Plex Lifetime Pass TL₺822,99 (~A$47.67) with Oldubil @ Plex (VPN Required)

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Plex Lifetime Pass TL₺822,99 (~A$47.67) with Oldubil @ Plex (VPN Required)

Deals For Days on 27/06/2023 - 19:39 plex.tv (2036 clicks)
Last edited 27/06/2023 - 20:00 by 1 other user

A hero has emerged! So much praise to I Smell Pennies for their incredible work on helping our holidaying and migration to the beautiful country of Turkey. I thought this would be worth posting on its own, since it's great value.

For this deal, you will need to follow their instructions for the other deals to obtain a Turkish Mastercard. This can be used for their numerous other deals as well, so it's worth going through the steps (as a bonus, you'll be able to use it when you holiday/migrate also).

For those who have been holding out on Plex Pass, it's great to pick up a subscription whilst you're in Turkey, with the price dropping nominally below $50 AUD given current exchange rates. There are a few extra $$'s required for exchange fees, nonetheless this is a great time if you've been wanting hardware transcoding and app access.

Step by step:

You will need an Oldubil digital card with sufficient funds to make the purchase (TL₺822,99)
Once you have landed in Turkey and have access to the internet via your Turkish ISP (alternatively, you would be using a VPN. NordVPN works well in Turkey), go to the Plex Pass Upgrade landing page. If you are connected appropriately, you should see a prompt to upgrade at a monthly price in TL₺. If you see another currency, you may need to try another ISP/VPN.
Click the prompt and create or login to your Plex account.
Select lifetime pass for TL₺822,99
Enter your Oldubil card details; as helpfully pointed out by kaneoriley the postcode 06700 is appropriate with default Oldubil bank settings
You should be able to purchase the pass successfully.

Some users have had issues with their card transaction not working, so perhaps it is worth making sure you have something else you can spend your Lira on in case you can't get the transaction to go through. I had no trouble using NordVPN.

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NuttyGoodness on 27/06/2023 - 19:40

+5

Still waiting on Wise to send it to Oldubil
- Deals For Days on 27/06/2023 - 19:42
  
  +1
  
  Worth cancelling Wise and going through Revolut - my transfer with Revolut was less than 30 mins!
  - NuttyGoodness on 27/06/2023 - 19:45
    
    Either way my money is stuck in Wise for the moment so I’ll wait it out and use Revolut next time
    - SuperFred on 27/06/2023 - 20:43
      
      +1
      
      You can still cancel the transfer, took less than 5 seconds and then you can covert TRY back to AUD and withdraw it, sure you lose a few bucks due to the transaction fee but Revolut is so much faster
  - boretentsu on 28/06/2023 - 08:03
    
    +1
    
    I made the transfer 6 hrs ago via revolt and still nothing
    - joetrim on 28/06/2023 - 08:28
      
      I believe another user said that the banks are closed there until around 4pm AEST so we might need to wait until this afternoon. I used Revolut last night.
  - mountaineer on 28/06/2023 - 10:44
    
    I believe it depends on the banks not Wise or Revolut…my transfer via Revolut took 23 hours… I made the payment around 11 PM AEST on Monday ..
    - boretentsu on 28/06/2023 - 23:57
      
      Hmm still waiting 22 hrs
      - HojuGuy on 29/06/2023 - 00:09
        
        @boretentsu: Someone posted that there is a public holiday and funds won't be processed until the 3rd. This sound credible as my Aus bank stated the same thing.
        
        AllYourBase11 on 29/06/2023 - 10:29
        
        @HojuGuy: I hope so, I'm at like 30 something hours at this point
        
        boretentsu on 30/06/2023 - 08:58
        
        @HojuGuy: Thanks for letting me know
    - boretentsu on 04/07/2023 - 01:44
      
      Finally came through and managed to purchase!
      - boretentsu on 04/07/2023 - 19:49
        
        -1
        
        @G-rig: Not sure how you got to comparing tidal which is a music streaming service to plex which is a self hosted content server application.
        
        G-rig on 04/07/2023 - 21:01
        
        @boretentsu: Yeah nvm, was saying that I would listen to music albums more than watching the same movie over and over, so see value in Plex and Plexamp for that purpose.
        
