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    Every time I think “hey I wanna watch that one movie again” it’s never on any of the streaming services I pay for. Even old ass movies like the godfather are missing and I’m asked to instead rent them. Fuck you, where’s my pirate flag??

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        I’ll be pirating that

        Now I have a bunch more for others to take too 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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      And since they move services so damn often it’s almost impossible to find an up-to-date list telling you where you can go to watch something!

      It took me 5 minutes to finally track down The Perfect Host. And it’s “available to rent” on Amazon? Fuck that entirely!

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    This photo reminds me of the story of Jeanne Calment. At 90 years old, she signed a contract with a lawyer which stated he would inherit her apartment upon her death, but he would pay her 2,500 francs per month until the time came.

    Her lawyer died 30 years later, when Jeanne was 120. His family continued making payments to Jeanne until she finally died at 122 years old, by which time she had been paid more than double what her place was worth.

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      Yeah, “physical” in that the bits live under my control. Not like a separate disc per movie.

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        Is something like this difficult to set up?

        I grabbed a Linux Mint install, and followed this guide to install Plex on it

        It is a “desktop” install, really I know you don’t NEED a GUI yadayada, but it was very easy and got my foot in the door of Linux. It’s worked well for me, faster than the older Windows install

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        Depends on your current skill level and what equipment you have.

        If you run Linux already it is dead easy, especially if you have a server.

        I know you can host Plex on a Windows laptop so I’m sure you can probably host jellyfin as well.

        It also depends on how you want to set it up. At its most basic, it’s pretty easy. Download Plex or jellyfin then point it to the files you want to host and you are flying.

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        Nah, just run the installer, go to the config page and point it at your media folders. You get a Netflix type UI in the browser.

        There’s even an Android TV app to access it remotely.

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          I’m having trouble with allowing Jellyfin access to my external drive on Ubuntu. Any help here?

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    Don’t forget - storage drives are physical storage.

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    Physical media is great, but my life is already filled with clutter, so only my very favorites are on the shelf.

    Borrowing from the library works great, though.

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    My cousin bought a whole video store back in 2019 for practically nothing, he still has thousands and thousands of VHS and DVD, he’s still waiting for the big revival. I helped him last year to get rid of many cubic feet of porn stuff, though. His kids discovered it & for some reason his wife insisted.

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    What does ‘physical copies’ mean here? DVDs? Not even my parents have these anymore lol