I’ve tried to use Jellyfin every year or two for the past six years to replace Plex, but it sadly just isn’t there. It’s not good in a lot of aspects, especially when it comes to full bitrate 4K HDR movies (100GB movie files), HDR tone mapping, and especially subtitles (which I always have on).
Also, I’m pretty sure on their GitHub page there’s like a huge list of some significant or moderate security vulnerabilities that have been known for many years and are never going to get fixed due to breaking compatibility with some old devices if their fixed.
Wait, Jellyfin had HDR tone mapping before Plex didn’t it?
In my case running them both side by side, Jellyfin is as least reliable and fast, which is a lot more important when I am thousands of miles away and just want to watch something.
I have it set up right along Plex but find it nearly unusable because the search is atrociously slow. Like 1+ min to query my library. The day that gets fixed is the day I’ll start using it.
I’ve been using Emby for a few weeks now, and the only thing I dislike is having to pay to get subs. Not a dealbreaker though, just slightly anoying that I have to find them myself.
I’m using Kodi and I love it. But it’s a project if you want to setup lots of stuff. I recommend compiling from source for latest version, easier patching, etc.
I wouldn’t recommend Kodi to people who aren’t comfortable with tech stuff. Jellyfin is more basic and easy for people who only want movies/tv.
We’re using Emby set up on a container with GPU passthrough. Used to be on a Synology, but that absolutely sucked for transcoding and now just hosts the library.
Does the job and does it well with a little extra setup for subtitles (extensions, API keys etc). Subs are a must as I can barely hear shit.
Apps work well, as does the web interface. Sometimes struggles with the highest quality files (hardware limitations rather than software), but 1080p is fine for our use.
Haven’t needed to look into anything else, no dealbreakers yet.
ive never used Emby, and Kodi i havent used for quite some time, maybe almost 15 years. aside from it probably being quite different from when i used it it worked well at the time.
Because it fucks up subtitles on their Nvidia Shield and firestick apps, and has issues with transcoding too. If you’re purely using the desktop app, or browser then it’s better. But Plex just works in every aspect. Subtitles, transcoding, sharing libraries. Have had no issues or weird bugs. Anytime I try JF I have to dive deep into resolving bugs, some of which are unsolvable by me.
I’ve been using Jellyfin on both the Fire Stick and Sheild for over 2 years and haven’t encountered any issues with transcoding, subtitles, or anything else. You just launch the app and everything just works. And I’ve got a couple of very non technical remote users who have been using it flawlessly.
I wonder how? Plex is actually worse to navigate and filled with ads and shit.
The issue I had: Jellyfin experience is a better on Firestick and Chromecast than it is on Roku, but the difference has been shrinking fast due to contributions from someone named 1hitsong on GitHub. That person has absolutely hammered patches out over the past few months.
Most likely they’re not logged in with a paid Plex account. When I head to the web version of the Plex app it’s a shitshow until I login. Then I have all that shit disabled server side.
Setup is easy, but sometimes an episode I got plays with no subtitles even though they are there on the video when I watch it on my PC, already tried the subtitle extractor extension but it didn’t seem to work.
Set up ease is highly variable. I spent hours of videos and guides and fiddling and couldn’t get it running on anything except the desktop it was installed on.
I’ve had absolutely zero issues on Chromecast, Roku and iOS/Android apps. Multiple of my friends who don’t do tech stuff use my Jellyfin as a streaming service as well
Why the fuck are you not using Jellyfin?
Seriously, the setup is really easy and it just fucking works.
Devil’s advocate, it’s missing a lot of features that aren’t available unless you want to spend 12 hours playing with add-ons.
I’ve tried to use Jellyfin every year or two for the past six years to replace Plex, but it sadly just isn’t there. It’s not good in a lot of aspects, especially when it comes to full bitrate 4K HDR movies (100GB movie files), HDR tone mapping, and especially subtitles (which I always have on).
