Well I already have jellyfin running in a container, just have to figure out how to get mum’s TV to work with it I guess
Be prepared for a barrage of “Jellyfin” in your comments.
But yea seriously, use Jellyfin.
FFS Plex, the server is on my local network
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Maroon@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Is there something better than jellyfin? I’ve been using it for a little over a year, and it works for the most part, but clients are often pretty buggy (especially on apple apple devices)
otter@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
Have you tried the third party ones? I’ve seen recommendations for Swiftfin
remon@ani.social 19 hours ago
Is there something better than jellyfin?
Plex.
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 21 hours ago
I can't say I've given Jellyfin a proper try (as in using it and the clients exclusively for a long period) but we have been using Emby for quite a while before I knew it existed.
If I'm not mistaken Jellyfin is actually a fork of Emby so they're pretty similar, but one is a bit older.
yamper@piefed.social 14 hours ago
infuse is a good jellyfin client. there’s a free tier but im not sure of the limitations.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 18 hours ago
What’s an “apple apple” device? 😁
Yea, Jellyfin on iOS hsed to be buggy. Seems much better these days, and there’s also Finamp for music
ripcord@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I’m pretty happy with Emby, but it’s not open source.
Damage@feddit.it 21 hours ago
I mean, with a post like this, I’d call it baiting
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 23 hours ago
I did try and preempt that in my comment - but it’s hard to switch from plex when there are 5 other people with everything all configured and history etc
shiftymccool@programming.dev 22 hours ago
but it’s hard to switch from plex when there are 5 other people with everything all configured and history etc
That’s exactly what Plex wants you to say
grue@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
How to migrate your watch history, apparently: florianjensen.com/…/how-to-migrate-from-plex-to-j…
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 hours ago
No it’s not. Tell them to learn to switch or lose access. It’s your server, do what you want.
obinice@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I wanted to move to Jellyfin, but there isn’t an app for it on the LG WebOS library like there is for Plex, so I wouldn’t be able to watch stuff on my TV, which sadly makes it useless for me :-(
I don’t have the money to be going out and buying extra add-ons for my TV to watch stuff either, sadly. So, Plex it is for now!
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Root your TV and install the homebrew channel on it.
Yes, this is real.
sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
Yes there is, I literally have it installed on my two LG WebOS TVs. Plus there’s a web browser app that you can create shortcuts for, which works for Dropout so I would assume it works for Jellyfin as well.
ryper@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
When was the last time you checked? A client was added to the WebOS store maybe 2 or 3 years ago for recent models, and support for older models (like my C9) came months later.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yes there is. I have it on my tv.
Xanvial@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Can you try using DLNA to connect to jellyfin? You need to install the plugin first
saltesc@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
USE JELLYF-
Be prepared for a barrage of “Jellyfin” in your comments.
Oh.
suzucappo@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
Jel-ly-fin, jel-ly-fin, je-ly-fin!
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I jumped ship early on. They didn’t include skipping intros (or removed the plugin or the capability to use plugins, I don’t remember).
Went to Jellyfin, took like 2 hours to figure out what’s different. I don’t even remember, are there any features worth it staying on Plex? At least I’m not missing anything.
Also for watch together you start a watch group and can watch a show episode for episode. Instead of having to open each episode separately and having everyone join again (but maybe Plex fixed this already, I wouldn’t know).
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
ur missing out on seeing 20 dollars a month go down the drain. fool. jumped ship before the good stuff
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Just as an FYI, Jellyfin doesn’t charge money for… well, anything.
this@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
So glad I installed jellyfin years ago and never bothered to set up Plex.
carrylex@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Rooty@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Watching people realize this toejam eating weirdo was right about everything makes my day everytime.
carrylex@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Zink@programming.dev 11 hours ago
Longtime lifetime Plex Pass holder here.
FOSS is important. Having control over how you use your own hardware and files is important.
