Tried installing it once and literally had to give up, whereas Plex works mostly on the first try each time I’ve changed oses/servers. But yeah I wish I could use jellyfish
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Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months agoIf only there was a FOSS alternative to plex which slowly gained popularity…
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Docker should be piss easy
EasternLettuce@lemm.ee 7 months ago
[deleted]Gabagoolzoo@kbin.social 7 months ago
Caddy makes it a breeze. Just get a domain name, add an A record for your IP and put in this one line:
caddy reverse-proxy --from example.com --to 127.0.0.1:8096Just like that, remote access over HTTPS.
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s not even really difficult to do it the manual way and completely free. DuckDNS supports Let’s Encrypt DNS challenges now and it’s fairly easy to do. No paying for your own domain name.
stown@sedd.it 7 months ago
I’ve never tried installing Jellyfin but I am curious as to what makes it a pain for remote access. With Plex I just set my reverse proxy to point at the internal IP and port and I’m good to go. I assumed it would be the same with Jellyfin.
Lem453@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
It’s can be exactly this with jellyfin as well. The minimal setup with no https is just that, run app, open port on router and port forward. If you want https it requires messing with certs manually or using a reverse proxy.
Plex can take care of the login for you by using their own servers to log you in. Non technical users will of course find this easier to use but now Plex has data on all your users and logins and possibly viewing habits as well. Proponents of self hosting and open source don’t like that aspect of Plex.
I personally think Plex will continue to add features that make it more attractive for someone like Netflix to buy. Those features are generally the opposite of what self hosted users actually want.
Plex has been around for a long time and has a decent amount of funding so they have better client apps. Jellyfin is catching up fast.
I’ve used my setup with web browsers, Android, iOS and it’s been very solid.
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
but now Plex has data on all your users and logins and possibly viewing habits as well.
They absolutely have that. Plus they’ll ban your server just if they don’t like where you’re hosting it. I’ve also seen a few reports of them banning users hosting using residential connections sharing with a handful of friends and family, followed up with sending all the users emails informing them that the host was running a commercial piracy operation.
code@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Jellyfin wont get traction until thier apps on things like apple tv , roku etc work well. Ive been running it alongside plex for years and its still not there
stown@sedd.it 7 months ago
I guess call me an idiot because I didn’t know you could log into your Plex server from the official Plex site. I’v always gone the complete self-hosted route.
SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tailscale.
Winter8593@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I for one would love to use Jellyfin. Though I’ve found in my personal experience it’s not as stable as Plex nor has as many features yet. I currently have both running on my home system but primarily use Plex. One day I will fully switch.
Gabagoolzoo@kbin.social 7 months ago
I put off using Jellyfin for years because of comments like this. Finally made the switch three years ago and lo and behold... it's just a better Plex. More customizable, less intrusive and the syncplay actually works. There are a few issues client-side depending on your platform, but other than that I don't get the criticism.
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Does it have an official app on all smart tvs and plug devices (Roku/firestick) like plex? That would be the hurdle for me, all of my family is happy with plex because every device including the $400 trash Black Friday TVs have a plex app already on them, they just need to sign in.
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
It does have a Roku app, but it’s very limited in features and barely developed. I tried playing some anime encoded with x265 and it was unwatchable for me because:
A. The TV could not handle the decode and there is no (sensible) way to force x264 transcoding on just the TV, and:
B. Selecting subtitles and audio tracks is painful and sometimes impossible. I tried changing my Jellyfin settings, my Roku settings, using the selectors on the episodes, even setting the default tracks in the video files. Nothing worked to have dual audio or dual subtitle files play the correct tracks.
I can’t speak for any other ecosystems, only Roku.
Winter8593@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have a Samsung TV and there is no official app for it. You have to side load it from a community repo. This was another factor for why I don’t use Jellyfin as much, especially since my partner primarily uses the TV and is not as tech savvy.
ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, it is the best
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Curious what issues you have? In my experience plex was very annoying to work with while Jellyfin has been working stable like a charm.
Hardest part has been sideloading it on a smart tv But other then that it worked out of the box.
I do however keep everything local and offline, what really pushed me away from plex was how it kept nagging about making an account and “verifying that i own this server” ever single time i wanted to watch sm.
drudoo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have two main issues:
The appletv app isn’t as smooth and fast as plex. It is hard to convince my wife to switch when the user experience is not as good.
No profile fast switch. Unlike any other streaming service (Plex included) jellyfin doesn’t offer a list of profiles on startup to select who’s watching. This is a huge issue for me, as my wife, son and I uses the same devices with our own profiles.
huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Are you using Swiftfin?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I guess milage may vary on the road you take and your destination as i don’t use either of those.
I believe tv use is very low priority for them as its also tricky to get compatible and working, quite telling that the native ios app is from a third party with the official one being a browser wrapper.
I was considering making a separate account for my kid once they are old enough to operate the remote so thanks for the heads-up.
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
As a dedicated Jellyfin user, 100% agree. I love it, but glitches where it loses my seek progress and requires restarting the video, or the terrible subtitle support on Roku, or the often lackluster library management (they improve it slowly though!), these all make it much harder to recommend.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 months ago
One feature I enjoy is hardware acceleration without paying for it
vox@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Plex charges for THAT?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I think it’s paid if you want to use hardware acceleration for transcoding (“Hardware-Accelerated Streaming”).
…plex.tv/…/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerate…
Sounds pretty ass to me. It’s your hardware lmao