I’ve always been conservative about what kind of services I host because it takes time to get them set up. For example, there’s no reason for me to set up music streaming when I only ever listen to music on my phone and all my music files are already on my phone. On the other hand, it’s a good learning opportunity to set stuff up and have to fix it when it breaks. What do you think?

  • HReflex@yiffit.netEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    That’s pretty much exactly what I have done. I’ve hosted Plex, and Matrix in the past. Plex I will host in the future but Matrix was too much for me to host on my own, but the experience of setting it up myself was definitely worth it.

      • generalEdo@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        I found jellyfin easier to setup then plex and the dashboard is much nicer. I also love the quick connect option when logging into new devices.

        • KelsonV@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          Same here. I tried both on a Raspberry Pi, and JellyFin was easier to set up and seemed to work better, at least within the LAN. I uninstalled Plex as soon as JellyFin was ready to go.

      • HReflex@yiffit.netEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        I’m definitely keeping my eye on Jellyfin. Basically waiting for the mobile/tv apps to have more of the features that I personally want, especially on devices like my AppleTV. But it’s definitely a good project that I want to see improve.

          • HReflex@yiffit.net
            3·
            2 years ago

            I haven’t yet, but when I rebuild my homelab I’ll probably install both Plex and Jellyfin and compare them and see which one I like more. Currently without either as the laptop I was using as a server I no longer trust to be stable

      • Shortcake@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        i’d switch to jellyfin if plex wasn’t so polished. i ran into so many issues with jellyfin but plex just worked, even downloads haven’t been an issue for me. im sure jellyfin will improve, but I think it needs more time. Plex also has more client apps available.

        i love the idea of more FOSS where i dont need to hit someone elses server to log in so here’s hoping!