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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by katbyte »

tlamponi wrote: post #226
ClumsyPilot wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don’t need a NAS with a powerful CPU I have a home server with i3 8100 desktop, I wanget to get Intel Quicksync transcoding to work The amount of trial and error that took - linux situation is trully dire

> The amount of trial and error that took - linux situation is trully dire out of interest, did you try it on another OS and did it work OOTB there?

Fwiw if your Linux install has the right drivers for the igpu it does just work (at least on debian)

Have a 10th? (Frost) gen nuc and debian buster was a pain while bullseye just worked.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by philistine »

abawany wrote: post #146
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…

I recommend VLC - works well on windows, ios, macos, and android and frankly improves over the native players in each without unnecessary frills.

VLC’s UI and shortcuts make it a poor macOS citizen. IINA, which is custom-made for Mac, is a much better fit.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS »

thejman5200 wrote: post #75
shepherdjerred wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> there's only so many people interested in running their own illegal piracy server The upper bound is roughly anyone who enjoys watching TV/movies, and owns a computer.

Yeah, that's the theoretical limit but you also need to understand VPNs, torrenting, local networks, etc. Plex/Jellyfin/Emby make it super easy on the network/port forwarding/GUI side but it doesn't help with the media itself. Or you could go with ripping dvds you legally purchase at Goodwill.

If all you want is a server-based DVR for OTA TV, you need to understand none of those things, but still need Plex Pass for guide data.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by katbyte »

hankidotdev wrote: post #172

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 str…

If jellyfin is still like Emby which I use I would pick a different metadata server for you anime, tvdb is rubbish, themoviedb is great all around, and for anime you can point it at animelist which will figure out near anything

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by katbyte »

jjcon wrote: post #134

I’d love to use Jellyfin someday. Right now it doesn’t have broad enough support or the app ecosystem that I need. I use every OS and tvOS under the sun in my family. I need music apps for my music and audiobook apps for my audiobooks, so far I have only found this in plex (in addition to the video/tv/movies app).

Emby is commercial/what jellyfin forked from before they went closed source and has all the apps for every device and none of the streaming/ads/pushed online account nonsense

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by katbyte »

apexalpha wrote: post #205
BrandoElFollito wrote: post #189

I use Jellyfin because I like to have everything in docker containers and be able to always access the service via a browser. It works great on a PC and on my Android (where I have an app as well). This makes it also easier to secure the service via a proxy. Where Jellyfin is abysmally bad is Amazon Firestick. I tried to use it but it would always crash after some time, I gave up and am using VLC + SMB on the TV. Thi…

I use Plex server in Docker, it works fine.

Unless you don’t want to use their online accounts and want to bridge. If your client ip is not on the same subnet as the server it doesn’t allow you to use local accounts (at least when I last tried years ago)

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by PaulHoule »

Arn_Thor wrote: post #131
dylan604 wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who has hardware for transcoding any more, and what hardware is modern for that? Last dedicated hardware encoder I used was bad old days of MPEG2 for DVDs, but that went the way of the dodo when MPEG2 went native to the CPU. Never used hardware for h.264/5. I guess there was a board for J2k doing realtime lossless, but that was 2010ish. So I'm legit curious what hardware transcoding looks like today, and that Plex ch…

I use it all the time. It allows me to keep the highest-quality videos (4k HDR) for my own use while allowing family to stream it to less capable devices by hardware transcoding and tone mapping. A mid-range 11th gen i5 handles it without a stutter. Got a Plex lifetime pass many years ago and I’ve never regretted it.

I regret getting a Plex lifetime pass because it created the situation where Plex had no reason to listen to me as a customer and give up being the #1 home media server so they could be the #4312th gateway to all the off brand streaming services.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by causality0 »

irusensei wrote: post #216
causality0 wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Samba, infuse, kodi, trackt, hide-my-mail. This sounds like five different things I have to set up plus a paid monthly subscription.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by rolenthedeep »

z9znz wrote: post #224

I don't really understand storing lots of common media. Storing your own photos I get, since only you have them. But how many times do you watch the same movies/shows over again? Storing music makes a bit more sense, at least if you had the original media and it was ripped well. But that doesn't take much space at all; nowdays you can easily fit a huge music collection on a small storage device or even just in your p…

Some things aren't available for streaming, so you have to find a way to download it. Sometimes you have a bunch of DVDs you want to store and watch digitally without buying it again.

And then sometimes there's shows that just aren't worth paying Amazon $25 each for 15 seasons so you pirate it.

Now you have video on a disk somewhere and want to watch it on your TV and phone and tablet and grandma's computer. Systems like this are arguably the least painful way of doing that.

Will you watch any of those videos multiple times? Probably not, but it will always be there if you want it. It won't randomly disappear on the whims of a third party just when you want to show a new friend this cool show they definitely need to watch.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by NickRandom »

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.

As a side note - the original quote isn't in fact 'money is the root of all evil' rather the quote says 'it is the lack of money that is the root of all evil'.

A subtle difference I'll grant you but one that makes a huge difference to understanding and empathy imo.

[Edit to Expand] The original Hebrew text says it is the 'desire to possess money' that has somehow become mistranslated into 'love of money' rather than the original meaning of 'scarcity of money'.

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