I think it’s because Jellyfin still needs some polish.
It’s getting better every day, though. I run both in parallel and usually use Jellyfin, but my family uses Plex for now.
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Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months agoI also don’t get why Plex is being upvoted at all on lemmy because usually anyzhing not remotely (F)OSS is immediately shut down and replaced with a Foss alternative.
Think about Excel use cases -> Instantly asked to also support Libre/OO Calc.
So why is Plex still considered over Jellyfin when the feature parity is almost equal to Plex.
d13@programming.dev 6 months ago
PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Try Emby. It’s a more polished Jellyfin although it’s not FOSS I find it much better than Plex
d13@programming.dev 6 months ago
If I’m understanding correctly, Emby has been hostile to FOSS (alleged GPL violations, etc.) and Jellyfin forked from it. Due to that, I’m not planning to use Emby.
Having said that, I’m always interested in hearing about projects in this space. What things do you like about Emby?
PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Honestly it just works and works well. I had all sorts of issues with Plex with subtitles not working and weird transcoding issues where red blocks would randomly appear. Also I found Plex kinda ugly tbh. I tried Jellyfin and it seemed a bit ‘hacky’ but this was a few years ago so maybe it’s improved but I currently have no reason to try it again. If you’re using Plex/Jellyfin/Emby you are most likely pirating media so worrying about GPL violations is probably not top of the list.
lud@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s because despite all of its issues it still mostly just works and is very good.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because it’s not. I say this as somebody who would love to go all in on Jellyfin
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
What’s missing? I switched to jellyfin over a year ago now and it’s just been better
AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Jellyfin has:
A dedicated music app?
Music filtering/smart playlists? Sonic analysis?
Good 4k/x265 performance?
Has a third party (or built in) utility that shows me streaming usage per person?
Allows me to limit remote users to streaming from a single IP address at a time?
Let’s me watch something together with another remote user?
Has an app for most any device (like Plex or Emby) that does NOT require sideloading?
Has built in native DVR steaming/recording support?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Dedicated music app: Not 1st party. But there are projecty like Finamp and Gelli
Music filtering? Not that I am aware of. Just basic functionality
Sonic analysis? No. Sounds like a very specific use case
4k amd/or 265.h performance? You mean transcoding? If yes: Just as much as ffmpeg can utilize your GPU.
Utility to see usage per person? Nope. Basic usage stats though
Limit remote user? No. But That can be probably coded if theres enough demand.
Watch Together? Yep. But never had a reason to try it so YMMV
Has an app? The 1st party on is on anything that has Android on it (Android mobile and TV)
Native DVR? Yes but I can’t really gauge how good it works.
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 6 months ago
Jellyfin does have watch party support now, though it’s currently in beta
stom@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Streaming usage per person is available via one of the stats plugins, but it is admittedly crude and missing some info (such as bandwidth used).
I’m using the android app without issues, which didn’t require side loading, but my experience with other platforms is zero.
WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s been trash previously, but became fully usable in the past 2 years or so. Still has a lot of playback issues, but works in most cases.