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For years I just wanted a good user experience playing video files from my MBP to a TV, I spent a lot of money (on NAS, chromecasts etc), used a lot of software
by PUSH_AX 3y ago
For years I just wanted a good user experience playing video files from my MBP to a TV, I spent a lot of money (on NAS, chromecasts etc), used a lot of software with objectively terrible user experiences (Plex I'm looking firmly at you).
Finally, I discovered the combination of Jellyfin and Infuse App. It works really well.
- jeanofthedead 3y agoMy favorite feature of Infuse is how it clears the Metadata cache every single time I launch the app. Takes about 30-45 seconds for it to show all of my media again. Even with plenty of storage space on my ATV4K.
- katbyte 3y agoThis is why I stopped using it and switched back to the Emby app. It takes 5-10 min for it to reload for me.
- gytisgreitai 3y agoCan you explain more? I am using Infuse with nfs mounted shares and have been pretty happy. Anthing to gain from jellyfin?
- syntaxing 3y agoNot OP, but jellyfin gives you a web interface and multiple user access kinda like Netflix profiles.
- geerlingguy 3y agoVery helpful especially in a family where you might want to separate out libraries a bit.
- cuban-frisbee 3y agoJellyfin can help with metadata and keeping track of progress for tv shows etc.
- hamandcheese 3y agoThe main advantage of Jellyfin is that it can transcode on-the-fly, which is important if you want to share with friends and family that have slower or metered internet. But the unfortunate flipside is it seems like the best clients (so far) do not support transcoding very well, they want to direct stream.
- peblos 3y agoWhat does Jellyfin + Infuse give you over simply using Infuse? I looked at Jellyfin about a year ago and settled on just playing media from my NAS using Infuse but maybe I need to take another look
- LTL_FTC 3y agoMaybe this doesn’t happen to you but: my infuse app on my Apple TV constantly clears the cache because it gets full. This requires it to rescan my library before I have access to my media. Kind of a pain. Server side processing like with jelly fin would prevent this from happening. This is the reason I bounce back and forth between infuse and Plex on my Apple TV.
- peblos 3y agoI have heard/read of people having the same issue but I’ve never experienced this myself thankfully Recently checked the metadata cache which was about 1.9GB which felt a bit bigger than I’d have expected but I’m not sure what a typical value is
- joney_baloney 3y agoHaven't had this issue here either. Metadata currently 731 MB on a 32GB ATV 4k.
- leokennis 3y agoI also have this all the time. I think it stores the metadata in iCloud (if you configure it) so it does not rescan your media, but it does need to redownload the iCloud data. No other app suffers from this, so I think it’s a bug.
- urbandw311er 3y agoI’d be interested to know what you find terrible about the PLEX UX. I’ve been a happy user for years and have found the user interface to be reasonably intuitive. Perhaps dense in places, but certainly not terrible in my opinion.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI switch to Jellyfin because Plex was always spamming me to try some off-brand streaming service. I know this behavior is so normalized that even Ubuntu Linux does it now but actions have consequences and it does drive users away.
- urbandw311er 3y agoI mean to be fair it does need to find a way to pay for itself. I paid for a subscription, removed those streaming channels and I don’t think I have been pestered about them in a long time.
- drexlspivey 3y agoThen every user you onboard has to go through the same excercise and having your relatives go through all that is not fun at all
- horsawlarway 3y agoIt really doesn't though, and that's why I prefer an open source solution like Jellyfin. I'm already paying for everything that incurs costs: it's my hardware, streaming my media, on my local network. The only things left are users & developers donating time and energy to the project - and right now there are enough of us doing that to keep it alive. This is absolutely not something that needs a subscription cost. If you want to help - https://jellyfin.org/contribute/ https://jellyfin.org/contribute/
- BeetleB 3y ago> This is absolutely not something that needs a subscription cost. Having a server you can stream from - you're right. For the other features, you're likely wrong. As in - the open source space hasn't come up with a viable solution. I use Plex for DVR, and beyond the one time fee it works. For DVR you need to get the OTA channel guide, and all the reliable services out there charge a subscription fee - which over time will cost more than the Plex one time fee. Also, how good is Jellyfin at skipping credits and ads? As I pointed out in another comment - I'll happily use Jellyfin once it is there. As of now, every time I try it the experience is worse than Plex. So Plex it will be till JF gets there.
- xienze 3y agoYeah I run Jellyfin+Infuse at home. The biggest selling point for me is that Infuse has "all the codecs" and I can just throw anything, including full bitrate UHD content at the devices and the server doesn't need to do any transcoding.
- treyg 3y agoDid you try an Apple TV?
- venusenvy47 3y ago[dead]
- leokennis 3y agoI have put all my media on a WebDAV reachable machine and pointed Infuse towards it. For me it’s the most convenient option as I have to manage nothing, don’t need to run a server etc. and Incan stream directly on my Apple TV.