Ah fuck. Sounds like a lot of marketing speak for "you're personal content is being moved into a separate tab", with focus on getting people to watch their streaming shit. I'll give it an honest shot, but this might be the kicker to move to Jellyfin. Now that tidal integration is gone I have fewer and fewer reasons to use Plex
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
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I'm still running Plex (with lifetime subscription), so I have some questions/comments regarding transitioning from Plex to Jellyfin. They're not necessarily directed at scrubbles.
I was told you don't really have to change the organization of your media, but I read there are additional configuration tweaks needed to play your media remotely using Jellyfin, like installing/signing an SSL certificate.
I haven't heard much about the quality of Jellyfin apps. It looks like they have a Roku app, so that should cover most of my needs, but I don't see support for game consoles.
I'd also like a side-by-side comparison of features between the servers so that I know what I'd be giving up.
Since I am hosting my own DVD rips on my jellyfin server, I got a let's encrypt certificate and verified it with nginx server and a reverse proxy to duck DNS.
The entire process was arcane, but I simply followed the steps from an online tutorial and it just worked.
I spent more time and energy worrying over whether or not I was doing everything correct then I did actually implementing it, and I've never had any issues with it.
the writing was on the wall when they removed the unwatched flags. everything is being catered to their streaming service.
Why does everything need to be a social app? I don’t care what my friends/family on my Plex watch. I don’t want it to do anything other than allow me to play my own media.
we have to drive engagement.
That’s what jellyfin is for
Use plex to watch their shows
Jellyfin FTW!
The thing I liked about Plex over Jellyfin (or even Infuse) on AppleTV was the layout decisions they made that promoted a sense of place. From any screen, I know exactly where I am, and can jump to the right to scroll big libraries alphabetically, or jump left to move to a different folder. It makes perfect sense to my brain in a way other design choices do not. These changes make me a bit nervous.
One tip I’d offer is that for Infuse, pointing it to the raw NAS media folder is annoying as AppleTV doesn’t protect local image caches from being purged so Infuse has to recreate all the thumbnails from time to time and it is dog slow.
Instead, you can point Infuse at your Plex library file directly and all your artwork etc will persist instead of needing to be regenerated every so often.
just got the app and checked it out. the UI/UX feels like it’s three years old. I really want to know what they did to warrant two years of development time and why the focus is on mobile and not say Apple TV boxes or Smart TVs
Not a fan of this pointless redesign. I can't figure out how to view my TV channels from my tuner either only the crap live TV Plex thinks people want
After doing some reading apparently that's coming.
" The below list will be updated as those releases occur (presented in no particular order):
Playlists
Casting
Downloads: Advanced features
Player: Advanced features (e.g. speed control, sleep timer, etc.)
Where to Watch links
Live TV (Over The Air)
DVR scheduling
Library management
Movie rentals via in-app purchases
Shared Sources / Single Item Sharing
Watch Together"
Plex, for when you want to pay a subscription to access data you host yourself!
$30/year is fine for them handling the SSL and SSO for remote access so I don't have to.
I paid $70 for a lifetime PlexPass 11-years ago. It's been a great investment. Not sure how much longer I'll be using Plex, but I have no regrets.
Yah vs free.