Also, I’m pretty sure on their GitHub page there’s like a huge list of some significant or moderate security vulnerabilities that have been known for many years and are never going to get fixed due to breaking compatibility with some old devices if their fixed.
Wait, Jellyfin had HDR tone mapping before Plex didn’t it?
In my case running them both side by side, Jellyfin is as least reliable and fast, which is a lot more important when I am thousands of miles away and just want to watch something.
I have it set up right along Plex but find it nearly unusable because the search is atrociously slow. Like 1+ min to query my library. The day that gets fixed is the day I’ll start using it.
That shouldn’t be. I run mine side by side with Plex and Jellyfin is much faster.
moved to jellyfin after plex was an absolute nightmare to setup on linux.
jellyfin is just so easy to use and like you said, just works
BTW, what’s your opinion on Kodi & Emby ?
I’ve been using Emby for a few weeks now, and the only thing I dislike is having to pay to get subs. Not a dealbreaker though, just slightly anoying that I have to find them myself.
I’m using Kodi and I love it. But it’s a project if you want to setup lots of stuff. I recommend compiling from source for latest version, easier patching, etc.
I wouldn’t recommend Kodi to people who aren’t comfortable with tech stuff. Jellyfin is more basic and easy for people who only want movies/tv.
We’re using Emby set up on a container with GPU passthrough. Used to be on a Synology, but that absolutely sucked for transcoding and now just hosts the library.
Does the job and does it well with a little extra setup for subtitles (extensions, API keys etc). Subs are a must as I can barely hear shit.
Apps work well, as does the web interface. Sometimes struggles with the highest quality files (hardware limitations rather than software), but 1080p is fine for our use.
Haven’t needed to look into anything else, no dealbreakers yet.
ive never used Emby, and Kodi i havent used for quite some time, maybe almost 15 years. aside from it probably being quite different from when i used it it worked well at the time.
Because it fucks up subtitles on their Nvidia Shield and firestick apps, and has issues with transcoding too. If you’re purely using the desktop app, or browser then it’s better. But Plex just works in every aspect. Subtitles, transcoding, sharing libraries. Have had no issues or weird bugs. Anytime I try JF I have to dive deep into resolving bugs, some of which are unsolvable by me.
I’ve been using Jellyfin on both the Fire Stick and Sheild for over 2 years and haven’t encountered any issues with transcoding, subtitles, or anything else. You just launch the app and everything just works. And I’ve got a couple of very non technical remote users who have been using it flawlessly.
Lucky you, I did the exact same thing and had plenty of issues. Switched back to Plex, with the exact same library, and had none of those issues.
It failed the spouse test when I last tried last year
Genuine question - what aspect of it didn’t work for them?
I wonder how? Plex is actually worse to navigate and filled with ads and shit.
The issue I had: Jellyfin experience is a better on Firestick and Chromecast than it is on Roku, but the difference has been shrinking fast due to contributions from someone named 1hitsong on GitHub. That person has absolutely hammered patches out over the past few months.
Besides the removable highlights page, never seen an ad on Plex.
…yet ;)
Lol wut? I’ve never seen an ad on Plex. And it’s very easy to navigate, wtf you talking about.
Most likely they’re not logged in with a paid Plex account. When I head to the web version of the Plex app it’s a shitshow until I login. Then I have all that shit disabled server side.
Setup is easy, but sometimes an episode I got plays with no subtitles even though they are there on the video when I watch it on my PC, already tried the subtitle extractor extension but it didn’t seem to work.
Set up ease is highly variable. I spent hours of videos and guides and fiddling and couldn’t get it running on anything except the desktop it was installed on.
Does it work out the box with Chromecast yet? I gave it a go a while ago and it seemed incredibly convoluted, where as Plex just works.
I’ve had absolutely zero issues on Chromecast, Roku and iOS/Android apps. Multiple of my friends who don’t do tech stuff use my Jellyfin as a streaming service as well
I started using NixOS and it has been ridiculously easy.
In your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
services.jellyfin.enable = true;If you need more options, just search.