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[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I know Lemmy is obsessed with Jellyfin, but alot of us have lifetime memberships to Plex, and will switch when hell freezes over.

[–] Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait until you see what they did to the Roku UI.

So Jellyfin... How hard is it to migrate from Plex?

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It took me just a few minutes to set up. 4 folders, TV, Videos, Movies, Music

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

It would take me more than a few minutes to set up remote access VPN-less, Arr stack and Riven/Zurg to it...

But hey, as a Plex Pass lifetime user Jellyfin still looks like a good second option.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until you see what they did to the Roku UI.

What about it? Genuinely... I've been using Rokus longer than Plex, what's the issue with the Roku version?

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry, did you mean a lifetime membership to Jellyfin? Because I don't think there is such a thing...

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

The lifetime membership to Jellyfin is on Github in the form of a GPL license and the source code. I've got a lifetime membership to Jellyfin and it didn't cost me a dime.

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[–] cm0002@piefed.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jellyfin, unfortunately failed the spouse test when I last tried last year.

Besides, I don't think for this particular case it would help much, they both pull their data from the same places iirc

[–] SchadeMarmelade@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Erst vor kurzem gewechselt. Geht schon gut, diese Geleefloße

[–] vodka@feddit.org 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

The worst I've experienced so far is Panty And Stocking S2. Here's a copy paste of what I explained to someone using my plex asking why it was so fucked.

E01 is a single episode

E02 and E03 are one episode in the west and on japanese streaming(E02), but it airs on TV as two episodes in japan

E04, E05, E06 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E03), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan

E07, E08, E09 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E04), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan

E10, E11, E12, are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E05), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan

E13 is a single episode, but it's episode 13 for TV broadcast, and 6 for streaming..

E14 and E15 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E07), but airs on TV as two episodes in japan

[–] arararagi@ani.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so glad I don't catalog my downloaded stuff.

[–] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't see the problem. If the files are named properly, software like sonarr will have no problem organising it. You just name the file S02E4-E6 etc.

[–] chaos@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

That is indeed the right way to do it, unfortunately Plex doesn't handle it well. It'll show all the episodes separately, but each one plays the entire file (fair, it doesn't know for sure where the breaks are, but could be done better), and watching the whole thing marks only the one you selected as watched, so you have to mark all the other "episodes" as watched manually (this is annoying, if it knows you watched the whole file, it should know that you've watched all the episodes it covers).

Usually if an episode is a 2 parter in one file, I'll just name it for part 1 since you'd watch them together anyway, but for cartoons the two parts are usually entirely unrelated, so it really only works properly if the file's split. It'd be better if the interface at least showed that a range of episodes are combined so you could, say, start it and know that the episode you want needs to be scrubbed through to find it, and also if it marked them all as played when you watch the whole thing.

[–] vodka@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

The main issue is automation. Now it's not a problem now that theXEM has stuff properly scene mapped, especially since I use proper private trackers.

The numbering is still a fucking mess though, and the fact that different index websites have different rules makes it really annoying.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh god, I love the anime but yeah I can understand that their super loosey-goosey style of episodes would be p bad if you wanted super detailed organizing. The place I've been watching them just groups the content into a single episode, since they effectively are broadcast as one single piece, just with (potentially) multiple chapters.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I recently switched to using shoko to handle scanning/metadata etc instead of hama/ass and it’s been working pretty well.

[–] vodka@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My main issue is that I use Sonarr which uses tvdb as backend.

If an alternative to sonarr existed that could also integrate with Overseerr I'd be on that instantly, but sadly there is nothing like that.

Having to manually handle shows my friends and family want to watch us not happening.

[–] fry@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

If an alternative to sonarr existed

Flexget, Medusa

Overseerr

Ombi

The *arr stack is an abomination.

Having to manually handle shows my friends and family want to watch us not happening.

Your providing a free service, right?.... Dont forget to enjoy it yourself. Unless you serve 100 "friends" like everyone else. Then enjoy the money.

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[–] polakkenak@feddit.dk 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I (partially) blame tvdb for this mess. SpongeBob has every story listed as a separate episode, but good luck finding any source that doesn't bundle these up.

