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Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750 (9to5mac.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 17 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Do they provide the metadata services though? Pretty sure that's still handled by imdb and such

Been looking at jelly fin. I have a lifetime with Plex but it feels like they're headed for bankruptcy anyway.

And seems the same. Only problem is that the docker server keeps crashing on my Synology unfortunately

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    They have a sorta proprietary metadata service that is presumably based on imdb, thetvdb, etc. but they also handle detection and collection of metadata regardless of where the information ultimately comes from. It's nothing that Jellyfin doesn't do though.

    I'm sticking with Plex since I have the lifetime pass too, but the writing's on the wall, I'm ready to switch to Jellyfin whenever Plex dies or ruins itself

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    That’s where I’m at. Ride my <$80 lifetime license till the wheels fall off and see where jellyfin is at that point.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Exactly my sentiment too. I already paid for it, may as well use it until they make some move that makes the jump to Jellyfin worth it. Not to mention Jellyfin is still fresh on the scene and I personally think it still needs a few more years to make a more seamless changeover from Plex for me and everyone else I've granted access to.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Why not Emby?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Because I’m simply not aware of it or all the other options since, as I mentioned, I have no imperative to leave plex at the moment.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Me either (leaving Plex) but it’s beyond frustrating when everyone just yells “Jellyfin” without talking about other alternatives.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    If/when the day finally comes I’m assuming there will be resources of the options available, perhaps even a megathread here. Or I’ll just look into what’s out there myself. But I think it’s fair for the fediverse to be championing the biggest FOSS front runner. I do appreciate you putting another option on my radar.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Why not move to Emby?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The docker implementation on synology is pretty bad. I ran my setup on there for about a year before I got fed up. Ended up picking up a mini-pc and installing unraid on it, which has a much better way to run and manage docker containers. Only downside is having two machines now with the storage pool over the network. A bit more complications rather than direct attached storage.

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