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MediaFire has a Roku app for streaming your stored videos, but it simple doesn't work. You can't browse, and the search function never worked at all. I finally gave up on them and deleted my account.
I just started paying for a larger Google Drive account (2 TB), and it looks like that might work if I use a browser, but it's not ideal. I'd definitely want this if it could be connected to my Google Play account, and I could watch my files on Roku or PS3/4 (I think PS4 had a GP app, but GP videos can be viewed through the YouTube app, which is on both PS3 and PS4).
Does anyone know of any services, --that actually work--, that our videos can be stored on, and that can be streamed, preferably with some app available to console or Roku?
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I installed kodi on a fire stick, then installed the google drive add-on, and I use that to stream videos from google drive. You can also install kodi on a PC. I don't know about roku.
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(Mar 01, 2019, 21:47 pm)savindwales Wrote: I installed kodi on a fire stick, then installed the google drive add-on, and I use that to stream videos from google drive. You can also install kodi on a PC. I don't know about roku.
Or Plex. Or Emby.
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(Mar 01, 2019, 21:25 pm)CthulhuSaves Wrote: MediaFire has a Roku app for streaming your stored videos, but it simple doesn't work. You can't browse, and the search function never worked at all. I finally gave up on them and deleted my account.
I just started paying for a larger Google Drive account (2 TB), and it looks like that might work if I use a browser, but it's not ideal. I'd definitely want this if it could be connected to my Google Play account, and I could watch my files on Roku or PS3/4 (I think PS4 had a GP app, but GP videos can be viewed through the YouTube app, which is on both PS3 and PS4).
Does anyone know of any services, --that actually work--, that our videos can be stored on, and that can be streamed, preferably with some app available to console or Roku?
I'm loving Plex. It works fantastically for me. It works seamlessly with my PS4.
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Also Google Drive for business ($12/month) technically has a 1TB limit but it's not enforced. I've had 150+ TB for about 4 years now.
I use rclone to mount it as a virtual drive and point Plex to it. works like a charm.
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(Mar 01, 2019, 23:11 pm)Riffling Wrote: Also Google Drive for business ($12/month) technically has a 1TB limit but it's not enforced. I've had 150+ TB for about 4 years now.
Wait. I first read that as 1.5 TB. You seriously have over 150TB on there?!?!
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Does Plex still work with Google Drive? I Googled it, but keep seeing articles saying you had to have Plex Cloud, which was discontinued.
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(Mar 02, 2019, 05:10 am)CthulhuSaves Wrote: Does Plex still work with Google Drive? I Googled it, but keep seeing articles saying you had to have Plex Cloud, which was discontinued.
Not directly, which is why you have to use another program like Rclone to mount your Google Drive as a hard drive. I've done this on Windows with Rclone but had some minor issues (other programs like Netdrive, Google Filestream etc. will cause you to hit the Google Drive API limits and trigger the 24 hour ban but a Rclone Cache mount will not). My linux-based Plex Server has been rock-solid though with this method and I can stream full 4k Blu-Ray Remuxes from it. Here is a simple all-in-one installer: https://www.techperplexed.ga/p/index.html to create a dedicated Linux-based Plex server that auto-updates and has a bunch of nifty features+optional other programs (the tutorial suggests a VPS and domain but you could do it with a local server as well and don't need a domain). You can also migrate your plex database to/from Windows and Linux so you don't lose your watch progress and everything else just by moving over the database (just make sure you have the correct Linux permissions set).
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(Mar 02, 2019, 05:52 am)Riffling Wrote: (Mar 02, 2019, 05:10 am)CthulhuSaves Wrote: Does Plex still work with Google Drive? I Googled it, but keep seeing articles saying you had to have Plex Cloud, which was discontinued.
Not directly, which is why you have to use another program like Rclone to mount your Google Drive as a hard drive. I've done this on Windows with Rclone but had some minor issues (other programs like Netdrive, Google Filestream etc. will cause you to hit the Google Drive API limits and trigger the 24 hour ban but a Rclone Cache mount will not). My linux-based Plex Server has been rock-solid though with this method and I can stream full 4k Blu-Ray Remuxes from it. Here is a simple all-in-one installer: https://www.techperplexed.ga/p/index.html to create a dedicated Linux-based Plex server that auto-updates and has a bunch of nifty features+optional other programs (the tutorial suggests a VPS and domain but you could do it with a local server as well and don't need a domain). You can also migrate your plex database to/from Windows and Linux so you don't lose your watch progress and everything else just by moving over the database (just make sure you have the correct Linux permissions set).
This is outstanding advice Riffling! I may have to try this Linux-based Plex Server some day when I have the proper equipment. I swear to God, you're an absolute genius! 
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I've been curious about Plex
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