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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

My 2.5 year old loves watching classic Pokemon. I'll be honest, so do I. But have you tried doing that? It's fucking insane.

  • The first half of S1 is on Netflix
  • The second half is on Amazon but you need an extra subscription to watch it.
  • The theird season (johto) is also Amazon.
  • The 4th is no where but Archive.org of all places... Which is called Johto Champions, so it really feels like the end of the season but it's another 52 episodes!

You would think pokemon.com would have all this (they have a lot, and it's all free) but they don't!

Seeing S4 (is that even right?) On Archive.org is really pushing me to want to build a Plex server. Having all this content in one place would be very nice.

I do IT work by day, and I have some older 2TB platter drives from a retired camera server laying around. What's the easiest way to get my foot in the door? Do I save up some $$ for a Synology box?

Love to get your input!

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[-] fadhl3y@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Does Plex have a plugin for Archive.org content?

[-] NSA_Server_04@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Would 100% go JellyFin vs Plex, also toss in some sonarr/radarr automation and organization. Everyone should have some kinda media streaming server, even if its just kept in house.

[-] GeekFTW@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Dooooo ittttt!

Edit: Forgot to add the useful comment.

Honestly if you're just starting out, straight up use your existing computer, plug that HDD in, load her up and just follow the instructions or a guide to set it up. Wait to see how much you use it before spending cash.

A recommendation however: Due to how Pokemon is and how Plex's two available metadata sources (TVDB and TMDB) categorize and lay the show out differently, make sure when you are getting the episodes in Plex that you have the TV show matched to TMDB (TheMovieDataBase), not TVDB (TheTVDataBase). Both have the show, but TVDB lumps a lot of the later seasons/series together, whereas TMDB will keep them separate as the correct seasons.

[-] JoGooD@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There is also Kodi if you don't want to host something.

[-] where_am_i@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

find a paid plexshare. Cheaper than Netflix, has everything, no weekends wasted on being a devops

p.s. sorry I didn't look where I'm posting. I'ma open notselfhosted

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Haha this comment is keeping it real. That's a good point. I've never looked into a plexshare before. I'll have to look it up.

[-] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There are also free ones, BUT they're a lot harder to get into, and a lot of times don't have as much content or aren't managed as well. They do exist if you're patient though, I managed to get into a pretty good one a while back.

[-] nieceandtows@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

For me it’s because all these companies hate Linux for some reason. I have Amazon prime, Hulu, HBO max, and Apple TV, but they would only show sd if I’m on Linux.

[-] 3laws@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

That is a user agent thing.

[-] CoderKat@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

AFAIK, it's an HDCP thing (DRM), not user agent.

[-] 3laws@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Really? Fuck em. It was easy to just change the user agent some while ago. So if I try it in 4k monitor, it won't work‽

[-] zekiz@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

yes. Fuck DRM

[-] adj16@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yo, I already have Plex set up. I can add Pokémon and invite you if you want as long as you don’t need 99.9% uptime, I’m just some dude :)

[-] capwiz@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

"I'm just some dude"

I relate to this so hard.

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