        Btw Tidal used to be offered with Plex when it was first new.
        
        Different priorities I guess.
Ozbaragain on 27/06/2023 - 19:43

+2

Oh my god I should do this ….
- - tm001 on 27/06/2023 - 22:06
    
    +9
    
    What would you need a car for?
    People use public transport. Have never got the whole petrol price issue. Just jump on the pushbike and off you go!
    
    Just to answer your question though - I got Netflix, Prime, Apple TV+, Paramount+. Had the Hulu and Disney on few months trial. And I still don't have many films/shows I would like to watch. With transcoding my household can watch everywhere from tiny phone, through tablets, PCs, All-in-Ones, to big TVs.
    You may not need it, but that does not mean others may not find it interesting.
    - - Teebytok on 29/06/2023 - 09:37
        
        @G-rig: You don't need to spend hundreds on a off the shelf NAS, it can just be an old desktop you got lying around, and add some very cheap HDDs to it. Or you can buy a SFF secondhand for under 100, can add at least a few TB of HDD and SDD for cheap. the compute requirements are very low so you don't need much hardware to run it
  - Jonzay on 28/06/2023 - 08:13
    
    +2
    
    People stream mostly now.
    
    Yup, that's the idea. You stream your Plex library.
    You can even use the Plex app to watch your media library while on public transport.
    - - Jonzay on 28/06/2023 - 08:23
        
        +2
        
        @G-rig: NAS's aren't just for a media library. That is just an auxiliary purpose.
      - PainToad on 28/06/2023 - 10:05
        
        +3
        
        @G-rig:
        
        Netflix 4k via turkey is only $7/month.
        
        And when Netflix has all the content I want to watch without fear of content being randomly removed I’ll be interested in Netflix (hint:never)
        
        Jonzay on 28/06/2023 - 10:48
        
        +1
        
        @G-rig:
        
        It would be hard to putting the time downloading all that crap again in better quality in case you may watch it in the future.
        
        Sonarr and Radarr completely automate all of that. Continuous monitoring. At the beginning of the config, you set what standards you will and won't accept for all files, then as you request items, it'll grab the best it can get that meets your standards, and if something better comes along, it'll automatically grab that and replace the old file.
        
        Jonzay on 28/06/2023 - 11:20
        
        @G-rig: Usenet is generally the preferred source.
        
        But yes, you can't get 4K/Atmos if the content literally doesn't exist. If it does, then it's generally available.
        
        MrFunSocks on 29/06/2023 - 13:10
        
        @G-rig: That's cool when the content you want to watch is available to stream on the services you're paying for. What about when it's not and never will be?
        
        PainToad on 29/06/2023 - 13:40
        
        @G-rig:
        
        Dunno.
        
        G-rig on 29/06/2023 - 13:43
        
        -1
        
        @PainToad: Yes Pointless mate.
        It's only TV FFS.
        
        Pricebeat on 06/08/2023 - 13:59
        
        @Jonzay: are there any guides for Synology? can't find any recent ones
CyberMurning on 27/06/2023 - 19:45

+4

so without pass, we cannot use our NAS ability to hardware transcoding ?
- danielh on 27/06/2023 - 19:47
  
  +2
  
  That is correct. (Also assuming your NAS can do HW encoding).
  - CyberMurning on 27/06/2023 - 20:11
    
    +1
    
    nope my NAS is 11yo synology cant do x265
- Morien on 27/06/2023 - 19:51
  
  +2
  
  *hardware decoding
  
  You can still use software decoding.
  - CyberMurning on 27/06/2023 - 20:17
    
    if my NAS (which is the plex server) cant play x265 (confimred, its 11 years old synology), but the plex client can, it will play just fine, right?
    next question, how do i know if the clients side can play x265?
    i have 2 clients i can choose:
    samsung tv (2023 model but not the high end)
    or
    chromecast with google tv (the older model with 4K capabilities)
    - Konradical on 27/06/2023 - 20:28
      
      When you attempt to play the file and it requires to transcode, you may simply get "This server is not powerful enough to convert video".
      I got a Intel Xeon W1250 in the QNAP TVS h-1668X and it transcodes everything without breaking a sweat.
      - CyberMurning on 27/06/2023 - 21:07
        
        @Konradical: ok so its all about the server then? or… can we get the client to process the x265 files if the server is not able?
        
