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So, I’ve been seeing Kodi dying and thinking about a move to Plex, Emby, Jellyfin starting from zero knowledge. I pretty much ruled Jellyfin out for what appea

So, I’ve been seeing Kodi dying and thinking about a move to Plex, Emby, Jellyfin starting from zero knowledge. I pretty much ruled Jellyfin out for what appeared to be lack of enthusiasm. Ruled out Plex for privacy issues. Looks like it’s going to be Emby I guess.

bjord 3y ago
what do you mean by "for lack of enthusiasm" out of curiosity?
- SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
  I mean if I look around as a complete know nothing, I see more people talking about both Plex and Emby than Jellyfin. It was easier to find forums for Emby than Jellyfin. IDK, it was just an impression I got.
  - unethical_ban 3y ago
    https://jellyfin.org/ https://jellyfin.org/ Which has a direct link to https://forum.jellyfin.org/ https://forum.jellyfin.org/ Jellyfin's documentation is good. It lacks a tad bit of polish compared to Plex, but it can be run entirely offline (meaning without a centralized account like Plex). Plex player on Android TV was awful for even native streaming of 4k, where Jellyfin performs. It's a strong option for the price.
  - bjord 3y ago
    That's weird, I had a different experience: I definitely heard about Plex the most, but often in a negative light. The alternative presented (again, in my experience) was always Jellyfin.
s0rce 3y ago
I moved from Kodi to Jellyfin. I'm happy.
- hotnfresh 3y ago
  Samesies. Kodi’s ui is just straight-up broken and I’m glad I’ll probably never use it again. The number of times I hit the wrong button and ended up with some overlay on my video I couldn’t get rid of, or in some weird mode I didn’t want. The two back buttons that did different things. Full-featured library management inside the TV UI, where it doesn’t really fit. The weirdly-organized settings screen where I’d always have to try three times to find the thing I wanted, then half the time it was actually in some hidden modal-view elsewhere in the UI (but maybe not on other screens that were basically showing the same stuff!) Just… no. Jellyfin’s the first time I’ve seen people who aren’t me even seriously try to use a self-hosted media thing I’ve set up. And mostly succeed! Usually with Kodi they’d give up within a minute.
  - ipaddr 3y ago
    Does it cause plex to freeze for a minute or two randomly on startup or when hibernating ends?
    - hotnfresh 3y ago
      I don’t know. I don’t use plex.
  - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
    I like how in Kodi I need to hook up a mouse just to click into one specific menu to add a new source. The remote works fine for everything except this ONE thing. I think it’s interesting just how much the next gen servers seem to have ate its lunch.
adamomada 3y ago
If you care about nothing else than ease of use it goes 1. plex 2. emby 3. jellyfin Plex is notable for being able to run the media server software and tv apps without having to pay anything. Emby needs a license payment, and while jellyfin is free it just isn’t as good as emby or plex right now. Re: plex privacy, I don’t use a real email for plex id and I’m not sure if you even need it. Plex inc. can see what I’m looking up anyways because they provide the service of providing metadata for media (obviously someone gets the stats) They do say they don’t actually monitor your usage of plex media server but it’s probably bullshit. I just don’t care with a throwaway plex id – they don’t have my name, address, payment info, nothing

bjord 3y ago

what do you mean by "for lack of enthusiasm" out of curiosity?

SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
I mean if I look around as a complete know nothing, I see more people talking about both Plex and Emby than Jellyfin. It was easier to find forums for Emby than Jellyfin. IDK, it was just an impression I got.
- unethical_ban 3y ago
  https://jellyfin.org/ https://jellyfin.org/ Which has a direct link to https://forum.jellyfin.org/ https://forum.jellyfin.org/ Jellyfin's documentation is good. It lacks a tad bit of polish compared to Plex, but it can be run entirely offline (meaning without a centralized account like Plex). Plex player on Android TV was awful for even native streaming of 4k, where Jellyfin performs. It's a strong option for the price.
- bjord 3y ago
  That's weird, I had a different experience: I definitely heard about Plex the most, but often in a negative light. The alternative presented (again, in my experience) was always Jellyfin.

s0rce 3y ago

I moved from Kodi to Jellyfin. I'm happy.

hotnfresh 3y ago
Samesies. Kodi’s ui is just straight-up broken and I’m glad I’ll probably never use it again. The number of times I hit the wrong button and ended up with some overlay on my video I couldn’t get rid of, or in some weird mode I didn’t want. The two back buttons that did different things. Full-featured library management inside the TV UI, where it doesn’t really fit. The weirdly-organized settings screen where I’d always have to try three times to find the thing I wanted, then half the time it was actually in some hidden modal-view elsewhere in the UI (but maybe not on other screens that were basically showing the same stuff!) Just… no. Jellyfin’s the first time I’ve seen people who aren’t me even seriously try to use a self-hosted media thing I’ve set up. And mostly succeed! Usually with Kodi they’d give up within a minute.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  Does it cause plex to freeze for a minute or two randomly on startup or when hibernating ends?
  - hotnfresh 3y ago
    I don’t know. I don’t use plex.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
  I like how in Kodi I need to hook up a mouse just to click into one specific menu to add a new source. The remote works fine for everything except this ONE thing. I think it’s interesting just how much the next gen servers seem to have ate its lunch.

adamomada 3y ago

If you care about nothing else than ease of use it goes 1. plex 2. emby 3. jellyfin Plex is notable for being able to run the media server software and tv apps without having to pay anything. Emby needs a license payment, and while jellyfin is free it just isn’t as good as emby or plex right now. Re: plex privacy, I don’t use a real email for plex id and I’m not sure if you even need it. Plex inc. can see what I’m looking up anyways because they provide the service of providing metadata for media (obviously someone gets the stats) They do say they don’t actually monitor your usage of plex media server but it’s probably bullshit. I just don’t care with a throwaway plex id – they don’t have my name, address, payment info, nothing