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ghcr.io/linuxserver/plex vs lscr.io/linuxserver/plex (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, this might be a dumb question but I would like to know the differences of these two images for plex or other docker images.
I am new to using docker and would like to know the differences if there is one in using one over the other. I can not seem to find anything about this.
Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They are in fact the same image, as you can verify by comparing their digest:

$ docker pull ghcr.io/linuxserver/plex
Using default tag: latest
latest: Pulling from linuxserver/plex
Digest: sha256:476c057d677ff239d6b0b5c8e7efb2d572a705f69f9860bbe4221d5bbfdf2144
Status: Image is up to date for ghcr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
ghcr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
$ docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/plex
Using default tag: latest
latest: Pulling from linuxserver/plex
Digest: sha256:476c057d677ff239d6b0b5c8e7efb2d572a705f69f9860bbe4221d5bbfdf2144
Status: Image is up to date for lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
$

See how both images have the digest sha256:476c057d677ff239d6b0b5c8e7efb2d572a705f69f9860bbe4221d5bbfdf2144. Since the digest uniquely identifies the exact content/image, that guarantees that those images are in fact byte-for-byte identical.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I switched from the official image to linuxserver.io for the better nvidia GPU setup. Had issues getting the official image to utilise the GPU properly which was solved immediately when I switched.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Unsolicited, but an urge for you to consider/reconsider Jellyfin over Plex

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Oh yes I have jellyfin ready to go whenever I actually use it for books as of right now. Just moving over from a windows laptop to Linux and using docker.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Honestly anybody using Plex should be ready to jump to Jellyfin as Plex is going down hill and Jellyfin is getting better. Just remember to donate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just so you know, there is also an official image: https://github.com/plexinc/pms-docker

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Hardware transcoding broke for me using the official image, to be fair it was docker on a VM which I think Plex say doesn't work. The Linuxserver images work flawlessly though, so might be worth considering depending on your use case.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

For the first the bandwidth is paid by Microsoft via GitHub, the second from linuxserver.io via donations.

That's why I prefer the first one

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Those are two different repositories, one hosted by GitHub, the other by linuxserver.io. both are published by linuxserver, so there shouldn't be a practical difference between them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks :)