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Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by jchw »

sergiotapia wrote: post #2

What benefits are there compared to Emby? Been using it for quite some time and very curious! How is av1 support on jellyfin?

Jellyfin is a fork of Emby. Emby used to be open source, when it went closed source Jellyfin was formed off of it.

AV1 playback works on devices that support it. You'll need server-side transcoding for devices that don't. Jellyfin can do this by shelling out to FFMPEG, which can optionally use hardware accelerated codecs if they're available to it. So basically, "it depends", but Jellyfin itself supports AV1 media.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by RajT88 »

lukevp wrote: post #7

Jellyfin is pretty good, and I've been using it in place of Plex for the last few years. However, I feel like there are some underlying limitations that I just can't get past: 1. the UI jank. The thumbnail tiles are slow to load, even on a local network. Searches and filters flicker as you type and take a while to return. Scrolling fast in the web UI gets choppy/laggy. 2. The native app (at least in the case of Apple…

You are not wrong. But it is still an amazing piece of software for self hosting.

My biggest gripe is the sometimes hilariously strange behavior picking artwork:

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/10494

Other weird things I have been able to DIY. I wrote my own auto-updater and Live TV listing grabber.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by muppetman »

urbandw311er wrote: post #9

Nah - very happy to support Plex with my lifetime pass thanks.

Even with all the cruft they keep adding? Tv shows, Live TV, other random bollocks you have to keep turning off.

I'm glad I never purchased a licence with the amount of useless stuff they keep shoe horning in.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by ghostly_s »

lukevp wrote: post #7

Jellyfin is pretty good, and I've been using it in place of Plex for the last few years. However, I feel like there are some underlying limitations that I just can't get past: 1. the UI jank. The thumbnail tiles are slow to load, even on a local network. Searches and filters flicker as you type and take a while to return. Scrolling fast in the web UI gets choppy/laggy. 2. The native app (at least in the case of Apple…

Hm, that sounds vastly jankier than Plex per your description. I have never had to wait for any UI element to load in plex, local or remote, including thumbnails. Everything is almost always instantaneous. I've tried the demo instance of Jellyfin a few times to see if it has improved and my impression was that it's a complete joke, not a serious plex alternative.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by russelg »

lukevp wrote: post #7

Jellyfin is pretty good, and I've been using it in place of Plex for the last few years. However, I feel like there are some underlying limitations that I just can't get past: 1. the UI jank. The thumbnail tiles are slow to load, even on a local network. Searches and filters flicker as you type and take a while to return. Scrolling fast in the web UI gets choppy/laggy. 2. The native app (at least in the case of Apple…

Re:

2. https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin/issues/776

3. If you use radarr/sonarr, you can add Jellyfin as a connection. When they import a file, they will notify Jellyfin to process it.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by Larrikin »

Jellyfin feels like its almost to where Plex was 5 years ago. They are catching up fairly quickly and I think I wouldn't bother with a Plex pass if I was coming in completely fresh.

But it is not as good as Plex currently. I have a lifetime pass and there is no reason for me to switch. I personally am fine with Plex adding features, so long as they are not taking anything away. They've had a couple missteps but absolutely nothing that would make me want to switch to an experience that is definitely worse.

I'll give Jellyfin 3 years and then reevaluate and see how I feel.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by Cyph0n »

init2null wrote: post #5
Cyph0n wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For your second question: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/codec-support/#vid...

They don't list Infuse on there, but it's pretty great in its support of pretty much everything. The Apple TV has certainly surprised me by being an excellent platform for in-home streaming.

Yes, Infuse is excellent, highly recommend it on iOS devices.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by bombcar »

lukevp wrote: post #7

Jellyfin is pretty good, and I've been using it in place of Plex for the last few years. However, I feel like there are some underlying limitations that I just can't get past: 1. the UI jank. The thumbnail tiles are slow to load, even on a local network. Searches and filters flicker as you type and take a while to return. Scrolling fast in the web UI gets choppy/laggy. 2. The native app (at least in the case of Apple…

I use Infuse as a front-end to Jellyfin on Apple TV - and don't even have to pay for it as I encode something it doesn't care to charge for.

My server running Jellyfin has something setup with the kernel that it notices new files almost instantly.

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