People watch from all sorts of weird devices. I got push back when I forced SSL because at least one person had a TV so old that it didn't support doing SSL for Plex. It took me a week to drill it into their brain that I'm not going to change it back and to go buy literally anything to make it work (Chromecast type thing). I think their ended up buying a Roku.

This is just the brainpower that most of the people I share with, have. They just want easy. I do all the hard work in the background and their life is easy.

I can't imagine how many would have a fit if I forced them off Plex. Jellyfin looks cool and all, but it's unlikely I'll be able to move anytime soon.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why do you let other people dictate how you run your media server?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I don't. There's just a nontrivial number of people I care about that use Plex that don't know enough about technology to handle something like jellyfin.

Losing years of watched data isn't great, but ultimately it's small potatoes.

A big part of the reason I wanted to set up Plex to begin with, was so that my friends and family didn't have to waste their time downloading the stuff that all of us want to watch.

They don't demand anything, I want them to be able to use it because I care about those people. If switching to jellyfin is too difficult for the non-techs I care about, then I'll keep rolling with Plex.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

It didn’t sound like they do. Just that at least one person complained but bought a Roku to fix.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 9 points 2 days ago

You can run Jellyfin side by side and slowly migrate everyone, starting from the most intelligent users (so you can catch anything that might be wrongly configured, etc.).

In the meantime, I hope that so many users are switching that we're going to get better native apps.

[–] descartador@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 days ago

I understand that it's not so bad, but you made it sound like a hellish landscape

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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Why the fuck are you not using Jellyfin?

Seriously, the setup is really easy and it just fucking works.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

Setup is not really easy. Plex takes 5 minutes.

[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Devil's advocate, it's missing a lot of features that aren't available unless you want to spend 12 hours playing with add-ons.

[–] cm0002@piefed.world 23 points 3 days ago (7 children)

It failed the spouse test when I last tried last year

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[–] SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because it fucks up subtitles on their Nvidia Shield and firestick apps, and has issues with transcoding too. If you're purely using the desktop app, or browser then it's better. But Plex just works in every aspect. Subtitles, transcoding, sharing libraries. Have had no issues or weird bugs. Anytime I try JF I have to dive deep into resolving bugs, some of which are unsolvable by me.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've been using Jellyfin on both the Fire Stick and Sheild for over 2 years and haven't encountered any issues with transcoding, subtitles, or anything else. You just launch the app and everything just works. And I've got a couple of very non technical remote users who have been using it flawlessly.

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[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've tried to use Jellyfin every year or two for the past six years to replace Plex, but it sadly just isn't there. It's not good in a lot of aspects, especially when it comes to full bitrate 4K HDR movies (100GB movie files), HDR tone mapping, and especially subtitles (which I always have on).

Also, I'm pretty sure on their GitHub page there's like a huge list of some significant or moderate security vulnerabilities that have been known for many years and are never going to get fixed due to breaking compatibility with some old devices if their fixed.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Wait, Jellyfin had HDR tone mapping before Plex didn't it?

In my case running them both side by side, Jellyfin is as least reliable and fast, which is a lot more important when I am thousands of miles away and just want to watch something.

[–] killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

moved to jellyfin after plex was an absolute nightmare to setup on linux.

jellyfin is just so easy to use and like you said, just works

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 133 points 4 days ago (39 children)

Welcome to Jellyfin friend

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 46 points 4 days ago

I'm so glad that I changed to Jellyfin. So much better.

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 days ago

Lol that's pretty much how it went for me. One day it pissed me off for the last time. Switched to Jellyfin and never looked back. Should have done it so much sooner.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s now no longer possible to manually refresh libraries from the app. Amazing. Less functionality.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They've "streamlined" your experience.

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

What, thats crazy. I am always updating libraries from the app after getting subs or whatever

[–] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Like many others, I switched to Jellyfin years ago. It is way, way better for me. It does what it says on the tin, sometimes more, but not less.

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The thing about the redesign that irks me the most is that browsing your own personal library is unnecessarily convoluted the way it’s now organized. It’s a big step backwards in terms of navigation.

[–] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 4 days ago

this is because your own personal library does not make them money.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago

Oh dude this pisses me off SO MUCH!!! MY DAMN content should be front and center, not your stupid ads.

And now we are on jellyfin and scrapped plex. Fuck them.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I switched to Jellyfin and then to Kodi. Jellyfin was nice but I wanted Kodi's PVR, Youtube, Video Games, etc. It's been a project to setup everything but it's been pretty awesome.

I spent alot of time messing with the flatpak and apt versions before compiling from source. I recommend source because you get the lastest version and it's easier to install patches, etc.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What did I miss?

[–] cm0002@piefed.world 23 points 4 days ago (5 children)

They like completely overhauled the UI lol

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I have Jellyfin in parallel now and I had to face the family during summer with questions like “why I cant do this with the app anymore “ “ why did you change it” sigh 😔 so I started to put energy on jelly because that was unacceptable way to rollout a botched change.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Man it's a real shame that Kevin Spacey being Kevin Spacey ruined that great show for me

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He’s a great actor and he’s a piece of shit person.

[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

He is so good of an actor he can act like he's not so fucked up.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is why I have Plex, emby, and jellyfin running in tandem. Plex still makes my life easier than the other two in a lot of ways, but it's been slipping for years. Once I've finally had enough, jellyfin all the way.

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