution devices
Automatic transcoding is the last thing I'd want wasting processor cycles.
Re:The endless uses for an always-on Mac
by justinclift on Monday May 08, 2023 @05:11AM
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> Whether it is easy is not the point
That's a wrong assumption. For many (most?) users of Plex, that's pretty much the entire point. :)
Try it out yourself, and then see what you reckon it would take to set up Apache to match Plex's functionality. It'll take significant effort, if it's even capable.