They’re having a 20% off deal currently. I’ve been waiting for a discount for a while.
What should I do first? And what are the best Plex Pass features?
Edit: Should’ve specified. I got it cause downloading media locally since I travel and Plexamp sample rate matching
Skip Intro and Credits is the best feature for quality of life but hardware acceleration makes a big difference.
Home DVR with antenna. And what everyone else said. Also, with new update you can speed up playback.
Plexamp for streaming your own music has been a game changer for me.
For me personally, HW transcoding and the Plexamp artist / song radios, djs, etc…
Hardware encoding is the real reason for me. I originally bought it because I traveled a lot and I would use the download function to put files onto my tablet. Others have a lot of issues with that functionality and I haven’t used it for a while.
I bought a lifetime pass in 2016 with zero clue about the features. It was just to support Plex because of how useful it was for me.
It used to be Plexamp, but that’s no longer part of it, which I fully welcome. Other features I’ve really come to love are Intro and credit skip and rewind on resume. Hardware transcode is so rarely needed, but it’s comforting to know I have it.
Why’d you buy it if you’d no idea what you were gonna do with it?
This is one of those things that I paid full price for and haven’t regretted.
Damn I bought mine full price years ago I thought a deal would never come back but considering how much I use it I am fine with paying 120
Hardware transcoding, intro skipping, trailers & extras, rewind on resume for me. I have skip credits off because it minimized the video as soon as the credits started, which really diminished the impact of endings for me. Maybe the settings and defaults are different now, but I don’t miss it.
This is why I haven’t bought a Plex pass. I don’t really need it.
I’ve almost always had it so not sure what you weren’t getting before. I have a tv tuner connected which is great. I used to say, I would never leave plex if it was combined with pluto and for news. Well it prettier much is now. If your wanting to watch offline, i would download to vlc. Plex is for streaming large entire media library. If your just wanting some stuff for a trip, vlc is better
Plex Pass makes PlexAmp a dream, especially Sonic Analysis. PlexAmp also has fantastic gapless playback for albums (not sure if that’s a premium feature or not).
On the video, as others have said, Skip Intro and Skip Credits. The Skip Credits feature was a little unreliable in the beginning, but it seems to do a much better job of correctly identifying the start and end points of credits (including gaps where there’s mid- and post-credit scenes). Also, Editions is a great feature.
Start hardware transcoding something
First thing I had to do after getting Plex Pass was remove/re-add my server on Infuse. I use Infuse on appletv because it’s compatible with HDR and different types of audio codecs. After upgrading to plex pass, my Infuse stopped working. Took me about 20 minutes of fruitless googling before giving up, removing my server and then re-adding it. Works perfectly now. Better actually because there are more options now.
So if you have Infuse, that’s the first thing I would do.
The second thing I would do is change the app icon on your phone lol
Thanks for the code. I appreciate that they let you apply it to an existing yearly membership as well.
Anyone know when the sale goes until? I pulled the app up and it says that the proce is $150