▲ 317 ▼ 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 457 comments fedilink hide all child comments Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (3 children) Lifetime pass, it still works well so why would I switch? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) Same here, but I am also maintaining jellyfin alongside it. In case Plex decides that "lifetime" means something other than what I expected it to mean. I've long ago gotten my $80 of usage out of it. Jellyfin is... ok. It works, it works consistently, and it is consistently almost great. But I provide "cable replacement" and "streaming supplement" services to family that doesn't live in the same house, and will all likely break a box that managed a VPN. Given the above, we'll ride out Plex until they go nuts. Hopefully jellyfin will be polished enough for child use by then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Why would you bother “maintaining” jellyfin when you don’t use it? Just install it if you ever move away from Plex. Seems like work for nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago One, so that it's already ready if I ever need to use it seriously, and two, so I can continue to observe its progress and dependencies. I suspect Plex will not give us a lot of warning if they decide that old lifetime passes aren't good enough anymore. Money grabs like that are best as a surprise. I have two Plex servers I maintain, for myself, friends, and family. Both also have jellyfin serving the same sources. It's trivial to maintain them side by side. Since it's there, I can easily use it occasionally and see if the things I don't like about jellyfin have been fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) Same here, but I am also maintaining jellyfin alongside it. In case Plex decides that "lifetime" means something other than what I expected it to mean. I've long ago gotten my $80 of usage out of it. Jellyfin is... ok. It works, it works consistently, and it is consistently almost great. But I provide "cable replacement" and "streaming supplement" services to family that doesn't live in the same house, and will all likely break a box that managed a VPN. Given the above, we'll ride out Plex until they go nuts. Hopefully jellyfin will be polished enough for child use by then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Why would you bother “maintaining” jellyfin when you don’t use it? Just install it if you ever move away from Plex. Seems like work for nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago One, so that it's already ready if I ever need to use it seriously, and two, so I can continue to observe its progress and dependencies. I suspect Plex will not give us a lot of warning if they decide that old lifetime passes aren't good enough anymore. Money grabs like that are best as a surprise. I have two Plex servers I maintain, for myself, friends, and family. Both also have jellyfin serving the same sources. It's trivial to maintain them side by side. Since it's there, I can easily use it occasionally and see if the things I don't like about jellyfin have been fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Why would you bother “maintaining” jellyfin when you don’t use it? Just install it if you ever move away from Plex. Seems like work for nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago One, so that it's already ready if I ever need to use it seriously, and two, so I can continue to observe its progress and dependencies. I suspect Plex will not give us a lot of warning if they decide that old lifetime passes aren't good enough anymore. Money grabs like that are best as a surprise. I have two Plex servers I maintain, for myself, friends, and family. Both also have jellyfin serving the same sources. It's trivial to maintain them side by side. Since it's there, I can easily use it occasionally and see if the things I don't like about jellyfin have been fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago One, so that it's already ready if I ever need to use it seriously, and two, so I can continue to observe its progress and dependencies. I suspect Plex will not give us a lot of warning if they decide that old lifetime passes aren't good enough anymore. Money grabs like that are best as a surprise. I have two Plex servers I maintain, for myself, friends, and family. Both also have jellyfin serving the same sources. It's trivial to maintain them side by side. Since it's there, I can easily use it occasionally and see if the things I don't like about jellyfin have been fixed. permalink fedilink source parent