Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?!
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Is just not as good*
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I set Plex up as an inexperienced selfhoster in 2020 and it was easy.
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I need some explanation in the "Anime" part, I don't get it ?
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It was unnecessarily complex to accommodate their cloud infrastructure setup.
Please elaborate how you needed to "accommodate their cloud infrastructure setup".
When I set my server up years ago all I did was log in on the web interface. Literally as simple as any other service.
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Are you using kodi as the streaming app on your tv/device? And jellyfin as the backend?
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What problems are you having with it?
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Well, jellyfin often doesn't find the right metadata for anime episodes ecc, so theres this thing called Shoko Server that calculates a checksum of your files, compares it with the database over at anidb, and creates a virtual filesystem for jellyfin to make things easier! It's pretty neat. Do you have additional questions?
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I've found the opposite to be the case unfortunately. Plex "just works" while my jellyfin server had almost constant issues with subtitles (two of my frequent users need these because of hearing problems) and would frequently crash requiring docker restarts.
I adopted jellyfin very early, used it for many (maybe 6?) years and these problems only got worse over time.
I always prefer open source (often to a fault) but I am glad I switched to Plex a few months ago. I got the lifetime pass for cheap for black Friday. I still leave jellyfin running for a few users, but everyone else has already switched over.
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I don't mean to be glib or upset you, but you still have lifetime access to the versions of Sublime Text for which you paid; you just don't get free updates to the next version. AFAIK, that's been the way they've done things for years.
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I used Plex a while ago and didn't like how I had to look for my folders against the stuff they offered. And the upside of being able to get my stuff from a server install on another network had me wondering if they were looking at the movies I had to pirate. Once I installed jellyfin, I didn't have to worry. My only issue is if I want to use it on vacation, I have to do some vps hack-jiggery.
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In my experience, jellyfin seems to think everything is anime for some reason.
I've had to go in to every single TV series and manually enter Metadata.
Not a huge deal I only have a few series' but man it's weird.
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I had the opposite. Jellyfin just works. Plex kept losing my movie folders, refused to play videos, wouldn’t screen cast, had problems with audio tracks, there always seemed to be a disconnect between app and server, they refused to connect despite both being the correct versions. It worked great initially, but got steadily more and more problematic over time. I gave up, even though I’d paid for it, and made a jellyfin server and have had zero trouble since.
Don’t know why two programs should have such radically different experiences, they should just do what they’re supposed to.
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Maybe when the merge transcoded downloads on the official clients. rn depending on streamyfin
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The quality was probably bad because you were routed through Plex Relay services which have a bandwidth limit. It is honestly quite a nice free service because it means it will work pretty much regardless how your network is setup but the quality will be bad.
If you want to directly connect to your server you need a public IP so CGNAT won't do you might also have to open some ports. -
I've been using Plex for over 10 years and I can't say anything about it has changed for the worse honestly
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My wife uses the Kodi app on Android TV just fine.
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We have different requirements apparently. I don't need user management and we only watch on our TV (plus myself using Jellyfin as backend for Symfonium).
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Another case of user matching tag
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The only problem I'm having with jellyfin is around subtitles, but it's getting better all the time. I bought the plex lifetime license a few years ago, but we've moved our whole house to jellyfin now.
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They both suck.
Long live Stremio.
