infuse is a good jellyfin client. there’s a free tier but im not sure of the limitations.
Comment on FFS Plex, the server is on my local network
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months agoIs 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)
yamper@piefed.social 10 months ago
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
The free tier limitation is that it doesn’t work with jellyfin
ripcord@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m pretty happy with Emby, but it’s not open source.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 10 months ago
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
remon@ani.social 10 months ago
Is there something better than jellyfin?
Plex.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
What if you want to own your server?
kieron115@startrek.website 10 months ago
remon@ani.social 10 months ago
I do own my server. It’s in my living room.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Then you signed it over to Plex. Smdh
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 10 months ago
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.
SatyrSack@quokk.au 10 months ago 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.
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 10 months ago
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.
otter@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Have you tried the third party ones? I’ve seen recommendations for Swiftfin
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
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.
Willem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
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
OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Infuse is so good on Apple TV it’s worth the money
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I refuse to support companies with subscription based business models.
kieron115@startrek.website 10 months ago
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?
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Jeælyfin also has this, is just doesn’t work on appleTV
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago I use Emby and it’s flawless, might be worth swimming upstream?
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Same, though I can’t get remote access working while running a vpn on my machine and it’s driving me nuts
reoccupy4753@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I mostly use Infuse on the Apple TV and Streamyfin on the iPhone.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago I’d be happy to pay for Infuse if the lifetime wasn’t AU$150, and I just outright reject paying a subscription for an app for using something FOSS, even if it’s only AU$20/year. A lifetime license that’s 3-5yrs of a yearly sub is much more reasonable.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
The web interface is fantastic. I just use a spare laptop with a wireless keyboard and mouse