From b4fb905bf1c20e152a0335444996742b82c052c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendon Smith Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:00:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Plex Media Server to Brewfile I used Plex previously, but switched to Jellyfin about a year ago. https://jellyfin.org/ Some reasons why I switched: - They were using a cross-site fingerprinter for a while in their Plex Media Server web app. I discovered this with the Brave browser. - It's difficult to find and configure privacy settings, and you get no privacy benefit for subscribing to a premium plan. - Batch-editing playlists is painful. You can't select and move a range of items, only one item can be moved at a time. - Playlist import from Apple macOS Music/iTunes never worked well. - Selecting music to sync for offline listening is painful. There's no "sync only checked songs" option like there is in macOS Music. Conversions for offline syncing are slow. - Music metadata can't be edited as well as in macOS Music. - Remote access doesn't work well when the media server computer is on a VPN. The connection gets routed through the Plex relay servers, and quality is poor. I still prefer Jellyfin, but it's helpful to have Plex available as an alternative server, in case Jellyfin isn't working properly. Plex is starting on a partnership with Next.js that will be cool to see. Plex has also implemented some nice UX improvements lately: https://www.plex.tv/blog/choose-your-own-adventure-introducing-modern-layout/ https://www.plex.tv/blog/going-off-grid-just-got-great/ https://www.plex.tv/blog/finding-your-true-colors-with-plex/ --- Brewfile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile index 303da63..2d28407 100644 --- a/Brewfile +++ b/Brewfile @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ cask "zotero" # no arm64_big_sur yet cask "backblaze" cask "handbrake" cask "jellyfin" # no arm64_big_sur yet +cask "plex-media-server" # no arm64_big_sur yet cask "protonvpn" # cask "vscodium" # no arm64_big_sur yet: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/597