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I still use Plex. I tried jellyfin for two weeks on my 30+ TB collection but there were so many little issues it wasn’t worth it Most features are actually plu

I still use Plex. I tried jellyfin for two weeks on my 30+ TB collection but there were so many little issues it wasn’t worth it Most features are actually plugins made by the community. This felt buggy and cheap. It was lacking a lot of stuff like trailer support (no the community plug-in does not count) Also the metadata scanner is a lot worse. The interface is worse. There’s a lot of setup needed for each device but Plex “Just works” (TVs, iPad, phones, etc) Overall JF is a great project for casual users but it’s not as good as Plex

MattPalmer1086 3y ago
Same here. I'd love to use Jellyfin, but little things just didn't work. Some videos would not play either for some reason. Plex just works though.
jeroenhd 3y ago
I use Jellyfin and I totally agree that Plex is a better user experience. That said, some of the native clients (like Findroid) are excellent. They still lack in features compared to Plex, but they're very pleasant to use. Ever since I found out about the fact you need to pay a subscription to use hardware transcoding on your own, self-hosted Plex server, I've always ignored Plex as an option. The license situation has only gotten worse over the years too. I get that the Plex devs want to earn money, but I'm not paying a subscription to play files that never even need to touch their servers.