▲ 268 ▼ Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Then how would I run my private Plex server? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] wagesj45@fedia.io 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) Run Jellyfin instead. I don't know how Plex has stayed as popular as it has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Easy, Plex can pass the spouse test. Jellyfin has yet to pass the spouse test...it's getting there though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HarriPotero@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago My spouse has switched from Plex to Jellyfin Maybe it's time to try again? Or consider another spouse? permalink fedilink source parent [–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) I tried Jellyfin and the performance for me was sooo much worse than Plex on the same system. Videos took forever to play. Also Plex is way easier for me to share with family than Jellyfin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 2 years ago You can check to see if you can enable hardware transcoding. I find the delay is usually transcoding building up a buffer and if you have a good GPU/APU in your server it's often a lot quicker. Pretty sure on jellyfin by default that is off. Mainly because you need to install some packages to get the devices available under linux usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 years ago If you were playing videos with subtitles on android, you might have run into the slow subtitle burn in bug. https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/11938 permalink fedilink source parent [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago Because it's straight better lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago I have a private Plex server and all TVs disconnected from the internet. What does one have to do with the other? permalink fedilink source parent [–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Isolate the smart TV in restricted VLAN in your home network that can access your local media server but doesn’t allow internet access. Segmenting a home network like this is also a good idea for smart home/IoT devices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pezhore@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago I'm not seeing any replies that are super helpful for your question - so here's what I do: throw a Linux desktop on a Raspberry Pi, or NUC and use the TV like monitor. Get a wireless keyboard/mouse combo and watch Plex through the appimage or just Firefox. Bonus, now any website that does video can be viewed on your big screen tv without dealing with any casting apps. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Downvoted for what? I recommend either an AppleTV to watch WEB-DL or a Nvidia Shield Pro for REMUX if you don't have a Samsung TV; otherwise a Zidoo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wagesj45@fedia.io 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) Run Jellyfin instead. I don't know how Plex has stayed as popular as it has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Easy, Plex can pass the spouse test. Jellyfin has yet to pass the spouse test...it's getting there though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HarriPotero@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago My spouse has switched from Plex to Jellyfin Maybe it's time to try again? Or consider another spouse? permalink fedilink source parent [–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) I tried Jellyfin and the performance for me was sooo much worse than Plex on the same system. Videos took forever to play. Also Plex is way easier for me to share with family than Jellyfin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 2 years ago You can check to see if you can enable hardware transcoding. I find the delay is usually transcoding building up a buffer and if you have a good GPU/APU in your server it's often a lot quicker. Pretty sure on jellyfin by default that is off. Mainly because you need to install some packages to get the devices available under linux usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 years ago If you were playing videos with subtitles on android, you might have run into the slow subtitle burn in bug. https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/11938 permalink fedilink source parent [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago Because it's straight better lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Easy, Plex can pass the spouse test. Jellyfin has yet to pass the spouse test...it's getting there though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HarriPotero@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago My spouse has switched from Plex to Jellyfin Maybe it's time to try again? Or consider another spouse? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HarriPotero@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago My spouse has switched from Plex to Jellyfin Maybe it's time to try again? Or consider another spouse? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) I tried Jellyfin and the performance for me was sooo much worse than Plex on the same system. Videos took forever to play. Also Plex is way easier for me to share with family than Jellyfin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 2 years ago You can check to see if you can enable hardware transcoding. I find the delay is usually transcoding building up a buffer and if you have a good GPU/APU in your server it's often a lot quicker. Pretty sure on jellyfin by default that is off. Mainly because you need to install some packages to get the devices available under linux usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 years ago If you were playing videos with subtitles on android, you might have run into the slow subtitle burn in bug. https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/11938 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 2 years ago You can check to see if you can enable hardware transcoding. I find the delay is usually transcoding building up a buffer and if you have a good GPU/APU in your server it's often a lot quicker. Pretty sure on jellyfin by default that is off. Mainly because you need to install some packages to get the devices available under linux usually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 years ago If you were playing videos with subtitles on android, you might have run into the slow subtitle burn in bug. https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/11938 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago Because it's straight better lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago I have a private Plex server and all TVs disconnected from the internet. What does one have to do with the other? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Isolate the smart TV in restricted VLAN in your home network that can access your local media server but doesn’t allow internet access. Segmenting a home network like this is also a good idea for smart home/IoT devices. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pezhore@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago I'm not seeing any replies that are super helpful for your question - so here's what I do: throw a Linux desktop on a Raspberry Pi, or NUC and use the TV like monitor. Get a wireless keyboard/mouse combo and watch Plex through the appimage or just Firefox. Bonus, now any website that does video can be viewed on your big screen tv without dealing with any casting apps. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Downvoted for what? I recommend either an AppleTV to watch WEB-DL or a Nvidia Shield Pro for REMUX if you don't have a Samsung TV; otherwise a Zidoo. permalink fedilink source parent