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> I'm about to subscribe to Plex Pass because I want the DVR support (I have a HD Homerun.) Jellyfin supports that out of the box for free, just like hardware

by bhaney 2y ago

> I'm about to subscribe to Plex Pass because I want the DVR support (I have a HD Homerun.) Jellyfin supports that out of the box for free, just like hardware transcoding which is also paywalled on Plex.

PaulHoule 2y ago
I replaced Plex with Jellyfin because I hated Plex promoting an (then) unwanted FAST service [1]. Jellyfin was a struggle every day, particularly the XBOX ONE client "just didn't work" despite several attempts on their part. Watching movies and TV with my family was a constant humiliation. [2] Last summer I was gentling a feral cat at the other house and once I set up a microwave link I watched a lot of Tubi over there and it didn't seem to be fair to still be angry at Plex. My home server had a /boot partition that was too small which meant I couldn't really apply software updates anymore so I rebuilt the machine and figured I'd switch to Plex which "just works" in every way except my M4 Mac Mini doesn't realize my Plex server is on the same network as it. At $5 a month they ought to take my trouble tickets seriously. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_ad-supported_streaming_television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_ad-supported_streaming_te... [2] Sure "XBOX ONE Sux", I shoulda got a PS4 because I'm a weeaboo, but I have the thing and the hardware ought to be perfectly adequate
- bhaney 2y ago
  That's fair. If the client for your media server sucks on one of your preferred platforms, that's a death sentence. Jellyfin's Xbox One client switched a few months ago to using a Chromium-based web view instead of a legacy EdgeHTML-based one, so that might fix a lot of the problems you had with it, if you ever want to give it another shot. Keep in mind you can install both Plex and Jellyfin on the same server pointed at the same media library if you want.

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> I'm about to subscribe to Plex Pass because I want the DVR support (I have a HD Homerun.) Jellyfin supports that out of the box for free, just like hardware

by bhaney 2y ago

PaulHoule 2y ago
I replaced Plex with Jellyfin because I hated Plex promoting an (then) unwanted FAST service [1]. Jellyfin was a struggle every day, particularly the XBOX ONE client "just didn't work" despite several attempts on their part. Watching movies and TV with my family was a constant humiliation. [2] Last summer I was gentling a feral cat at the other house and once I set up a microwave link I watched a lot of Tubi over there and it didn't seem to be fair to still be angry at Plex. My home server had a /boot partition that was too small which meant I couldn't really apply software updates anymore so I rebuilt the machine and figured I'd switch to Plex which "just works" in every way except my M4 Mac Mini doesn't realize my Plex server is on the same network as it. At $5 a month they ought to take my trouble tickets seriously. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_ad-supported_streaming_television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_ad-supported_streaming_te... [2] Sure "XBOX ONE Sux", I shoulda got a PS4 because I'm a weeaboo, but I have the thing and the hardware ought to be perfectly adequate
- bhaney 2y ago
  That's fair. If the client for your media server sucks on one of your preferred platforms, that's a death sentence. Jellyfin's Xbox One client switched a few months ago to using a Chromium-based web view instead of a legacy EdgeHTML-based one, so that might fix a lot of the problems you had with it, if you ever want to give it another shot. Keep in mind you can install both Plex and Jellyfin on the same server pointed at the same media library if you want.