Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

If anyone needs it: https://jellyfin.org/

  • ccunning@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I’m ready to replace plex but unless something major has changed in the last several months I simply can’t understand how people feel jellyfin is a comparable solution to plex. I couldn’t even get past the user interface and it falling flat on its face with media recognition.

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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      17 days ago

      Jellyfin is the solution if you have a media file on your computer and you want to stream it to your TV in a different room and Bare Bones works fine. It serves my use cases for a lot of things pretty well, but for hardcore self-hosted streaming Plex still has more features and polish

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      17 days ago

      Looks fine to me, I replaced plex like 3-4 months ago

      Jellyfin / jellyseer + arr

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      17 days ago

      There are custom themes out there that change the interface.

      Right click -> identify-> Title name, has yet to fail me.

      Its been a long time since i used plex so I can’t say how much “easier” its over there but compared to the days before streaming this little upfront work takes less time then going to a physical store to rent.

      Maintenance takes no work and it cant be enshitificated (someone will just port it)

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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      17 days ago

      You need to properly name your media with a proper scheme (including tmdbid/imdbid).