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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by chaxor »

femboy wrote: post #2

Relevant: Collection of potential security issues in Jellyfin[1] 1: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

It seems that most of these issues are not really a problem if the system is used for a small set of people on LAN only, with VPN if needed elsewhere. Perhaps the browser local storage is an issue, but may be mitigated if the credentials are only useful for that LAN service, with no way for someone to access outside the LAN anyway. Although I'm not a security expert so I may be missing something here.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by drexlspivey »

urbandw311er wrote: post #48
PaulHoule wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I switch to Jellyfin because Plex was always spamming me to try some off-brand streaming service. I know this behavior is so normalized that even Ubuntu Linux does it now but actions have consequences and it does drive users away.

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.

Then every user you onboard has to go through the same excercise and having your relatives go through all that is not fun at all

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by horsawlarway »

urbandw311er wrote: post #48
PaulHoule wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I switch to Jellyfin because Plex was always spamming me to try some off-brand streaming service. I know this behavior is so normalized that even Ubuntu Linux does it now but actions have consequences and it does drive users away.

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 you want to help - https://jellyfin.org/contribute/

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by nicoco »

snapplebobapple wrote: post #58
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/

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

Add prowlarr and bazarr for the full win.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by Phlogi »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #41

Switched from Plex to jellyfin and it's great. Just one (big) issue is that it loses it's Chromecast connection when switching between wifi => mobile => wifi. My terras doesn't have WiFi, so it's a big annoyance.

i never got Chromecast to work with it. There are issues, i tried from browser and Android app.

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by ekianjo »

FuriouslyAdrift wrote: post #67

I've been running Kodi ever since it was Xbox Media Center and have yet to find anything more polished. I run via nVida Shield devices as endpoints with attached drives connected to standard audio-video setups (TVs, speakers, receiver/amp, etc.)

Jellyfin is a totally different use case

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by louwrentius »

tetris11 wrote: post #7
louwrentius wrote: post #5

I’m running Jellyfin because I want to reduce my energy footprint. I’m happy to watch series on my iPad instead of a TV. I also don’t need my disk-based NAS turned on if I put content on an external SSD hooked up to a Raspberry Pi4 with Jellyfin. I had an issue where my Mac or iPad could not stream anything in h265 (not 100% sure about the format) in the browser. The Raspberry Pi would start transcoding which it lack…

My NAS goes into hibernation when its not used, and spins up when Jellyfin asks something of it. Its reasonably efficient IMO

My NAS is turned off and only turned on when required, nothing is more power efficient :-)

Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system

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Post by FuriouslyAdrift »

FuriouslyAdrift wrote: post #67

I've been running Kodi ever since it was Xbox Media Center and have yet to find anything more polished. I run via nVida Shield devices as endpoints with attached drives connected to standard audio-video setups (TVs, speakers, receiver/amp, etc.)

It appears there's a plugin to use Kodi as an endpoint for a Jellyfish server... nice! https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/
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