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Happy to see that it looks like a peaceful transition. I’m not currently a Jellyfin user, I tried it, but it didn’t seem capable of handling my library on my ha

Happy to see that it looks like a peaceful transition. I’m not currently a Jellyfin user, I tried it, but it didn’t seem capable of handling my library on my hardware. I’m sticking with Plex for now, but as they move more and more toward trying to be a streaming service instead of a media server, I’m hoping Jellyfin matures to the point where it’s viable when I need it.

techaqua 3mo ago
what is your hardware problem?
- al_borland 3mo ago
  I’m running Plex via Docker on a Synology NAS. This has been working fine. When I tried to fire up a Jellyfin container, it was painfully slow. Clients barely worked. It wasn’t a good experience. It was several months ago, so I don’t remember all the details.
  - igor47 3mo ago
    I wonder if it was just a start up issue? Some kind of initial scan of your database?
    - al_borland 3mo ago
      I waited for all that to finish. I tried to help it along by going through everything so it would cache it all. It wasn’t as straightforward as Plex’s visual, flipping covers over as the metadata loads in for each movie, providing a clear queue and sense of progress. Once on the client side, it felt like those also needed to cache things. The only client that worked semi-well wasn’t a Jellyfin client, but could read from a Jellyfin server. I think it was called InFuse. With that as well, I spent hours simply navigating the app, going to every page, and waiting for it to cache everything so I could then navigate around. Then if I added something new, I needed to go to a page to show it and get it cached.
  - infecto 3mo ago
    I don’t know if it’s a synology related problem or just Jellyfin but I have never gotten it running well. Even when it’s running I always get hiccups like server crashed a week later but appears green and running. Or trouble logging into the server using a third party client. Plex has always been perfect for me.
  - klik99 3mo ago
    I just set up Jellyfin on an 1819 this weekend and so far it seems great, dunno if it’s improved or my device has bit more oomph - the ui on some devices is not as nice as plex but it’s been great
    - xbmcuser 3mo ago
      Jellyfin has a lot of alternative unofficial apps partly because of it ui as some people that did not like the look built something else. That is the case for almost every client OS
      - klik99 3mo ago
        Hmmm, seems like that is not true for Roku which is specifically the one that is bad - maybe I'll just grab an Onn or something
  - addandsubtract 3mo ago
    I run Jellyfin in Docker on an N100 mini PC without problems.
    - Computer0 3mo ago
      My nas has an N100 because I wanted to avoid Synology's shite CPU offerings. I similarly have had no issues.
  - corranh 3mo ago
    I’ve been running Plex on various devices for many years and have been impressed by the stability and usefulness. Grandfathered on the old lifetime subscription but I get that $750 seems excessive.
  - clundin22 3mo ago
    Could be the hardware acceleration was not mounted to the container.
2muchtime 3mo ago
What do you mean they’re moving toward trying to be a streaming service?
- kortilla 3mo ago
  Plex is a piece of shit that rams dumb streaming stuff down your throat each time you sign in on a TV. This coincidentally happens every other month or so when the app seems to forget the account it’s signed into. It’s becoming hostile for people who want to work from their media alone.
  - Handy-Man 3mo ago
    Haven't been logged out of the app on my Apple TV in 4 years now.
    - kortilla 3mo ago
      Apple TV is not a TV. It’s the terrible quality of all of their TV apps that leads to this behavior.
      - Handy-Man 3mo ago
        Apple TV the hardware!
  - infecto 3mo ago
    I am not so sure. Have used it for years for free( I have need to stream on the go) and it’s always been no issue. On first setup you are give the option to display streaming options or only your library. I cannot remember the last time I was logged. Super stable and zero time spent setting it up. On the flip side Jellyfin has never worked that well out of the box for me. Always some fiddling around and even when I get it right the server will crash unexpectedly and when I want to go watch something I have to manually reboot it.
    - al_borland 3mo ago

techaqua 3mo ago

what is your hardware problem?

al_borland 3mo ago
I’m running Plex via Docker on a Synology NAS. This has been working fine. When I tried to fire up a Jellyfin container, it was painfully slow. Clients barely worked. It wasn’t a good experience. It was several months ago, so I don’t remember all the details.
- igor47 3mo ago
  I wonder if it was just a start up issue? Some kind of initial scan of your database?
  - al_borland 3mo ago
    I waited for all that to finish. I tried to help it along by going through everything so it would cache it all. It wasn’t as straightforward as Plex’s visual, flipping covers over as the metadata loads in for each movie, providing a clear queue and sense of progress. Once on the client side, it felt like those also needed to cache things. The only client that worked semi-well wasn’t a Jellyfin client, but could read from a Jellyfin server. I think it was called InFuse. With that as well, I spent hours simply navigating the app, going to every page, and waiting for it to cache everything so I could then navigate around. Then if I added something new, I needed to go to a page to show it and get it cached.
- infecto 3mo ago
  I don’t know if it’s a synology related problem or just Jellyfin but I have never gotten it running well. Even when it’s running I always get hiccups like server crashed a week later but appears green and running. Or trouble logging into the server using a third party client. Plex has always been perfect for me.
- klik99 3mo ago
  I just set up Jellyfin on an 1819 this weekend and so far it seems great, dunno if it’s improved or my device has bit more oomph - the ui on some devices is not as nice as plex but it’s been great
  - xbmcuser 3mo ago
    Jellyfin has a lot of alternative unofficial apps partly because of it ui as some people that did not like the look built something else. That is the case for almost every client OS
    - klik99 3mo ago
      Hmmm, seems like that is not true for Roku which is specifically the one that is bad - maybe I'll just grab an Onn or something
- addandsubtract 3mo ago
  I run Jellyfin in Docker on an N100 mini PC without problems.
  - Computer0 3mo ago
    My nas has an N100 because I wanted to avoid Synology's shite CPU offerings. I similarly have had no issues.
- corranh 3mo ago
  I’ve been running Plex on various devices for many years and have been impressed by the stability and usefulness. Grandfathered on the old lifetime subscription but I get that $750 seems excessive.
- clundin22 3mo ago
  Could be the hardware acceleration was not mounted to the container.

2muchtime 3mo ago

What do you mean they’re moving toward trying to be a streaming service?

kortilla 3mo ago
Plex is a piece of shit that rams dumb streaming stuff down your throat each time you sign in on a TV. This coincidentally happens every other month or so when the app seems to forget the account it’s signed into. It’s becoming hostile for people who want to work from their media alone.
- Handy-Man 3mo ago
  Haven't been logged out of the app on my Apple TV in 4 years now.
  - kortilla 3mo ago
    Apple TV is not a TV. It’s the terrible quality of all of their TV apps that leads to this behavior.
    - Handy-Man 3mo ago
      Apple TV the hardware!
- infecto 3mo ago
  I am not so sure. Have used it for years for free( I have need to stream on the go) and it’s always been no issue. On first setup you are give the option to display streaming options or only your library. I cannot remember the last time I was logged. Super stable and zero time spent setting it up. On the flip side Jellyfin has never worked that well out of the box for me. Always some fiddling around and even when I get it right the server will crash unexpectedly and when I want to go watch something I have to manually reboot it.
  - al_borland 3mo ago