But even if none of that mattered, once I actually used Jellyfin for a few days the snappy bloat-free feel of it won me over. Switching between Plex and Jellyfin felt like switching between windows and linux.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I have a lot of custom artwork, covers, etc. How easy did that data migrate? I’ve got 6,500 movies
fantacyde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Very new to using Jellyfin but I also feel the difference in loading and such. Feels so much cleaner! Already uninstalled Plex :)
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Ah the weekly “Plex should be entirely free even though it’s commercial software!”
kieron115@startrek.website 20 hours ago
Plex is entirely free and completely local, but only if you don’t use the features that make it so convenient (the relay server they offer, authentication and authorization, etc). Things I’m pretty sure jellyfin doesn’t provide at all. If people spent half the time reading as they do trying to convince people to get angry at optional features then maybe we wouldn’t have so many posts like this.
Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Jellyfin does offer authentication and authorization. Relay can be done via nginx iirc?
Kirk@startrek.website 17 hours ago
Also the weekly intentionally misunderstanding how Plex pass/Plex remote pass works in order to complain:
Free to Use: Video (movies & TV) streaming of personal content on the same local network as the Plex Media Server
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Can you get around that bs with a VPN?
HereIAm@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
How is Plex used if you aren’t using it to stream your self hosted media? I remember seeing channels and such before. Is all the official stuff licensed content? I can’t imagine their offering is very competitive.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
99.9% of the use mine has seen for the past several years has been to stream to my living room TV in the same house. But regardless, what point are you making? It’s commercial software. And btw the $85 I paid years ago to use it forever was more than worth it to me.
kieron115@startrek.website 13 hours ago
They’ve added commercial supported live channels like many other free services but yeah, it’s lacking compared to others. Pluto.tv is my go-to if I want to throw something on at a family members house or something like that. Owned by the networks, reasonably short ads, completely free. Too bad they didn’t figure that out 10 years ago lol.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 15 hours ago
Except they’re spamming to users that they need this subscription even when they host locally or already have a membership.
kieron115@startrek.website 13 hours ago
I bought a plex lifetime pass for $100 over a decade ago and I never see ads like this. I only occasionally get the notice for plex pro week and stuff like that.
Kirk@startrek.website 17 hours ago
I know it’s fashionable to shit on Plex here, but OP either has his server misconfigured or is just trying to stir the pot:
fosho@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
except not via mobile devices. you have to pay for the app to work.
absentbird@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Right, the $2 is to use the relay service, which costs Plex bandwidth. They can’t just do it free for everyone forever, bandwidth costs money.
xcjs@programming.dev 14 hours ago
They charge for remote access whether it’s through their relay service or not, and you can’t opt out of fallback to their relay service.
Kirk@startrek.website 10 hours ago
But there are dozens of people in this very thread who if I am understanding correctly are willing to offer the same service for free to prove their point that Plex is evil.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 15 hours ago
Yes, but they’re still sending emails to people even when it doesn’t apply. I had a Plex pass and still all of my users received emails and freaked out. They’re trying to trick people into thinking they need to pay, that’s the asshole move here.
kieron115@startrek.website 13 hours ago
It means the same specific subnet. If you have multiple subnets (one for wired, one for wireless for example) it will also trigger that limitation unless you go in and manually tell it hey these are local.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 12 hours ago
I have always connected via a FQDN, for some reason last night it decided to shit it’s self. Resolved by accessing via local IP, then the FQDN worked again
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I’ll shit on Plex as much as anyone, but I wouldn’t rule out some kind of DNS nonsense here.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Think they worked out that using the IP instead of the hostname solved it.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 12 hours ago
I have always connected via a FQDN, for some reason last night it decided to shit it’s self. Resolved by accessing via local IP, then the FQDN worked again
kratoz29@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Imagine wanting to charge to stream your own media with your own hardware and resources… Hey wait, we don’t have to imagine it anymore, Plex already did it.
