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Try Jellyfin. It’s the same thing Plex once was but fully open source.

by pjerem 3y ago

sokoloff 3y ago
I have (and have a Jellyfin server running on the network). IMO, it's nowhere near as polished as the 2017 version of Plex. Cover art and metadata matching is terrible. Plex seems to handle slightly "off" filenames and folder names far better. Every so often I update jellyfin and try again, only to find it's still a worse experience than Plex.
- maxglute 3y ago
  That said, it does feel like PLEX hsa been introducing better features and cleaner UI since jellyfin launched. I wonder if they keep track of Jellyfin installs on local system. Competition is good.
- pmx 3y ago
  I'm more than willing to take the trade off of slightly worse metadata and a less polished UI vs plex reporting all my media, habits, etc to their movie studio bed partners. They've already turned on their users and are abandoning what made plex great to begin with. Once you get used to JellyFin it's really great.
  - speff 3y ago
    This is why I never take the jellyfin evangelicals seriously. Plex is good software - nothing has been taken away and my experience with it has been consistently good and stable for multiple years. > plex reporting all my media, habits, etc to their movie studio bed partners There is no proof that they're doing what you're claiming. From what I've seen, people love trying to to push jellyfin by making things up about plex. Also a polished UI/UX counts for a lot more than the solo-user jellyfin crowd thinks.
    - zipping1549 3y ago
      > This is why I never take the jellyfin evangelicals seriously. It's mostly better not to take evangelicals anything seriously but I don't think you calling them evangelicals is a bit too far.
    - walth 3y ago
      > There is no proof that they're doing what you're claiming. do you recall when Plex started ingesting your media history and then emailed all shared users in your library what you were watching? Many Plex users were pretty embarrassed to be outed for soft porn to family members and colleagues. https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/180maoe/plex_crossed_a_line_with_your_week_in_review/ https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/180maoe/plex_cr...
      - speff 3y ago
        > reporting all my media, habits, etc to their movie studio bed partners is the claim. What you posted does not support that.
    - pocketarc 3y ago
      Yep, tried Jellyfin, UX was terrible, got back to Plex. If it’s not as good as Plex, it doesn’t matter if it’s open source or not.
- pavel_lishin 3y ago
  I have had a devil of a time getting Plex to recognize file names. I wish I could just directly write things to its damn fucking database.
  - endisneigh 3y ago
    Follow the naming standard: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-... You can go to open subs and use those names alternatively, which follow the standard. Or just use jellyfin.
    - pavel_lishin 3y ago
      I have also googled this, and this does not reliably work - especially for things that aren't TV shows, such as videos from YouTube channels or music videos.
      - endisneigh 3y ago
        for that I dump them in an "other" library and it uses the file name title. though I mainly use it for my blu ray rips.
  - sam0x17 3y ago
    FileBot is your friend ;)
Larrikin 3y ago
It's not as good as Plex. I hope one day it will be, it continues to improve, but it's a worse experience. Once they have proper intro skipping, I'll check it out again to see if they have fixed their other issues.
- rigrassm 3y ago
  Fwiw, the Intro Skipper [0] plugin is actually fairly straightforward to install and set up and works as advertised (I personally just have it configured to auto-skip). [0] - https://github.com/306bobby-android/intro-skipper https://github.com/306bobby-android/intro-skipper

Try Jellyfin. It’s the same thing Plex once was but fully open source.

by pjerem 3y ago

Try Jellyfin. It’s the same thing Plex once was but fully open source.

I have (and have a Jellyfin server running on the network). IMO, it's nowhere near as polished as the 2017 version of Plex. Cover art and metadata matching is terrible. Plex seems to handle slightly "off" filenames and folder names far better. Every so often I update jellyfin and try again, only to find it's still a worse experience than Plex.

maxglute 3y ago
That said, it does feel like PLEX hsa been introducing better features and cleaner UI since jellyfin launched. I wonder if they keep track of Jellyfin installs on local system. Competition is good.
pmx 3y ago
I'm more than willing to take the trade off of slightly worse metadata and a less polished UI vs plex reporting all my media, habits, etc to their movie studio bed partners. They've already turned on their users and are abandoning what made plex great to begin with. Once you get used to JellyFin it's really great.
- speff 3y ago
  This is why I never take the jellyfin evangelicals seriously. Plex is good software - nothing has been taken away and my experience with it has been consistently good and stable for multiple years. > plex reporting all my media, habits, etc to their movie studio bed partners There is no proof that they're doing what you're claiming. From what I've seen, people love trying to to push jellyfin by making things up about plex. Also a polished UI/UX counts for a lot more than the solo-user jellyfin crowd thinks.
  - zipping1549 3y ago
    > This is why I never take the jellyfin evangelicals seriously. It's mostly better not to take evangelicals anything seriously but I don't think you calling them evangelicals is a bit too far.
  - walth 3y ago
    > There is no proof that they're doing what you're claiming. do you recall when Plex started ingesting your media history and then emailed all shared users in your library what you were watching? Many Plex users were pretty embarrassed to be outed for soft porn to family members and colleagues. https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/180maoe/plex_crossed_a_line_with_your_week_in_review/ https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/180maoe/plex_cr...
    - speff 3y ago
      > reporting all my media, habits, etc to their movie studio bed partners is the claim. What you posted does not support that.
  - pocketarc 3y ago
    Yep, tried Jellyfin, UX was terrible, got back to Plex. If it’s not as good as Plex, it doesn’t matter if it’s open source or not.
pavel_lishin 3y ago
I have had a devil of a time getting Plex to recognize file names. I wish I could just directly write things to its damn fucking database.
- endisneigh 3y ago
  Follow the naming standard: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-... You can go to open subs and use those names alternatively, which follow the standard. Or just use jellyfin.
  - pavel_lishin 3y ago
    I have also googled this, and this does not reliably work - especially for things that aren't TV shows, such as videos from YouTube channels or music videos.
    - endisneigh 3y ago
      for that I dump them in an "other" library and it uses the file name title. though I mainly use it for my blu ray rips.
- sam0x17 3y ago
  FileBot is your friend ;)

Larrikin 3y ago

It's not as good as Plex. I hope one day it will be, it continues to improve, but it's a worse experience. Once they have proper intro skipping, I'll check it out again to see if they have fixed their other issues.

rigrassm 3y ago
Fwiw, the Intro Skipper [0] plugin is actually fairly straightforward to install and set up and works as advertised (I personally just have it configured to auto-skip). [0] - https://github.com/306bobby-android/intro-skipper https://github.com/306bobby-android/intro-skipper