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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by alickz »

snapplebobapple wrote: post #97
nicoco wrote: post #65

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Add prowlarr and bazarr for the full win.

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.

Throw in bragibooks for parsing the audiobooks from readarr and adding metadata for audiobookshelf like chapters etc

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by DavideNL »

pwpw wrote: post #327
js2 wrote: post #98

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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 libr…

> which is why I use the official jellyfin app

Not sure about AppleTV, but fyi note that there's currently 2 official apps: "Jellyfin" and "SwiftFin".

SwiftFin is better but very new and doesn't have all features yet, etc.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by donatj »

RoyGBivCap wrote: post #361
donatj wrote: post #349

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Why? Do you not have an internet connection?

My ISP went down. Nothing I could do about it.

And you couldn’t just play the video over smb in VLC for the ten minutes it was down? Like it really seems like a non-issue that a paid SAAS would expect an internet connection.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by pwpw »

DavideNL wrote: post #382
pwpw wrote: post #327

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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 libr…

> which is why I use the official jellyfin app Not sure about AppleTV, but fyi note that there's currently 2 official apps: "Jellyfin" and "SwiftFin". SwiftFin is better but very new and doesn't have all features yet, etc.

It looks like the Apple TV app is indeed Swiftfin. However, I wasn’t using Swiftfin on my iPad, so thanks for the heads up!

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by abenga »

atourgates wrote: post #88
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…

This is exactly the issue. I’m sure most people who installed Plex did it to stream their own self-hosted media, but now Plex by default shoves in a bunch of streaming BS that they want you to watch, while hiding your own media behind a few clicks. Plex has always had some minor frustrations, but this is probably enough to make me switch.

You shouldn't have to, but you can hide those panes and sections on the menu on first run and never see them again. I was forced to find out when an unseen update (on either system) made the Jellyfin app on my Sony TV incompatible with the Jellyfin server on my LAN, and I have never taken the time to fix it.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by jabroni_salad »

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.

With anime people are wayyy picker about release groups because they come part and parcel with fanmade translated subtitles, preference for which track is the default for dual-language releases, are all the honorifics written out, etc.

You either have to commit those preferences to a tag that you try to remember to put on everything (fiddly), or you just commit to them being on everything you download regardless of whether or not it is anime, which can cause weird selections when sonarr is sourcing western media.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by ekianjo »

FuriouslyAdrift wrote: post #71
ekianjo wrote: post #68

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Jellyfin is a totally different use case

They are direct competitors in the same space

What space is that ? Showing videos on a screen ? I hope you can allow some more granularity to have a productive discussion

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by HumblyTossed »

seanp2k2 wrote: post #247
quaintdev wrote: post #145

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Yup running it on RPi with external hard drive. No need to name anything.

As rPi 4Bs are hard to get still / overpriced, unless you’re absolutely married to the rPi, check out OrangePi 5B for a much faster CPU, more RAM, eMMC, and good wifi OR get the 5+ for the same minus wifi (it has an E-key m.2 to add it) but adds a 2280 m.2 so you could throw a 4TB m.2 SSD on there (which are about $200 now) and now you’ve got a pretty dang good little NAS that’s fast and fanless for about $350-400 al…

For less than that much you could get a tiny N100 computer.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by nyjah »

GranPC wrote: post #118
nyjah wrote: post #99

This github page strikes a pet peeve of mine which is that it has no screenshots of jellyfin running. Why not?

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

I think this is such an interesting comment. If you read my comment I didn't ask for a demo. I asked for a screenshot.

I'm posting this pretty late, so doubt many will read this, but I just want to make a point that the attitude of "I don't need a screenshot, there is a demo 3 clicks away behind a username and password that is murky to find the details" is a terrible message to send.

When you don't bother to put a screenshot of an app as large and as beautiful as jellyfish, for me, it screams, "this is NOT going to beworth your while to install. If you have the knowledge, fine, otherwise, there's a great barrier to entry here. Just to see it, it's 3 clicks and some keystrokes away, imagine what installing and running is like."

The screenshot on the other hand would say to the user, "here is this beautiful app. Now decide if it's worth it to check out the demo and maybe read a few of the docs."

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by number6 »

donatj wrote: post #383
RoyGBivCap wrote: post #361

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My ISP went down. Nothing I could do about it.

And you couldn’t just play the video over smb in VLC for the ten minutes it was down? Like it really seems like a non-issue that a paid SAAS would expect an internet connection.

Why does it have to be a paid says? It's locally hosted
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