Plex does this well with “Play version”.
It does it even better with “editions”.
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victorz@lemmy.world 5 days agoI have both but Jellyfin is not good with duplicates. Having several versions of movies in different languages just puts multiple copies of the movies in Jellyfin, with no distinction between them until you click into the details. Plex does this well with “Play version”.
But Plex is worse for other reasons, on my LG TV. It’s painfully slow and doesn’t play the correct audio track that I select.
remon@ani.social 4 days ago
victorz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah that’s good too, but ultimately for a different purpose. Still great. Jellyfin have that?
remon@ani.social 4 days ago
The problem I have with “play version” is that you can’t really control which version is the default. Also it’s kind of hidden in the menu. And when you do select the version it just shows you the resolution (which is useless if you have two versions with the same resolution but different languages).
Unless some is already familiar with plex, they probably won’t find your different language version. But a custom “different language” edition of the movie will show up right below the extras.
Jellyfin have that?
No idea.
victorz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Unless some is already familiar with plex, they probably won’t find your different language version.
I don’t have this issue, but I agree it could be easier to see which version you are playing. I think it’s supposed to be very different quality versions, so one would be like 4K, then 1080p, then maybe 720p. But when you have one English 4K and one Nordic 4K, is a 50-50 guessing game. It’s easy to switch once you start playing though.
Still better than Jellyfin though, in this particular regard.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Don’t really tried it but they have support for dupes.
You just need to name them correctly (too lazy to link the docs. Just look up versions in media library)victorz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s what I mean. You have to rename them. Plex handles this automatically, with the same shared library. I wish Jellyfin was better at this.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Welll…They state in their docs how it should be.
If you deviate from it, that’s on you.And yes it’d be nice if they did it automagically but we can’t have everything and I don’t expect it from them honestly as that is really a very niche requirement considering it already works.
victorz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If you deviate from it, that’s on you.
I don’t understand why we need to “pin it” on someone?
I just works differently, I’m a way that requires more hands-on work, as opposed to no hands-on work. So it’s objectively worse. That’s on me?
It being in the docs is irrelevant in this context. It could’ve been there or not. But the fact that I need to do extra work as opposed to not makes Plex more comfortable in this regard, and I don’t see how that’s up for debate.
If Jellyfin had done it’s duplication check on identified movie IDs instead of filesystem names, we would be in a different situation. But they don’t, and here we are.
I’m not ragging on Jellyfin, I’m just pointing out facts. Not even an opinion piece.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 days ago
An mkv with multiple audio tracks would save you some storage space.
bhamlin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yes, however sometimes it’s easier to manage language and subtitles in a single file if space is not an issue and you often are wanting a different version. Might also have pre-burned subtitles, for which you’ll need a separate video stream anyway.
victorz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This too, yes. 🎯
victorz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Not if I want/need to seed both versions. Then it’s a third version I need to keep on disk for a few weeks, instead of just two. Believe me, I’ve had this idea too, and have remuxed several movies to save space. 👍
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Looking back at this thread. Jellyfin does let you select both versions and combine them into one. Then you can keep adding to your heart’s content.
I don’t use that feature often, but have a couple movies that use it.
victorz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s simpler and better (nondestructive) than renaming files, for sure. Still an extra step I need to take vs not having to do so.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Fair enough, I’m mostly ripping my own discs so being a good torrent citizen isn’t top of mind.
victorz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
🫡🏴☠️