If you just want to watch local, I would stick with kodi. I actually used both for some time. Emby / Jellyfin for remote + other users and kodi local Now I swit

If you just want to watch local, I would stick with kodi. I actually used both for some time. Emby / Jellyfin for remote + other users and kodi local Now I switched to Kodi + jellyfin addon for local.