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People who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question) (discuss.online)

submitted 4 weeks ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

As said in literally every thread here that ever mentions anything about Plex or jellyfin, biggest is remote library sharing.

No, I will not walk my in-laws through setting up a vpn gateway so their TV will connect to me

No, despite my extensive homelab setup, I am not going to set up a reverse proxy and go through the SSL/TLS cert bullshit and expose especially considering the security limitations the devs say likely will not be fixed

There's others, but those are the main ones for a bunch of us

[–] imhungry@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

With tailscale you either have to 1) download an app and click a button on every device you want to watch Jellyfin or 2) click a few buttons once, and then access your Jellyfin on the open internet forever with HTTPS

Plex is the most plug-in-play, I understand not wanting to go through setting it up, but you're not accurately portraying how difficult it actually is to access. It is not difficult to access, but you have to set everything up yourself.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Most devices that people watch tv and movies on in people’s houses don’t have a way to connect to Tailscale.

[–] imhungry@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes

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