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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by LeFantome »

itsagavin wrote: post #252

The unfortunate reality of Jellyfish is unless it ever comes baked in to Xboxes and smart TVs it doesn't solve the problem all media centers that aren't Plex have. If you can't add it from an app store and use the tv remote or game controller to navigate it no one I know will use it. So its Plex and nothing else until dethroned because I'm sure like most I'm running an internet facing media server for others.

I downloaded it on both my Roku and Fire ( Amazon ) devices just as easily as any other app.

Of course, the applications use the native remotes for these platforms. Since I am the one that puts all the content on Jellyfin, my less technical wife sees it like any other channel ( like Netflix, Disney, or Prime ).

I do not use AppleTV anymore but I installed it on my iPhone as well. I had used Plex before. I did not a find Jellyfin any harder.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by Drybones »

I switched to Jellyfin from Plex cause of it being open source and having AMD/VA-API transcoding support

I’ve enjoyed it a but more cause I feel like I can do more on the server end. I recently started to use Infuse on my Apple TV for it cause turns out that Swiftfin, still in development, doesn’t have a license for Dolby Audio formats.

But the development cycle for Jellyfin and the clients looks healthy, unlike Plex which seems to have stagnated. The next gen Jellyfin Web UI (Jellyfin Vue) is looking good too

Jellyfin is also pretty forgiving about my file names but I am meticulous at making sure the structure and filenames are correct before dumping anything new to the library to the point where I have a complex script to process movie and tv show filenames and folders. You can also override the metadata with the Identify function on the media page context menu.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by krono »

itsagavin wrote: post #252

The unfortunate reality of Jellyfish is unless it ever comes baked in to Xboxes and smart TVs it doesn't solve the problem all media centers that aren't Plex have. If you can't add it from an app store and use the tv remote or game controller to navigate it no one I know will use it. So its Plex and nothing else until dethroned because I'm sure like most I'm running an internet facing media server for others.

Which is probably why they've invested so much time into getting their official clients for Android TV, Roku, LG's WebOS, iOS, Android, and more out there for people to download, and have clients for several additional platforms in various stages of development or app-store approval.

https://jellyfin.org/downloads/clients

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by manmal »

Drybones wrote: post #262

I switched to Jellyfin from Plex cause of it being open source and having AMD/VA-API transcoding support I’ve enjoyed it a but more cause I feel like I can do more on the server end. I recently started to use Infuse on my Apple TV for it cause turns out that Swiftfin, still in development, doesn’t have a license for Dolby Audio formats. But the development cycle for Jellyfin and the clients looks healthy, unlike Plex…

Plex might have been stagnating, but it works kinda flawlessly for me. I run it in Docker at home and through a reverse proxy on a cheap VPS (don’t want to expose any ports at home) and even that works really well - the iOS app automagically switches between remote and local networks. Hardware transcoding (Intel) just works, even in Docker. Media scanning is very snappy. User management and parental controls look powerful enough, at least after having bought Plex Pass.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by GranPC »

vezycash wrote: post #179
GranPC wrote: post #118

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There's a demo on their official website: https://demo.jellyfin.org/stable/web/index.html

The demo is passworded and they didn't provide the login details. Edit I don't care about cookies extension removed it. So username is demo. There's no password.

Looks like this rule from the extension removed it:

#disclaimer,.disclaimer{display:none !important}

I am not sure how wise it is to hide all elements with ID or class "disclaimer", to be honest. There are other rules that seem like a bad idea as well (same thing for 'notification', 'notifications', 'notice', 'notices', 'alert', 'overlay', 'modal'...).

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by [deleted] »

Timon3 wrote: post #56
urbandw311er wrote: post #45

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I’d be interested to know what you find terrible about the PLEX UX. I’ve been a happy user for years and have found the user interface to be reasonably intuitive. Perhaps dense in places, but certainly not terrible in my opinion.

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…

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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by [deleted] »

jjcon wrote: post #260
itsagavin wrote: post #252

The unfortunate reality of Jellyfish is unless it ever comes baked in to Xboxes and smart TVs it doesn't solve the problem all media centers that aren't Plex have. If you can't add it from an app store and use the tv remote or game controller to navigate it no one I know will use it. So its Plex and nothing else until dethroned because I'm sure like most I'm running an internet facing media server for others.

I’ll second this, not to mention the first class support Plex has for audio content. I have dedicated apps for my music and my audiobooks. I haven’t found anything close to that in the Emby or Jellyfin world.

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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by manmal »

Timon3 wrote: post #141
eddythompson80 wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you’re setting up a new server, it shows you a bunch of default Libraries for their own media. Unselecting them then should remove them from your list. You can also edit your Libraries list later. Managing Libraries is a pretty import part of Plex UI (and Jellyfin for that matter) If you don’t know which library on the list to click on or drag around, maybe you’ll have a hard time in general.

> When you’re setting up a new server, it shows you a bunch of default Libraries for their own media. Unselecting them then should remove them from your list. It's been a while since I last tried setting it up, but I can't remember anything during the setup talking about external streaming libraries. I tried setting it up in the way I expected it to work based on my previous knowledge. > If you don’t know which libra…

I just looked this up in the iOS app, and you can just un-pin all libraries except your own in the hamburger menu.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by beeb »

Drybones wrote: post #262

I switched to Jellyfin from Plex cause of it being open source and having AMD/VA-API transcoding support I’ve enjoyed it a but more cause I feel like I can do more on the server end. I recently started to use Infuse on my Apple TV for it cause turns out that Swiftfin, still in development, doesn’t have a license for Dolby Audio formats. But the development cycle for Jellyfin and the clients looks healthy, unlike Plex…

Unfortunately I had a pretty bad experience with jellyfin when trying to switch from plex. Plex works for me in almost all scenarios, mobile, desktop, chromecast, what have you. And I can play multiple feeds simultaneously from my cheap Nuc server. With Jellyfin I had trouble to get video even playing without stuttering/buffering on my phone when on the same network, let alone on mobile internet. I'll probably give it another go in a few months to see how they evolved.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by [deleted] »

metadat wrote: post #182
https443 wrote: post #50

Have been using Jellyfin on my synology server for the past 2 years. It's a dream, but you do need to name your files/directories per their naming convention: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/ -- https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies/

I've always wondered why Jellyfin doesn't have better support for parsing Scene release names, which follow strict naming conventions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_(warez) https://scenerules.org/t.html?id=2020_X265.nfo 99% coverage is achievable via a few straightforward regexes. Don't get me wrong though, I really like and appreciate Jellyfin, especially on Apple TV with Swiftfin, it's my daily driver for…

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