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Ahoy mateys, it's time to setup Jellyfin if you prefer not to pay for the privilege of self-hosting your own content.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27204525

We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Still don’t get why people use Plex over Jellyfin

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In my own house, or just myself. Jellyfin is fine. I haven't spent as much time on it though compared to Plex.

Plex has its own user auth, I don't need to manage that. My friends and family don't have to hit me up for password resets.

It has apps on pretty much every device.

Users can just log in. They don't need to know what server to type in.

[–] Pika 8 points 1 week ago

TIL that jellyfin doesn't support an actual password reset. I've never had to actually try. That's somewhat disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yer it's clear people who go on about not understanding either have small circles of users, or don't actually support people...

You aren't getting Pop and Nan to understand how to troubleshoot or setup Jellyfin access on their old TV compared to just throwing in a Chromecast or fire stick and having Plex auto logon with an account you setup for them if the couldn't. Makes life a ton easier, even at the cost of other liberties.

They just want to watch Zulu or Are you being Served again, nothing more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Just gonna drop this link here for anyone who's interested in a 3rd party Jellyfin user management application. This fixes the issues related to inviting users and allowing them to reset their own passwords. Would obviously prefer all of this built into jellyfin, but solutions do exist for those determined enough.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am a lifetime Plex Pass User... I am not affected by their BS... Yet (watch together is going though).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Inertia, mostly.

Of course Plex then takes advantage of that with the slow erosion of the free edition.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I paid Plex Pass Lifetime for peanuts (maybe $50 or $75) a decade ago, not using it would mean wasting that so yeah..

[–] lka1988 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Because some of us bought the lifetime Plex Pass for cheap many years ago and it's what our family is used to. Plex also passes the "wife test", and my kids use Plexamp on their phones for music.

Not gonna stop me from ditching Plex in the not-too-distant future though, once I figure out Jellyfin and another local music streaming app that doesn't have an interface stuck in 1997.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It's a lot easier to setup and get non-techy family to join. Setting up Jellyfin is easy until you want access outside your LAN. Setting up TLS or a VPN is a hassle I don't want unless there is no other option. Plex has features I (and my family) use that jellyfin doesn't support by default yet. Last I checked syncing of files for offline viewing in the official app wasn't very good yet. Plex has a bunch of ad supported live streams baked in that aren't too bad. There is a "How It's Made" channel, a Mythbusters channel, and Top Gear channel. PlexAmp isn't perfect, but it's better than any of the Jellyfin options I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I will make the switch once they revoke my lifetime pass, but in the meantime I'm really hoping that Jellyfin gets a face lift. I've tested Jellyfin a good bit and it mostly has feature parity for everything I care about, but it's UI is objectively uglier than Plex's

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It syncs all movie covers and metadata automatically. When I used jellyfin last, this was a struggle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Definitely not an issue anymore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's only an issue if the files aren't properly named. If you're using *arr this won't be an issue. E.g. "Title (Year) - TMBD/TVDB ID" works flawlessly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That’s good to hear. I’ve got an arr setup so this is promising whenever plex becomes unusable to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For me?

  • Remote Play (I've never been able to get it to consistently work on every device with Jellyfin)
  • PlexAmp is awesome
  • LiveTV
  • IPTV
  • Way better clients
  • Numerous small little issues.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's FinAmp for jellyfin. There's also support for LiveTV and I wouldn't be surprised if there was at least a plugin for IPTV.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

LiveTV refers to a PlutoTV like service for Plex. There are a lot of amazing channels, but the big gain for me is having broadcast news networks.

FinAmp really isnt up to PlexAmp yet. PlexAmps "guestdj" mode is really awesome and it still doesn't have a Carplay App which kills it right there for me.