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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by jszymborski »

runnerup wrote: post #11
matsimitsu wrote: post #10

The only reason I still use Plex is that they have (native) apps on nearly every device me and my friends have (tv's, playstation etc.). I remember starting with XBMC, which had the most beautiful theme's/skins that were really well optimised for the console experience, and there were many of them, all for free. And now I'm paying for a Plex pass and everything is becoming more clunky and less usable each year, such…

Jellyfin has it for my devices, which are cheap Roku TV's. but yes this is pretty critical that it be compatible with your devices for QOL.

This was the main factor that I checked when switching from Plex to Jellyfin. Was really happy they supported my cheapo Rokus. The apps are perfectly OK. They are less good for music, but the show/movie experience is better than it was for plex after they made it super annoying to get to your collection.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by discardedrefuse »

rektide wrote: post #12

This all feels like it should be 800x less of an issue because phones & tablets should just be able to connect over SMB & you should use whatever media player you want on your device. Telling your home router to forward 445 is not that hard. Usinf minupnpc or just building in auto-port forwarding would be better. Alas I've seen some isp's block users from connecting to 445, which seems insane (my ispets me host there…

Phones and tablets can access windows shares just fine. You just need a file manager that supports it. Regardless, direct playing files from a share, doesn't come close to matching the UX a media server provides.

Also, don't expose windows shares to the internet.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by thejman5200 »

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: post #16
thejman5200 wrote: post #14

I have actually been happy with Plex's direction over time. The free ad-supported section of Plex is easy enough to ignore but adds legitimacy to the service and gives revenue to the devs. The last thing I want is for Plex to become Kodi and then get removed from app stores and tvs because it is synonymous with easy and accessible piracy. Especially since it seems like everybody who wants plex pass already has it and…

Don't need secret sale emails, the lifetime Plex Pass is right there on their page: https://www.plex.tv/plex-pass/

Lifetime Plex for goes on sale a few times a year instead of $120 it goes down to like $75. Everybody (including me tbf) just waits a year until a sale and buys lifetime. I don't know why they keep offering deep discounts on their lifetime pass because their userbase has an upper limit - there's only so many people interested in running their own illegal piracy server

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by Rebelgecko »

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: post #16
thejman5200 wrote: post #14

I have actually been happy with Plex's direction over time. The free ad-supported section of Plex is easy enough to ignore but adds legitimacy to the service and gives revenue to the devs. The last thing I want is for Plex to become Kodi and then get removed from app stores and tvs because it is synonymous with easy and accessible piracy. Especially since it seems like everybody who wants plex pass already has it and…

Don't need secret sale emails, the lifetime Plex Pass is right there on their page: https://www.plex.tv/plex-pass/

Depending on how long you're willing to wait, their emails regularly have 20-50% off discounts on the lifetime pass

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by thejman5200 »

digitalnomad91 wrote: post #15

I actually run Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin. I would like to only run Jellyfin, but unfortunately some devices will not have jellyfin, but will have plex and/or emby. The main reason I personally still use Plex (or sometimes Emby) even though I am running Jellyfin with all the exact same stuff -- is because Jellyfin sucks at live TV / iptv. It's interface is complete trash and I can't seem to get a good "guide" going lik…

How do you manage the metadata between all the services? Seems like a huge headache to keep them all correct and updated

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by probotect0r »

I bought a 4k projector recently to use for a home theatre which came with AndroidTV. I have a small collection of 4k movies and shows that I wanted to enjoy, but my PC was on a different floor from my projector. I had used Plex a long time ago, and looked for an open source alternative and found JellyFin. It took like 20 minutes to get set up and start watching my content on my projector. The JellyFin AndroidTV app auto-discovered the server running on my PC, and it also supports streaming HEVC encoded content natively, which the web browser client on Firefox and Chrome doesn't seem to yet [1]. When I streamed HEVC content in the web browser client, the server was transcoding it on the fly, which was nice but it was sending my PC to 100% CPU. The library organization features are probably not as good as Plex's, but they are good enough for me.

[1] https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/codec-support/

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by cvwright »

crims0n wrote: post #18

I am interested in migrating to Jellyfin for most of the same reasons, but the apparent lack of an Apple TV app is a bit of a deal breaker.

They link to a commercial app for the AppleTV. It’s totally worth the $0.99/month until they get the official Swiftfin version working.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by perryizgr8 »

I tried to switch to jellyfin from plex, but the TV app is not yet good enough. The subtitles looked ugly, there was no way to customize it. They are huge, almost covering up a quarter of my 55 inch screen.

Apart from this one issue, I didn't feel anything missing. It's quite good. I don't see a reason to use plex over jellyfin unless you want some of their paid features.

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