It’s basically a web server to play media on the front end and a metadata manager and conversion engine on the back.
Pretty well the same as Plex but there’s less reliance on external services, more truly self contained and less subscription. There are client apps for most streaming boxes that I know of.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid/
darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
It’s pretty much everywhere Plex is. The main issue is that it’s trickier to set up for sharing outside your LAN.
D_Tom@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I would never be doing that, so I’m sold on it then. It’s basically just my backup movie/TV hub for my LAN.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 hour ago
Definitely suggested then, you’re also going to get drastically more features. If you remember a time when Plex plugins were available - its that. And more flexible.
Any intel-based chipset past 6th gen or so will be ok, 7+ recommended, 10th+ for AV1. If you aren’t doing any transcoding, just about anything will work include a pi.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Does TailScale make this easier or nah?
lokalhorst@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Very easy server-wise. But you may neeed to help your family member/friend with the initial set up on the client, if they are not so tech-savy.
darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
From my limited testing of tailscale a while back, I don’t see any reason it wouldn’t work. Saw no reason to switch from my wireguard setup.
GMac@feddit.org 14 minutes ago
Can confirm it works. I have jf over tailscale.
I use my own domain but could be done using tailscale urls if you dont want to deal with certificates, split horizon dns, etc.
The Jellyfin clients for Apple TV are not very good in my opinion and use case. Thankfully there are a lot more than there used to be 6 months ago. But, at least for me, they are lacking in features. I keep trying to them every so often hoping they have improved so I can finally make thr switch.
SuperUserDO@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
On the Apple tv just use infuse. Sure it sucks paying for an app, but it works.