If Jellyfin would play nice with my APU, not clog the system every time it does a metadata update and the plugin for intro outro detection worked half as good as Plex does, I'd contemplate switching.

If I could say goodbye to Plexamp and it's awesome Sonic Analysis stuff that is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could try Emby. It's freemium, but the free part doesn't (or didn't, last time I used it) require an online account.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC Emby was forked to Jellyfin

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I tried Plex and as someone new to it it seems like such garbage. Jellyfin has been utterly flawless for me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

the centralized login method is easier for people outside of your network to use your content. thats kinda the main draw if you are willing to sacrifice that level of privacy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd just create a VPN on my local server and login that way.

[–] naticus 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's a big reason I went to Emby instead. Liked it so much I paid for it and gained access to LDAP support for logins so everyone can login to the same account they use for other things I host.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 1 points 2 weeks ago

Plex was amazing a few years ago. It continued to get shittier and shittier. But it did create the groundwork of what's possible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I‘ve had a plex moment today… with plex.

My wife bought the app so we can listen to our music via mobile app.

I knew i was gonna visit an area with infamously bad cell reception so I wanted to download my music to my bought mobile app on my mobile device and it said „you need plex pass for this“.

I‘ll have to get rid of plex now because this kind of BS is not for me. I completely get the problem with devs being forced to do this unpaid but its no fun. I invest heavily in open source, both money and time. Having this kind of paywall really sucks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Try jellyfin, it's awesome

[–] Opisek 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you explain? I don't see Plex. Does it require you to create an account outside of your self-hosted service? Does your instance delegate its login to some third party then?

[–] SmoothLiquidation 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is true. You create a plex account, which allows you to log in from anywhere and will give you access to your media. The real problem is that if your outside internet goes down, you can't log into your own server.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But you can. The Admin Account is available locally.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You don't (hopefully) run admin account on your and family's phones or TV

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

let's be honest: Even if this account was logged into some device that gets lost or something... what could happen? None of the apps can actually do any admin stuff. Even if it could: What harm could anyone do really from within the Plex container?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

It implies bad hygiene in general

[–] Evotech 3 points 2 weeks ago

But you can, if your net goes down