by Lowlander » Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:57 pm
Then you got to try it more, it's got so many wonderful features I'd dream of seeing in MediaMonkey. Do note that there is 1 huge difference as Plex tries to automatically get all info for your media, and isn't for tagging, unlike MediaMonkey for which it's a primary focus. For Movies and TV it's amazing and MediaMonkey can't compare, there is no automated data retrieval, and Plex generally gets it right. For Music it does some really nice stuff that MediaMonkey doesn't, like retrieving synopsis and Artwork for Artists, and also video clips and concert data (some if this requires paid subscription), but it lacks in the tag department (many not available and Ratings not being read from file). It relies too heavily on online data compared to what's in the files. This however for playback purposes this isn't that much of a hindrance. The biggest issue is lack of AutoPlaylists, but more importantly it lacks Playlist import capability (so one could import MediaMonkey's exported AutoPlaylists) as that would allow you to work around the lack of AutoPlaylists (and with missing tags it would be limited anyway).
The key to plex is that you need to adhere strictly to their requirements for your media files, but if you do it does work amazingly well. It is also a closed eco-system, but one that has Apps (both client and server) on a large variety of devices. With merely naming your Movies and TV files correctly Plex creates a Netflix (and better than that) of your media files with the added bonus it works over the internet.
Then you got to try it more, it's got so many wonderful features I'd dream of seeing in MediaMonkey. Do note that there is 1 huge difference as Plex tries to automatically get all info for your media, and isn't for tagging, unlike MediaMonkey for which it's a primary focus. For Movies and TV it's amazing and MediaMonkey can't compare, there is no automated data retrieval, and Plex generally gets it right. For Music it does some really nice stuff that MediaMonkey doesn't, like retrieving synopsis and Artwork for Artists, and also video clips and concert data (some if this requires paid subscription), but it lacks in the tag department (many not available and Ratings not being read from file). It relies too heavily on online data compared to what's in the files. This however for playback purposes this isn't that much of a hindrance. The biggest issue is lack of AutoPlaylists, but more importantly it lacks Playlist import capability (so one could import MediaMonkey's exported AutoPlaylists) as that would allow you to work around the lack of AutoPlaylists (and with missing tags it would be limited anyway).
The key to plex is that you need to adhere strictly to their requirements for your media files, but if you do it does work amazingly well. It is also a closed eco-system, but one that has Apps (both client and server) on a large variety of devices. With merely naming your Movies and TV files correctly Plex creates a Netflix (and better than that) of your media files with the added bonus it works over the internet.