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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by toni »

cprecioso wrote: post #185
aix1 wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can disable Online Media Sources in the settings and unpin any section you're not interested in from the main menu. I've done this and the only things that I see in my Plex app are locally-stored contents and my TV channels (delivered over IP by my ISP).

How are you watching IPTV on Plex? I thought they only allowed that through an actual tuner (+ a Plex Pass)

You need to run a local m3u/epg proxy like xTeVe[1] to emulate a DVR. But you still need a Plex Pass I think.

[1] https://github.com/xteve-project/xTeVe

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by deckiedan »

Liquix wrote: post #116
ulkesh wrote: post #113

I suppose I understand the reasons people prefer Jellyfin. But on the small chance of liking a commercial product, Plex is truly dead simple for my parents. They have an AppleTV. They signed up. I share it with them via their registered email address. And they’re in. It was as simple a process as I could hope for. That being said, do I like everything they’re pushing for? No. But they at least allow users to opt out.…

Not all commercial software is the devil, but money is the root of all evil. Rember Big G's old slogan before they were beholden to shareholders? Given Plex already employs multiple dark patterns in an attempt to obtain your email address, it's hard to imagine they wouldn't slide down the same slippery slope if they got bigger.

> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil...

1 Timothy 6:10 NRSV

So, just for random theological context, money itself isn't good or bad - it's just a convenient token of value... But it's the love of money, ie, the desire to possess and control value that you can use to get things from others, and somehow find security and worth in your possessions that is the big problem. And not "the" root of "all" evil, but "a" root of "all kinds" of evil...

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by kennend3 »

p1mrx wrote: post #54

When I looked into Jellyfin last year, the main problems were: - Can't connect to people's existing Plex servers. - Can't just invite someone without storing their password on my server. No support for (e.g.) OAuth2.

> - Can't connect to people's existing Plex servers.

This is such a weird thing to write.

I was shocked to learn that very nice seat from my ex-wife's Lexus wont fit in my Hyundai?

Is the opposite true, can the plex client connect to jellyfin?

Plex and Jellyfin are competitive, why is there some implied compatibility?

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by andybak »

josteink wrote: post #200
andybak wrote: post #196

> Recently, I opened up Plex and couldn’t find my own content. My media content had been pushed aside into a submenu while the app promotes its own streaming media and premium services instead. It's an annoying (but understandable from a business persepctive) default - but a few minutes digging in the settings and I figured out how to configure Plex back to how it was. My issues with Plex run deeper - the music metad…

From a practical point of view, if you’re already “just” using it as a media-server, wouldn’t a more realistic approach be to just install Linux on it? That way you can dedicate almost 100% of the limited RAM to Plex and it should keep running fine?

I can't stream to a HomePod speaker with Linux that I'm aware of. There's other MacOS conveniences I use as well.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by dmitriid »

10729287 wrote: post #187
dmitriid wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Paying won't guarantee you the soft you pay for won't switch business model for subscription, or sell to a bigger company that will extinguish it.

Not paying for software all but guarantees that it will be abandoned at one point. People want to eat, after all.

(The dichotomy between "I must earn a gazillion dollars because I'm a senior dev" and "I will not pay money (that pays those salaries) for software" that's so prevalent on HN is mind boggling)

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by irusensei »

causality0 wrote: post #197
irusensei wrote: post #174

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 wat…

So you're using four or five different things to replicate the functionality of one thing? This is sounding a lot like a certain Dropbox-related comment.

Not at all. There is a samba server and there is a media player in each device. I don't need to run .net or whatever code with a web server and a wrapper around ffmpeg. So it's totally the opposite of what you said.

I think the way I described how those devices get in sync gave you that opinion but to me as an user is basically just 2 things.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by kennend3 »

SeriousM wrote: post #157

I love open source and free stuff, but I also understand that there is nothing for free. This thread is packed with people wanting a free service, better open source for their (hopefully legal acquired) media. The code of the services is written by programmers in (mostly) their free time, the movies are produced by professionals and all you want is it even more cheaper! I wonder if you see that most of this "free stu…

Normally I dont explain my downvotes but i will do this here.

> Accept that sometimes ads are ok because it enables this freedom. > I wonder if you see that most of this "free stuff" you and I use every day

I've used Linux for decades but never saw a single ad yet this is "free"?

I also use a lot of opensource software (Libreoffice, Opera, you get the idea) none of these have ads.

As you said the code is written by people in their free time, if they want to support it via ads they are free to do so, but very few do.

If I pay for something I'd rather not have ads on top of this. They should have charged more instead of getting me as a customer and then putting ads into things.

Jellyfin is free and lacks ads. Plex charges a fee and has ads?

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by mrlatinos »

hatware wrote: post #2

Plex lost their best users by missing the point of self hosting entirely. Nobody wants to deal with third party downtime, even if it is rare and intermittent. I think most products go through phases like this. Plex has some diehards that have stuck around (I think it's just buyers remorse for the Plex pass) but I think they are at a 5th or 6th tier of "customer" at this point, seeing the continuous churn spiral they…

I guess I'm not one of Plex's best users. Huh.
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