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Who the fuck still uses plex?
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What's the app/smart device adoption like for jellyfin these days? Plex usage for clients is really smooth. Plex comes preloaded on so many smart devices and the app ecosystem is dead simple. I can't imagine having to walk my family and friends through setting up jellyfin.
I still use Plex because I have a lifetime pass from many years ago and Jellyfin isn't yet as feature-rich and accessible on all of my family's devices.
I expect to someday migrate fully to Jellyfin once Plex is enshittified to the point is being a worse experience, but that hasn't happened yet (with the Plex pass anyway)
I've never used Plex. What are some of the features that you're missing in Jellyfin? Genuinely curious.
Honestly the primary reason is some specific device support, eg. my TV has a built in Plex app but not a Jellyfin app, so switching also probably involves new hardware. I also couldn't get Jellyfin to work with another TV using Chromecast, but I'm getting rid of that anyway.
Otherwise, maybe you can update me on these since it's been a few since I last tried Jellyfin, some of the things that come to mind are:
Client availability is valid. I use an android tv, that's been easy for me. There are mobile clients for every phone and tablet.
I like Emby too, personally.
Skip intros and credits is available on Jellyfin.
I think the Plex UI is still better than Jellyfin, but I've gotten used to it.
Never used the smart collections when I was on plex, so can't speak to that.
For me personally, integration with something similar to the plex_debrid script. I love how easy it is to add something my plex watchlist and have the plex_debrid script fetch it, add it to my debrid account, update the network mount, and automatically refresh my plex library in a matter of 2 minutes tops.
If jellyfin had a similar integration/feature I would switch over in a heartbeat.
Plex4kodi there is a jellyfin like one but it is not even close.
People who bought the lifetime Plex pass, and have a huge group of friends and family already connected to their servers.
Until jellyfin has a secure, robust, one click solution for sharing over the web plex will be supreme for family and friends access
if it's just family and friends you care about, it was pretty easy for me to set up a jellyfin server at home and point a really small virtualhost on a server mapped to a domain name with a reverse proxy to my home ip and then just opening up the jellyfin port on my router. this was literally just for my mum and dad and brother so ymmv.
LMAO. Those are all words I've heard before, but that sounds waaaaay over my head!
We have different definitions of pretty easy, I said one-click
Oh, it's actually 0-click (though a couple dozen key presses)
sorry i thought you meant one click for family and friends to get on not initial setup.
"pretty easy" is a bit of a stretch
Use wireguard or Tailscale.
This really isn’t viable as WireGuard clients are just that, single device per client connection, what if someone started watching/listening content on their phone then all of sudden wanted to switch over to their TV or streaming device without having to go through a lot of hoops?
I opted to reverse proxy Jellyfin with Traefik however have fail2ban setup blocking every IP and only whitelisting the known users, added bonus of hiding Jellyfin’s default login form and required Keycloak for SSO.
What if they watch from their phones cell data or while traveling?
Jellyfin thankfully lets you download content offline alternatively they just text me the IP and I whitelist it then blacklist it a week later, granted if I remember.
From what I've gathered in other posts regarding Plex and jellyfin, the ones that never learned how to port forward or any other alternative solution for getting external traffic to their internal server. All the complaints I've read here regarding jellyfin boiled down to them relying on the Plex relay to handle the traffic for them.
Anecdote but ive been hosting Plex for family members for 10+ years. I tried the Jellyfin switch. Compared to Plex the Jellyfin apps are pretty bad, and I had a ton of performance problems with the remote streaming as well. Its just not ready for that use case. Family members begged me to go back to Plex.
My family at home and myself, we are using Jellyfin currently. It works OK for home use but there are days I want to go back to Plex. Its just a more polished experience.
Jellyfin definitely does not feel like it's a finished product yet, no. I run both and Plex feels a lot more polished. It has automatic collections, duplicate detection, cleaner design, etc.
Two things I hate about Plex.
Other than these things, Plex all day. I wish it weren't so. 😩
I don't use the WebOS app but generally default subtitles/audio languages are set on your profile and the apps pick up those settings.
Try logging in to the web interface and going to your user profile. There is a "Playback" section where you can set your preferred languages. If this isn't set it likely is taking the default language from your media files instead.
It works fine on mobile and on the web interface via the same server, so it's definitely a problem with the TV version of Plex, unfortunately.
Thank you for trying to help though. ❤️