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deazo:
I started using PVD in 2008.
I have loved (and still do) PVD but I have recently decided to move on, because of several reasons, but mainly because the movie plugins were getting difficult to work with and I simply could not rely on one single (great) guy called Ivek to help me, every time I had issues.
I have never liked xbmc and other fancy tools, because they never gave me the power PVD was giving me, and the sexy interface with limited navigation/filtering did not really appeal to me.
I found a good "half-way" tool called PLEX.
It is very simple to work with.
It matches movies easily and have many nice plugins.
The interface is OK, and the filterings/navigation is OK (not great, but really OK).
It is free with some premium features but the free version does the job.
Bottom line: I now spend much less time maintaining my collection than with pvd.
Extra info:
I have built a NAS server based on UNRAID. I have setup automated downloads with various tools (sonarr, radarr, deluge, etc.) all done via vpn.
Everything goes to Plex, get matched, and can be watched from everywhere.
I am still keeping an eye on PVD through this forum because I still love it and I could easily start using it again.
afrocuban:
I totally understand you, deazo. A year ago I tried to move to Kodi (Plex runs in it, as well), because in Kodi you actually don't have to have a file in order to import it to library. Exported my ~7k titles with as much as possible fields and imported to Kodi, but after couple of months I quit - it simply isn't made to keep big library, it became slow as hell.
For Plex, you have to have a file, and in PVD I keep the records of all the movies I have seen (on TV, in cinema, etc.).
So, it depends a lot on what you make a database for.
I agree that is very difficult to use PVD in this situation, and I really admire to Ivek for his devotion, but for me and my needs simply there is no alternative. I will never erase my ~17GB database.
Kind regards
Ivek23:
--- Quote from: afrocuban on May 10, 2018, 07:08:57 pm ---I agree that is very difficult to use PVD in this situation, and I really admire to Ivek for his devotion, but for me and my needs simply there is no alternative.
--- End quote ---
Thank you very much for your compliments. I count this in honor, afrocuban. I am also happy to do this because I am a fan of good and old, especiallymovies from western, comedy, history and adventure genres.
afrocuban:
No, Ivek. Thank YOU - for recognizing its value and keeping alive best ever application.
PVD.
deazo:
Yes Ivek thank you for all the help, I know I already thanked you many times but really you kept me afloat for many more months with PVD.
Afrocuban yes I see your point about needing a file.
In PVD I have many movie pages that are not linked to a file because I delete from my hard drive any movie that I do not rank higher than 6.5/10.
In Plex if you delete the file, the movie page disappears.
Like I said I did try Kodi/XBMC and still do not like it (big empty pages with stupid fanart that I do not need)
Plex however is more "to the point" and in terms of speed it is currently handling 5K+ of my movies, and I am not counting the series and personal pics/videos with no issue.
It is also a player and a great quality one.
One thing to note however is that the Plex library is not a file (like the pvd library), and there are limited export options, and I am basically pretty sure the day it crashes I will loose the metadata.
So Plex feels a bit like a black box you do not REALLY control.
But to be honest what matters the most to me are the actual movie files (kept on my hard drive and backed up), my watched/unwatched status (synchronised via API with trakt.tv), and my ratings (synchronised with trakt/imdb). The metadata can be rebuild quite easily as long as you have named/organised your collection properly and using the right scraper.
I really wish we had the bloody PVD code, I am sure this software could fly way above any other software with good development.
I will for sure keep popping my head around here to see if we finally broke that damn wall.
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