Comment on FFS Plex, the server is on my local network
Maroon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I wanted to move to Jellyfin, but there isn’t an app for it on the LG WebOS library like there is for Plex, so I wouldn’t be able to watch stuff on my TV, which sadly makes it useless for me :-(
I don’t have the money to be going out and buying extra add-ons for my TV to watch stuff either, sadly. So, Plex it is for now!
Yes there is. I have it on my tv.
When was the last time you checked? A client was added to the WebOS store maybe 2 or 3 years ago for recent models, and support for older models (like my C9) came months later.
Yes there is, I literally have it installed on my two LG WebOS TVs. Plus there’s a web browser app that you can create shortcuts for, which works for Dropout so I would assume it works for Jellyfin as well.
Root your TV and install the homebrew channel on it.
Yes, this is real.
now I need to find a Wiimote, damnit
You can use the Smart remote which is basically the fusion of a wiimote and a tv remote
Can you try using DLNA to connect to jellyfin? You need to install the plugin first
btw i use jellyfin
lol crap, it’s the new arch!
We need a name for lemmy users running arch on their pc that they’re using to watch stuff on their Jellyfin server
I mean, with a post like this, I’d call it baiting
I did try and preempt that in my comment - but it’s hard to switch from plex when there are 5 other people with everything all configured and history etc
No it’s not. Tell them to learn to switch or lose access. It’s your server, do what you want.
How to migrate your watch history, apparently: florianjensen.com/…/how-to-migrate-from-plex-to-j…
but it’s hard to switch from plex when there are 5 other people with everything all configured and history etc
That’s exactly what Plex wants you to say
USE JELLYF-
Be prepared for a barrage of “Jellyfin” in your comments.
Oh.
Is there something better than jellyfin? I’ve been using it for a little over a year, and it works for the most part, but clients are often pretty buggy (especially on apple apple devices)
The web interface is fantastic. I just use a spare laptop with a wireless keyboard and mouse
infuse is a good jellyfin client. there’s a free tier but im not sure of the limitations.
The free tier limitation is that it doesn’t work with jellyfin
I’m pretty happy with Emby, but it’s not open source.
What’s an “apple apple” device? 😁
Yea, Jellyfin on iOS hsed to be buggy. Seems much better these days, and there’s also Finamp for music
Is there something better than jellyfin?
Plex.
What if you want to own your server?
I do own my server. It’s in my living room.
I can't say I've given Jellyfin a proper try (as in using it and the clients exclusively for a long period) but we have been using Emby for quite a while before I knew it existed.
If I'm not mistaken Jellyfin is actually a fork of Emby so they're pretty similar, but one is a bit older.
If I’m not mistaken Jellyfin is actually a fork of Emby so they’re pretty similar, but one is a bit older.
Jellyfin forked from Emby in 2018 when Emby chose to switch to a closed-source model. Because of this, there are many similarities, but the projects continue to become very different from one another as well over the years.
I was probably using Emby already by then, had bought a lifetime license since it didn't require bouncing things off and outside server like Plex did (or was it that Plex was a renewing subscription, I forget) , so it just stayed out of inertia.
Have you tried the third party ones? I’ve seen recommendations for Swiftfin
Year that’s the one I’m using on our appleTV, it’s buggy as hell. “Continue” show often doesn’t work and picks an episode that I’ve watched long ago and not the next in line, often never updating it despite watching several episode over several weeks. Switching language on shows pretty much doesn’t work at all, it will either never change from default audio language, or use an entirely different language than the one picked from the list.
github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin/discussions/1294
The Apple TV version hasn’t been updated in a long time. They are working on getting it to the testing fase in TestFlight but it’s basically a complete rewrite of the app
Infuse is so good on Apple TV it’s worth the money
Plex will do the exact same thing if you have an episode earlier in your history that didnt get marked as “watched”. But plex lets you manually tag episodes as watched which usually fixes it. Maybe there’s a similar option in jellyfin?
I use Emby and it’s flawless, might be worth swimming upstream?
I mostly use Infuse on the Apple TV and Streamyfin on the iPhone.
suzucappo@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Jel-ly-fin, jel-ly-fin, je-ly-fin!