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I would probably be using Jellyfin if it were just me.

The handful of people in my family that use my Plex server though are all non-tech people. When I hear that random smart TV apps aren’t nearly as good, that is what gives me pause.

That, plus the fact that a lifetime Plex pass was a one-time purchase on sale several years ago. It may be a proprietary product instead of FOSS like it should be, but at least they aren’t trying switch me to $1.99/month or some BS like that. But they’re probably smart enough to know they’d really start the Plexodus!

Maybe I should run jellyfin alongside Plex to keep better tabs on it.

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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Absolutely run them together.

Especially in light of Plex trying to keep tabs on what everybody’s doing and probably resell that data.

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- Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Ugh, yeah. I guess I’ll definitely have to try it!
  
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  - rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s less painful than it sounds. You install the server pointed at your media files set up the same shares as you have for Plex. There’s not a lot of finagling there
    
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    Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oh yeah sorry for the tone. That wasn’t my intent. I am not dreading Jellyfin whatsoever. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and I’m pretty sure it installed the WebOS app on my TV several months ago assuming the switch was coming.
    
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MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m a bit biased as I started with Jellyfin, but the Roku app works flawlessly on the family TV.

I’d advise at least becoming mildly familiar with how you’d go about it, since corpos suddenly rug-pulling existing users and forcing subscriptions is pretty common, basically expected, behavior of American business now.

That way you have an “out” and your service can have minimal downtime. :)

On the other hand, you might just find you like how sleek and functional Jellyfin is. I can only see wins for you here. :p

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- Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah I suspect I’m going to like it.
  
  I think I’m going to set it up to run in parallel, then I’ll be ready to try it on people’s various devices as I get access to them.
  
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aeharding@vger.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If the apps don’t work for you then I’d stick to plex. But I had the opposite experience, especially with the Plex Android TV app, it is so shitty… And the Jellyfin Android TV app is rock solid

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- Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I guess it’s worth trying rather than relying on vague internet comments. I’ll set it up for myself, then I can try apps on the various platforms as I visit people, etc.
  
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