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PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For (kotaku.com)
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PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For::Sony says Mythbusters and more Discovery TV shows are going away whether you bought them or not

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I'm leaving Plex for Jellyfin. It's free, and Plex has been pushing bloat for so long, I can't be bothered with it. It used to be great, just open Plex and there's your media. But now it's full of random streaming channels and shit. It takes multiple non-intuitive clicks to get to what I want. I tried Jellyfin and it's perfect, just like Plex used to be.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Meh, it's no extra clicks to get what you want on Plex once you actually configure your home to show what you want. I just pushed all those options down to the bottom of my home list, but you can just as easily remove them entirely. IDGAF about bloat. Those are just features I'm not using. I'm sure I use features somebody else doesn't care for. Besides, the "bloat" you're referring to is mostly just free streaming content from various channels collected in one searchable app I already have. I'd never stream any of that shit if it wasn't on Plex already. Reminding me that a show I pirated is available on a streaming service I actually pay for is actually kinda neat. It means I can go watch it there to support it, while making sure I've got it in the format I want and where I want.

    I'm all for diversity in our self-host streaming software and fully support Jellyfish, but let's not pretend that the latest halfbaked option is superior because it has fewer features and is less polished. Plex used to kinda suck, lots of features have gotten better. Saying Jellyfin is just like what Plex used to be is not a compliment.

    If you want to complain about Plex at least point to something truly awful, like needing Internet access to access local media because of the way Plex account authentication works or the botched and ill conceived rollout of social media features.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    The question I have, because I'm considering self-hosting something like that, is will my non-text have a family be able to understand how to use it? If not then it's not really going to be worth it right?

    Ideally I want something that would seamlessly replace Spotify and all video streaming services as well and, if my dreams can come true, also work with Google Assistant.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I have my music on my server and can stream it like Spotify. The frontend user experience of Plex, Jellyfin and Emby is literally just like Netflix, the untrained eye wouldn't tell the difference.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    If they can’t figure it out then it’s a them problem right?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    You sound like someone that has never supported a production server.

    The main reason I pay for content is that I don't have the time to provide reasonable customer service to my family. If they can't use it, it is without use; useless.

    Also, I do plenty enough care and feeding of complex systems at work. When I get home, it's nice to stop working.

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

    Not really when you are going to be texted about it. I spent 3 hours trying to get jellyfin to work on my phone. Staying with Plex as they have better apps.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    What was the issue? My experience was the opposite.. I installed the app (android) and went to my IP, it works. I was surprised how simple and easy it was. Or were you trying to use it outside of your home LAN?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If you're using an Android TV device like the nVidia Shield Pro, I recommend also installing Kodi for playback. It has much better codec support meaning less transcoding (and further quality loss), and there's a few oddities in the Jellyfin Client subtitle support.

    Took me about a day of Googling and faffing about to get everything working and it pumping out all the full quality audio formats to my AVR. Seems that by default it likes putting everything in stereo.

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