Peter Galbavy wrote: > I generally use LMS for music and Plex for video material but I have and > do use Plex for certain music applications; A number of personal > observations: > > People making comparisons between the scanners have simply not set > things up right in the first place. On the same hardware looking at the > same file and setting Plex up to use the basic (NOT premium) music > library with "use embedded tags" results in much the same time as an LMS > "clear library and scan". Similarly for re-scans. > > Gapless playback is very limited and mostly to externally maintained > clients. It's not a server deficiency but a client one and the Plex > development of music features in clients is pretty poor. > > The metadata handling of compilations / VA albums is horrible and > primitive and seems random. It ignores the COMPLILATION tag on all > formats completely and instead uses the heuristic of checking the > ARTISTS tags to see how many there are. My non-scientific estimate is if > it finds about 10% of the tracks from the same artist it puts it under > their name. ALBUM ARTIST, while supported, is poorly handled. > > On the other hand the standard interface is much better. Sync support is > excellent to mobile devices. It's slick. > > LMS wins as a nerd's music infrastructure, Plex wins as a consumer > facing system. > > I have ignored the unavailability of simple (to install and maintain) > LMS client hardware and software.
I think this is a very fair assessment. I too use LMS for music and Plex for video but do allow Plex to scan my music also. PI3 PCP/LMS STORAGE QNAP TS419P (NFS) *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
