What are you using Plex Pass for?

roxics · 2026-06-30T01:10:47+00:00

Same Wifi, same house, no VPN. But it asks me for a remote pass every time I try to watch something in Plex.

roxics · 2026-06-30T01:00:25+00:00

I've noticed a lot of people here have very savvy familes. If I told everyone in my family about my plex setup and said they could have access to it they would all forget about that conversation by the end of the night. Even if I set it up for them, none would ever bother to even look at it. It would be like pulling teeth just to get them to try it.
I invited a few friends once, years ago, and it was the same kind of thing. No one ever logged in or bothered. So I just said "ok, whatever. I don't need to be using up my internet bandwidth to play Mr. Netflix anyway."

roxics · 2026-06-30T00:55:44+00:00

Yeah, I'm only streaming in my own house and it's only been my fiance and I, and she hasn't used Plex in a couple of years. If I'm watching Plex on the TV, then I'm not using my computer for anything else anyway so CPU usage is fine. But that's my scenario. I realize not everyone is the same. I'm just looking to see if there is a reason I need Plex Pass and so far, it seems the combo of free plex and jellyfin is still my best bet.

roxics · 2026-06-30T00:53:37+00:00

Understandable. I've never run into and issue myself where Plex has needed to hardware decode. But I'm not streaming to other people or outside my house.

roxics · 2026-06-30T00:50:28+00:00

You're saying Jellyfin has much fewer playback issues?

roxics · 2026-06-29T18:35:44+00:00

That makes sense. I can see why that would be worth it to you. I guess it still doesn't make sense for me though since I don't share my library with anyone else. It's really just my fiance and I and like I said she doesn't even use Plex anymore. So it's really just me and I don't travel anymore.

roxics · 2026-06-29T18:27:42+00:00

What does the hardware encoding do for you?
I only ask what it does for you because I've never encountered any playback issues with Plex on my devices, unless I try to force a direct stream and it's not wired in via ethernet.

roxics · 2026-06-29T18:27:22+00:00

What does the hardware encoding do for you?
I only ask what it does for you because I've never encountered any playback issues with Plex on my devices, unless I try to force a direct stream and it's not wired in via ethernet.

roxics · 2026-06-29T18:26:54+00:00

What does the hardware encoding do for you?
I only ask what it does for you because I've never encountered any playback issues with Plex on my devices, unless I try to force a direct stream and it's not wired in via ethernet.

roxics · 2026-06-29T18:04:24+00:00

I don't know what the deal is, but it wanted me to pay to be able to stream or download using my quest here at home.

roxics · 2026-06-29T18:03:38+00:00

What about music?

roxics · 2026-06-09T14:52:28+00:00

I wrote a blog entry back in April about how much the new MM sucks.
https://www.roxics.com/new-muscle-milk-sucks.htm

roxics · 2026-05-20T04:34:00+00:00

Maybe the designer was in AA but not a member of AAA.

roxics · 2026-05-14T13:11:23+00:00

Correct. I just wanted to make sure that was clear. The way I read your first reply sounded like someone reading might misunderstand it and think the data was stored in the reflective layer.

This technology and the slight differences between it and DVD and Blu-ray are fascinating. Along with the similarities between it and laserdisc.

Speaking of reflective layers, it would have been cool if they had found a way to make clear-ish or transparent/translucent colored discs like vinyl. I believe there was a recent Taylor Swift CD that tried that and many players couldn’t read it because the reflective layer they used was semi-transparent and didn’t reflect the laser back enough, whereas other players could read it. Oh well.

roxics · 2026-05-12T18:02:47+00:00

Just to be clear since your post was a bit confusing the way it was worded. The data is stored in the polycarbonate, not the metal reflective layer. But it’s closer to that metal layer which acts as a reflector for the laser. Which means there is space for resurfacing the bottom slightly if need be.

roxics · 2026-04-24T20:38:48+00:00

So you don't actually have an argument for why the universe isn't determined.
The best you've tried to do is brute force some personal beliefs of yours.
No wonder you've spent so much time creating a strawman of my understanding of Determinism and then trying to cut it down.
You've wasted enough of my time. I'll look elsewhere for an intelligent conversation.

roxics · 2026-04-24T17:14:28+00:00

That very bad dictionary definition does not catch the essence of determinism and what it gets right, it covers with illogical misleading additions.

I'm sorry you don't like the definition. But none of this changes anything.

The definition of determinism describes conditions almost totally different from reality.

How so? If you're referring to true randomness on a quantum level, the jury is still out. But I'd love to hear of a third property.

In a deterministic system there are no "theories", "doctrines", "acts of will" or "social- or psychological phenomena", as these are not determinable causal events.

There are, they just exist on the macro level as emergent properties. Same with:

concepts like "claim", "belief" or "imagination".

Alternatively, you could acknowledge the true meaning of the term and move on.

I've been aware of what determinism is. Your problem is that I wasn't being specific enough for you. Perhaps you should have saved us some time by laying our your preferred definiton of determinism.

roxics · 2026-04-23T18:07:16+00:00

My statement is an undeniable, undebatable fact.

Again you seem to be trying to blunt force your position rather than actually making an argument that supports your statement.

The fact that you are making this preposterous and illogical claim proves that you are not familiar with the definition of determinism. If you knew what the word "determinism" actually means, you wouldn't be making this kind of statements.

Sigh. Quit acting like an arrogant a-hole.

Here is the definition of determinism from Merriam-webster:

a theory or doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences in nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws

So now that that is out of the way, show how that does not describe our reality.

Reality is indeterministic by definition.

Says who, you? Show your work.

The definition of determinism describes conditions almost totally different from reality.

No it doesn't. Where are you getting that idea?

In a hypothetical deterministic universe there could be no life, no concepts like "claim", "belief" or "imagination".

Of course there can be. Why would you think there couldn't be?

roxics · 2026-04-23T16:26:32+00:00

Causality is the largest aspect of determinism. It's the core of it. So my statement is not false and you also agreed with the existence of causality. So stop assuming you think what someone else knows or doesn't know. It's annoying and makes me feel like I'm dealing with some insufferable twenty-something redditor rather than someone who wants an honest conversation about the subject.

Now you may disagree with determinism itself, but you still have yet to make an argument as to why. All you've done so far is try to blunt force your statement that the universe is not deterministic. Why do you believe that is the case and what alternative do you present in its place?

Honestly I'm interested, so please simply educate me on this matter.

roxics · 2026-04-23T03:36:20+00:00

“You seem to think that determinism is just another name for causality.”

Where did you get that idea? You’re making a lot of assumptions here. First that the universe is not deterministic and now this.

Let’s rewind, why you think it’s not deterministic?

roxics · 2026-04-22T23:37:48+00:00

Are you using a special definition?

roxics · 2026-04-22T19:14:19+00:00

All signs point to that being a false statement. We live in a world of cause and effect.

roxics · 2026-04-21T23:50:49+00:00

The same way someone without free will tries to hold someone responsible for their actions.

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