In what areas is Plex more polished, and what features does Jellyfin lack?
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xaxl@lemmy.world 7 months agoPlex is easier to set up and has more features that are more polished than what Jellyfin has. It’s also a more well known name and been available a lot longer.
Jellyfin will one day be the superior option though once it’s more polished.
CeeBee@lemmy.world 7 months ago
thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jellyfin balloons to 6gb ram usage after a week while plex stays at 400mb.
The interface of jellyfin is way less polished and the actual video player UI has a bunch of bad decisions that push more technical babble to the end user that confuses more than helps
I run jellyfin and plex side by side. Everybody has preferred plex over jellyfin on my server.
Literally the only upside for jellyfin is admin created accounts not requiring the end user to sign up themselves.
acannan@programming.dev 6 months ago
I’ve been using jellyfin everyday for a few months on my (very tiny) debian server and have never experienced a memory spike like that. Handles music, HD video, even network streams without a hitch
CeeBee@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ya, I run it in a VM on my Proxmox host and it goes for months and months on end getting hammered by multiple users for every kind of file with zero issues.
thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Running in docker on my unraid server. Happens consistently without fail
ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Well, the article would seem to add one more giant upside for Jellyfin.
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It handles all the dynamic DNS stuff out of the box for remote access. Took me a while to figure that out for Jellyfin (as opposed to VPN tunnel)
acannan@programming.dev 6 months ago
How can setup get any easier than
apt get install jellyfinand then going into a web UI to add a few folders?DestinyGrey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Plex is better at looking up show names, has an easier UI to set up more complicated stuff like hardware acceleration, has better clients across a variety of platforms… the only reason I’m using Jellyfin over Plex at this point is because I anticipate Plex shitting the bed. If you’re on Plex, there’s no reason to swap from it, and honestly if you’re comparing the two as a newbie, Plex is still a much easier option.
xaxl@lemmy.world 6 months ago
These are a lot of the core reasons why Plex is better. Setting up a media server is a lot more complicated than just installing the package in your favourite distro.