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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by flatiron »

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.

I paid $75 for plex 9 years ago and have gotten way more than my monies worth. Their shift to monetization In my opinion is over blown. You can simply go and turn that crap off. Having my media on any device at any time is a life changer. Especially with small kids.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by rodric »

andybak wrote: post #214
josteink wrote: post #200

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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.

Is your Mac mini serving and playing your music, or serving only? The server wouldn’t stream directly to a HomePod speaker, and your player (perhaps on an iPhone or iPad?) would stream to your speaker equally whether the server runs on macOS or Linux.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by Vrondi »

Is Jellyfin yet able to actually keep up with auto scanning for new files without taking an entire day? I don't want to have to manually tell it to update all the time, and I don't want to have to wait over night if I let it auto scan.

I keep wanting to use Jellyfin, but there just keep being unacceptable flaws like the above (from earlier this year).

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by Vrondi »

SyrupThinker wrote: post #198
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…

> However since moving to MacOS, I have to either use iTunes or Music, […]; they expect me to use their services and that's front and clear, while my local music is hidden away in a menu button. I'm not sure what you are referring to here. Listening to your own music in the macOS Music app is as simple as dragging (importing) the music into Music.app and selecting any of the options ("Recently Added", "Songs", etc.)…

But on OSX, there are TONS of choices for music apps. You just need to bother yourself to explore the landscape a bit. Nobody will force you to use Apple's apps.

On Android, PowerAmp is still there and still the best.

If anyone ever forced you to use Windows, then MusicBee is the best.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by daemoens »

hatware wrote: post #119
daemoens wrote: post #9

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I haven't really encountered any issues besides the downtime that has occured maybe twice since I bought the yearly two years ago. Everything just works and I never really notice those three submenus except when I'm logging into a new device and it takes like ~10 seconds to unpin them. Everything has been basically perfect for me.

> I haven't really encountered any issues besides the downtime that has occured maybe twice since I bought the yearly two years ago. > I never really notice those three submenus except when I'm logging into a new device and it takes like ~10 seconds to unpin them. Maybe it's just me, but the way you've written these sentences makes it sound like you have buyers remorse. Doesn't sound like things are "basically perfec…

How does that sound like buyers remorse? Twice over two years is essentially nothing, and I do the ~10 seconds unpinning like twice a year. It's so close to basically no issues I consider Plex to be perfect for me.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by Vrondi »

qudat wrote: post #60
jghn wrote: post #43

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With Obsidian the thing that made me ok with this was it's all just markdown. I have all my data stored locally in an ubiquitous file format

This is the primary motivating factor for why I like https://prose.sh You store your markdown files locally and then copy them to your hosted blog.

Just like Obsidian, right?

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by qudat »

Vrondi wrote: post #277
qudat wrote: post #60

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This is the primary motivating factor for why I like https://prose.sh You store your markdown files locally and then copy them to your hosted blog.

Just like Obsidian, right?

Yep except instead of it being a note-taking app, it's a blog platform.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by Vrondi »

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…

Yeah, I haven't needed transcoding since I was watching stuff streamed from my PC to my PS2. The entire existence of Plex, I've been confused about why so many people thought they needed transcoding, because even low end devices can play most media just fine without it for many years now.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by Vrondi »

WastingMyTime89 wrote: post #182
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…

I just use Jellyfin with transcoding disabled. It’s still nice having a web client and being able to watch anywhere. Plus it doesn’t cost me a dollar a month which is nice.

But Jellyfin web client can't play a lot of common media file formats, because the browsers cannot play them.
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