Jellyfin really needs to work on security and server discovery.
As it is right now you have to manually input the server URL unless it’s on the same physical network, discovery won’t even work with broadcasts across VLANs, or over the internet.
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Sunny@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Leaving this completely unrelated link to a better alternative here: jellyfin.org
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t even work right on the same net sometimes.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I think the better answer would be to not expose Jellyfin to the internet.
Although it would be cool if it integrated with something like p2panda or libp2p
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
And with that it loses any edge it had over Plex. If I have to install a VPN on every device of every user, just because the project wont adhere to basic security practices, then I will not switch to it.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I still would choose Jellyfin over Plex in a heart beat. You don’t need to switch if you don’t want to.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It loses a massive feature that Plex has and does really well in that case.
ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Am I correct that there is no first party Jellyfin app for AppleTV?
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
There is not, but Infuse is what the Jellyfin project offically recommends.
stephaaaaan@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
There is Jellyfin, Swiftfin, and Infuse - the latter being 3rd party, but its my favourite so far in terms of stability :)
ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If I remember right I tried to do the Infuse free trial but either Apple or Infuse was choking on processing the trial request and I could never use it.
macstainless@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Correct and what I’ve seen from Jellyfin / Emby are poor looking at best. While I could cobble together a system that works for me, there’s no way anyone I share with would put up with it. Plex is PLEX for a reason.
WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Yes. But there is a different option. There’s a list of clients on the website.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 weeks ago
If you use plex and jellyfin anyway, i suggest checking raspberry pi and kodi (libre elec) as an alternative. The pi4 is fine for hd at least, some use it for 4k but i have no exp with that. It works well and helps you get off the apple ecosphere.
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
No but there is an Emby app for every device.
ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Emby is a paid service right?
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
“Better”
Maybe if they’d fix their glaring security issues
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Or their convoluted settings. When there’s a github project that does the HW encoding settings for you, you know it’s intuitive…
gradual@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Use free streaming sites.
Anything that you want to ‘collect’ can be stored on an external hard drive and taken with you where you need to go.
Don’t overcomplicate things just to fit in with losers on the internet.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s plain deceitful to say jellyfin is simply better. It’s simply less capable and less supported. I don’t know if you’re trying to deceive others or just yourself.
Here’s the difference: With Plex it’s trivial to invite other people to watch content from your server, they can view it on just about any device they have and it doesn’t take any complicated networking setup to achieve. Likewise, just as you share your server, you can view content from other people’s servers through the same interface. This is not a small feature it’s the primary feature of Plex, it’s what sets it apart from xbmc or any media center software.
I am totally on board with OSS and I would absolutely use jellyfin in a second if it could do the things that Plex does. But it can’t.
As a side note, this new interface for Plex on mobile is absolute shit, a big step backwards. If I had my way I’d still be using the Plex app from 2016.
Auli@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
No it’s not they have to create a Plex account if putting a URL in a window is to technical then creating an account is. Also jfa-go has made inviting so easy.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just looked up jfa-go, I’m not at all opposed to trying things if they’ll work.
It seems like jfa-go is a user account management system, which is indeed super useful. But it doesn’t handle the remote content part. I’m still not going to create a VPN to share content.