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Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by klahaha »

Mashimo wrote: post #126
klahaha wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you mean symlink? or i need 3 times big HDD for 3 language?

Symlink could work, but I thought just move the file itself. If the movie is in Russian, move it to the "russian movie" folder. Problem is if a movie has multiple languages. A metadata filter would be better. Looks like there is a feature request: https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/39/filter-videos-by-audi...

> Problem is if a movie has multiple languages.

Yes thats my problem multiple audio or multiple subtitles. thanks for link

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by dangravell »

notesinthefield wrote: post #4
jszymborski wrote: post #2

I've been a Plex-to-Jellyfin convert for a long while now, and I've nothing bad to say. I switched because Plex kept pushing their streaming services, and the fuzzy feeling I get from running FOSS. Jellyfin used to run on my desktop which has a beefy CPU/GPU, but runs fine on my puny Synology NAS.

How much of your use is audio streaming? I'm dying to make my collection remotely accessible after leaving the Plex ecosystem.

An alternative is to use a cloud based player, and stream music from a cloud storage service.

Disclaimer: I run this service: https://asti.ga/

I've written up some alternatives at https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/0...

I'd love to know any feedback you have.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by 3np »

ajnin wrote: post #40

I've setup jellyfin on my media server but I barely use it because the web player bugs make it unusable for me. I think most issues are due to the fact my hardware is underpowered for the task, and the player gets confused when the server replies come slow and not in the same order as they were requested. In practice subtitles go out of sync regularly, I get "codec not supported by browser" messages with the actual v…

> "codec not supported by browser"

Unless you're very specific and consistent with your source media codecs, I highly recommend using jellyfin-mpv-shim when streaming from the browser.

You just start the headless client wherever you want to play and it comes up as a "cast target" from the icon in the top right.

Much better performance and codec support. MPV also has great subtitle control and caching.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim

Also, if you haven't, it may be worth updating to the latest point release. There have been a couple of bugs that have come and gone but I think it's in a good place right now.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by antihero »

Are there any ways to get something like XBMC running directly on an LG Smart TV?

Currently I am finding that having MP4 files on a pen drive is actually far less hassle.

However, the TV's lack of support for MKV files is frustrating - trying to simply rewrap them as MP4 using FFMpeg doesn't seem to work for some reason.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by 3np »

parineum wrote: post #112
3np wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you not recommend Jellyfin Connect? I've been on Connect ~1y now and I found it a smoother and hassle-free experience compared to Jellyfin Kodi (which I was on for ~1y prior to switching). JC has less bells and whistles with library integration and metadata but I'm not missing anything, really.

I found the experience similar to what OP says about the app. Maybe it's better now, it's been a while.

Right! Yeah, I may just have been lucky in starting to use it when it had gotten stable.

I had frequent connectivity and syncing issues with the other one but for me Connect Just Works. YMMV of course :)

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by azinman2 »

Do these systems largely expect you to have a big NAS with pirated media? The evolution of the media landscape seems to be away from things like this except for people digitizing their blue ray / dvd collections, but it’s otherwise difficult to comprehend why one wouldn’t want a Netflix subscription instead.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by GOATS- »

raffraffraff wrote: post #113
avh02 wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because some people just prefer something to be laid out a certain way. I have that with music for example, I don't care about albums other than a grouping unit for files (my playlist is flat though). Album art, etc is otherwise irrelevant to me, but some music apps will fetishize organization by album, etc and the art is highlighted etc.

Oh man, I can't find a single usable music app on Linux. I've used MusicBee for years on wine, but I'm stuck on an older version (for stability) and now that I want to run all of my stuff on a Rpi4 I'm screwed (wine+x86 app is a pain). I installed quodlibet, rythmbox, clementine, amarok... All hot garbage when it comes to UI layout. So for now I'm still running MusicBee on an old laptop and controlling playback via t…

I've been a huge fan of the mpd+ncmpcpp combo for quite some time now.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by RealStickman_ »

azinman2 wrote: post #136

Do these systems largely expect you to have a big NAS with pirated media? The evolution of the media landscape seems to be away from things like this except for people digitizing their blue ray / dvd collections, but it’s otherwise difficult to comprehend why one wouldn’t want a Netflix subscription instead.

By putting my media on my own server I can be certain it won't just disappear for no reason or be restricted to certain geographical areas only.

Sure, having everything on local media also works, but a streaming server is definitely more convenient.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by jeroenhd »

MikusR wrote: post #27
wolrah wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hosting files takes almost no CPU power. If you're running in to trouble on anything you're transcoding, which means converting the files from the format they're in on disk to something else for streaming (usually to reduce the bitrate for internet transmission or because the player doesn't support the native format). If you aren't streaming over the internet, disable transcoding and you're more or less only limited…

No transcoding. Jellyfin simply running uses too much ram (like 10 times plex does) so pi runs out of memory and starts swapping.

Jellyfin runs on about 700-800MiB of RAM for me. It sounds like you're hitting a memory bug if you're running out of RAM just serving files, to be honest. I've never used Plex but I doubt it runs with just 70MiB.

Perhaps it'll use much more RAM transcoding, but I'd still expect a dedicated 2GiB to be plenty for Jellyfin even in extreme cases. I doubt you'll get any decent transcoding speed out of ffmpeg if you need a buffer that size anyway.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by RealStickman_ »

raffraffraff wrote: post #113
avh02 wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because some people just prefer something to be laid out a certain way. I have that with music for example, I don't care about albums other than a grouping unit for files (my playlist is flat though). Album art, etc is otherwise irrelevant to me, but some music apps will fetishize organization by album, etc and the art is highlighted etc.

Oh man, I can't find a single usable music app on Linux. I've used MusicBee for years on wine, but I'm stuck on an older version (for stability) and now that I want to run all of my stuff on a Rpi4 I'm screwed (wine+x86 app is a pain). I installed quodlibet, rythmbox, clementine, amarok... All hot garbage when it comes to UI layout. So for now I'm still running MusicBee on an old laptop and controlling playback via t…

I personally like [TauonMusicBox](https://tauonmusicbox.rocks/) a lot.
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