I forgot as I am a Plex Pass Lifetime user, and oh boy I’ll be sure to milk that out (actually after all these years I think I have already done that) just to keep being an annoying stat for Plex and nothing else 🤣
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Aren’t they charging because it passes through their servers so you don’t have to expose your server directly to the public Internet?
Like, I pay $5 a month to access my Home Assistant setup remotely, although I could do it cheaper with my own AWS setup. But the money goes to development, so I’m happy to contribute.
kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Yeah… That only applies for non CGNATED networks, and as we are in 2025 I’d say most users worldwide are CGNATED or don’t have an IPv6 address… Or worse, both.
If you are CGNATED Plex approach is useless, as their relay sucks as it only lets you play up to 2 (or 4 can’t remember) mbps 720p files lol (server will transcode to meet those requirements), if they wanted to charge for remote streaming they should at least increase the minimum Mbps allowed in their relay, that way I understand they fall into server costs by proxying our media… But until that happens, charging for remote streaming is a completely joke (much more if we have free alternatives to keep doing so in a plethora of devices thanks to Tailscale and Zerotier, the true GOATS with a CGNAT environment).
candyman337@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Genuinely Plex has become so obtrusive about NEW FEATURES, NOW WE HAVE THIS, USE THIS THUS WAY!!! and then also my libraries have somehow become even slower to load. I’ve been using jellyfin way more often
Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
Fellow jellyfin user 😍
MrNobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Oh, this is so true. I set it up and now can watch things anywhere. Even my kids who live 6 hours away can just jump on and watch that stuff. Jellyfin is what plex wanted to be, like 10+ years ago. I remember how stupid it was when they first started charging people to watch their own local media, it was funny at first because it was only on iphones that you had to pay. Then it was everywhere. They will continue to take features away until you pay.
ButtDrugs@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Can you do it from someone’s roku TV easily? Im worried about having too much networking trouble getting my mom’s TV hooked up to my jellyfin but don’t really want to open a port to the raw internet.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Aaaand that’s one of the reasons why I got rid of Plex. “Bought” it, then they found some other feature to paywall. Bought that, then another feature. Then it stopped playing files of certain extensions through chromecast. Fuck that. Put together Jellyfin and moved my collection over. Zero trouble since.
SunSunFuego@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
y’all don’t use jellyfin???
ThePooDragon@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
What benefits does navidrome provide as a separate music server if jellyfin can host your music already?
pipes@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I can only tell you that personally I’m interested in trying out Navidrome because I don’t like all my eggs in one basket (Jellyfin is more complex sw for sure too) and I think I’m not the only one caring more about my music collection than movies and tv. But I did try Jellyfin for music (not with my main library) and it works very well, Finamp on android has offline mode which I find almost essential.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 17 hours ago
Does Jellyfin do smart playlists yet?
HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
With navidrome, my library is a little messed up from what I have on my local and the album art is wrong. Do you know any guide to properly setup navidrome library.
SunSunFuego@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
i wish i could help. i got the privilege of having a friend who took the headache off me and just set everything up properly before i even got my server ready lol
we haven´t encountered this issue, so all i can say is: it´s solvabe. sorry
standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
I’d like to personally, however with my home environment being Apple TV device the plex application is fantastic. And sharing my libraries with other friends sharing back with me is pretty great. Does jellyfinn have that ability? I’ve seen about an app that’s supported but I’m not sure about it, the Apple TV app that is.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I used Plex about 12 years ago. The first time my internet went down, and I couldn’t use it, I stopped using it. Garbage. Not what I wanted.
I used Windows Media Center as long as I could, I loved it. But, eventually, I had to leave Windows 8 behind. Now I use Jellyfin and SABnzbd, it works okay most of the time, but I don’t serve media to the outside, so I don’t know if it works for that.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I know Plex is a business that has to make money, but if I hadn’t bought a lifetime pass for $50 a decade ago, I’d have dropped them at this point.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 15 hours ago
I paid too, but consider that you basically paid $5 per year for 10 years and I’d say that good. You don’t need to feel guilty if you decide to leave, you got your money’s worth.
