ThatsMrCharlieToYou@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is the best TV/movie service I can set up for someone who is not tech savvy and wants something that just works?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best TV/movie service I can set up for someone who is not tech savvy and wants something that just works?ThatsMrCharlieToYou@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Happy to buy hardware if needed. Just trying to avoid large streaming services abhorrent business practices.
minus-squareprotput@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoYou can share your plex library. So the person can stream from your files. Pretty easy to set up.
minus-squareMemento Mori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI have a similar setup. The only strange thing is that one house always seems to have buffer issues while the rest don’t (they’ll start a show and it will buffer every few minutes). What would you recommend in that situation kind stranger?
minus-squareprotput@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoA better ISP or a better WiFi connection. Most of the time it is bandwidth related. Maybe let them manually select a lower quality stream.
minus-squareMemento Mori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI may need to do that. I suggest that everyone stream the original file to avoid transcoding but they just may need to do it. Thanks!
You can share your plex library. So the person can stream from your files. Pretty easy to set up.
I have a similar setup. The only strange thing is that one house always seems to have buffer issues while the rest don’t (they’ll start a show and it will buffer every few minutes). What would you recommend in that situation kind stranger?
A better ISP or a better WiFi connection. Most of the time it is bandwidth related. Maybe let them manually select a lower quality stream.
I may need to do that. I suggest that everyone stream the original file to avoid transcoding but they just may need to do it. Thanks!