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Pokemon is driving me to want a Plex Server. (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted
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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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[–] where_am_i 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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

[–] NormDeplume 3 points 1 year ago

Where's a good place to find a good plexshare?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use a paid plexshare and it rules. Cost aside, it's so convenient to have everything on one place, especially for kids shows.

[–] dolla 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How would one go about finding one of these plexshares?

[–] Tarzan9192 2 points 1 year ago

There was a subreddit for it. Wet should create a Lemmy community though.

[–] sokian 1 points 1 year ago

Which share are you using?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I run a personal plex server for a couple of years now and never knew about plexshare.

I have mixed feelings about it, on one side looks great and I like the social aspect. On the other side, I'm scared this thing is going attract Hollywood lawyers like bears to the honey.