• DigDoug@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Well this thread is an absolute shitshow.

    Jellyfin is great, but if you refuse to let yourself understand that Plex’s ease of setup for remote access is a point in its favour - especially when sharing with non-tech savvy people - then you’re just as bad as the supposed “Plex shills”.

    Plex is well on the enshittification train, and I’ve always been a bit concerned about how private it may or may not be, but there’s absolutely no way I’d have been able to share a Jellyfin instance with my grandfather, especially as his dementia got worse.

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          jellyfin was a fork of emby anyway, its core framework is solid.

          Emby has more of the plex-like polish, but it is more closed source than I would prefer to trust with my media, so I get by with Jellyfin. It works more than well enough fro my in-home media streaming and I still run plex for my remote users as I bought a plex pass way back at the start and I’m going to use it until I simply cant anymore… which seems to be rapidly approaching.

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            2 months ago

            Can’t say me remote entry isnt working. Was streaming it from my phone in the firefox and chrome browser while on the go and also from my work pc.
            Can’t imagine how easier one wants it to be in comparison (it’s literally like navigating to Youtube).

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              Samsung TVs have a Plex app, but not a Jellyfin one. Lots of people have Samsung TVs. I mean lots. Other modern TVs are likely the same, like Onn (at least the Roku TVs) last time I checked, and again they are all over. The ease-of-use factor really is a huge win for Plex.

              Edit: Yes, Samsung Tizen models can try and sideload an app, but that’s not something the vast majority of people are ever going to even think about, let alone figure out how to accomplish.

              Edit 2: Well shiver me timbers, Jellyfin’s on those Onn TV’s. TIL.

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          2 months ago

          Always funny how anyone is crucified (on Lemmy) for using Windows or (how dare you) paid and/or free proprietary software.

          Yet when it comes to something like Plex they always backpedal and either state that they don’t have something like that or it’s so convenient.
          If one goes on a (F)OSS crusade at least be consistent… >:(

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      2 months ago

      How so?

      Yo dad, heres the login:
      username: dad
      password: Pa$$TheP0p

      If it asks for a URL on the first screen input the following URL: https://jellyfin.domain.tld/

      If you (or a relative) can’t manage that, I’d be afraid to even let you handle a car or open a bank account.
      Can’t imagine you relative doesnt also have to create a plex account somewhere to then be invited to the plex share or input the URL to request access.