I’ve feel like I’ve used Plex forever. I also feel like every couple years I try Jellyfin to see how it’s going. Recently I tried it again because of Plex restriction on more than one user.

Well, I just tried it again and it’s substantially improved! This time it actually properly detected most of my library!

Also the Android TV app is AWESOME! No more glitches, lagging, and freezing trying to play my stuff like Plex did. It is butter smooth.

Wow! I’m impressed and I just deleted Plex. Good riddance.

  • @Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee
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    02 months ago

    I tried Jellyfin a few weeks ago and didn’t have much luck with it. I only added a couple of shows and movies just to test it but half of them just didn’t show in the library (even though it detected them as they showed in other places). Will it only show stuff in the library if it can pick up the metadata for it?

    • @JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world
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      it will still shows stuff in the library even if it failed to pick up the metadata.

      for jellyfin, folder structure is kinda important for auto detection to work.

      For shows, you can organises your files like this:

      series-name-a/
          season-01/
              episode-01
              episode-02
      

      You can check out the doc, it is more detailed

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
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      02 months ago

      How long did you give it? It indexes the library. I had to rebuild my library once, and while I don’t have a huge collection - mainly just rips of my DVD collection, about 450 films, and it takes over an hour to index everything. Until it’s done, not everything shows up.

        • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
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          02 months ago

          How many episodes in the show? Depending on the hardware, that could take a few minutes. If it’s trying to index over a network mounted drive, it could take a long time. My material was mounted locally over USB3 on an older 16-core Ryzen machine.

          Once indexing is done, it’s fast, but there initial indexing can be slow.

          • @Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee
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            02 months ago

            Not that many, 6 seasons with 6 episodes each and a few specials. Maybe I do just need to leave it longer though, I’ll try again at some point

  • @iamnotme@feddit.uk
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    02 months ago

    I’ve been on Jellyfin for years, and I was using Emby before they forked it to create Jellyfin. Prior to Emby I was on Plex.

    It hasn’t always been smooth sailing but I’ve been using it in a docker container for about a year now and it’s been great. The family love it, which is the main thing.

  • @ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
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    02 months ago

    Yeah, I’m really glad I found out about Jellyfin. I switched to Jellyfin because Plex doesn’t let you disable Passout Protection (automatically stopping playback after something like 3hrs) without Plex Pass. I was just about to fork over $95 for a lifetime license when I looked into Jellyfin and discovered continuous playback was the default. I switched that very day and never looked back.

    • @QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world
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      02 months ago

      That’s so weird. I’ve been using Plex for years and had never heard of “Passout Protection” until looking it up just now, nor does it ever stop playback on its own for me unless it reaches the end of the queue. I’m using the free version via web browser on my computer. Maybe it’s a setting that only affects apps? Continuous playback on Plex is one of the reasons why I’ve always preferred it over Netflix, etc.

  • @GuardYaGrill@sh.itjust.works
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    02 months ago

    Been using Jellyfin along side the ‘ARR suite for about a year now, my biggest issue is with Subtitles.

    On the IOS/iPadOS apps of Jellyfin subtitles seem to prevent media from streaming, tried utilizing Bazaar but have had no luck.

    • @gdog05@lemmy.world
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      I think I might be able to help with Bazaar settings if you still want to try it. It took a lot of playing around with things, there weren’t any guides at the time I set it up. But I can send you screenshots of my settings and highlight the crucial settings.

    • @MorningThunder@lemm.ee
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      I used to have similar issues, was due to my PC not being able to handle the transcoding. Enabling hardware acceleration with the correct settings fixed it for me.

      • @GuardYaGrill@sh.itjust.works
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        02 months ago

        I bought an 13th Gen Asus Nuc with an i7 running Debian headless and a hard-disk bay for my setup, previously all I was using was a Rasp Pi 4, I honestly don’t know if my Jellyfin instance is utilizing the CPU’s iGPU not really sure how to tell.

        Running lspci in the shell does return

        00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 04)
        
  • @PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
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    02 months ago

    The applications aren’t that good. That’s the only thing keeping me from switching completely. Subtitles, aspect ratio, audio track selection just don’t work as expected. In some cases I can only pick the aspect ratio and no subs and sometimes the other way around? Also if I have no subs for a movie, I can’t search for them on the fly - good feature of plex. As it stands, jellyfin video player is not up to my standards and I can’t switch yet. I use it for porn though. That works fine.