Meanwhile, the list for Kaguya just bundles all stories aired together in a single episode (thankfully).

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thing os: Many companies and countries have different orderd releases.

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This is a very niche meme. I love it.

[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Futurama is also a pain to organize.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because of the movies split into episodes?

I have the French dub, which has a very different broadcast order.

S03E12 in French might be S02E22 in English, while S03E13 is part one of a special episode (so... S00E04, p1).

No one had published a conversion guide yet,so I ended up playing each file up through the title credits, to determine the new watch order.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same with Kitchen Nightmares (Gordon Ramsay)

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[–] splendoruranium 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I raise you multi-language content or a mixed Australian/US-Broadcast Mythbusters collection 😐

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

And I raise you Pokémon. Holy mother of fuck that's messed up. Some episodes switched around for foreign distribution, some removed, and two seasons put into one, making the entire ordering one season and three episodes off. Had to manually edit nearly everything after Sonarr tagged them because Sonarr used the UK tvdb ordering iirc (the UK removed a couple episodes) but my source used Japan (scene) and Emby used US tvdb. Something like that

Feast your eyes on this shitshow (use desktop mode if on mobile)

[–] splendoruranium 6 points 2 weeks ago

Feast your eyes on this shitshow (use desktop mode if on mobile)

Ouch, my condolences.
It's fascinating that it took me longer to scroll through that than most people have or ever will spend on watching the show.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until you have to match foreign to english naming to match the release name.
I did that for the first 3 seasons of a dvd pack I ordered and ripped to get the dub iny language (and the 2 rips on trackers were of a too low quality)

[–] blueworld@piefed.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Just give up and get streamlined mythbusters. Easier to watch anyway.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the difference?
Sounds like a fan cut release

[–] blueworld@piefed.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Each myth is contiguous in each episode rather than being interweaved. Much more satisfying.

Also, repetitions are removed and some of the fluff (though sometimes a bit too much of the fluff has been removed according to some opinions I read once upon a time on reddit). To make up for it, replace the missing fluff with the stupidly long fluffy tail of content which this comment is now somehow turning into. Fluffing the fluff. And also, repetitions(!) are removed but also the fluff.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 10 points 2 weeks ago

Haruhi Suzumiya has entered the chat

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The bane of my existence before it hit Paramount+

Now you can find individual episodes as WEB-DL

[–] three@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good shout. I basically put the show on hold until something like this happened. Do you know if the first 4 or 5 seasons are available?

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 points 2 weeks ago

Can personally speak to 1-3 being available

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also in the original aspect ratio or was it cropped?

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ooohhh...That's nice!
Now I only need it in dubbed form to be useful for me.

[–] Censed@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I took the effort to split every episode S1-S3 in davinchi

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Personally, I don't care enough. Mostly my kids watch SpongeBob, and I can tell when vaguely paying attention as they watch it that I've seen every episode in seasons 1-3 (the only seasons I bothered to load) multiple times, which would specifically have been when I was a kid watching live TV. And half the time it's on shuffle anyways so the order doesn't matter at all

Edit to add: not sure if the issues people are describing are Plex specific but Jellyfin required zero manual effort when I injested the rips. All episodes have correct metadata (as two parters, so for example I have "S1E10-11 Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple" as a single episode)

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I am too much of a lerfectionist (metadata) to not care. :(

Edit:
Thing is, not every release respects the aired or the DVD-order that TVDB uses.
So you might have some episode which deviates from the current order and suddenly it doesnt work anymore.

[–] JawnZ@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

American dad being screwy is what got me to finally setup Jellyfin. I was just using Stremio for everything but the jumping around because of season misnumbering was bad

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

My demons are all Doctor Who. I had it mostly straight in plaques and when I moved over to jelly fin, nothing was right.

[–] ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

I thought I had downloaded bad releases and the episodes were messy..glad to see is not just me having trouble to organize sponge Bob to have episode preview right

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Repair Shop was a real pain in the ass to import since they apparently run multiple seasons concurrently for some reason.

Beavis and Butthead.

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