Agree Extra long passwords many Characters along with OTP ... and a notebook for passwords... For your loved ones if you expire while watching Amazon Ads.
As Far as the ADS go they don't bother me ... Heck have you seen Youtube lately the ADS are longer than the Videos.
You don't use AdGuard for youtube. Stop watching YT commercials.
Lifetime AdGuard is $20. I havent been banned on YT yet even with their new anti ad blocker policy
Edit: YT on browser is better then YT app. Ad-blocking more reliable. Plus Tabs. I need to open 80 tabs of videos i am not going to watch.
Hi. You might look back into Playon Home. They have upped the video quality to 1080p for recordings using Playon Home. They were offering a special for $27 a year. Not sure that is still the cost. Full price is $39.95 for a year. Can still record from all the same sources as Playon Cloud.
I was spending a fortune buying credits using Cloud to record programs and movies. If you have a streaming service with ads, the Playon Home will record the episodes and skip the commercials when pulled into Channels. Just recorded the entire season of a couple of my favorite sitcoms. Went off without a hitch. Getting signed into the streaming services was a little tricky at first.
This may be old news, but thought I'd share since you mentioned the Cloud service.
If it wasn't for the savings on shipping on amazon I would be cancelling Prime altogether. Honestly there is only a couple shows I watch on there so I guess I will "pony up" when new seasons drop for one of them and just buy a box set for the other and call it a day. Glad I am beginning to buy my content on physical disc and setup a channels server
Which Service you know does not have ADS ... Netflix went to Ads and some others we either have to pay not to have them or live with them... At lease with Amazon I get free delivery and %5 cash back on purchases.
i had worse luck with the desktop app. was batting 50/50 on a computer that just ran playon.
switched to cloud and havent had an issue over hundreds of recordings.
Vote with your wallet. I ain’t paying for ads nor am I continuously going to pay close to $20 for a subscription with my viewing habits (don’t watch too much). I would rather pay a $100 once for box set for the show that I can get and only subscribe for single months when a show I want to watch is available on a streaming service.
I mentioned earlier in the thread that I cancelled Prime a year or two ago and I have things shipped weekly and still don't pay any shipping costs. I think my orders have to be at least $25 to $35 which matches my typical ordering methods. If you must have stuff in a day or two, then I guess you'll have to use a Prime sub.
The %5 Cashback I get on purchases on my Amazon Visa more than pays for my yearly Subscription to amazon Prime.
I checked that out quite some time ago and the reviews were less than stellar.
Is it just because some folks aren't paying their bill in full each month or have bad credit to begin with?
Those are Garbage Reviews .... I have been using the Amazon Visa for years never had a problem ... They also offer you to pay over time on big Items interest free.
Hmph. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
Here is an example if I wanted to buy this NUC and get it tomorrow... $48.25 for 12 months interest free.
Signed up for Prime card about a year ago and now the cashback will pay for my Subscription. Seems like a good benefit. Sometimes Amazon sold items will cost more than local stores, so it is good to check. But I really like Amazon for hard to find items. Sometimes I order in the morning and have the item a few hours later.
Not sure yet if I will pay extra to remove ads on Prime Video. Will wait and see how annoying it is. I already pay extra to not see ads in most of my other services.
On topic of Amazon Shopping. If you have a small business. Look into Amazon Business account. Things are sometimes even cheaper. Especially bulk items.
I just downloaded a free trial of AnyStream. It seems easy to use. Does anyone have any tips on ways to get the downloads into Channels with the least amount of human intervention?
Ideally, add folders in your personal sources in Channels DVR server:
Make sure that AnyStream saves movies and TV shows in different folders.
I see no way to direct the output from AnyStream to specific folders. Channels seems to require a sub-folder structure with TV/MOVIE, and then a folder with the series name.
I can do this manually for each recording, but I was wondering if anyone had developed a system to automate this.
