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[–] 30 points 5 months ago* (26 children)

I’ve been running a Plex server for 20 years, and subscribe to zero streaming services nor cable. I’m pretty sure I’m doing at least something right.

Edit: and before you jellyfin evangelists dogpile— i’ll migrate when it is ready. I look forward to that day, I really do, but it’s just not mature enough yet. I’m keeping my eye on it, and I’ll switch when the day comes. ❤️

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I tried Plex and Jellyfin, but the only one that has worked effectively for me has been Emby.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Never used plex but heavily looked into both plex and emby way back and came to the conclusion emby was what i wanted mostly due to it having an add on for Kodi that plex didnt. Funny enough plex released that same thing within the year and i was like oh well. Looking back on it all now I still love my decision even more. I paid for the lifetime sub which was $100 i think? Thats now under $1 a month and I don't see it going away anytime soon. I tried out jellyfin a few years ago for a 2nd media center and an excuse to try it out, I honestly didnt think it was very good and was shocked that everyone loves it so much. I even had issues playing some files which i never had problems with before on emby.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Jellyfin users are like linux users, vocally superior in their choice. Don't listen to them, they wear their tech choices like their personality

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I figured out a long time ago that the best solution is whatever works best for you. Plex works best for me and for my users. If jellyfin works best for you in particular, then I wish you all the best.

    It’s not a competition

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    It's the mobile phone thing all over again. I've used Android, I've used iOS. Hell, I used Windows Mobile before either of two existed. I'm agnostic. I've used them both, and enjoy things about both. But not Windows Mobile, that shit was awful. I've used Plex for years and it's given me no reason to look elsewhere. Maybe if it drops a feature I like, maybe.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    "I’ve been running a Plex server for 20 years, and subscribe to zero streaming services nor cable. "

    I feel like you want me to scratch you behind your ears and call you a "good boy"

    Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? Does little Homes want a treat? Treat?

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  • [+] -6 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    Ooo, juvenile, arrogant, and faux moral superiority… go back to Reddit, kid

    Aaaand that’s a block

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Then again, who doesn't like validation and skritches?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (11 children)

    I wouldn't have said anything but as a user of both, jellyfin is my go to. It has surpassed Plex.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    I’m interested in hearing how, as a user of both, it has, for you, surpassed plex

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

    Its much faster to connect, plays everywhere at anytime, its layout doesn't have bullshit and gets right to the point so I can click and start watching right away. No additional crap I have to filter out, no stupid suggestions, and I like the info pages more.

    For the rare times I am using a mobile client (like a tablet) I can do normal things like using swipe up and down for bright and volume and speed ahead and back.

    I always choose jellyfin first.

    For what it's worth: plexpass holder for over a decade.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    I don’t have any of those problems with Plex. And the jellyfin interface is absolute garbage. It looks like some high school kid slapped it together for a class project.

    It’s missing all of the library cross-linking that I rely on with Plex, especially because the three Plex servers. I administer have at least 8 different libraries, one of them has 12. Plex looks slick and professional. Just like I think it should. Jellyfin looks like a class project, slapped together at the last minute.

    For me, Plex loads very, very quickly, and I don’t get any performance boost from jellyfin.

    And now that you mention mobile access, I can count on Plex running smoothly and reliably across any client on any device anywhere. And a reliable native app is available on pretty much any platform. With jelly fin, I have to fish around for a client that works on a few platforms, if I’m lucky, and they’re unreliable, unstable, and lacking in most of the features that I know Plex has had for a decade or more.

    For me, for the scale of media and the number of servers, I’m administering, it’s not even a choice. I hope jelly Finn gets there eventually, but they are years away from that point.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

    It doesn't load quickly unless you avoid Plex servers, because authentication happens through them.

    Jellyfins interface is great what are you talking about? Easy, quick and to the point. Does exactly what I want.

    Plex cant make up its mind what to do as they keep making it worse. More clicks to get anywhere and adding their own crap all the time.

    Sorry, Plex is a mess. I just opened it now, and its so bad.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It doesn't load quickly unless you avoid Plex servers, because authentication happens through them

    I’ve never had this issue

    As for the interface, the Plex interface is to the point. Jellyfin is missing a huge amount of additional information that both I and my users rely on. If you just want very simple information, fine. But both I in my users don’t. They expect a rich media experience that Plex delivers and jellyfin does not.

    I guess it really comes down to which experience delivers what you’re looking for. Plex delivers what I’m looking for and what my users are looking for. Jellyfin just doesn’t. But I’m glad that you’re getting what you want. And that’s what makes it the better choice for you and what makes Plex the better choice for me and my users.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Well yes you do sit and wait for Plex to log you in and for their logo. Jellyfin is up and ready to go nearly instantly.

    I think jellyfin does have the information I want, but gets out of the way and lets me get on with it. All the extra crap Plex ads like their own channels, searching outside my libraries is all just more stuff I have to turn off.

    However, I think it's ok to say it works for you and jellyfin works for me.

    Which is about different than jellyfin needs to catch up. It's already surpassed Plex for some.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I’m glad you get the experience you want, but I don’t know how you can say it has “surpassed Plex, by having a 1/50th of the features.

    And if your main complaint is that you have to disable some of them, or wait a couple of seconds for a splash screen once a week/month when you have to reload the app, those don’t really seem like reasonable complaints to me.

    But, like I said, if you’re getting the experience you want, good for you. It’s just not the experience I want, or my users want.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Lol 1/50th Features? You mean all the shit Plex adds to make it suck?

    You are really exaggerating. What exactly can Plex do that jellyfin doesn't? Not counting the crap like thier own ad channels.

    I can think of maybe 2 and one of them is the easy remote access if you use then to login.

    Hell, jellyfin still lets you watch together, which Plex took away.

    The feature I miss the most from Plex though is photo sync. That was really handy and then they took it away.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    i’m glad for you, but jellyfin doesn’t have apps on some platforms i use, remained buggy on apple tv, and support for media segments was patchy… these are all nonstarters for me: simply being able to stream video on demand to android and ios devices is barely better than a network share for a huge amount of my use-case

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Works fine on apple, but if you rely on smart TVs it can be an issue.

    Sometimes I am surprised at how much better it works when I am remote though with spotty connections. Traveling and I just want to watch on the hotel TV and Plex chokes.

    Running both has been nice to have one or the other at anytime. Been doing that for a long time.

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