Comment on Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?!
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I’ve been using Kodi with Jellyfin for around 10 years now. I tried Plex now and then because everyone uses it but I could never get behind why everyone is using it. It has always been worse in every aspect for me.
A big one for me was user management. I don’t have to concern myself with that. So it helps. They also have apps for most things, I can just say go get Plex instead of what device are you using? Get x app. Here is the server information you’ll need to put in.
I didn’t have to put a lot of effort into managing the people using it.
We have different requirements apparently. I don’t need user management and we only watch on our TV (plus myself using Jellyfin as backend for Symfonium).
Jellyfin is only 6 years old
I started with Kodi and added Jellyfin later
Are you using kodi as the streaming app on your tv/device? And jellyfin as the backend?
yes
cRazi_man@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Wife approval factor
My wife won’t use it if she can’t see an app for it to click on to start using immediately. Going through browsers is not an option. Not having a dedicated app on the LG TV is not an option. Not being able to find something instantly means instant rejection. She refused Plex, but now sometimes uses it and has learnt to find subtitles, etc by herself.
I don’t touch my self hosted apps. If something doesn’t behave properly on the first attempt then it gets rejected from our household. It’s only for us enthusiast nerds to put up with kanky UI and setup issues for the sake of superior functionality. Normie’s won’t tolerate it.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There’s your first problem.
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
My wife uses the Kodi app on Android TV just fine.
ryper@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
When was the last time you checked? Jellyfin has had an app on LG’s webOS store for a couple of years now, although older TVs didn’t get it until a few months later. I’d given up on it and bought a lifetime Emby Premiere licence by the time by TV was finally supported.