Comment on Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that

• 3abas@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had issues with auto scan years ago, just re-enabled it and it’s working fine now so that’s resolved, thanks.

  The other issue is still a problem, and why I’ll be switching to Navidrome for music. Jellyfin wasn’t mature enough last time I tried to replace my lifetime Plex pass, but I have a feeling I’ll be ditching Plex entirely soon.

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In PlexAmp, on the bottom right, tap the gear. Tap account. Tap “switch user”.

    Now switch users.

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  • dai@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You hosting your plex service for other users outside of your home? I’m finding the ease of access for other users / the wife is the largest driving point for me to continue using plex.

    I could configure a VPN and attach my jellyfin server to that network however that’s a large hurdle for some of the general population users I have on my plex currently.

    For something on-topic the wife and I agreed that she should move to the student sub as she’s studying and kick me off Spotify entirely. I’ve got until the EOM to get plexamp / something else self hosted. Interested to see what comes from this post as it’s pretty relevant for me right now.

    Admittedly I could Bluetooth to my head unit in my car and stream Grayjay music to it, but that’s just leaning on an unfree service.

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    • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I love the idea of Jellyfin, but since I host for my extended family, and it has to be wife approved (re: easy) plex is the answer. If you already have a plex pass it’s annoying brainer. If you don’t, weigh the pros and cons because there are cons.

      Spool up an instance of Plex, and install PlexAmp. Put a handful of your favorite albums on it, see if you like the features and the interface.

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      • dai@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yer I host Plex for 10+ folks and it’s an easy send. Really wish I could pipe it through CloudFlare but not willing to risk it currently.

        I’ll give plexamp a go, man my tastes are all over the shop so it will be an album dump (that I should have done years ago) spinning up some old cds and the external dvd drive 😂

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The other “issue” isn’t an issue at all. Plex handles all that stuff just fine and super easily.

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• hendu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, directory monitoring doesn’t work if your music is on an NFS share.

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  • Seefoo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A quick search shows alternatives to keep the functionality: github.com/TRaSH-Guides/…/Plex-media-server.md#sc…

    YT video linked in that post. Ultimately just takes a bit of effort to figure most things out IMO.

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