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I wanted to like jellyfin. It seemed like a great option for playing music. But the 17,000 music tracks in my library crashes the jellyfin server every time I

I wanted to like jellyfin. It seemed like a great option for playing music. But the 17,000 music tracks in my library crashes the jellyfin server every time I tried to play music. Plex and Emby phone home all the time (why should they need to do that when all my media is local? No thanks!) And so I stick with Mythtv[0] (which really seems out of favor with folks these days) which has awesome codec support (I haven't had to transcode anything, it just plays -- probably because ffmpeg is their back end). It plays my music library, it plays and manages my 10,000+ item video library, supports a real remote control (in my case an Inteset 422[3]) via IR or Wifi. I can keep my backend (server) (VM with multiple data sources) and frontend (playback/library management) version sync'ed with normal update processes via the appropriate software repositories (in my case, RPM Fusion on Fedora, but other distros[1] have the same). It doesn't support streaming from Android/IOS/etc, but I just make my libraries externally available via Nextcloud[2], which meets my remote streaming needs. No, it's not perfect. Yes, the add-on ecosystem is pretty awful. The devs seem much more interested in the DVR functionality (which I don't use) than the video/music library functionality. That said, it's under active development with regular bug fixes and feature releases and has a fairly active user community. But there's zero external communication required (unlike Plex or Emby), nor are there any commercial integrations (well, if you want to use the DVR functionality you do need to buy a yearly subscription (IIRC ~USD$15) for the guide data, but I don't use the DVR functionality, so I don't need it). There certainly are limitations: 1. No streaming apps, but I don't care about that. If I want a streaming client I'll just use my roku; 2. Grabbing video metadata can be a pill if file naming conventions are too different from themoviedb.org and/or thetvdb.com; 3. No direct torrent integrations; It's not fabulous, but it works for me. And if you just want something to host/play your local media, it's pretty darn good. Did I mention that I have yet to transcode anything to get video (with or without subtitles) to play? [0] https://www.mythtv.org/ https://www.mythtv.org/ [1] https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Packages#Targeted_Linux_Distributions https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Packages#Targeted_Linux_Distribu... [2] https://nextcloud.com/ https://nextcloud.com/ [3] https://www.intesettech.com/product/4-in-1-int422-universal-backlit-ir-learning-remote https://www.intesettech.com/product/4-in-1-int422-universal-...

hatware 4y ago
Jellyfin is terrible for music. MythTV? What decade is it? Try Navidrome, or Gonic.
- nobody9999 4y ago
  Tried them both. Navidrome is okay. But it's not so much better than Mythtv. So why bother? As for the decade, do you work at being a jerk, or does it come naturally? I'd point out that jellyfin is a fork of Emby, which is a rebrand of MediaBrowser -- first released in 2000. Mythtv's initial release was in 2004. And so I should probably ask you the same question, eh? I use emacs too. Does that make me an asshole as well? How about Linux? Been using that since 1991. Mythtv is still under active development. Do you even know how it works? Have you ever even tried it?
  - hatware 4y ago
    > Tried them both. Okay? I'm sorry you can't use tools as they are intended. I'm sorry you can't fit tools to their purpose. I'm sorry you treat everything like a nail. What do you want me to tell you...? It's called MythTV. Not MythMusic, or MythMediaJackOfAllTrades. I feel that is intentional per the developers motivations. Similarly, the developers of Jellyfin are primarily motivated by TV and movie sources. I'd love if they better supported music so that my music video library can have proper tags, but I won't grill them since the TV and movie side is quite good, and Navidrome does plenty for me. > As for the decade, do you work at being a jerk, or does it come naturally? Imagine being offended over the easiest joke possible. Is this your first time on the internet, kiddo? That was also a joke, don't lose your head. > I'd point out that jellyfin is a fork of Emby, which is a rebrand of MediaBrowser -- first released in 2000. Mythtv's initial release was in 2004. Now, imagine if you had the self awareness that your know-it-all tendencies are what make you unlikeable in the real world. You'd get so much further! > I use emacs too. Does that make me an asshole as well? I use VIM. Should I have put a trigger warning before telling you? You sure seem sensitive enough to need one. I made a suggestion to use a tool better suited to the task. Throwing a fit about a stranger's suggestion is entirely up to you.

hatware 4y ago

Jellyfin is terrible for music. MythTV? What decade is it? Try Navidrome, or Gonic.

nobody9999 4y ago
Tried them both. Navidrome is okay. But it's not so much better than Mythtv. So why bother? As for the decade, do you work at being a jerk, or does it come naturally? I'd point out that jellyfin is a fork of Emby, which is a rebrand of MediaBrowser -- first released in 2000. Mythtv's initial release was in 2004. And so I should probably ask you the same question, eh? I use emacs too. Does that make me an asshole as well? How about Linux? Been using that since 1991. Mythtv is still under active development. Do you even know how it works? Have you ever even tried it?
- hatware 4y ago
  > Tried them both. Okay? I'm sorry you can't use tools as they are intended. I'm sorry you can't fit tools to their purpose. I'm sorry you treat everything like a nail. What do you want me to tell you...? It's called MythTV. Not MythMusic, or MythMediaJackOfAllTrades. I feel that is intentional per the developers motivations. Similarly, the developers of Jellyfin are primarily motivated by TV and movie sources. I'd love if they better supported music so that my music video library can have proper tags, but I won't grill them since the TV and movie side is quite good, and Navidrome does plenty for me. > As for the decade, do you work at being a jerk, or does it come naturally? Imagine being offended over the easiest joke possible. Is this your first time on the internet, kiddo? That was also a joke, don't lose your head. > I'd point out that jellyfin is a fork of Emby, which is a rebrand of MediaBrowser -- first released in 2000. Mythtv's initial release was in 2004. Now, imagine if you had the self awareness that your know-it-all tendencies are what make you unlikeable in the real world. You'd get so much further! > I use emacs too. Does that make me an asshole as well? I use VIM. Should I have put a trigger warning before telling you? You sure seem sensitive enough to need one. I made a suggestion to use a tool better suited to the task. Throwing a fit about a stranger's suggestion is entirely up to you.