I like Kodi.
I have a NAS with a bunch of movies, and Plex was fine but it had a lot of features around streaming to friends and I don't have any desire to share content outside of my living room. Kodi meets all my needs.
From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#322I am interested in migrating to Jellyfin for most of the same reasons, but the apparent lack of an Apple TV app is a bit of a deal breaker.
Someone else in this thread mentioned "Infuse" as a useable frontend.
Infuse is great, but they have a subscription if you want to play some media format. Quite cheap IMO and they have great apps for all Apple devices.
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#323> "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.
I love VLC. I've got the follow alias to shuffle what's in my music directory from the command line, very convenient:
alias music='find /home/me/music > /tmp/tunes.m3u; vlc -I rc -Z --no-auto-preparse /tmp/tunes.m3u'
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#324Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I have some copy pasta with screen shots on how to turn that stuff off I spent a bit making. Just send that out and let people know respectfully that I’m not providing tech support and I hope they enjoy the service. I don’t have anyone bug me ever.
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#325Earlier quoted context omitted.
Expecting that the typical user wants to use a streaming service, and deprioritising development of tools/components that target other workflows, is not user-hostile. It is clearly the way things are, and the nerds are being dragged kicking and screaming.
Amen. I'm 100% in the old-school, self-managed local media camp, but I'm well aware that I'm an extreme minority and can't expect mass-market companies to cater to my use case. I'm probably one of the last 1,000 people still using Apple Home Sharing, but honestly I can't even believe it's still working. There must be someone on the inside that uses it at home and keeps fixing it whenever the architecture shifts aroun…
Stay strong brother. I still use and prefer local-everything.
There's dozens of us! Dozens!
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#326I tried to switch to jellyfin from plex, but the TV app is not yet good enough. The subtitles looked ugly, there was no way to customize it. They are huge, almost covering up a quarter of my 55 inch screen. Apart from this one issue, I didn't feel anything missing. It's quite good. I don't see a reason to use plex over jellyfin unless you want some of their paid features.
I use Jellyfin’s web interface on the TV. It’s way better than the Android TV app.
I'll try it!
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#327Earlier quoted context omitted.
You also have to now trust that they have a secure password and don’t share/get them compromised. I picked Emby for many reasons and one being local accounts I control. Plex pushing you to use their accounts (and then pushing streaming content like this) just wasn’t an option.
I’m not sure I understand. With Emby you still have to trust that they have a secure password and don’t share/get them compromised.
You can pick the password and not let it be changed.
Also plex suffered a hack that compromised online account user logins.
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#328> "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.)…
> How would you surface it without having an easily discoverable item in the sidebar?
There are many ways!
- The "music player" plays your local music, the "music shop/service/itunes/spotify" can handle music stream/buying/etc, which gets incorporated into your music player. Or you'd have all your local and streaming music (IF you subscribe) mixed all together seamlessly.
- Allow to easily change the default music player in the system. They make it impossible now, you have to fiddle with 3rd party software and scripts.
- Only require agreeing with the terms if you are going to buy music, not for playing your own music. Don't analyze my local music for your algorithms, thanks.
And TBF, Apple Music is still one of the best closed source music players I've tried, but pushing for their service hard is a no-go, I don't want to feel like I'm being sold at every time I'm using a simple app.
Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#329Earlier quoted context omitted.
Use a fire TV stick that costs virtually nothing and install the Jellyfin app. You are done.
Yeah these sticks tend to use low powered SoC that chokes on anything higher than 1080p, not to mention missing codecs (Dolby Vision, ATMOS, DTS etc.) and lack of compliance. If you don’t care about any of those or have a TV that don’t do 4K then yeah an Android box and lower fidelity source will do.
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Re: From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
#330Plex 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.
Logseq is what I use for that reason. https://logseq.com/