• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I’ve been using Plex for over a decade and Jellyfin for a few years, IMO Plex is the better of the two, but that’s only because it’s an actual company not an open source project like Jellyfin is.

        The fact that Jellyfin is written in .Net makes it a pain in the ass to install on Linux (if you’re not using some sort of containerized installation) and it always floods the logs with gigantic stack traces anytime something errors out, and it’s usually only helpful to the devs, not the end user.

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        8 months ago

        Isn’t Jellyfin something that I have to run through a computer, phone, or tablet? My living room TV is just a Walmart special with a Roku box. I’m too lazy to get more technical than that.

        Edit: I stand corrected. I see it on Roku. I’ll see what it does. Thanks

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          That’s just the Roku client (which is what I program for). All it can do is pull data from your Jellyfin server using the server’s API. You’ll need to have the server software running somewhere and point the Roku client to it.

          By itself, the Roku client will do nothing.

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            8 months ago

            Yeah I learned that when I tried to open it.

            The Plex thing has straight up streaming material like Tubi, so that was neat.

            Highly unlikely I’m going to go the lengths of learning to sail, storing my booty, and transfering it to a server I don’t understand.

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      8 months ago

      Oh my. I’ve had a Plex server for over ten years now. Enjoy! 😄