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I also went the same Plex to Jellyfin route. Though it took me a couple of tries because Jellyfin wasn't quite up to snuff the first time I tried it, but the se

I also went the same Plex to Jellyfin route. Though it took me a couple of tries because Jellyfin wasn't quite up to snuff the first time I tried it, but the server/web side seems to be pretty great these days, at least I don't have any issues. While I'm glad they finally have an iOS app, I wish I didn't have to rely on a thirdparty app for Apple TV.

sn0wf1re 4y ago
There is a Jellyfin Client for Apple TV, SwiftFin[1]. Even though it is in beta it seems to work really well. [1] https://github.com/jellyfin/swiftfin https://github.com/jellyfin/swiftfin
mikepurvis 4y ago
Reasonably happy Jellyfin user here, though my install is old enough that I guess the Fire TV app doesn't work with it? I'm a little scared to upgrade.
- brimble 4y ago
  If you're running it in docker, just backup the config and cache dirs and try the new version. If there's a problem, roll back. If that breaks (probably not, but maybe), restore the backup, then roll back. If you're not running it in docker, that'd probably still work, if you track down those two directories. Just a bit less clean, and a little chance there's some important stuff configured to be saved other places in the non-dockerized version, so it's a little riskier.
  - mikepurvis 4y ago
    Appreciated! I am indeed running it in docker, but it's one of those home servers that doesn't get touched very often, and every time it does get touched seems to end up needing half a day to untangle everything.
    - brimble 4y ago
      > every time it does get touched seems to end up needing half a day to untangle everything. This is exactly why I run everything in docker :-) One shell file or docker-compose file per service, and each concisely documents exactly what's running and where all the important stuff is. Now, if I have to touch zfs for any reason at all... that's half a day of sweating bullets, worried that one of those arcane commands will wipe out the whole volume. The UI is like Git, but what's at stake is all your stuff instead of one easy-to-restore code repo. "Oh you want to do what must be one of the five most common things someone might want to do to a zfs pool? Sure just run these six arcane commands in order. Don't mess any of it up or all your stuff is gone."
Melatonic 4y ago
Are Emby and Kodi not popular alternatives anymore? I have been out of the game for awhile
- thrtythreeforty 4y ago
  The devs of Emby were always fairly hostile to the spirit of open source and when they closed the source in v6, the community's opinion shifted in favor of Jellyfin. As far as I can tell, Emby is pretty irrelevant now.
- Macha 4y ago
  As for Kodi, it's somewhat of a different class of software to Plex/Emby/Jellyfin - Kodi is more a player interface for local files and with the option to install plugins to play from other sources like DLNA, or even from Jellyfin [1] (and I assume Plex and Emby as well) Jellyfin is more a network player - your jellyfin server does the heavy lifting, like transcoding etc. so your client basically just needs a web browser (though there are native apps too). 1: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi.html https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi.html
wintermutestwin 4y ago
There is an AppleTV app called Infuse that seems to work pretty well with Jellyfin. That said, I am pretty newb to Jellyfin and local streaming in general so YMMV.
aquova 4y ago
Piggybacking off of this, does anyone know of any PS4 apps that can stream Jellyfin content? I have a TV in the spare bedroom with a PS4 attached, but it's not really worth my time to go get some other dedicated device just for Jellyfin.
- Macha 4y ago
  When I did this, the web interface worked fine in the ps4 browser

sn0wf1re 4y ago

There is a Jellyfin Client for Apple TV, SwiftFin[1]. Even though it is in beta it seems to work really well. [1] https://github.com/jellyfin/swiftfin https://github.com/jellyfin/swiftfin

mikepurvis 4y ago

Reasonably happy Jellyfin user here, though my install is old enough that I guess the Fire TV app doesn't work with it? I'm a little scared to upgrade.

brimble 4y ago
If you're running it in docker, just backup the config and cache dirs and try the new version. If there's a problem, roll back. If that breaks (probably not, but maybe), restore the backup, then roll back. If you're not running it in docker, that'd probably still work, if you track down those two directories. Just a bit less clean, and a little chance there's some important stuff configured to be saved other places in the non-dockerized version, so it's a little riskier.
- mikepurvis 4y ago
  Appreciated! I am indeed running it in docker, but it's one of those home servers that doesn't get touched very often, and every time it does get touched seems to end up needing half a day to untangle everything.
  - brimble 4y ago
    > every time it does get touched seems to end up needing half a day to untangle everything. This is exactly why I run everything in docker :-) One shell file or docker-compose file per service, and each concisely documents exactly what's running and where all the important stuff is. Now, if I have to touch zfs for any reason at all... that's half a day of sweating bullets, worried that one of those arcane commands will wipe out the whole volume. The UI is like Git, but what's at stake is all your stuff instead of one easy-to-restore code repo. "Oh you want to do what must be one of the five most common things someone might want to do to a zfs pool? Sure just run these six arcane commands in order. Don't mess any of it up or all your stuff is gone."

Melatonic 4y ago

Are Emby and Kodi not popular alternatives anymore? I have been out of the game for awhile

thrtythreeforty 4y ago
The devs of Emby were always fairly hostile to the spirit of open source and when they closed the source in v6, the community's opinion shifted in favor of Jellyfin. As far as I can tell, Emby is pretty irrelevant now.
Macha 4y ago
As for Kodi, it's somewhat of a different class of software to Plex/Emby/Jellyfin - Kodi is more a player interface for local files and with the option to install plugins to play from other sources like DLNA, or even from Jellyfin [1] (and I assume Plex and Emby as well) Jellyfin is more a network player - your jellyfin server does the heavy lifting, like transcoding etc. so your client basically just needs a web browser (though there are native apps too). 1: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi.html https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi.html

wintermutestwin 4y ago

There is an AppleTV app called Infuse that seems to work pretty well with Jellyfin. That said, I am pretty newb to Jellyfin and local streaming in general so YMMV.

aquova 4y ago

Piggybacking off of this, does anyone know of any PS4 apps that can stream Jellyfin content? I have a TV in the spare bedroom with a PS4 attached, but it's not really worth my time to go get some other dedicated device just for Jellyfin.

Macha 4y ago
When I did this, the web interface worked fine in the ps4 browser