        Konradical on 27/06/2023 - 21:30
        
        @CyberMurning: Yes, its all about the server's capability as the "Transcoding" takes place at the source (Server).
        Plex clients do not transcode.
        Example:
        Chromecast will not be able to transcode at 80+GB 4K Remux 60-110 mbps into 1080p 10mbps or lower file.
        It can play once the server transcodes it and sends it to the client. It can transcode on the fly
        
        Taking into consideration Australia's 3rd world internet service were we can only get 50mbps upload and pay ridiculous pricing for it too… external clients outside of your home network will need to transcode to go below the 50mbps if you have enough horsepower to transcode.
        Or alternatively, you can provide a secondary file in a format that falls below the 50mbps and that wont require transcoding. ie. h264. I believe a Chromecast device should be able to open that format without the need of transcoding.
        Ultimately though, if you use installed TV apps or skimp on crappy client devices to play such content, expect to be missing multiple codex's that requires more often than not, your plex server to transcode. Thus the recommendation is either the NVidia Shield Pro or Apple TV 4K as those devices will have pretty much every video and audio codec you want and your only limitation playing from your server will be your upload bandwidth outside of your home network. (Bandwidth not really an issue when playing locally on the same network).
        
        Hope that helps.
        
        CyberMurning on 27/06/2023 - 21:39
        
        @Konradical: ok, apologies im really noob here,
        firstly i play locally same network, NAS and TV connected to router next to it with cable).
        now all my files are mkv h264 (720p and 1080p, all plays fine) but i just got this new 4k tv and want to start watching in 4k (but less file size).
        i think best is just to try download 4k x265 and 720p x265 and try.
        
        if fail then the solution is nvidia shield pro (im not apple person).
        i was thinking to upgrade my NAS instead but without plex pass it cant decode, so i think maybe not
        
        Konradical on 27/06/2023 - 21:57
        
        +1
        
        @CyberMurning: Yup, doesn't matter if its a $500 or a $8k TV, manufacturers pack the same cheapest software crap with little codex capabilities, thus the need to invest in a proper client hardware streaming box if you want to avoid transcoding. It goes without saying though, picture quality off course will be different between a $500 and a $8K TV.
        
        This is how it stands in your scenario without plex pass.
        A. Buy NVidia Shield Pro and that will allow your synology nas to direct stream h265 to the NVidia Shield as the shield can open it natively.
        *Synology does not need to transcode the h265 into a different format as the client can read/play it.
        B. Download h264 content instead as I believe pretty much every TV supports that codex.
        Based on your correct assumption above, h264 has larger file sizes and you will be looking at buying larger hard drives sooner rather than later.
        
        Either way if you start hoarding because you like the idea of expanding your library, you will be looking at buying new drives, then expanding to a bigger NAS, then further expanding to even bigger or more drives.. when will it end?
        
        If you don't:
        Transcode
        OR
        Need to access your content outside of your home network (which is nice)
        
        You don't need Plex Pass
        
        CyberMurning on 27/06/2023 - 22:09
        
        @Konradical: agree. keeping 20GB for 1 movie isnt wise
        but cant watch 720p on 4k TV forever
        
        CyberMurning on 28/06/2023 - 09:42
        
        @Konradical: update: weird … dowloaded 1080p x265 and it plays fine using both samsung plex app and chromecast plex app.. later will try 4k x265
        this is gold. i may re-download all my movies collections and save TBs of spaces
        
        BorisYeltsin on 30/06/2023 - 19:28
        
        @Konradical: The other option is not to use Plex at all. Personally I found it clunky and restrictive in a PC environment.
        
        I recommend Serviio. You just need a middle to average PC that can be used as a dedicated/semi-dedicated DLNA server.
        
        I'm using one of those refurbished Dell i5s ($250) bought via here, hooked up to my media array via USB. The majority of viewing is via a TV (wireless).
        
