72
Plex server patching required (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Plex has notified some of its users on Thursday to urgently update their media servers due to a recently patched security vulnerability.

The company has yet to assign a CVE-ID to track the flaw and didn't provide additional details regarding the patch, only saying that it impacts Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x to 1.42.0.x.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly the primary reason is some specific device support, eg. my TV has a built in Plex app but not a Jellyfin app, so switching also probably involves new hardware. I also couldn't get Jellyfin to work with another TV using Chromecast, but I'm getting rid of that anyway.

Otherwise, maybe you can update me on these since it's been a few since I last tried Jellyfin, some of the things that come to mind are:

  • Smart collections & playlists
  • Skip intros and credits
  • Overall slick UI
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Client availability is valid. I use an android tv, that's been easy for me. There are mobile clients for every phone and tablet.

    • I don't know what smart collections are, but I do get automatic collections for franchises (like all "28 x later") via a plugin. I don't have playlists, but I guess I never felt the need for one... What would you use them for, binge watching franchises?
    • skip intro and credits is a thing, built in since a few versions (used to be a plugin)
    • the UI is subjective, and I don't know any other one... I personally like how it looks, I customized quite a bit, easy to do via CSS.
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Skip intros and credits is available on Jellyfin.

    I think the Plex UI is still better than Jellyfin, but I've gotten used to it.

    Never used the smart collections when I was on plex, so can't speak to that.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent