Well I already have jellyfin running in a container, just have to figure out how to get mum’s TV to work with it I guess

<edit> log in on a local IP and not the network name and it’s working again. but I’ll be moving to jellyfin from now

  • Zink@programming.devEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Longtime lifetime Plex Pass holder here.

    FOSS is important. Having control over how you use your own hardware and files is important.

    But even if none of that mattered, once I actually used Jellyfin for a few days the snappy bloat-free feel of it won me over. Switching between Plex and Jellyfin felt like switching between windows and linux.

    • MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      25 minutes ago

      what is FOSS

      I’ve also got lifetime plex pass. I might take more of an interest in Jellyfin if there was an easy way to transfer all of my server settings, playlists, metadata, etc. over. But it just seems like such a hastle to make the switch and I really don’t have any big issues with plex aside from needing to change the settings so they don’t sell my data.

    • fantacyde@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Very new to using Jellyfin but I also feel the difference in loading and such. Feels so much cleaner! Already uninstalled Plex :)

      • Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        32 minutes ago

        I can’t imagine moving over would be difficult. Just point Jellyfin to the same folder containing your content. When I first setup my home lab, I was going to use Plex, but I could not get it to recognize media. The naming format wasn’t right or something. Jellyfin just worked immediately

        • MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nlEnglish
          1·
          20 minutes ago

          man, I’ve manually setup tons of huge playlists, and entered in a hell of a lot of TV show information by hand so episodes play in an order I like. Getting that working in plex probably constitutes days of work. I don’t want to even think about re-doing that in jelly fin. If there were a way to automate the process though, I’d probably be more interested.