• @[email protected]
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    66 months ago

    Yea, a plex server for idle viewing would be a way better alternative. Just make a custom nickelodeon, comedy central, etc and have it run random episodes of random shows.

    • @Misk
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      36 months ago

      I’ve actually always wanted to do this! Download a load of old school Nickelodeon stabs and episodes and find some software that can play them all together in random order haha… Any advice on how to go about setting this up?

      • @rwhitisissle
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        46 months ago

        It’s actually built into plex. If you have a library of t.v. shows you can just click the Shuffle button and it’ll play random episodes. Or you can make Categories of shows and shuffle those. If you’re asking how to get started with Plex and downloading content, well…I don’t want to get banned for piracy related reasons, so I’ll just say that, totally unrelated to this discussion, there’s a wealth of resources regarding how to get started with bittorrent and usenet. Which you can use for perfectly legal purposes, like downloading Liinux ISOs and open source textbooks.

        • @Misk
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          26 months ago

          Nah I’m good for Linux ISOs and open source textbooks, just wasn’t aware that some of these media players had a shuffle button 😝 thanks folks!

      • @[email protected]
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        36 months ago

        I use Jellyfin because it’s pretty light weight and straight forward. Just add the shows you want to a playlist, or even just specific seasons, and shuffle play.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        Im glad the ther guy responded, because I have no idea, I haven’t started plex stuff yet