This Week in Self-Hosted (8 December 2023) (selfh.st)
from savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 2023 13:24
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savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works on 08 Dec 2023 13:49 next collapse

Excited to see the Jellyfin UX improving - it’s probably the biggest reason I use Plex over Jellyfin (not that Plex is THAT much better…)

PoopMonster@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 2023 14:18 next collapse

I like plex better but damn is it bloated, had to take a almost an hour digging through settings to turn all those plex features off. Now it feels more back to basics.

kryllic@programming.dev on 08 Dec 2023 14:35 collapse

I prefer Plex for its stupid simple “press here to share your library with your family remotely.” And before the Jellyfin folks have an aneurysm, yes I know I can “jUsT uSe a ReVeRsE pRoXy” but I’m a busy guy and frankly lazy. So if Jellyfin wants wide adoption, it needs to make library sharing stupid simple.

lupec@lemm.ee on 08 Dec 2023 18:10 next collapse

There’s a server federation feature request currently marked as planned, so some form of that is probably coming at some point!

Stephen304@lemmy.ml on 08 Dec 2023 19:43 next collapse

This would be huge, one of the biggest draws to Plex for me is being able to use a single account to watch content across all my friends servers from any Plex UI (be it the hosted one at app.plex.tv or the copy hosted with each Plex server)

savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works on 08 Dec 2023 23:14 collapse

Whoa, super cool! I would love this

runninghazard@lemmy.ml on 08 Dec 2023 19:02 next collapse

I am in the same boat, once Jellyfin makes it easier to share I will jump over.

Toribor@corndog.social on 10 Dec 2023 02:45 next collapse

People managing their own users is super nice too. Easy self service password resets without me having to do it for them.

unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone on 10 Dec 2023 03:39 next collapse

Problem is you’re giving Plex access to everything in your library as well, which isn’t exactly palatable

kryllic@programming.dev on 10 Dec 2023 13:42 collapse

I’m aware, patiently waiting for Jellyfin lol. I didn’t enjoy emby at all so Plex was the best “out of the box” solution for my use case

bear@slrpnk.net on 10 Dec 2023 15:45 next collapse

If you’re waiting for Jellyfin to run some kind of relay like Plex, you’ll be waiting a long time. That takes a lot of money to upkeep, and the demand for people who self-host FOSS and then want to depend on an external service is very minimal, certainly not enough to sustain such a service. I’d recommend just spending a weekend afternoon learning how to set up Nginx Proxy Manager and being done with it, the GUI makes it very easy.

unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone on 10 Dec 2023 21:42 collapse

It depends how much you trust Plex then. When I discovered what Plex could do I got rid of it straight away and used samba shares until I discovered Jellyfin.

lemmyvore@feddit.nl on 10 Dec 2023 22:47 collapse

The way Plex achieves the sharing is very convoluted and intrusive. You basically go through their servers and show them everything you have and everything you and everybody you share with are watching.

Most people who pick Jellyfin do it to retain control not give it away.

SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org on 08 Dec 2023 14:02 next collapse

I hadn’t run across this before. Thanks for sharing.

LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 2023 01:33 next collapse

Glad to see even more Jellyfin improvements!

kanzalibrary@lemmy.ml on 09 Dec 2023 08:07 collapse

Thank you so much for this! I discovered some good stuff from here…