Any gotchas with Windows 11?

[valnar]

I'm sitting happy with SageTV Server running on a Windows 10 machine, along with Plex and some other related stuff. I'm going to build a new box and slowly transfer everything over it. My first thought is start with Windows 11, but wanted to see what the group thinks here. Any issues?

'And not just with SageTV, but anything ancillary? I also use a USB-UIRT with an HD-PVR 1212. HDHomeRun as well. Does anybody have a tuner that does NOT work with Windows 11?

[t4runnr]

My stuff has survived upgrades from Win 7 to Win 10 to Win 11. But I don't have any tuners. My setup is purely as a media player.

[valnar]

Originally Posted by t4runnr

My stuff has survived upgrades from Win 7 to Win 10 to Win 11. But I don't have any tuners. My setup is purely as a media player.

I am now completely fascinated why you'd keep Sage only as a media player. No Plex + Roku combo?

[trk2]

I prefer to play through Sage because the Plex UI sucks. Poster view is the worst way to display a list of items.

[valnar]

True, no argument there. Poster view is a waste of space.

I like Plex when you have constant new recordings or additions because it floats them to the top. If all you have is archived old movies or shows, and thousands of them, then a simple alphabetical list that Sage provides is easier.

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by valnar

I like Plex when you have constant new recordings or additions because it floats them to the top.

You do know that you can sort your recordings in Sage by most recent and it does that too... right?

[Malfunction]

Originally Posted by valnar

I am now completely fascinated why you'd keep Sage only as a media player. No Plex + Roku combo?

Plex, Roku? I have Plex and the Roku app, is there some way this brings in new content?

[valnar]

Originally Posted by Malfunction

Plex, Roku? I have Plex and the Roku app, is there some way this brings in new content?

He didn't say new content - just a media player.

[t4runnr]

Originally Posted by valnar

I am now completely fascinated why you'd keep Sage only as a media player. No Plex + Roku combo?

Here are my reasons:

1. I've been using Sage a few years before Plex was around. So I was already used to the software.
2. Its purely for movies and tv. Not live TV. I have Hulu live TV for that. I don't require everything to be an all in one content environment.
3. It also allows me to organize my movies and tv the way I want it. In my experience, trying Plex, Kodi, Mediaportal, Jellyfin does not give me the organizing ability that Sage does for my media. I customize everything using custom genre so that a movie doesn't appear in multiple genre. Its extra work but like I said, it does what I want it to do. There are other things I could have wanted but they aren't show stoppers. As long as Sage continues doing what it is doing for me now, I have nothing to worry about.
3a. The organizing ability is further enhanced because I like using gemstone UI.
4. I don't use a Roku. I have nvidia shields and firesticks which work great for me.
5. I do use Jellyfin for streaming this media to our phones/firesticks when away from home. Only reason for that is that my family has iphones and there isn't a sage client for ios. Only for android. I hate the poster views it has but for away from home streaming, I'm fine with it.