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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by kahnclusions »

I've tried Jellyfin but still using Plex. As much as I hate Plex with a passion, it does work.

Jellyfin is buggy and laggy and full of security issues... it's difficult to even play content on my TV. Music doesn't even play on Android app without some weird jittering bug. Plex just works. It's interface kind of sucks, and it has its occasional hiccups, and they insult your Taiwanese content with "Taiwan, Province of China", but at the very least it does what it claims to do... play my content.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by manmal »

zeekaran wrote: post #311
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?

> Shield also replaced my Steam Link so that was nice

GameStream has been sunsetted though, right? I’m using Sunshine & Moonlight to great success, but not with a Shield.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by sircastor »

horsawlarway wrote: post #63
urbandw311er wrote: post #48

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I mean to be fair it does need to find a way to pay for itself. I paid for a subscription, removed those streaming channels and I don’t think I have been pestered about them in a long time.

It really doesn't though, and that's why I prefer an open source solution like Jellyfin. I'm already paying for everything that incurs costs: it's my hardware, streaming my media, on my local network. The only things left are users & developers donating time and energy to the project - and right now there are enough of us doing that to keep it alive. This is absolutely not something that needs a subscription cost. If…

Wasn’t Plex’s prime advantage was being able to stream your media outside your local network? Which means the infrastructure and compatibility to keep that working, not to mention mobile apps which are locked down in app stores.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by rodgerd »

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.

I let the Ember Media Manager work out the hard stuff around this for me. It is (generally) extremely good about parsing things, scraping the right details, and producing INFO/NFO files that Kodi, Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, etc will recognise.

The only irritation is that it's Windows-only, but it has saved so much pain and aggravation. It can also auto-rename/restructure your filesystem, but I've never been brave enough to try that feature.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by mishac »

GlumWoodpecker wrote: post #279
kitsunesoba wrote: post #275

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It’s been several months so I forget the exact issue, but at that point whatever the C# runtime was didn’t install cleanly without manually building a specific branch or somesuch, with no official package being available for FreeBSD.

Is Docker not an option? As far as I can tell, Docker is available on FreeBSD, and Jellyfin has a Docker image available, I've been using it for a few years at this point (on Linux, though).

Docker on freebsd's been abandonware for a few years now.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by muti »

beeb wrote: post #269
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 i…

I had some issues with Jellyfin that weren't due to transcoding, still not sure what the cause was.

I had a 2nd gen chromecast that would play half a second and fail, something to do with the data format I think as there was some shenanigans with changing the media container but no real transcoding happening. Solved by getting a newer chromecast which was a nice upgrade anyway.

I also had problems playing on my phone, the integrated player in the app would play video fine while the UI was interacted with, so tapping continuously worked. The picture would freeze up though. Playing through the web UI on the phone worked fine, but I prefer the app. Changing the media player from the integrated to externally through VLC solved that.

So I've found it a bit rough in some cases for me, but there are a ton of Jellyfin apps with nice UI. The core work (transcoding etc) is done by ffmpeg by all the big players (plex, emby, jellyfin) so don't expect much differentiation there.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by pwpw »

js2 wrote: post #98
pwpw wrote: post #95

I've been happily using jellyfin for awhile now. Overall it works great. It has a few issues that I would like to see implemented/fixed: - No offline downloading on iPad - The official Apple TV app logs me out of my server every day - Using the native player on the Apple TV app is still experimental and can have issues - No intro skip

I use Plex Server + Lifetime pass + Infuse. It is an excellent combination and has none of those issues. I point Infuse at Plex for TV shows to get the intro skip. For movies, I point Infuse at an NFS share since Infuse can handle more media types than Plex. Plex also lets me easily share my movie rips with family members across the country.

For the life of me, I cannot get infuse to connect to my jellyfin server, which is why I use the official jellyfin app. It might be how I set it up on my NAS.

I’ve tried Plex in the past and wasn’t a fan of the bloat and constant changes. I’ll stick with jellyfin since it’s free and doesn’t have the negative incentives associated with pursuing profit. I find that annoying when o just want a clean way to watch my library.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by syntaxing »

seanp2k2 wrote: post #249
syntaxing wrote: post #146

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Not OP, but you pretty much have to run the Celeron ones. I don't think the docker image would work with the Realtek ones (the ones that end in j). I have a DS220+ (J4025 with dual core only). It works ok, you pretty much max out one of the cores running a 4K stream. I would recommend separating the storage and server if you can afford it. The price difference between the quad core (4 bay) and 2 core (has 2 bay) is e…

Another idea is to get a thin client with an i7 or i9 (you probably want at least 10th gen at this point) and either an external enclosure for a few SSDs or if you find one with a PCIE slot, a PCIE card to fit maybe 4x m.2 SSDs. Some good deals are out there on U.2 SSDs if you look as well, like 8TB for $400 from Intel or WD good. Don’t forget that Asrock Rack and Supermicro sell Atom and Xeon-D boards, as well as so…

I actually think buying a first gen Mac Mini M1 is a better idea with a thunderbolt drive storage. I have friends in California that does this for the reasons you mentioned. The utility price has made homelab servers and 3D printing pretty much non viable unless you want to pay a $300+ electricity bill.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by RoundBlocks »

zeekaran wrote: post #307
growingentropy wrote: post #303

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Oh, I will most definitely be checking that out. Thank you so much. It's funny, I've heard of radarr and sonarr, but I never looked into them because I was learning other stuff.

Also check out Ombi once you have the arrs set up. It's a combined UI for your users (or just yourself) to request a movie or show and then you just wait a bit and it shows up in Plex/Jelly.

Maybe it's just me, but ombi was no end of issues for me (and resource hungry). I switched to Overseerr a while back and haven't looked back. Would highly recommend giving it a try. I found it to be a very polished experience and has been set and forget.
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