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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by zeekaran »

Teslazar wrote: post #228

Here's my personal experience switching from Plex to Jellyfin. Everyone's needs are different, but, for me, Jellyfin has been a much better experience. I used Plex for years and always hated it. It didn't let me customize the home screen in the way I wanted, so there was always a bunch of junk on there that I didn't want and couldn't remove. It also ran very slow on my Samsung TV (1), starting up slowly and respondin…

I got a Shield because neither the Chromecast 4k nor my LG TV could handle HDR content. Shield also replaced my Steam Link so that was nice. I changed the Netflix button on the remote to Plex with a button mapper app and then bought a properly sized Plex sticker to cover the Netflix button.

What issues were you having with the Plex home screen?

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by manmal »

NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #310
manmal wrote: post #264

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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 pow…

> Plex might have been stagnating, It's not stagnating, so much as they have decided that their initial market doesn't interest them. They were writing software for end users that let end users set up their own person Netflix. But maybe the revenue was unexciting or just insufficient, and now they want to be their own streaming service. Their streaming service sucks (they're probably at least two orders of magnitude…

Insightful points, thank you. I only don’t know about the infringement part - Hollywood seems to be the most litigative group, and Plex has them fully covered.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by lavezzi »

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #158
snapplebobapple wrote: post #58

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You can automate that with sonarr/radarr/lidarr. Works like a dream.

I use the full stack and all very grateful for the products. The remaining annoyances are: - lack of multi language support - there is no connection between the systems when you want to remove a movie (you remove it in one place and everything knows about that and acts accordingly) - I still did not make to fully grasp how and where to say "I do not want this particular release". I think I saw that in radarr but it n…

> there is no connection between the systems when you want to remove a movie (you remove it in one place and everything knows about that and acts accordingly)

Not following this. Settings -> Connections in Sonarr for example.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by 29083011397778 »

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 which seems to have stagnated

Besides a pointless re-arranging of the UI, which we all hate, what should they be doing? I'll grant you "Bugs to be quashed", but fewer features to fill, fewer devs on the payroll, and less selling out to make payroll sounds perfect to me.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by ncrmro »

Been using it for awhile running on k3s in vm and replying this in the arrs using k8 at home helm charts.

Big wish for jellyfin and the tvos was recommendation engine or randomizer as alphabetical and genre browsing is a little bland. This is after using the aarrs to download say all movies by a director.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by joexner »

growingentropy wrote: post #296
Musky wrote: post #294

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> 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. I'm curious to know why you chose to write a custom (and complex) script yourself instead of using something like Sonarr/Radarr for this task? Does your script do something that the *arr apps are not capable o…

I hand-change every file name. Please tell me I'm an idiot and show me a better way. Lol it won't save me the hundreds of movies I've put in "Title (year).type" format, but it will save some future work.

Same here! But for me it was "Title (year in Sumerian Ur dynasty calendar).type"

The only format that stands the test of time, IMO

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by 29083011397778 »

lostmsu wrote: post #227
https443 wrote: post #51

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If you follow their naming conventions it works great: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/ -- https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies/ ... but I admit that most people don't want to do that.

Yeah, I don't have time to rename every single one of 100+ episodes.

In case it's helpful for anyone else having the issue: mmv [0] means you only have to run the command once to rename every file. It's pretty fantastic.

[0] https://ss64.com/bash/mmv.html

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by bradbeattie »

ncrmro wrote: post #315

Been using it for awhile running on k3s in vm and replying this in the arrs using k8 at home helm charts. Big wish for jellyfin and the tvos was recommendation engine or randomizer as alphabetical and genre browsing is a little bland. This is after using the aarrs to download say all movies by a director.

Sorting by random is coming in Jellyfin 10.9, if that's of any help.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by Zircom »

WXLCKNO wrote: post #242
IceSentry wrote: post #215

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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.

Pretty sure the 4k thing is a hard limitation due to not being able to select the same root path or something. I don't remember tbh. For anime first time I've heard that suggestion but anime in general is super annoying to download due to not having real seasons or whatever often. Wonder how it helps..

I have a separate radarr for anime because there's are anime specific trackers that are much better for downloading anime, especially if you are looking for non-English subs, but radarr doesn't have a way to pick a specific tracker to download a particular series from. So my anime radarr instance only has those specific trackers on it so it will download from them everytime.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by Zircom »

IceSentry wrote: post #215
Cyph0n wrote: post #163

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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.

There are anime specific trackers that are better for downloading anime from, especially if you're looking for non-English subs, but radarr doesn't have a way to tell it to use a specific tracker for a particular series, so having a separate radarr instance with only those trackers on it ensures it downloads from them everytime.
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