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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by panda88888 »

Zircom wrote: post #319
WXLCKNO wrote: post #242

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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.

Which non-English subs do you look for? I try to look for Chinese subs and it’s been a struggle to find good tracker.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by secstate »

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…

I happily run Jellyfin in a jail using: https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd

It's not an official build, but its been very reliable for me.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by horsawlarway »

sircastor wrote: post #323
horsawlarway wrote: post #63

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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.

This is pretty easy with wireguard or tailscale.

Or - and I know people don't love this answer - just host it publicly. Yes - it requires some monitoring and a little bit of attention, but at the end of the day it's not that hard, and the risks are fairly low (even if it gets compromised - the world is not over).

Jellyfin has apps (which do incur a bit of overhead for maintainers in actual dollars) but honestly, as long as you're not on iphone, you can just build them locally and sideload them. No store/publisher required.

I primarily use the android tv client on a nvidia shield running a custom ROM.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by ubercow13 »

crispyambulance wrote: post #350
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…

> ...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... I am the exact opposite, partly because I feel like it SHOULD BE the responsibility of the media library to maintain associations between the media files and their metadata, regardless of the filename. It seems crazy to me that Plex and other media libra…

I think you can do that, there is an informal standard for xml files which can live alongside the media with metadata info. I'm not sure if Jellyfin can create them directly but it can read them. See for example tinymediamanager

https://www.tinymediamanager.org/

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Post by syntaxing »

ufish235 wrote: post #342
syntaxing wrote: post #329

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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.

Actually I do have an M1 Mac Mini - what's his setup? Maybe my problem is that MacOS doesn't feel as friendly for getting an entire homeland setup.

He runs Jellyfin straight up from the downloads page [1]. I'm not entirely sure if it runs on Rosetta but he hasn't had any issues with multiple streams. For storage you have a couple options but enabling file sharing on macos + a large drive of your choice is your best bet.

[1] https://jellyfin.org/downloads/macos

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by OOPMan »

I just run an HTPC/NAS hybrid device with Kodi.

Can't be bothered to mess around with transcoding and no need for streaming to multiple locations in the house so I don't need a transcoding-based solution like this.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by LeFantome »

NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #347
thrashh wrote: post #337

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I paid Plex for a lifetime pass a long time ago and unless something changes, I will likely never pay them again and somehow I expect more features. So it’s not surprising they’re looking at other sources of revenue if they expect to continue paying for developers, hosting and the entire company. I also don’t see how ripping with youtube-dl is relevant. They need a legal source from somebody, maybe with a SLA, that t…

> They need a legal source from somebody, maybe with a SLA, that they can sign a contract with, not set up some hack. I'm not asking them to provide the video files. I'm asking for the feature . And if someone doesn't understand that's what I'm asking for, then I have to conclude that what they think Plex is supposed to be is very different from what I think it's supposed to be. That'd make me wrong, except that 10 y…

I think it is fine for Open Source software to behave as you describe. It is much more difficult for a commercial service. Any kind is service would be borderline but charging money for it pushes it over the edge in my view.

At the very least, I think you would need two entities where one creates the software and other one hosts it. That way “the service” is hosting the software and not the specific features that the software provides.

Plex mixes both and so downloading the video files becomes part of the commercial service they are offering. Providing commercial access to somebody else’s copyright sounds illegal to me.

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Post by derrida »

derrida wrote: post #114
jmondi wrote: post #107

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Interesting, recently the Android TV app started to do the same thing for me. It logs me out of my server every day.

Probably apple grifting for some $$$

This is how companies compete for space they sometimes disable functionality on the user side to like push people over to their devices.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by basq »

lostmsu wrote: post #39

I tried it, but ended up just using file shares. The biggest issue for me is that it does not automatically recognize many movies by their short names instead linking to some obscure thing with a similar name. For instance, since files can not have colon in the name, and many movies do, it gets confused about the title. Another similar issue is about shows and how it recognizes their folder and file structures. In th…

Frankly, you really should be fixing and cleaning the tags with a program like tiny media manager or the like. It improves the user experience vastly, from having cover art, background/preview art, plot overviews, actor / studio lists, and clean, consistent file/folder names.

It's a very fast and easy process, I was able to complete the task for 2tb of files in an hour or two, and that's because I was being thorough. It makes the experience close to netflix in terms of quality (in several ways better even). Jellyfin's default behavior of interpreting file names is fine as it is, but clean file names is truly the more bespoke solution.

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