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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by prometheon1 » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 8:52 AM UTC

vachina wrote: post #78

Tried Jellyfin, but it doesn’t seem to have the capability to stream directly to my TV, it always wants to transcode it which strips away all the 4K and HDR niceties. While Plex would try its best to preserve the original stream and only transcode what the TV can’t support. Also Plex’s clients are more polished, it actually feels like I’m browsing my own Netflix. You can always turn off third party content in Plex (b…

I had issues getting it to stream directly to my TV. It wasn't easy to find but what solved it for me was changing the DLNA profile settings like this example: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-docs/issues/233

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by hankidotdev » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 8:56 AM UTC

Moved from Plex to Jellyfin about a month ago. While it obviously isn't as polished as Plex (yet), it has come a long way in the last few years. I remember trying it about 2 years ago and the experience wasn't nearly as good.

Biggest problem for me was recognizing anime, Plex usually does a good job with it but Jellyfin doesn't. My solution is just to rename (or rather, create hardlinks with proper file names and structure) with Sonarr.

Second biggest problem has been the Android TV client. I find it clunky and the built-in video player doesn't support HDR. You can use external player (like VLC) or set up Kodi with Jellyfin add-on which I've done, but it's still not as smooth experience as with Plex.

Overall I find it better than Plex, with active community pushing new updates constantly.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by dmitriid » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 9:01 AM UTC

colordrops wrote: post #34

Plex is one of the reasons I now always choose open source over closed source but free as in beer. They start out great but as financial constraints creep in the compromises are made that create a very unpleasant experience. For example, I'd love to use Obsidian, which is an amazing app, but who knows what will happen to it in the future.

> I now always choose open source over closed source but free as in beer.

> They start out great but as financial constraints creep in

Funny how you talk about financial constraints, and still refuse to pay for software.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by irusensei » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 9:36 AM UTC

I’ve stopped using Plex-like stuff. I don’t really need it because transcoding isn’t as relevant as it was before. Pretty much every device I own can play h265 without CPU overhead.

What I’m doing is basically a Samba file share + Infuse/Kodi. Thats it. You pretty much get the same results. Infuse can sync between devices using cloud sync and trackt, which can be used through a hide-my-mail account. Kodi can sync watched shows through said Trakt account.

Infuse costs me a dollar a month and Kodi is free. I don’t need a NAS with a powerful CPU that can transcode. Anything that has disks and saturates the gigabit connection is enough.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by smcleod » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 9:41 AM UTC

least wrote: post #137

franciscop wrote: post #115

> "My media content had been pushed aside into a submenu while the app promotes its own streaming media and premium services instead." This is my biggest pet-peeve coming from Linux world. In Linux the music players you find bundled with different distros are simple, but they just work. However since moving to MacOS, I have to either use iTunes or Music, and in Android the default music player and the latest updates…

There are a lot of music players for the Mac, here are a few of them: https://swinsian.com/ https://colibri-lossless.com/ https://cog.losno.co/ https://vox.rocks/

Swinsian is excellent for large libraries too.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by RealStickman_ » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 9:49 AM UTC

aix1 wrote: post #161

For me, the main thing that's lacking in Plex is good support for audiobooks. The storage and metadata backend are good, but I'm on Android and just couldn't find a good app that would: 1. work with Plex 2. play books both online and offline (by pre-downloading) 3. not require the Plex server to be exposed to the internet 4. (nice to have) sync reading position across devices I played with the Plex app (doesn't remem…

Jellyfin is just a dumb server, as in you can do the routing to it in any way you like. (Wireguard VPN, Tailscale, etc)

Offline playback is rather rare still. I know of Finamp and S2 [1] for music that support offline playback. You can download media in the official app, but you'll need a different player for playback. If you do offline playback, I don't think the reading position is synced to the server when you go online later.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by jxdxbx » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 9:54 AM UTC

Weirdly Plex has gotten good at music. Which it used to suck at. But Plexamp and sonic analysis is cool.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by jxdxbx » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 9:54 AM UTC

smcleod wrote: post #175

least wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a lot of music players for the Mac, here are a few of them: https://swinsian.com/ https://colibri-lossless.com/ https://cog.losno.co/ https://vox.rocks/

Swinsian is excellent for large libraries too.

Yes. I have about 2.5 TB of music and Swinsian does not break a sweat.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by r-bar » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 10:06 AM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #76

colordrops wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But there's an entire workflow embedded in the use of Obsidian. It's not "just markdown". That's like saying you could move from vscode to notepad because it's "just text".

Yup and that is my problem with startups like supabase too. I have just started using pocketbase for that reason.

How does supabase not qualify as open source?

Their stack is primarily comprised of other independent open source projects. The one component that isn't is their "realtime" server that serves updates from postgres' WAL over websockets, but that is open sourced[0] under Apache 2.0. From my understanding the primary part that has not been open sourced is their database browser / web UI. There are plenty of alternative management tools for postgres though. As you can export your database what else would you need to ensure your portability and independence?

Granted they make their docs fairly opaque for trying to self host. Presumably to encourage you to just use their hosted service. Hosting open sourced projects seems like a very ecosystem friendly way of monetizing.

[0] https://github.com/supabase/realtime

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by traspler » Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 10:08 AM UTC

Wintereise wrote: post #166

Plex' Android TV app (ATV) is a travesty in regards to pretty much every feature that matters. From broken playback state tracking, "currently watching" that just won't go away (obvious local state management issues), subtitles that randomly won't show up (no matter what you do), un-configurable +30s/-10s skip options, outright crashes (that toss the local state of whatever you were doing), fun with HDR playback (goo…

The subtitle timing is also broken. Strangely when I cast the same video to my ATV I get better results than using the native app.

In general, on all Plex apps I've had a lot of issues with 4K content and Surround downmixing. You can configure an audio boost option for downmixing in the options but even then it's still barely usable.