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What’s a lifetime subscription worth?

At $250, lifetime Plex Passes aren’t too much of a gamble. Compared to paying $70 per year, the lifetime option would pay for itself by year four. But at $750, you’d have to use the Plex Pass for more than a decade to break even. A lot can change in that timeframe. Ten years ago, Plex was still primarily in the media server business. Its biggest launches of that era were ambitious things like over-the-air DVR support and cloud-based media servers. (The latter feature was sadly discontinued in 2018.) A whole bunch of major streaming services didn’t even exist yet. Since then, Plex has shifted i

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r/unRAID · u/Vexilor · 1w ago

Plex Docker (regardless of container repo) on Unraid very slow loading posters/metadata, but playback is perfect

Hi everyone, I’m trying to diagnose a strange Plex performance issue on my Unraid server and would appreciate any ideas. I apologise in advance if this is not the right place for this post I wasnt sure where it fits beca…

r/selfhosted · u/NearbyYak7156 · Apr 29, 2026

Hound - A Media Server Alternative to Plex/Jellyfin + Stremio

What is Hound? Hound is a self-hosted, open-source media server, like Plex/Jellyfin, but with the extra ability to stream content through P2P (torrent) or HTTP/Debrid without downloading first. With Hound, you have the f…

r/truenas · u/Numerus12OO5O · 2d ago

Guide for sharing datasets on truenas core to Plex Media Server on Ubuntu? I'm hitting a brick wall

So I had this setup working flawlessly. I did some work on my server rack and ended up reinstalling Ubuntu. Thinking - it was easy. I set this up years ago. However, now I'm hitting a brick wall and can't get it working …

r/selfhosted · u/NearbyYak7156 · 2w ago

(OPINION) Now's the Perfect Time To Move Away from Plex

(WRITTEN BY A HUMAN THAT LIKES BULLET POINTS) Most people here have probably heard about Plex hiking the lifetime pass to 750USD, effective July 1. If you're still on the subscription and considering buying the lifetime …

r/truenas · u/RaMcHiP · 3w ago

Building My First Serious NAS / Media Server – Looking for Opinions Before I Pull the Trigger

I’m putting together a NAS/media server/homelab box and wanted to get some opinions before I finalize everything. The goal is "affordable", high-capacity storage, Plex/transcoding, 10Gb networking, and room for future ex…