If you have experience with Jellyfin and don't mind me asking, if i have Plex pass is there any reason to switch to Jellyfin? I have never even looked at Jellyfin but i keep seeing people talk about it as a Plex replacement.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you haven't run into any concrete issues with Plex and don't mind the cost, there's probably no reason to switch.

Reasons I switched:

I didn't like it when Plex asked to control my user accounts. It allows them to cut me off whenever they want, for any reason. It also prevents me from using my own server in my own home if my internet connection drops, even if my server and my network are still working.
Plex can have issues with some VPN setups.
They kept moving more and more features that used to be free to paid accounts only.

[–] godzero@sfba.social 3 points 2 years ago

@lemmyvore @Kbobabob
I didn't sign up for Plex when I realized I had to pay to use media on my own network. I can use many other media players that don't cost anything.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Well cost is not a factor for me. I'm a lifetime Plex pass member. Probably why i didn't notice a lot of what people are mentioning about Plex. I don't use it a ton really anymore as i don't watch a ton of TV and kids are grown.

[–] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The biggest reason for me was that Jellyfin is fully open source.

[–] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The second reason for me was advertising inside Plex, and generally a UI focused on what they want me to see instead of what I want to do. Jellyfin isn’t a commercial product so it won’t get enshittified over time.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Third reason for me was UI, they kept changing it so that it highlights their shitty partners' content. Very confusing for the guests.

[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i should give jellyfin another shot, its been some years. When i tried it last, it was not a nice experience. But i refused to use plex after it required login for even offline access (i wonder how many people remember that. If you lost internet access, you couldnt watch plex)

so i switched to Emby, which is still closed source, but didnt have the bullshit plex requirements. The advantage was [sic] that being closed it could offer proprietary stuff like codecs or DTS. (dts and similar were only available on plex and on nVidia TV device)

Everything i do (as much as possible) is oss, but some things just cant.

Ill try jellyfin again in the next month or so and see how its doing.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

That's actually how I went, through Plex, then Emby and now Jellyfin since last reinstall, with a brief detour through Servio.

I don't begrudge Emby for trying to make money but it leaves a bad taste when a project starts at open source, builds up features on volunteer work, then takes those features behind paywall. And at the end of the day the Emby experience is not that much more polished than Jellyfin, which is ridiculous. At least Plex offers a smooth experience for the money.

Servio is very basic compared to these three but some people like that about it. If you don't want to bother with any niceties and just want something where you dump files and play them it might be for you.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plex has been more and more pushing their personal shit into your UI over the years.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I noticed they added some stuff and annoyingly tried putting it first. I just hid the crap i didn't want. The live TV actually has a lot of options. I don't really watch much TV these days but there's been plenty to choose from so far. I think having the lifetime Plex pass makes it different.

[–] crossover@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you run a Jellyfin server you can connect to it from the AppleTV via the Infuse or Swiftfin apps.

[–] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Can connect with Infuse to your server, swiftfin has a ways to go to be ready for primary use

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apple TV doesn't support VPN apps?

[–] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 9 points 2 years ago

TV OS 17 adds VPN support.

[–] goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Moonrise2473 Tailscale is literally a VPN app.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ah ok, because the way you phrased that looked like it slipped apple approval process as this kind or stuff is not permitted

[–] goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 0 points 2 years ago

@Moonrise2473 VPN apps are supported as of TvOS 17. Tailscale is one of the first