750 reasons not to get back with your (Pl)ex
    • __hetz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      I can’t find the video anymore but I remember someone recreating retro cable TV using dizquetv and an RPi (maybe just for the “receiver”). Searching now, I mostly find that ErsatzTV and FieldStation42 seem to be the goto options. I keep bouncing the idea around of setting up actual “channels” for Jellyfin, complete with silly self-recorded ads/bumps/promos/etc, but haven’t decided on a solution.

      If you’re already doing so, do you have any insights? At a glance, ErsatzTV Next appears the most dynamic but also most barebones in that focus is mainly on the streaming. Library management and station programming looks to be external, which would mean having to roll my own scripts or whatever.

  • lyralycan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    As someone who paid around £120 for Emby lifetime: What the fuck

    Of course, Plex really don’t seem to realise they are a laughing stock in this community.

    Plex kind of beats Jellyfin in: music player support (but I believe in separate dedicated services rather than a jack-of-all-trades, so I’d recommend Navidrome instead), and easy remote access (but Plex Cloud dependent).

    The only thing Plex has that Emby & Jellyfin don’t, that I think is pretty neat, is the combining of multiple servers in one library UI. That’s it. And even then you can use Moonfin or Kodi clients, or Jellyswarrm in the stack, and that feature is FOSS too.

    • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      The only thing Plex has that Emby & Jellyfin don’t, that I think is pretty neat, is the combining of multiple servers in one library UI. That’s it.

      For myself I can access jellyfin from my tailnet, but Plex also makes secure sharing with friends and family over the internet simple.

      You also get their OTA broadcast guide for free with plex pass. I doubt anyone else will ever offer that. The cheapest option I know of is HDHomerun’s for $35/year.

      With those two things I suspect I’ll be sticking with Plex (if not exclusively) until they go out of business.

    • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Plex Pass certainly has functionality and features that jellyfin doesn’t; just not $750 worth…