  • @tabular@lemmy.world
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    02 months ago

    Not got to try it out properly yet. Waiting on new AMD GPUs, hoping for a low-end encoder or I ma get access to a RX 480.

    What does Jellyfin use .NET for?

    • @notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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      02 months ago

      Jellyfin is a fork of Emby which was written in .NET. The server backend and web page are all (or mostly) .NET is my understanding. It makes use of external programs like ffmpeg on the server or VLC on the apps.

  • Encrypt-Keeper
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    02 months ago

    Jellyfin is still not up to snuff with where Plex was pre-enshittification, but Plex is enshittified. For everyone in between, there’s Emby, which I have been very happy with.

    • @Rexios@lemm.ee
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      02 months ago

      You people do realize that you can use the Plex server without using the Plex apps right? I pretty much exclusively use Infuse to interface with my Plex server and have none of the issues I see mentioned here.

      • Encrypt-Keeper
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        I mean you very much still have the privacy issues and online requirements. And if you’re not even using the plex web client or any of the apps, all Infuse is using plex for is the metadata, at which point you might as well just use the Jellyfin back end.

    • @heschlie@lemmy.schlunker.com
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      I’d have to agree with this, there was a time where Plex was amazing. after like the 3rd time I was forced stop it from hiding my library and them pushing services in my face I made the switch to Jellyfin. It’s been long enough now that I don’t recall the features I miss, and overall Jellyfin is fine, and seems to get better pretty consistently.

      • Psychadelligoat
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        02 months ago

        after like the 3rd time I was forced stop it from hiding my library and them pushing services in my face

        Seeing shit like this makes me wonder what different Plex I’m using from everyone else. Pinned my local library at the top 4 years ago and now every device shows that tab first when logging in and hasn’t ever behaved differently except when the home server is down (it’ll still go to the tab but read OFFLINE)

    • Kushan
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      02 months ago

      Let’s not rewrite history, 20 years ago desktop Linux was an absolute shit show.

  • @blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk
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    02 months ago

    I still maintain that Emby is better than Jellyfin. I try it again maybe once a year and every time I end up back on Emby. It just runs better, works pretty flawlessly and doesn’t lose my libraries every so often. Music playback is better by far on Emby and that’s my main usecase.

    Hardware decoding would be nice, but I don’t have a system I could use this on for either and I’ve not had trouble without it.

    • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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      02 months ago

      What do you mean library losses. I’ve been using jellyfin twoish years now and have never had this happen.

  • Let's Go 2 the Mall!
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    02 months ago

    I love jellyfin! I’ve been using it for a few years and it has definitely gotten better. Every once in a while, it will incorrectly detect a show and I’ll have to manually add it. Usually on obscure or older shows and movies.

  • @paequ2@lemmy.today
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    02 months ago

    Yeah! It’s been great for me. No detection issues or weird bugs. The mobile and TV apps are also great!

  • @superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    02 months ago

    Does anyone have any recommendations for migrating their Plex library over to Jellyfin? One day I fully expect to migrate over but when I do i want my full watch/listen history to come with me.

    • @Getting6409@lemm.ee
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      02 months ago

      This isn’t a complete solution, but trakt.tv covers a lot of ground. I started using it for getting a consistent history of watched shows between jellyfin on the road and kodi at home. It works okay enough for this, though at times it does seem that one or both of the plugins can fail to log a watched show. I would guesstimate a 90% success rate.

    • jimerson
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      02 months ago

      You might just be able to point jellyfin to your media directories and then let it scan them.

  • @entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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    02 months ago

    If you’re on mobile, the app Streamyfin for Android and iOS is fantastic. Handles downloads, transcoding, great UI, and it even integrates with additional third-party tools that enhance it further, like Jellyseer.

  • @endeavor@sopuli.xyz
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    I knew basically nothing bout jellyfin except it existed and this thread inspired me to finally set up my own server and client on the tv cause the chromecast has just become so unbearably bad.

    I had it up and running in 5 minutes. Hardest part was remembering the auth key while running between rooms. I don’t buy into the atmos meme, for music I have bt amplifier or vinyl and it has everything I need: Watch content from my tv.