• Osiris@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Jellyfins pretty great. It’s much simpler than Plex and has quite a few less features, but it does what it does really well

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        11 months ago

        What are some missing features? I’m only familiar with jellyfin

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          Iirc Plex supports transcoding for downloads, while Jellyfin only allows downloading the original file. But I’ve heard transcoding downloads is broken on Plex, so ymmv.

          Intro skip is only available as a plugin on Jellyfin.

          Also, Findroid has a better ui and supports downloads, while the official app has more features (ie. settings/admin panel).

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            11 months ago

            Didn’t know about findroid, looks cool

            I’ll probably keep both installed

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              They have both good usecases. I have findroid installed on my families devices since all they need is just playing media. It is great for that.

              I myself have both because I can administrate the server from my phone via the official app. I also use mostly findroid for watching my media.

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              Thats because if you get it from f-droid, it is on Izzy’s repo and there only the 32 bit version is available. The Pixel 7 is 64 bit only.

              I have the same issue, solved it by using obtainium and getting the package directly from their github.

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        11 months ago

        Sadly in the 4 years I’m using it jellyfin still couldn’t figure out how to correctly display series season covers and has some streaming bugs (no audio when audio is DTS and PGS subs are enabled ect)

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          You should redo your org from scratch and let all the default plugins do the work. Mine looks great and I never changed anything, just followed the recommended file org pattern for Movies and TV Shows.

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            11 months ago

            Exactly. 99% of these issues are not naming the files as Jellyfin needs, which I understand can be annoying if you have a large number of files to move to it. And having the right access permissions for files, if you are on Linux.

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              11 months ago

              Filebot is nice for that, it is what I used when I first got into Plex and realized the reason I had so many problems is because of the way I named files. This was before I even knew Sonarr and Radarr existed, now you can get them to do it.

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            Yup! Somewhere along the line they improved how it tags and fetches show Metadata. Now the default setup is great

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        Agreed, but we probably all knew it had to decline at some point. Nothing is really free.

        I’m just glad I feel like I definitely got my money’s worth. Feb 2014 is when I got it. So 10 years, 75$. I cant complain 😂

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      Sorry, why are we switching away from Plex because of this? Genuinely asking.

      E: Wow at the downvotes to an honest question. 🥲

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        If you follow the history, you’d get it. Just another nail in the coffin.