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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by jjcon »

katbyte wrote: post #265
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

But it has lackluster options for music and audiobooks last I checked - something that I need just as much as tv shows and movies

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by steeve »

LASR wrote: post #194
steeve wrote: post #170

I just switched to InFuse on my Apple TV, it provides a better experience than Plex, with just a SMB share. Everything is done locally and synced over iCloud. Not going back.

I also tried this. But I could never figure out why my windows 10 box couldn’t do a proper samba share. Still use infuse, but through Plex server only.

I think it may have to do with the fact that Win10 disabled Guest access for SMB. Got bitten by this.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by colordrops »

brianzelip wrote: post #201
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".

What's the workflow beyond opening up the app and starting to type in a new or existing document?

Your question is the equivalent to "how does Obsidian differ from a minimalist Markdown editor."

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by colordrops »

dmitriid wrote: post #173
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.

That's a non sequitur. I was talking about financial constraints of the company, not the user. I'd have no problem paying for a piece of critical software if they contractually guaranteed that they wouldn't break the functionality and/or litter it with ads, or at least make it open source if they do. It has nothing to do with my personal financial constraints. That's a misinterpretation on your part.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by colordrops »

dmitriid wrote: post #215
10729287 wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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)

Yes Linux and Vim are dead. There are also no other examples of long lived open source projects that are free.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by crtasm »

flatiron wrote: post #271
10729287 wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

From what I've been told a lot of the frustration is that you can't simply turn it off for your server, all your users have to do it individually. If you've set it up for non-techie people who don't live nearby I can see how that'd be pretty annoying to deal with.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by ulkesh »

camel_Snake wrote: post #289
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.…

How do you handle the default quality on their devices? I believe Plex defaults to 720p which forces unnecessary transcoding, and this is a per-user per-device default setting. I have to continuously remind my users how to update their default quality to maximum available.

First off I have hardware transcoding so that’s not an issue. Second, all of my 1080p direct stream to my AppleTV and do not transcode. I changed no default settings for this.

As for remote users, it doesn’t seem to impact them either way.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by dmitriid »

colordrops wrote: post #305
dmitriid wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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)

Yes Linux and Vim are dead. There are also no other examples of long lived open source projects that are free.

Linux is primarily developed by large corporations.

And there are significantly more projects that have stagnated and disappeared than those that survived.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by ulkesh »

jhartwig wrote: post #260
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.…

He would make you eat his toe nails for that comment.

Gross. But true.

Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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Post by dmitriid »

colordrops wrote: post #304
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.

That's a non sequitur. I was talking about financial constraints of the company, not the user. I'd have no problem paying for a piece of critical software if they contractually guaranteed that they wouldn't break the functionality and/or litter it with ads, or at least make it open source if they do. It has nothing to do with my personal financial constraints. That's a misinterpretation on your part.

"Financial constraints" of a company, any company, are such that:

- development costs money

- workplaces cost money

- people want to eat

You can pay for Plex with money (Plex Pass). And while I sort of dislike them pushing their own content and monetization, it can be easily switched off in settings.

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