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No one suspects a thing (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That very post highlights that that confirmation is only if you stream the stuff Plex streams. If you use it for your own library as most do, then it’s a non issue.

Jellyfin < Plex. No matter how you try and spin it. Just on ease of remote access and the UI alone

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I look at it in the reverse. I want this platform to stream at home. If it's a pain to use at home without internt then it's lost the plot. I'd setup Plex with the trusted local network in the config file and all of that, but then I still have reconfigure my clients and then they all get admin access so all my parental controls are gone. Jellyfin and Emby get this right and Plex does not, so I dropped Plex. I ended up on Em by instead of Jelly because Direct Play/Stream just wasn't really working for me in Jelly (that may well have been due to my hosting on a Synology NAS).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    We each have our own requirements and so I try not to judge which is what the comment I replied to seemed to do.

    I need remote access for my users.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    We each have our own requirements and so I try not to judge

    Cheers, but you did say this

    Jellyfin < Plex. No matter how you try and spin it.

    So I spun it in my own different priorities under which Plex is not superior.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I’m in the same situation as you- I have a Synology NAS and I want to set up some sort of streaming for my old home movies. I would like to be able to view on mobile and at home. Is Emby possibly a better option than JellyFin for that scenario? I wasn’t even aware of them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Overall I do like Emby more than JellyFin. Emby is commercial, like Plex. I believe the client applications (ie everything but the web) needs a licensed server but they have a free trial period. There is a remote option

    https://emby.media/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/579-how-to-guide-emby-connect-remote-access-and-basic-port-forwarding/

    And they have a service they call Connect intended to simplify the remote access.

    Caveat, I've not really used the remote capabilities at all, I can't speak to how it compares to Plex's. I have streamed remotely through a VPN connection, rather than setting up public access. But only once or twice, and mostly to test the VPN rather than for the purpose of streaming.

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