I’ve got Jellyfin up and running right now on a DS620Slim NAS and it’s running pretty good so far. I’ve seen a lot of people say they prefer Plex over Jellyfin. What are the main advantages to plex?

  • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    I used Plex for years.

    As soon as I tried Jellyfin with a limited section of my library I was immediately finished with Plex.

    1. Jellyfin works with no internet connection with no stuffing around
    2. The app is far quicker and more responsive and IMO it looks world’s better
    3. It handles mixed media libraries better
    4. A vastly larger selection of my library can be played with zero transcoding in Jellyfin. Less load on my server, less load on my client, less load on my drives and a far, far more responsive UI as a result.

    You owe it to yourself to try jellyfin. It’s amazing.

    • delvach@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Plex just started requiring a login to my local server. I don’t have a plex account, no reason to get one, I only stream locally. Sounds like Jellyfin is the way to go!

    • lue3099@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Interesting that I find number 3 different for me. I have a very heterogeneous library and I find plex better at choosing when to transcode and what quality to transcode.