        I've tried Plex, Emby, and a handful of others but always come back to Serviio. Plex felt awful, and Emby went ape with their metadata digging/folder structure requirements (and their support is terrible).
        
        Serviio has been very easy to use and setup. You can disregard all Metadata, and web scraping for media, set up a very simple Folder setup (WYSIWIG), with no hassles. Occasionally the source files may have non alphabetic ordering, so sometimes it takes a few minutes to rename.
        
        The polling for new media is good etc.
        
        And Its free.
        
        I'm not associated with Serviio. Just a retired software developer, who likes to test and tinker.
        
        zorodluffy on 09/07/2023 - 07:54
        
        @Konradical: sorry new to this, but what abt playing your media files on ur plex app on the phone, do i need plex pass to do that?
        
        Konradical on 09/07/2023 - 13:16
        
        @zorodluffy: If your on your local network, no.
        If you want to be able to watch your content outside of your local network, then yes.
        
        mrdesengo on 28/06/2023 - 01:37
        
        +1
        
        @CyberMurning: Dont bother trying to transcode. My 4 year old LG TV still plays x265 content in its Plex app just fine. I also use shield,Xbox one X, and Lenovo P11 Pro. All play x265 with transcode turned off (direct play).
        Cheaper tablets (A8 and M10) and various other cut down hardware such as Chromecast dont allow for hardware x265 decoding (thought you can enable alternative player in the settings and use MxPlayer to play the file in Plex if you want, haven't tried that with Chromecast though.
        
        Bottom line is transcoding is a huge waste of time and quality if you are watching video on the same LAN as the server. UNLESS you have outdated hardware, in which case you are better of long term upgrading your device/player and not investing in more transcoding power.
        
        G-rig on 28/06/2023 - 02:29
        
        @mrdesengo: Yeah just get a smart tv, or Google TV ;)
        
        CyberMurning on 28/06/2023 - 09:44
        
        @mrdesengo: yup now i make sure the plex server sertting doesnt say transcode
        and weird is plex client app on chromecast can play x265 just fine yesterday (1080p).
        will try 4k x265 later today once the download finishes.
        
        actually probably i confuse everyone here and using word transcode incorrectly. what i want is to play x265 movies/tv shows/anime stored on an old NAS with cpu incapable of playing x265 (Intel Atom D525 2cores).
        
        mrdesengo on 01/07/2023 - 19:01
        
        @CyberMurning: Transcode/recode = converting video or audio to a more compatible format or adding subtitles, usually resulting in a much larger file in order to encode quickly and reduce chance of costant buffering while player waits for encoder.
        
        Encode = similar to transcode, encode usually involves taking a source video (dvd disc) and encoding the whole thing video and audio to a more compressed format to make it able to be streamed, packaged into 1 file.
        
        Decode = playing the file using appropriate codec, some media players have more/better codecs than others. Thats why some media players cant play certain videos, they dont have the required codecs. Media players are decoders.
        
        Worth noting with plex is subtitles. If you are watching a video and you try to get the subs from plex within the app, be careful which type you use. I cant remember the file extention but some require a transcode, resulting in incompatibility if transcoding disabled. The other extension just displays as an overlay requiring no additional server resources at all.
        
        CyberMurning on 01/07/2023 - 19:44
        
        @mrdesengo: Wow thanks.
        Yes i have srt files for subs and seems okay doesnt affect the processing.
  - Commodore64 on 27/06/2023 - 21:58
    
    Better to use direct play, and not transcode.
easternculture on 27/06/2023 - 19:51

+8

Long live Old Übil
- askbargain on 27/06/2023 - 19:59
  
  +6
  
  Doing more to the economy than the Turkish government.
  - easternculture on 27/06/2023 - 20:07
    
    +2
    
    Plot twist: RBA is a major investor in Oldubil
    - Ennex on 28/06/2023 - 10:05
      
      +1
      
      So that's why they're increasing interest rates. "Move in with your friends while we invest in Turkish companies"
Yafuturefavorite on 27/06/2023 - 19:53

