▲ 193 ▼ Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company (torrentfreak.com) submitted 3 years ago by Vent@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (6 children) I would be on Jellyfin now if they had a good Xbox app. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 7 points 3 years ago (5 children) Lack of an official tvOS app and Plex being easy to set up for my family keeps me from switching. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) I made the switch this week. Jellyfin took about 10 minutes to set up and left it overnight to scan my files. I only had to make a few corrections. You can always try it out in a VM or container or even run both at once. You can cast it onto a chrome cast though I haven't tried this yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It has to be as easy as plex is for watching for me to switch, otherwise my wife won't go for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bye@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah exactly. My girlfriend is not tech savvy. It needs to be as easy as Netflix, meaning I need it to run on the smart tv. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 3 years ago Casting is as easy as it is on plex, I have a plex lifetime pass and can't think of anything useful it does that jellyfin can't do too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quinkin@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I use the jellyfish app on both chrome tv and fire tv sticks. Works great. I did have one issue and had to set the default playback in both apps to something (internal?) to fix some audio sync issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 7 points 3 years ago (5 children) Lack of an official tvOS app and Plex being easy to set up for my family keeps me from switching. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) I made the switch this week. Jellyfin took about 10 minutes to set up and left it overnight to scan my files. I only had to make a few corrections. You can always try it out in a VM or container or even run both at once. You can cast it onto a chrome cast though I haven't tried this yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It has to be as easy as plex is for watching for me to switch, otherwise my wife won't go for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bye@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah exactly. My girlfriend is not tech savvy. It needs to be as easy as Netflix, meaning I need it to run on the smart tv. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 3 years ago Casting is as easy as it is on plex, I have a plex lifetime pass and can't think of anything useful it does that jellyfin can't do too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quinkin@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I use the jellyfish app on both chrome tv and fire tv sticks. Works great. I did have one issue and had to set the default playback in both apps to something (internal?) to fix some audio sync issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) I made the switch this week. Jellyfin took about 10 minutes to set up and left it overnight to scan my files. I only had to make a few corrections. You can always try it out in a VM or container or even run both at once. You can cast it onto a chrome cast though I haven't tried this yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It has to be as easy as plex is for watching for me to switch, otherwise my wife won't go for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bye@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah exactly. My girlfriend is not tech savvy. It needs to be as easy as Netflix, meaning I need it to run on the smart tv. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 3 years ago Casting is as easy as it is on plex, I have a plex lifetime pass and can't think of anything useful it does that jellyfin can't do too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quinkin@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I use the jellyfish app on both chrome tv and fire tv sticks. Works great. I did have one issue and had to set the default playback in both apps to something (internal?) to fix some audio sync issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It has to be as easy as plex is for watching for me to switch, otherwise my wife won't go for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bye@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah exactly. My girlfriend is not tech savvy. It needs to be as easy as Netflix, meaning I need it to run on the smart tv. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bye@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah exactly. My girlfriend is not tech savvy. It needs to be as easy as Netflix, meaning I need it to run on the smart tv. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 3 years ago Casting is as easy as it is on plex, I have a plex lifetime pass and can't think of anything useful it does that jellyfin can't do too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I use the jellyfish app on both chrome tv and fire tv sticks. Works great. I did have one issue and had to set the default playback in both apps to something (internal?) to fix some audio sync issues. permalink fedilink source parent