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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by teawrecks »

soulofmischief wrote: post #194
kitsunesoba wrote: post #185

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The language doesn't necessarily have to be lower level, just less finicky about the environment it's running in. Docker might technically qualify as a fix, but I'd rather that the software be engineered well enough to not need it.

I'm not sure that ensuring BSD support is a requirement of well-engineered software. You're welcome to start your own project vs. complaining about Jellyfin, a free and open project. I just wouldn't confuse their product focus with badly engineered software on account of it using a modern language. Anyway, there is Docker; You could spend the rest of your life shaking your fist, or you could just run it via Docker an…

no one is saying bsd support is a requirement, no one is complaining about jellyfin existing for free, no one said it is badly engineered. they're just saying that there's not a good fit for their use case, which sounds like it's the same as mine: running in a truenas jail.

so stop getting defensive. you could have just said "there is docker" and saved everyone the passive aggression.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by BeetleB »

princevegeta89 wrote: post #187
BeetleB wrote: post #171

Every 6 months or so I give Jellyfin a try, and always come back to Plex. I heavily use Plex DVR. Jellyfin is not even close in that regard. Beyond that, I always find annoying bugs with Jellyfin. The last time I tried it, it couldn't handle Photo libraries well. Also, I need it to work on Roku, and the experience has always been poor. I understand some people have very limited needs (stream files on their PC onto th…

Is the Plex home screen still shoddy as fuck? They suddenly shoved my hosted media into a random sidebar menu and started pushing their "free" content on homepage and also started doing purchases and rentals, so is it just getting close to being another Netflix/Hulu? Can't comment on Music, but JellyFin on my Dedicated Server has been very stable. It has indexed a large collection of movies and shows, makes decent re…

> They suddenly shoved my hosted media into a random sidebar menu and started pushing their "free" content on homepage and also started doing purchases and rentals, so is it just getting close to being another Netflix/Hulu?

The main annoyance was done once, and you can just go to the settings and disable it. Every once in a while they make minor changes that seem to promote their services, but they're very ignorable. I've only had to go to the settings once to disable/hide their annoyances.

I never quite understood the hostility towards them on this. I suppose if you insist on viewing Plex as solely for playing your own content, sure. But ever since I signed up over 5 years ago (before the streaming services), I knew quite well that I was signing up for a service and that I am not in control. I don't see people getting anywhere near as upset at Netflix as they are with Plex.

As much as they may have deprioritized local streaming - it's not at all dead. They continue to add features to it.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by colordrops »

n0zmer wrote: post #162

Jellyfin is still so far behind Plex in media organization and just general reliability and polish. Also, Plexamp is by far the best music player to exist right now.

But Jellyfin is open source and doesn't try to force you to open an account.

I'm at the point now where I will always choose open source if the product is "good enough" even if it is not the best. Jellyfin is "good enough" for my needs at least.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by IceSentry »

Cyph0n wrote: post #163
snapplebobapple wrote: post #97

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the full win would also include 2 instances of readarr, once for ebooks and one for audio books, whisparr for your 18+ needs, stash for your 18+ needs frontend, and I think audiobookshelf and kavita to play the audiobooks and ebooks respectively. If you're into comics you might also want to throw mylar3 in there and if you have multiple users (aka a spouse and/or offspring) you may want to throw ombi in there too.

Some additional recommendations: - Setup two Radarr instances (normal and 4K) and two Sonarr instances (TV and anime) - Follow the TRaSH guides to improve media quality - Komga to read manga and comics - Readarr Calibre integration to delegate parsing & metadata to Calibre - Jellyseerr or Overseerr instead of Ombi - Unpackerr to catch and handle compressed media - autobrr if you’re looking to build ratio

Why use a separate instance for 4k? Can't you just use a separate quality profile? And why a separate one for anime? It seems unnecessary to me.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by apexalpha »

stuckinhell wrote: post #172
number6 wrote: post #165

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But it doesn't trick you into an account or subscription

This alone, finally got me and my husband to switch. Jellyfin is FANTASTIC, and I wrote a simple script with ChatGPT to help with tagging and metadata for our home collection.

Can't say I've ever had to script anything for Plex.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by mshockwave »

Jellyfin is my jam, it just works. Its administration interface is intuitive, pretty solid, personally I think the dashboard looks good aesthetically, and most importantly it’s open source so if anything is broken I can just fix it myself. If anyone is interested in feel free to check out Swiftfin (https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin) a native iOS client

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by c-hendricks »

benglish11 wrote: post #83
Timon3 wrote: post #56

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I don't know how to navigate Plex anymore. I used to use it roughly 8 years ago, and it was simple - it showed me my media, I could navigate through it, watch it, and nothing more. I tried using it again 2 years ago - and I simply couldn't find my media anymore. I logged in with my account, and the settings showed me that it was connected to my server, but it showed me a bunch of random media that I did not add to my…

Yeah some time ago Plex started adding their own content or pushing you to streaming services, probably in an attempt to be more legitimate. I use Plex currently and I remember this being frustrating. With some configuration you can basically remove those options though. I mainly consume Plex through the Apple TV app and the UX (once configured) is above average.

The streaming integration is pretty handy, helps answer the "what service is this on" question.

I don't think it's pushing you to them at all, if you're looking at a show or movie that's available to you via Plex, they're listed first.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by toast0 »

selectodude wrote: post #209
toast0 wrote: post #136

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In the kernel doesn't mean you have a license to use it.

I think the GPL license kind of implies that you do have a license to use it.

How does a copyright license imply a license of a third party's patent?

Open source mpeg codecs don't come with a patent license from mpeg and friends. Neither does a open source file system driver come with a patent license from microsoft and friends.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by [deleted] »

kitsunesoba wrote: post #148

Not too long ago I found myself tired of how Plex on my server would periodically break itself and unhappy with how the company was continuing to pivot away from the core product, so I started looking into alternatives. Jellyfin was the most promising option but unfortunately ended up being unviable for me, because my home server/NAS runs FreeBSD, and by virtue of C#/Mono being a pain to get running on FreeBSD so is…

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