(And I mean, I have a sneaky suspicion they’re coming for the lifetime users sooner or later)
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Same here. I have no complaints about the service and it’s easy for my tech illiterate family and friends, but I’ll switch as soon as they try to charge pass owners for new features.
“Try our new Plex Pass Lifetime* Plus!”
*Valid for the lifetime of the product^†^.
~†2~ ~years~abecede@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Same. Lifetime pass. That money is gone, and I use jellyfin nowadays. My photo collection will be stored on ente soon. Still no idea where to host my music library.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Jellyfin or Emby.
What’s plex better at?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 13 hours ago
User error, at least you figured it out. It’s always free to stream in your own network.
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
People often involved with piracy probably love entering personal information in that context…
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Imo Plex is worth the lifetime pass if you get it on sale.
All the comments saying Jellyfin is better always puzzle me. I’ve given it like three chances now and each time it feels just as buggy as the last. And that doesn’t even consider the fact that you’ll need more steps to expose it to the Internet for remote viewing or the fact that there’s literally a list of unaddressed security holes github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415
Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 23 hours ago
Plex recently switched the remote watch thing to be behind a paywall. If your PC/App was also on the same local network it would probably work.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
I would go with jellyfin, but my stupid old Samsung TV has tizen and can’t find a way to install it.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 23 hours ago
Or you could properly configure your server to recognise local ips
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I don’t get this? is this because I have a lifetime pass?
KursoryGlance@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I got fed up one day with Plex because it blocked me from getting to my server from one of my televisions. My LAN’s internet gateway was down and Plex was useless even though all the content was on the local network. I’m sure there’s configuration things or something that I could have changed but in the end I decided I didn’t want to be pressured into buying anything and I didn’t like the constant commercialization of Plex.
So I installed Jellyfin and never looked back. Yes, it’s missing a few features but you can get around that with nginx so totally worth it not to be harassed.
duhlieluh@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
its pretty fucking easy to use jellyfin on any device after you have it set up. most platforms have it in their app store.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
And this is why I’m setting up Jellyfin. I paid for a lifetime Plex pass a while ago, and I would have been happy to toss them some more money if they had just stuck to the core service (like Nabu Casa/Home Assistant - absolutely worth $7/mo), but nooooooooooooooo Plex decided to spin up their own streaming servers and go down that path instead.
I smell an IPO coming soon.
yarr@feddit.nl 16 hours ago
Jellyfin.
That is all.
kieron115@startrek.website 20 hours ago
Are you runnin multiple subnets? If so you need to enable them all as local nets in plex or else it’ll trigger this.
sj_zero 23 hours ago
Honestly, I lowkey hated plex when I was using it. We never used it because it wasn't very good at the one thing it was supposed to be fore.
It was trying so hard to get me to use their media, when what I wanted was to watch my media. By contrast, jellyfin just shows me my media.
If you have a few bucks, the chromecast with android TV is what I'd recommend. The jellyfin app for android TV looks and works great -- as good as any paid streaming service imo. I got my wife using it daily, and she's not a tech person at all.
mintiefresh@piefed.social 4 hours ago
I got the Plex lifetime pass over 10 years ago for pretty cheap and Plex has served me well over the years. But it’s just so damn bloated now and the biggest recent change to their android app is atrocious. The app is so laggy and slow now. And downloading movies to watch locally on a tablet is just painful.
So I decided to start experimenting with Jellyfin this month and I am blown away at how fast and snappy everything is. It still isn’t as refined as Plex but there’s something to be said about privacy and using FOSS apps.
I’ll be using Jellyfin going forward now.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
I’m glad I really only use it for music, but the fire TV app works decently well. Better than the fucking Netflix app, at least.