Because it fucks up subtitles on their Nvidia Shield and firestick apps, and has issues with transcoding too. If you’re purely using the desktop app, or browser then it’s better. But Plex just works in every aspect. Subtitles, transcoding, sharing libraries. Have had no issues or weird bugs. Anytime I try JF I have to dive deep into resolving bugs, some of which are unsolvable by me.
I’ve been using Jellyfin on both the Fire Stick and Sheild for over 2 years and haven’t encountered any issues with transcoding, subtitles, or anything else. You just launch the app and everything just works. And I’ve got a couple of very non technical remote users who have been using it flawlessly.
I wonder how? Plex is actually worse to navigate and filled with ads and shit.
The issue I had: Jellyfin experience is a better on Firestick and Chromecast than it is on Roku, but the difference has been shrinking fast due to contributions from someone named 1hitsong on GitHub. That person has absolutely hammered patches out over the past few months.
Setup is easy, but sometimes an episode I got plays with no subtitles even though they are there on the video when I watch it on my PC, already tried the subtitle extractor extension but it didn’t seem to work.
Set up ease is highly variable. I spent hours of videos and guides and fiddling and couldn’t get it running on anything except the desktop it was installed on.
Why the fuck are you not using Jellyfin?
Seriously, the setup is really easy and it just fucking works.
Because it fucks up subtitles on their Nvidia Shield and firestick apps, and has issues with transcoding too. If you’re purely using the desktop app, or browser then it’s better. But Plex just works in every aspect. Subtitles, transcoding, sharing libraries. Have had no issues or weird bugs. Anytime I try JF I have to dive deep into resolving bugs, some of which are unsolvable by me.
I’ve been using Jellyfin on both the Fire Stick and Sheild for over 2 years and haven’t encountered any issues with transcoding, subtitles, or anything else. You just launch the app and everything just works. And I’ve got a couple of very non technical remote users who have been using it flawlessly.
It failed the spouse test when I last tried last year
I wonder how? Plex is actually worse to navigate and filled with ads and shit.
The issue I had: Jellyfin experience is a better on Firestick and Chromecast than it is on Roku, but the difference has been shrinking fast due to contributions from someone named 1hitsong on GitHub. That person has absolutely hammered patches out over the past few months.
Genuine question - what aspect of it didn’t work for them?
Does it work out the box with Chromecast yet? I gave it a go a while ago and it seemed incredibly convoluted, where as Plex just works.
Setup is easy, but sometimes an episode I got plays with no subtitles even though they are there on the video when I watch it on my PC, already tried the subtitle extractor extension but it didn’t seem to work.
Set up ease is highly variable. I spent hours of videos and guides and fiddling and couldn’t get it running on anything except the desktop it was installed on.
I started using NixOS and it has been ridiculously easy.
In your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
services.jellyfin.enable = true;If you need more options, just search.