finally got round to install Plex on the laptop so I can just stream my music from the usb drive I backed up the CDs to. Next is to see about backing up my DVDs to a drive :)

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I'm regularly watching shows that I've DVDs of so it just makes sense to make use of them through Plex. Then I might be able to reduced the number of streamers I'm currently paying for