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I can only see myself using this if they make new titles available between the time of the theatrical release and the BluRay release.
I don't go to the movies much - I saw The Boy and the Heron last month, but before that was Tenet. Sometimes I will want to watch something that's in theatres but not on streaming or BluRay - this could fill that niche, if they wanted it to.
If not... I can wait and download it my usual way.
It's kind of funny to me how much the people who seem to hate Plex so much lurk in here, a community about Plex, just to spread misinformation and throw shade. Especially funny since Jellyfin falls on it's face (or at least stumbles and makes difficult) trying to do most of what I actually use my Plex server for. Don't get me wrong. Plex has it's flaws. And Jellyfin will probably be great someday, but right now it's strictly for the "I use Arch btw" crowd.
Especially funny since Jellyfin falls on it’s face (or at least stumbles and makes difficult) trying to do most of what I actually use my Plex server for.
Do you mind sharing what things it falls/stumbles with? We're always looking for feedback to make it better.
Does Jellyfin have:
Music filtering/smart playlists?
Sonic analysis of music to generate smart playlists?
Good 4k/x265 performance?
A third party (or built in) utility that shows me streaming usage per person?
Allows me to limit remote users to streaming from a single IP address at a time?
Let’s me watch something together with another remote user?
Has an app for most any device (like Plex or Emby) that does NOT require sideloading?
Has built in native DVR steaming/recording support?
Two factor authentication?
Doesn’t default new clients to 720p for remote streaming?
Easy login of other devices by entering in a randomly generated four character code?
I do mind. This is a Plex community and I'm sick of reading through Jellyfish fanboy comments in every thread. Go ask in a Jellyfish community.
👍 Fair enough.
Lol, one time where only in the US is a good thing.
I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing that Plex looks at other income streams..it's just unfortunate that the only way they are to do that is degrading the experience for others over time.
I like it. It means more usera for jellyfin
I'm a hater too so I get the desire to criticize, but I'm wondering why these posts aren't made to a Jellyfin community, one of which exists on this same instance. It looks like it could use the activity, unless I'm missing that there are rules against it.
I like Plex and don't want to change, so all these "lol Plex sucks use Jellyfin/Emby" comments on posts are just annoying. I wouldn't say anything if it only happened sometimes, but it's so often now. There's a place for you - please, for the love of media servers, go there.
Jellyfin is easy enough to get going, and I have it my annual try but it still feels clunky. Compared to Plex the windows client just doesn’t feel up to the level where Plex is.
Also noticed in my 5 minute attempt that hdr support seems to be lacking still.
Love the idea of an open source media system but it has a long way to go still.
I do really like how I can have books on my jellyfin server as well though that's my use for it as of now and a Plex back up. Not sure what there music support is though now that I think about it.
Definitely, not sure why I'm getting down voted I was just sharing information lmao
You're getting downvoted because this instance is more toxic than most and this community in particular is packed to the gills with vocal Plex haters. It's weird.