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FFS Plex, the server is on my local network (no.lastname.nz)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by BlueEther@no.lastname.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Well I already have jellyfin running in a container, just have to figure out how to get mum's TV to work with it I guess

log in on a local IP and not the network name and it's working again. but I'll be moving to jellyfin from now

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And this is why I'm setting up Jellyfin. I paid for a lifetime Plex pass a while ago, and I would have been happy to toss them some more money if they had just stuck to the core service (like Nabu Casa/Home Assistant - absolutely worth $7/mo), but nooooooooooooooo Plex decided to spin up their own streaming servers and go down that path instead.

I smell an IPO coming soon.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (23 children)

Imo Plex is worth the lifetime pass if you get it on sale.

All the comments saying Jellyfin is better always puzzle me. I've given it like three chances now and each time it feels just as buggy as the last. And that doesn't even consider the fact that you'll need more steps to expose it to the Internet for remote viewing or the fact that there's literally a list of unaddressed security holes https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

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[–] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 5 points 1 month ago

For my media consumption, I use jellyfin for streaming thing. Like music and movies to mobile or laptop.

I use OSMC on a pi4 for TV viewing, it's a kodo remix but I like it. Have the media from jellyfin mounted over NFS and in kodo directly.

I did run tvheadend for live TV, but we don't watch any live TV now as the kids get TV priority. I also had tvheadend setup in jellyfin so I could watch TV out and about

[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Honestly, I lowkey hated plex when I was using it. We never used it because it wasn't very good at the one thing it was supposed to be fore.

It was trying so hard to get me to use their media, when what I wanted was to watch my media. By contrast, jellyfin just shows me my media.

If you have a few bucks, the chromecast with android TV is what I'd recommend. The jellyfin app for android TV looks and works great -- as good as any paid streaming service imo. I got my wife using it daily, and she's not a tech person at all.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Plex does not show me anything but my media at the forefront. 🤷‍♂️ But it's slow on my TV.

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I thought the topic said "FPS Plex" and then I imagined a streaming service where you could play any first-person shooter instantly

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s why I switched to Emby and only sometimes regret it lol.

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[–] yarr@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

Jellyfin.

That is all.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (10 children)

sigh

This is why I switched to Jellyfin and recommend everyone to switch to Jellyfin

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