I’ve tried a few times to use software like this but nothing for me competes with the simplicity of a shared file folder and VLC.
Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
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Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#22I use Jellyfin and it just works but had problems with the client on iOS. Vidhub is a reliable client solution I've found, it's pretty inexpensive. Maybe the Jellyfin client is fine I didn't spend a lot of time with it.
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#23Jellyfin 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…
As a jellyfin fan myself, I'd like to address a couple of your points.
For 1, 2, 3(?), 4, you appear to be referring to the Apple TV client, which is written in an entirely different language and frameworks, and entirely different authors. (This is due to the excessive limitations on languages put in place by apple in their ecosystem).
Jellyfin has dozens of other platforms.
In regard to #3, Jellyfin does use file watchers.
For #5, there is a setting to grab trailers. Additionally, if the default metadata providers aren't getting you what you want, there is a baked in library of more than a dozen alternative metadata providers and a variety of other things you can use to augment what your media library provides.
For #6, I'm not sure if you're just referring to the Apple client again, but I'll add that the "Jellyscrub" feature is turned off by default, but if turned on, it will automatically generate video scrub images.
For #7, idk. I guess it's a stylistic choice? Why is there Sonarr and Radarr?
Anyway, I'm just a user, but, I'm also a Jelly-stan. So, I'd highly recommend you browse through the configuration options a bit more, particularly in regard to plugins and the many settings available in each of libraries' individual configurations.
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#24Jellyfin 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.
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Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#25Jellyfin is not able to group series together and on top of that shows everything in random order, why bother with it when there are alternatives that can do that?
What do you mean random order? You can choose the sort order for any library yourself.
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#26I’ve tried a few times to use software like this but nothing for me competes with the simplicity of a shared file folder and VLC.
I can run this via Kodi's jellyfin plugin, via OSMC on a raspberry pi, on my living room TV. It automatically uses my tv remote, and says in big letters "TV Shows" and "Movies". Anyone at my house can use it, with ease, even the absolute least technical.
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#27Jellyfin 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 have a very different experience from most of your issues, to the point where I think something is wrong with your install.
I can scroll through a page of >1000 movie cards and there's no choppiness or lag at all in the webUI. The cards have blurhash placeholders until the actual thumbnail loads, which is always very quick.
Swiftfin for the Apple TV is admittedly very barebones and can be choppy when scrolling through big lists, but it has never lost pairing or failed to load anything for me.
New media shows up pretty much immediately for me. Did you disable the "real time monitoring" setting in your libraries? Jellyfin will use something like ionotify or whatever your platform/fs supports when it's enabled.
"separately configure tiles to be rendered" is one checkbox, assuming you're talking about trickplay images, which was a recently added feature and I think is enabled by default for new installs.
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#28My media center is a laptop with a broken screen, running Arch Linux and Kodi. Kodi has a web interface that you can stream to. Why might I want to add Jellyfin?
Thats a good idea for a damaged laptop, I often see those for sale for nothing
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#29I’ve tried a few times to use software like this but nothing for me competes with the simplicity of a shared file folder and VLC.
Something like Plex/Jellyfin will make it simpler to share your library to your friends or family (over e.g. Tailscale).
The whole *arr thing makes it even better with automated download and upgrade.
Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
#30Jellyfin is not able to group series together and on top of that shows everything in random order, why bother with it when there are alternatives that can do that?
What do you mean group series together? If you mean seasons of a show, yes it does. If you mean collections, it has them.