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Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by Godel_unicode »

wussboy wrote: post #86
jszymborski wrote: post #2

I've been a Plex-to-Jellyfin convert for a long while now, and I've nothing bad to say. I switched because Plex kept pushing their streaming services, and the fuzzy feeling I get from running FOSS. Jellyfin used to run on my desktop which has a beefy CPU/GPU, but runs fine on my puny Synology NAS.

I switched to Jellyfin because Plex refuses to just show me the files in my directory. Why can’t you just let me have a directory view? Makes my blood boil just topping it out.

I don't understand this desire, why would you ever want that? The point of using something like Plex is to organize by metadata.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#92

Post by yownie »

parineum wrote: post #45
querez wrote: post #35

In contrast to most people in this thread, I don't find Jellyfin to be an all-around great experience. Maybe because I run the JF client on a Google Chromecast, and the "Jellyfin for Android TV" app is very unstable. I get roughly one crash a day, mostly when restarting a movie-watching. The UI is okay, but there are a lot of small annoyances (why is there no "restart from beginning" button? Why can't I use the "whee…

I would recommend installing Kodi on your chromecast and using the jellyfin addon[1] into Kodi instead. The app is garbage and Kodi is awesome. (Don't use the Jellyfin Connect addon, it's different and I wouldn't recommend it) [1] https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-kodi

I'll check this out, thanks!

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

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Post by denton-scratch »

onedr0p wrote: post #59
hbcondo714 wrote: post #33

One feature I would like to see catch on is having media center software installable on a router. Plex does this[1] which means you can use the USB drive on a router to store and stream your media files without a NAS / media server. Simple setup, I would like to see routers as clients[2] for Jellyfin. [1] https://support.plex.tv/articles/230934267-netgear-nighthawk... [2] https://jellyfin.org/clients/

VyOS can run containers with podman, maybe Jellyfin or Plex would work on that. Honestly I think the job of a router should not include running a those kinds of apps.

Too right! I want my router rock-solid. I won't run software on it that isn't mission-critical router software.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#94

Post by M_bara »

wussboy wrote: post #86
jszymborski wrote: post #2

I've been a Plex-to-Jellyfin convert for a long while now, and I've nothing bad to say. I switched because Plex kept pushing their streaming services, and the fuzzy feeling I get from running FOSS. Jellyfin used to run on my desktop which has a beefy CPU/GPU, but runs fine on my puny Synology NAS.

I switched to Jellyfin because Plex refuses to just show me the files in my directory. Why can’t you just let me have a directory view? Makes my blood boil just topping it out.

I agree. This is a peeve for me. I ripped toons for my kids and I can’t get the movie or to show view to display them appropriately. A directory view would have been perfect

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#95

Post by lbqjfw »

I set up a Mac mini as my HTPC about a year ago, and settled on Jellyfin to manage my media. Overall it's been great, and I'm really happy that Jellyfin exists. I use Kodi for the TV interface, with the Jellyfin for Kodi add-on to link the two [1]. I looked into Plex, but was turned off by how commercial it was and how hard they tried to push their paid services. The big advantage to Jellyfin is that I can start watching a show on my TV, and pick up exactly where I left off on any of my devices (I use the Jellyfin iPhone and iPad apps, as well as the web interface). I can also access my music library through Jellyfin, and at the recommendation of a comment on this post I just downloaded finamp, which seems like a great music player [2].

The initial setup took a bit of work, and there are definitely some quirks, but all-in-all it's worked for me really well. I would wholeheartedly recommend both Jellyfin and Kodi for anyone interested in a HTPC/home streaming setup.

[1] https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-kodi [2] https://github.com/UnicornsOnLSD/finamp

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#96

Post by kelnos »

MikusR wrote: post #27
wolrah wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hosting files takes almost no CPU power. If you're running in to trouble on anything you're transcoding, which means converting the files from the format they're in on disk to something else for streaming (usually to reduce the bitrate for internet transmission or because the player doesn't support the native format). If you aren't streaming over the internet, disable transcoding and you're more or less only limited…

No transcoding. Jellyfin simply running uses too much ram (like 10 times plex does) so pi runs out of memory and starts swapping.

Really? Idle, my Jellyfin instance has about 260MB resident right now. I don't think I've had any memory issues while in use; the old Mac Mini (running Linux) I have it running on only has 4GB total, and it's also running a couple Mono-based apps that are a bit more memory-hungry.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#97

Post by Godel_unicode »

flatiron wrote: post #36
oliwarner wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can actually toggle them all off in the settings. You'll never see them in a client after that. I have no problem with Plex doing this. They're trying to show value for a service rather than just gatekeeping premium convenience features. My problem with Plex is the utter distain they show for users by not having any sort proper bug triage. Users throw themselves at a forum that staff members rarely interact with.…

This is a surprising comment! I have a lifetime plex pass from probably 8 years ago. They had a bad release a few years ago that broke some stuff. Made a post. They asked for logs and I uploaded them and they pushed a new build with a fix the next day. Only time I’ve interacted with them and it was super pleasant. My main consumers and my friends with young kids with kid shows and plex runs everywhere and even small…

Same, my Plex pass says "comped" because I reported a security bug to them. In my experience the security bug reporting process is super painful. Most devs are super arrogant about how their code couldn't possibly be vulnerable, it must be something else. Plex took the bug report, immediately agreed it was an issue they should fix, fixed it, and without promoting comped my Plex pass for life. 10/10 would report again.

The UI is great, transcoding and playback on a myriad of devices just works, sharing with other people is a few clicks. To me Plex is the perfect example of the Jim Gaffigan joke; everything is amazing and everyone is miserable.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#98

Post by Godel_unicode »

rascul wrote: post #84
paranoidrobot wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why can't a folder contain both movies and tv series? While your other points I'd mostly agree with, this one you're swimming against the stream here. It's a pretty standard convention to separate episodic and feature content. There's usually different data sources for each, as well as episodic content being different in structure. It's probably possible to get all of them to live in the one directory, but if you w…

It might get a little bit weird when a TV show also has movies that are correlated to the show plot. Stargate SG-1 had a couple like that, if I recall correctly. It might be nice to display those movies with the show so they can be watched together in the appropriate order.

There is an extremely well written doc on the Plex site about how to handle this exact situation. There are lots of shows like this (Babylon 5 is another example) and it works great if you follow the simple instructions.

Re: Jellyfin: Free Software Media System

#99

Post by disfadbish »

wussboy wrote: post #86
jszymborski wrote: post #2

I've been a Plex-to-Jellyfin convert for a long while now, and I've nothing bad to say. I switched because Plex kept pushing their streaming services, and the fuzzy feeling I get from running FOSS. Jellyfin used to run on my desktop which has a beefy CPU/GPU, but runs fine on my puny Synology NAS.

I switched to Jellyfin because Plex refuses to just show me the files in my directory. Why can’t you just let me have a directory view? Makes my blood boil just topping it out.

You can view directories, you just have to switch to folder view. It isn't a great directory browser though and that view isn't always sticky so YMMV.
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