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People who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question) (discuss.online)

submitted 4 months ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] relaymoth@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I'm in the same boat. Considering swapping out for a Linux based media box instead of the AppleTV.

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[–] kiol@discuss.online [S] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Kodi works well as a frontend to Jellyfin and Plex

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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I hate this answer so much. I get that it works, but it feels like a kludge

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Great; how do I load that in my AppleTV?

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago

... but you're better of just using Kodi's own video/tv management.

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