Submitted 4 weeks ago by MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Given the recent news about Plex soon charging for remote access, I wanted to finish up my switch to Jellyfin.
What tools/methods have you all used to migrate watch history to Jellyfin?
I have a few family members in there, and would like to get everything switched over without resetting their watch history.
I think this is the tool you are looking for: github.com/luigi311/JellyPlex-Watched
I haven’t used it myself but I plan on it eventually when I do make the switch.
I recently made the switch, worked pretty well :)
Thanks! Looks like it will work.
I think that’s the one i use, I had a few mobile users not be able to watch plex in the past so I installed jellyfin and that so they could go back and forth
I sync my watch history with trakt.tv
Yeah this is what I did when I spun up a Jellyfin instance to play around with. For plex I used PlexTraktSync and the jellyfin trakt plugin to sync from trakt to jellyfin.
Just buy the lifetime Plex Pass before the price hike and you’re golden.
BuT I wAnT mY fRrrreEeeeEEeeee
These whiny people should stay with Plex if only to save FOSS devs the headache of dealing with them. They aren’t going to support them either.
(Thanks for helping clarify)
That would probably work, until Plex decides to introduce another subscription tier on top of the lifetime license, and/or demand more money from its paying users. I could totally see them doing that
I thought about it, but remote access is just something I use so rarely that it doesn’t seem worth the cost to me.
Also I really distrust anything ‘lifetime’, historically those don’t work out very well on most services.
If someone wants my Lifetime Plex account they can have it.
I’ll take it if you haven’t already given it away. This Plex change is not great for me, since I’m using remote access. I’ve got a Jellyfin server too, but I’m finding it less convenient for me, mostly for various nitpick reasons
You get it? I have one too, never going to use it again.
Not the answer to your question but thanks for the reminder to cancel
oh no, this is the first im hearing about this.
If you have Plex pass you dont have to worry about it. Others can still watch from your server free. Actually more so because the mobile app is free for them too now.
But if you don’t already have lifetime and are paying monthly or annually then that price is also almost doubling
I used this: github.com/arabcoders/watchstate
It works, really, really well. You just connect it to the servers, and it syncs them by user. You can even let it run regularly while you are in your transition phase as a docker container right next to Plex and Jellyfin.
Mine’s even a bit more advanced, as I used samba-domain to set up an LDAP active directory for my fam, then the above to sync the Plex users to those users in Jellyfin, and it still worked great.
Thanks! Sounds like the best option
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think jellyfin offers remote access to your media
The entire point of jellyfin is being able to remotely access media (with an good interface and functionality). What do you mean by remote access?
As in watch the media not on my own network or have other users do the same from their homes.
Music is another big one that jellyfin can’t compete with Plex with in its current state. I currently have 718 GB of music that I stream with plexamp when I’m driving.
It does, just not thorugh their servers like Plex does.
Do you have a guide somewhere on how to set it up? I’ve poked around online and didn’t see anything short of tailscaling your container to a web browser which I don’t want to do for a few different reasons (opening ports / security mostly)
HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
All the folks saying “just buy the lifetime pass” gonna be in for a big disappointment in about 5 years
Eldritch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yep. Enshitification behavior doesn’t cease once you’re technically a paying customer. If they hadn’t made a habit of enshitification. Clawing features away to put behind a paywall I’d give them some support. But I prefer foss anyhow. And for myself, I’m not missing anything.
Obelix@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
And those lifetime subscriptions are also a trap. They know that you have the money and are willing to pay and that you’re using their service. Do you really think that some business suit will be satisfied by your onetime payment back in 2022?
WordBox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If we got 5yr it’s more than paid for itself. Even FOSS needs support - stop whining.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thing is, Plex turns out to be less and less of a good thing with each passing day. Bloat, spying, removal of features, price hikes etc.
If you want to pay for software that is good, there’s always Emby.
HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
PLEX is not FOSS, plex is a proprietary for profit fork of XBMC.
My point is that in 5 years a lot of these plex users will wish they made the switch to jellyfin sooner. We’ve seen this before with other FOSS projects that gets forked into proprietary bullshit to make money.
MadBigote@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I don’t get the people down voting you… It’s not like services are free. I’ve been paying for Plex since 2019, and I just recently got a lifetime pass. It’s only fare to pay for it to use it …
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes, do donate to FOSS projects. At least that money will go to people who do the actual work and not to pad corporate profits.
okamiueru@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I got the lifetime pass 5 years ago. I’ve switched to JF because of the disappointment so far about a year ago.
JF is exactly what I wanted and needed plex to be, and everything added since is a worsened product. The lifetime pass was an attempt at getting the peace of mind of “then you just have it”. If anything, only FOSS can give that.
droolio@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Won’t take that long before the enshittification is complete.
bread@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
I’ve had a lifetime pass for years, but have considered making the switch several times. So far I’ve held back because, and correct me if I’m wrong, there are told to transfer watch state, but not ratings, and while there’s a plugin for dynamic collections, it’s based on tags, so you can’t just have a collection based on something like rating. My library also contains “custom” shows where there’s no match for it online, so I’ve manually assigned it some details.