KODI vs PLEX

dualmeister said:
So you are not scraping any data about your TV series and movies then?
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The.Real.Housewives.Of.NewJersey.S07E02.A.Very.Hairy.Christmas.WEBRip.x264-MEGAT… what else do you need? :p
 
Kodi has all the right names and artwork for everything. Using OpenSubtitle.org to download subs if needed. I use Media Renamer to rename files before I put it on the share.

Edit : I just did the math and my whole setup, TV + Pi + PC should use about 100watt or less. So it is by far the greenest setup when compared to plex and it's 1.21 jiggawatt database.
 
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Rouxenator said:
Kodi has all the right names and artwork for everything.
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Kodi uses SQLite, an open source light-weight SQL database-engine, to store all its library related data (Music, Video, and Program databases). By default, the database files (*.db) are stored in The UserData Folder, specifically in userdata/Database.

In addition to indexing media files when activated by user-selected Content settings, Kodi also puts a video in its database if you change any OSD setting while watching it. Resume points are stored in this database as well. These entries are added to the database whether the affected video is part of the Video Library or not.

Databasess are automatically maintained whenever you use Kodi. You can activate the most powerful database functionality by setting the Content property on all of your media sources, and using Kodi Library Mode. This view mode allows you to browse your media based on the details available in the databases, rather than using simple folder and filenames for details. You can read more about Library Mode for Music and Video files on their respective pages.

Since Kodi maintains the databases on its own, the only time a developer really needs to access the databases is for display information.
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Wiki

Knock the SQL functionality all you like, but it's what keeps it running.

Rouxenator said:
Kodi is about watching content
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Then you may as well use VLC.
 
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VLC is a great player too. I used SQLite a few years ago and I love that is had no stront-procs and that referential constraints are not enforced. It's a glorified flat file and to me that is what a database should be. Kodi uses one, good for them. It has resume points - good for them. I tend to watch an episode in one go so it does not really bother me.

Plex seems to work better for people on ritalin, that have many TVs and fondleslabs and they only watch a few minutes at a time before the ADD kicks in and they do something else before resuming playback on a different device.
 
Rouxenator said:
VLC is a great player too. I used SQLite a few years ago and I love that is had no stront-procs and that referential constraints are not enforced. It's a glorified flat file and to me that is what a database should be. Kodi uses one, good for them. It has resume points - good for them. I tend to watch an episode in one go so it does not really bother me.

Plex seems to work better for people on ritalin, that have many TVs and fondleslabs and they only watch a few minutes at a time before the ADD kicks in and they do something else before resuming playback on a different device.
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Ever think about how some houses have multiple people living in them and that they maybe don't want to watch the same thing at the same time in the same room?
 
/Not sure why everyone is wasting their time trying to convince this guy that Plex is sooooo much better... :whistle:
 
Kodi… sounds like it's a way to overcomplicate a simple task.
 
CamiKaze said:
/Not sure why everyone is wasting their time trying to convince this guy that Plex is sooooo much better... :whistle:
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I'm determined to convert him :p

I was also a die hard "Kodi is the only thing I need" person then one day I thought let's see what the fuss is about and and I proptly changed my entire setup as it just works so much better!

e.g. by default Kodi marks an item as watched pretty far from the end of the clip. Really irritating if you get distrubed near the end and have come back to fast forward through the whole show to watch the last few minutes. Sure this can be hacked in the advanced settings file, but Plex is much more forgiving by default.

Another example is the database updates. Unlike Roux's magic Kodi that picks up deleted items automatically I had to manually run the clean database option every now and again to get rid of deleted stuff. Plex though monitors folder activity and updates immediately.

This and many other little things put Plex ahead.

Maybe we should add Emby to the debate :D
 
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So your main beef is with things marked as watched and what it listed in a folder? That is of little concern to me. I know what I watched last time so I could actually do without it. If I am in a folder and I added a new file all I have to do is go out of the folder and back in. New file is there and ready to play.
 
Don't have to use brain. Kodi with PlexBMC addon and Amber skin (Plex support) does it.

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But, since you have a Pi just use RasPlex i.e. Kodi and Plex's love child :D

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Rasplex, the TV app and the windows (non-modern) client is the old crappy plex.

PS3/4 and windows modern app (very buggy last time I checked) has a lot better version of the app.

Recently added and recently released categories ftw!
 
Kodi on the Pi is mature enough to decode media on it's own. There is no need to have Plex pre-chew and then vommit out moist transcoded streams. Plain SMB and FTP is enough to feed OSMC.
 
Walks away. There are none so blind
as those who will not see.
 
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dualmeister said:
How many times must people point out that Plex does not always transcode. Enough. Walks away.
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Here are my stats for the past year, my main platform is the Roku (Chrome is used basically only for music - so transcode there is generally FLAC -> MP3):

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Ok if it does not transcode then all it is doing is marking what I watched. Which Kodi does by itself.
 
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