+1

Is plex worth the money?
- nagel on 27/06/2023 - 19:55
  
  +10
  
  Try it, if you like it then buy it and support it. I have and paid full price. Don't regret it for a second.
- Deals For Days on 27/06/2023 - 19:55
  
  +8
  
  Has been debated a lot on other forums, I think at this price it's okay. The $100+ price isn't value IMO.
- M00Cow on 27/06/2023 - 19:57
  
  +6
  
  It's good if you have lots of content saved on your NAS, basically similar to any streaming service (profiles, continue where you left off)
- BargainBuddy on 27/06/2023 - 20:01
  
  HW decode is not too important. But if you want to access the content in a mobile device then its totally worth it.
  
  Regardless if you want to support them, you can buy the subscription. So people like me can keep using their service free of charge.
  - Korban Dallas on 27/06/2023 - 21:16
    
    +1
    
    Yeah but you can lucky patcher the app and make it free.
- boomramada on 27/06/2023 - 20:05
  
  +1
  
  I bought it but hardly use any of the features
- ihfree on 27/06/2023 - 20:20
  
  +1
  
  Yep. I paid a few years ago.
  
  The features I just most are:
  
  mobile apps
  
  download to mobile apps
  
  skip intros
  
  I have a server that supports transcoding but all clients support my formats anyway.
  
  Have a read of the features and decide what you will use:
  https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid…
  - vlahka on 28/06/2023 - 08:00
    
    I noticed the paid version claims you can watch extras that come with movies. Is this stuff the odd behind the scenes video sourced from youtube or are they saying if I had lord of the rings or even the recently released avatar 2, all the extras on those discs are available for me to access?
- Bruceflix on 27/06/2023 - 20:21
  
  +5
  
  Worth it just for intro skipping.
- kevinroast on 28/06/2023 - 07:20
  
  +1
  
  On a Shield, nope. Dumped it for Emby and haven't looked back.
  - Pwoar on 28/06/2023 - 18:30
    
    Does emby have intro skip and support offline downloads?
  - PainToad on 28/06/2023 - 20:35
    
    People still use Emby? Why wouldn’t you use Jellyfin, it forked off Emby.
    - BorisYeltsin on 30/06/2023 - 19:45
      
      Did Jellyfin take Emby's metadata/folder requirement madness stuff with it?
- mhz on 28/06/2023 - 08:37
  
  Not in my opinion. I switched to Infuse on apple tv as it plays everything I throw at it, without the need to transcode anything on the server end and has native support for cloud storage unlike Plex.
  - G-rig on 02/07/2023 - 10:51
    
    Exactly, any smart tv, or device like Google TV, Apple TV and Firestick can do all of this, shouldn't need to worry ourselves with transcoding these days. The could device can push the native files to the device. Just use kodi or something, or even plug in a hdd to tv - not that difficult.
- SuperLate on 28/06/2023 - 09:42
  
  I had it years ago but stopped using as I moved to other more convenient services like online streaming, iCloud, Google Drive, Google photos, Chromecast, screen mirroring, VLC and Spotify and more. All of the other services are mostly free. Now, I don't see any value in paying to get a Plex subscription personally. Since I left it 10 years ago, never again felt a need to use it. In fact, I almost forgot that Plex still exists until I saw this deal.
askbargain on 27/06/2023 - 20:01

+2

Anyone going to do Steam or Discord next?
- Deals For Days on 27/06/2023 - 20:02
  
  +1
  
  I’d be very interested to see average game prices in Turkey Steam…
  - askbargain on 27/06/2023 - 20:04
    
    https://steamdb.info/app/671860/
    
    55% for this game
    - Fixel99 on 27/06/2023 - 20:08
      
      +6
      
      I would feel kinda bad. Battlebit is a tiny dev team of 3 people. It's already an insanely good price. AAA is a different story though…
    - Deals For Days on 27/06/2023 - 20:15
      
      Interesting. Is the strategy to create an entire new Steam account? Sounds like you're at risk of getting your account closed otherwise…
      - askbargain on 27/06/2023 - 20:17
        
        @Deals For Days: Could probably use a second account.
- thewiseone on 27/06/2023 - 20:08
  
