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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by cujo to c/[email protected]

I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

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[-] biela 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why wouldn't you want your home media server software running on the server that's in charge of storing your media?

There are many reasons to do so, such as wanting to use GPU acceleration or a better CPU than what your NAS or SAN has to offer.

[-] cujo 1 points 9 months ago

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with CPJ. For GPU acceleration, why wouldn't you add a dGPU to your server? Or are you talking exclusively pre-built NAS solutions that don't have a dGPU option?

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