I love the syncplay feature i just wished it worked much better with large groups.
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Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Use Jellyfin. Fill your server with treasures procured from the high seas. Watch on any device. Sync play with far away friends or family.
Toes@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah. My friend group starts having issues with more than 8 people watching. ^^;
Unfortunately the plugin seems to be abandoned.
lime@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
i have a locked-down android tv dongle from my isp so i really wish i could cast from my jellyfin server, but then i looked at the setup guide and instantly ran out of spoons.
unphazed@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Xumo I’m guessing? Look for another streaming device. Anything with 4gb ram should carry you a loooong way. I just looked up the cheap 4k stream devices at Walmart, they support Jellyfin as well. In the interest of storage space over quality, most of my vids are 1080p, and they rarely stutter with pure software decoding.
lime@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
i don’t want to use more than one remote
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I tried jellyfin for about a month last year, but it lacked a lot of what I was used in plex, so I returned to it. But lately plex is really going downhill… has jellyfin improved somewhat in this time frame?
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure what features you feel are lacking. And I haven’t used Plex at all.
For me, all I want is being able to connect to it from any device, and sync play.
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As I said, it was about a year ago. I vaguely remember not liking the layout when displayed on my TV, sorting shows/episodes not working correctly, watched list not being properly updated… that and assorted little bugs that finally tired me and I went back to plex
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
What features? I have both and I vastly prefer Jellyfin. Plex is slow and the menus dont get right to the point.
3abas@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Haven’t tried JF in over a year, but last attempt was full of errors. I’ll give it another shot.
Only reason I’m still on Plex is I have a lifetime pass, and it’s working. But it’s sure inshitifying every day… Remote play with plex pass is super easy, and plex amp was promising but replaced it with navidrome and so much happier. I’m ready to ditch Plex if JF is better now, I’ll install it next time I have time to mess with my setup.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I have had a lifetime pass for years since maybe 2014 or so? They added photo sync, that was awesome, then they took it away. That sucked.
I simply run both at the same time on my server, they point to the same library. The compose file is stupid simple (as is plex’s) so why not.
Better is relative, but I like Jellyfin better. Plex’s choices for my library layout suck. Jellyfin gets to the point, and fast.
Either way, doesn’t cost anything to run both, and set up is about 10 minutes if you already are using docker.
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That is true. I also hate having to change each episode separatedly to change subtitle/audio track. Apropos, jellyfin didn’t have subtiles download integrated on their menus, has that changed since last year? Not having that means manually downloading and syncronizing subtitles, and life’s too short for that kind of drudgery
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Jellyfin has a plug in for open subtitles. I think all my media already has subtitles so I don’t need to download them.