I used Kodi and now use Jellyfin as client/server - my media is on a local server. The difference (the way I use it) is that with Kodi the server was just a file server and the client (Kodi) was doing all the work. The Jellyfin server is a media server and the clients are very lightweight. I was pushed to move to Jellyfin when I got a new Sony TV - the built-in Android TV experience was very usable but I couldn’t install Kodi - it ran out of space trying to build the media database. I’m sure there are ways I could have made it work, but I’d heard about Jellyfin and figured I’d try it. I liked it and never went back.
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WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoLike day & night. But for Jellyfin you need to have a server and files stored on server. Jellyfin app is a client for your server, while Kodi is local media…player?
GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
There’s a Kodi Jellyfin plugin, so you can use Kodi as a client for the JF server
slugger@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
With kodi, real debrid and trakt account, you can go from fresh kodi install to instantly streaming (not hosting) nearly 90% of torrent content available, in about 10 minutes. It’s not hard to do and no need to selfhost and setup the "…rr"s.