  Hopefully along with Office365!
- sweetchilli on 27/06/2023 - 20:11
  
  +1
  
  Discord has already been done here
- AustriaBargain on 27/06/2023 - 20:43
  
  I want to know how to pay my taxes through Old Ubil…
- I Smell Pennies on 27/06/2023 - 20:47
  
  I can. If you want…
- sourbombs on 27/06/2023 - 22:17
  
  I just tried it for Steam and it worked flawlessly.
  - ozbagends on 04/07/2023 - 22:33
    
    Don't do it. Adding funds from OlduBil gets your account flagged and banned.
- 2FLASHY on 28/06/2023 - 19:15
  
  Discord nitro was done. I paid $26 for the year hoping that the streaming would be good. It's only as good as the worst viewers internet.
- ozbagends on 04/07/2023 - 22:33
  
  Don't do it. Adding funds from OlduBil gets your account flagged and banned.
PainToad on 27/06/2023 - 20:04

+4

Inb4 the the Jellyfin fanboys.
- besttraveltech on 27/06/2023 - 20:16
  
  +11
  
  This is a good deal if you're already running Plex free.
  
  But if you were choosing a platform to set-up on, even if Plex were 100% free, I'd still opt for Jellyfin at the moment.
  - PainToad on 27/06/2023 - 20:51
    
    +3
    
    Yeah nah.
    
    Jellyfin clients suck.
    
    No built in Intro Skipping, rather a plug-in that has limited compatibility with clients.
  - Theek on 27/06/2023 - 20:51
    
    Agreed, I've started using Jellyfin in the last few weeks and I have no complaints, great android TV app and desktop experience!
  - Phoenixzeus on 28/06/2023 - 07:51
    
    Does Jellyfin have a working chromecast yet?
    - besttraveltech on 28/06/2023 - 09:21
      
      +1
      
      Yeah, been working for a while, including over the net without an SSL. They've got a great Android / Google TV app as well.
darthsparrow on 27/06/2023 - 20:07

+1

And I thought I did pretty well with this deal from about 2 years back: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/666383
- Deals For Days on 27/06/2023 - 20:25
  
  I missed out on that and was always so sad… finally the day has come again!
boretentsu on 27/06/2023 - 20:09

+1

The TL price has increased 30% but the conversion price is less lol.
um on 27/06/2023 - 20:12

+1

Finally a new method! Knew it was still possible… Great work
ginger-gin on 27/06/2023 - 20:16

+3

Quick question: can we use this Oldubil digital card for youtube turkey as well? Is the rate any that’s better compared to wise or revolut?
vash12 on 27/06/2023 - 20:17

Plex or Jellyfin ?
- Theek on 27/06/2023 - 20:50
  
  Jellyfin for sure if you don't already have a plex pass. You get free hardware transcoding and offline media streaming.
- PainToad on 27/06/2023 - 20:52
  
  +3
  
  Try both and decide for yourself. I try Jellyfin every year or so, I always go back to Plex. But give both a go.
adam149 on 27/06/2023 - 20:19

-2

Invest this money into real debrid then look at yourself in the mirror.
- PainToad on 27/06/2023 - 20:53
  
  -1
  
  Imagine relying on shitty streaming plugins.
flumpf on 27/06/2023 - 20:19

+2

I purchased a lifetime pass a while back wanting to support Plex, as it's mostly great.

Then they went and added a ridiculous and completely unnecessary "shrink the screen to a tiny box in the corner of the screen the nanosecond credits roll" (sometimes sooner) functionality on movies and TV that - as far as I can find - can't be turned off, and they ignore anybody who asks why they can't at least make a toggle for it (well, they have ignored me a few times now, and I promise that I've been polite… ;))
- MrFunSocks on 28/06/2023 - 12:18
  
  You can just click on the video to go back to full screen if you want to watch the credits.
  
  Plex also now supports skipping directly to mid/post credit scenes too which is great.

This was posted 10 months 1 day ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Plex Lifetime Pass TL₺822,99 (~A$47.67) with Oldubil @ Plex (VPN Required)

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