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posted by martyb on Thursday November 30 2017, @07:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the cat-and-mouse dept.

Over the years, Plex has grown from a relatively simple home media server into an all-in-one entertainment powerhouse. Notable feature additions include streaming personalized news, the ability to operate entirely in the cloud instead of on your server, and a full-fledged DVR. Now that DVR has gotten even more powerful, adding a new feature to automatically remove commercials, which was spotted by Cord Cutters News.

The feature was added in an update the Plex team pushed out over the weekend. While most of the update was focused on fixing bugs, this new feature was also included. You'll need to manually enable the feature by heading into your Plex DVR settings and finding the option, labeled "Remove Commercials."

You may not want to turn the feature on immediately without looking into reports from other users. The description in the settings warns that while the feature will attempt to automatically locate and remove commercials, this could potentially take a long time and cause high CPU usage. If you're running your Plex server on a powerful computer, this may not be an issue, but if you're running it on an old laptop, you might want to hold off.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/plex-dvr-removes-commercials/


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by edIII on Friday December 01 2017, @01:12AM

    by edIII (791) on Friday December 01 2017, @01:12AM (#603751)

    I've had it for years through piracy, which is truly the superior product. I receive:

    1. Expert packaging. All the info and metadata I need.
    2. Expert media processing. They're so competitive and anal about quality that a single fucked up frame calls for a re-release.
    3. Data validation. Everything has CRC checks, plus good compression settings.
    4. All of the unwanted shit is gone. The group releasing it gets rid of commercials by hand, or at least validates the automatic tools. I've seen some groups play with fuzzing out the advertising overlays and they got pretty good. Basically the Golden Rule applies here, and pirates release what they want to watch too.
    5. Battle of the Sources. Only the best source survives. The scene makes sure the highest quality releases are available, and they do it for a variety of formats. 480,544,720,1080,4k, and even in different audio formats.
    6. Subs and Dubs. Only private trackers consistently deliver high quality subs. Very rarely do I need to search, which is a good thing, since that's an attack vector now
    7. Strangely enough, I can trust the scene more than Sony and the big boys to not install malware, rootkits, and other nasty shit into my system.

    Should I list all the detractions of the incumbents and monopolies? Anything but piracy is basically grabbing your ankles for some control freaks somewhere.

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