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Full disclosure, I'm pretty new to selfhosting myself, and I haven't written a guide like this before, but hopefully this scatterbrained writeup is enough for someone out there lmao

This is just what works for me and how I set it up. Always open to ideas for improvement as well.

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[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Annoyance: Can't scan your music library from the PlexAmp app, can't scan it from the Plex app either. Super frustrating when music as added and you have to struggle with pop-up navigation on the Plex desktop site on mobile.

Game breaker: maybe it's just really hard to find and undocumented, but there doesn't seem to be a way to use profiles with PlexAmp, either to have individual play history and playlists, or to age restrict some music content.

[–] Seefoo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Dunno about plexamp, but Plex has an auto-scan built in. Its disabled by default, but works like a charm. It listens for new file events and general finds things before you complete a download or copy

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I had issues with auto scan years ago, just re-enabled it and it's working fine now so that's resolved, thanks.

The other issue is still a problem, and why I'll be switching to Navidrome for music. Jellyfin wasn't mature enough last time I tried to replace my lifetime Plex pass, but I have a feeling I'll be ditching Plex entirely soon.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 week ago

The other “issue” isn’t an issue at all. Plex handles all that stuff just fine and super easily.

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