That very post highlights that that confirmation is only if you stream the stuff Plex streams. If you use it for your own library as most do, then it’s a non issue.
Jellyfin < Plex. No matter how you try and spin it. Just on ease of remote access and the UI alone
I look at it in the reverse. I want this platform to stream at home. If it’s a pain to use at home without internt then it’s lost the plot. I’d setup Plex with the trusted local network in the config file and all of that, but then I still have reconfigure my clients and then they all get admin access so all my parental controls are gone. Jellyfin and Emby get this right and Plex does not, so I dropped Plex. I ended up on Em by instead of Jelly because Direct Play/Stream just wasn’t really working for me in Jelly (that may well have been due to my hosting on a Synology NAS).
I’m in the same situation as you- I have a Synology NAS and I want to set up some sort of streaming for my old home movies. I would like to be able to view on mobile and at home. Is Emby possibly a better option than JellyFin for that scenario? I wasn’t even aware of them.
Interesting. I switched to jellyfin from Plex because the Plex interface was fucking terrible after the redesigned it and jellyfin was so much better even when unfinished.
And that’s why I do Emby instead. Cloud connections are not that difficult to setup, though not as streamlined as Plex. However, I refuse to go back to Plex because of some serious privacy concerns from the last couple years. I have had a lifetime membership with them since like 2014 and it was great for a long time, but I don’t need it tracking activity of my friends.
The first point is valid, but it only applies to you as the server admin and not the remote users. And honestly it was stuff worth learning for me, as somebody who is not on the IT/web end of things.
But the UI being janky? I don’t know about that. Static images of the screens may look better to you on the Plex side, and that’s just preference. But when it comes to lag, hitching, did that click register, having the server scan the media library, and just about every other performance thing I can think of, Jellyfin seems SO much better to me.
Take the most popular (for now) distro in Ubuntu, remove the proprietary Canonical stuff that makes people say eww, and give the UI some polish and you basically have Linux Mint. And if you REALLY want to reject Ubuntu in its entirety, they do have LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition).
one thing i’ve noticed since switching to linux, or before that to be honest, is that when someone says “which distro should i use” the universal reply is “any of them will work! just pick one!” but then when someone mentions which distro they’re using, there’s always 100% without fail someone who chimes in with “ewwwwww why?!?”
i’ve noticed that as well. arch users are to linux as gowron is to star trek memes. i haven’t tried arch or gentoo–honestly i don’t have the ambition i had when i was 12 trying to figure out how to run ultima 7 on my 386 “pc compatible” CLI DOS machine
My kid installed Arch once upon a time. I was impressed and pleased with him, but also thinking that was way more work than I wanted to do to not use Windows. So I bought a Steam Deck.
Just switched to Linux for Plex.
Ubuntu by the way.
And now you have to move away from Plex?
https://feddit.nl/post/35184193
If you’re still using Plex after all these years of them doing shady shit, that’s on you.
That very post highlights that that confirmation is only if you stream the stuff Plex streams. If you use it for your own library as most do, then it’s a non issue.
Jellyfin < Plex. No matter how you try and spin it. Just on ease of remote access and the UI alone
I look at it in the reverse. I want this platform to stream at home. If it’s a pain to use at home without internt then it’s lost the plot. I’d setup Plex with the trusted local network in the config file and all of that, but then I still have reconfigure my clients and then they all get admin access so all my parental controls are gone. Jellyfin and Emby get this right and Plex does not, so I dropped Plex. I ended up on Em by instead of Jelly because Direct Play/Stream just wasn’t really working for me in Jelly (that may well have been due to my hosting on a Synology NAS).
We each have our own requirements and so I try not to judge which is what the comment I replied to seemed to do.
I need remote access for my users.
Cheers, but you did say this
So I spun it in my own different priorities under which Plex is not superior.
I’m in the same situation as you- I have a Synology NAS and I want to set up some sort of streaming for my old home movies. I would like to be able to view on mobile and at home. Is Emby possibly a better option than JellyFin for that scenario? I wasn’t even aware of them.
Look into jellyfin. I used to run Plex but I find jellyfin way better.
Each to their own but think you should highlight the failings of Jellyfin.
Mainly:
Interesting. I switched to jellyfin from Plex because the Plex interface was fucking terrible after the redesigned it and jellyfin was so much better even when unfinished.
And that’s why I do Emby instead. Cloud connections are not that difficult to setup, though not as streamlined as Plex. However, I refuse to go back to Plex because of some serious privacy concerns from the last couple years. I have had a lifetime membership with them since like 2014 and it was great for a long time, but I don’t need it tracking activity of my friends.
The first point is valid, but it only applies to you as the server admin and not the remote users. And honestly it was stuff worth learning for me, as somebody who is not on the IT/web end of things.
But the UI being janky? I don’t know about that. Static images of the screens may look better to you on the Plex side, and that’s just preference. But when it comes to lag, hitching, did that click register, having the server scan the media library, and just about every other performance thing I can think of, Jellyfin seems SO much better to me.
Why tho?
Because it’s fine, and it’s one of the more “normal” options for first-timers.
it’s not “fine”. i recommended a friend start with ubuntu because it’s the easiest one and tte issues i have had to help with in the past year…
they switched to endeavourOS and i’ve heard no complaints since.
We all start somewhere, even if it’s the smelliest pink taco.
Smelly you say? May I recommend you apply some Mint with Cinnamon to spruce up that computer of yours?
https://linuxmint.com/
Take the most popular (for now) distro in Ubuntu, remove the proprietary Canonical stuff that makes people say eww, and give the UI some polish and you basically have Linux Mint. And if you REALLY want to reject Ubuntu in its entirety, they do have LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition).
one thing i’ve noticed since switching to linux, or before that to be honest, is that when someone says “which distro should i use” the universal reply is “any of them will work! just pick one!” but then when someone mentions which distro they’re using, there’s always 100% without fail someone who chimes in with “ewwwwww why?!?”
I mean, if you’re not using LFS, are you really using linux at all?
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Unless it’s Arch, then everyone seems to agree it is the best Linux.
At which I will point out it’s the second linuxiest Linux. Real penguins use Gentoo
i’ve noticed that as well. arch users are to linux as gowron is to star trek memes. i haven’t tried arch or gentoo–honestly i don’t have the ambition i had when i was 12 trying to figure out how to run ultima 7 on my 386 “pc compatible” CLI DOS machine
My kid installed Arch once upon a time. I was impressed and pleased with him, but also thinking that was way more work than I wanted to do to not use Windows. So I bought a Steam Deck.
Just tell everyone you use arch, even if you don’t.
eEeEwWwWwWw
i think i’m getting it!
Pretty much, haha. The amount of elitism among some Linux users is quite potent.
they take themselves very seriously
Weirdly enough that’s my mom’s high school nickname!
oh hey I remember her