Tim BrayMar 21, 2025

I have my music & movies on a Mac Mini at home and run the Plex server on it (for free) and while driving or traveling I use PlexAmp on my phone to listen to my music (for free) - Plex takes care of the UPNP and so on to make this work. Now, Plex is asking for money for this service: https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/

I think… this seems reasonable? I could run https://jellyfin.org and do it myself I guess, but might be inclined to pay a bit to avoid the extra work…

Important 2025 Plex Updates

Update 4/30/25Since publishing this post we have changed how remote streaming works for personal media libraries, and it is no...

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Show threadDunc
@timbray I thought it was a fair ask and sufficient reason to stump for the lifetime pass before it goes up. Have you found a solution for gapless playback?
Mar 21, 2025 at 5:45pmWeb
Show threadTim BrayMar 21, 2025
@gonecaving not sure what you mean by gapless. But I turned off the thing where it overlays the end of this song and the beginning of the next.
Show threadDuncMar 21, 2025
@timbray @gonecaving I’m referring to the ability to have a continual play from track to track, so that eg tracks that are in several movements don’t have an audible pause but rather lead from one track to the next. I’m not referring to the crossfade ( which is nice for some types of music but not others)
Show threadTim BrayMar 21, 2025
@gonecaving Ah, I usually run on shuffle rather than play albums so the gapless isn't an issue for me.