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Does anyone else have users watching the same content over and over?
(sh.itjust.works)
I have played Pixar's Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3 multiple times every single day for a month. Don't have kids.
I used to use Star Trek (2009) as white noise to fall asleep.
I keep falling asleep trying to catch up on episodes of Bob's Burgers.
My point being: they're probably not mainlining Adam Sandler.
I had a buddy that realized rogue one put him in deep sleep in under ten minutes. He played it during the night on repeat for three months. His roommate was going nuts lol.
I wonder if he is capable of watching the movie now without falling asleep?
I will never get used to the idea of people using content to fall asleep. It just seems odd to me.
I can do Bob's or American Dad! to fall asleep to. My wife, on the other hand, prefers the original run of Futurama.
For whatever reason, I'll binge Gravity Falls if I'm stuck in bed sick.
It's me I'm that user. I've used the office as background noise for as long as I've been using Plex.
My daughter has probably watched the entirety of Bluey a dozen times.
My dog likes Bluey! And she watches some movies over and over. The person sharing the server knows though.
My daughter watched Bee Movie 3 times a day for 2 years.
You like Jazz?
I had to teach my toddlers how to rewind their Barney VCR tape because I got tired of doing it myself. I am quite sure they wore that tape out. Kids do things like that. If there's only an adult in this house, they might be using it as background noise. I also know someone who leaves the tv on so their pets aren't sitting in silence all day long and have something to hear. One does it because if she doesn't have something going with noise her dog hears noises outside a thinks he needs to bark at them.
OP, you could just screen shot something and ask the person in a joking manner. Just show them the stats and ask to see their shrine to Adam Sandler...
I have a playlist of several series I put on to sleep to. Have for years. My play count of those shows/eps is in the thousands.
The idea of sleep streamers conflicts with my desire to provide a good service to my friends but also not waste bandwidth.
Consider the fact they may be using a 3rd party application, like ErsatzTV or similar, to create a "virtual" tv station that just plays videos in sequence after being added to a channel.
You can always reach out to the user in question if you're concerned though. I generally wouldn't open my plex up to users unless I had regular communication with them anyway, but that's a personal thing I think...
Edit: Another thing to note is that, depending on the user's tech savvyness, they might not be aware that you can see what content they're watching. If you aren't close friends, it might turn them off the service to have an admin approach them about the content that you yourself are hosting. Consider this and really weigh whether it's your own business or not. And obviously, to be clear, you definitely shouldn't be charging for this service so make sure that you're not putting yourself in potential legal problems.
I can 100% for a fact say they are not doing that. I know the guy very well and he is not that tech savy.
When I say concerned, I meant it more in a joking sense.
Ah fair enough then. :) It is a pretty funny thing to watch 13 times in a row.
Yep. I share with some randoms around the world and Harry Potter comes up often and then also the kids TV shows but that's to be expected.
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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