Comments on: The Road to Alexandria (part 1): Introduction

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:15:12 +0000

Could we all get some kind of update? Even if its not good news I think we would rather hear about a delay rather than nothing at all.

By: petjek

petjek — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:36:19 +0000

08-12-10…
Where is Plex 9?

By: jakepe

jakepe — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:35:53 +0000

Hello
just checking in here everyday to see if there are some news, but nothing for the last 6-7 weeks ?

By: Sgoalie

Sgoalie — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:57:51 +0000

I’d LOVE to help test this! This answers my #1 complaint about Plex and XMBC. I have 2 mini’s and an iMac. The mini’s are 100% dedicated as media centers and the Imac manages the content. It’s always annoyed me that I couldn’t sync the database across them.

Thank You!!!!!!

By: Eric Krause

Eric Krause — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:37:56 +0000

I would also like an update if possible. Having just ran into the scrapper not picking up a new show, I’m more than willing to alpha test something. Been checking back every day or so hoping for a new word.
That being said, I understand you all busy and have lives. I love the product, and look forward to the new features.

By: JellyUK

JellyUK — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:54:15 +0000

Guys, this is getting a bit ridiculous. No communication at all about what’s going on. It’s a bit unfair to tease people with what sounds like an absolutely amazing release, saying that there’ll be a screencast within a week…it’s now been four…

I know that this software is free, and i cannot stress enough my appreciation for what you all do, but keeping people waiting like this is a bit odd for such a community driven project.

Please tweet/blog/facebook some kind of update, it’s been nearly 2 months since this initial blog post, and that’s about 10 years in internet time!!

By: pamper

pamper — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:23:39 +0000

Great!!!
I installed Plex on my new Mini a few days ago and I love it. It’s just that a want and much more for my living room!
The posibility of add a ebook, comic and newspaper section sounds really good….
I can’t wait for the next relaese.
Thanks a lot… Plex is really GREAT!!!!

By: program86

program86 — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:39:58 +0000

Very cool stuff! Multi-Client resume feature seems very interesting. Keep up the awesome work guys!

By: Anthony Kern

Anthony Kern — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:33:41 +0000

This looks awesome. Having a central library on my server for all the units in the house will be awesome. It’ll also be great to have a dedicated library section for my porn, ermm… documentaries, so they don’t all show up when browsing the movies section. Can’t wait for this, and will likely buy a new Mac Mini to replace the XBMC linux machine in my bedroom.

By: Julien Angeli

Julien Angeli — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:04:57 +0000

ALEXANDRIA II – SECURITY
Now an other point I am a bit nervous a bit: security of all the set-up

Real Alexandria Library finally burned (well historically it’s not completely true, but nevermind) and same can/could happen with Plex’s.

User can do a wrong thing and mess up the library, or there could be a problem to Imdb if their database mix titles and therefore mix things in User’s Library, there could be an alien invasion or a black hole could eat us all, but whatever, problems can always occur.

I wish there was a security function in Plex, maybe somewhere in the Settings, just a big button which says SAVE MY PLEX (which stands for “SAVE MY TIME” when you have a huge library and tweaked everything to be as you want) and would backup all the stuff (settings, library txt/pics, metas etc) in a single, secure place, as a single and secure file named Plex-Backup-User_day-month-yr.zip!
… and of course a little button near it to restore everything if the shit happens.

Of course this can be done manually already, but it would be so much convenient to just control this to GUI!

And convenient too when you migrate your Plex on a new computer (ok I agree, this is a 0.85 reasoning: with centralized streamed Library, hooking a new mac to the Library will work like a breeze, but precisely, this makes central Library backups even more crucial!)

Best regards