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I want to unlock the ability to view content on my mobile device. I can do that with a one-time purchase (payed with google opinion rewards) or with a subscription. I want to unlock the ability for my entire family though, across multiple devices. Do I have to pay the "one-time payment" for every device? If so, the plex subscription might be worth it. Is there any other major benefit to having a plex subscription?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Normally people are using https://jellyfin.org/ although i have never used it so I'm not sure if it offers the same functionality but it's worth a try.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Jellyfin has more functionality but is a lot more technical to set up. I didn’t think it was worth the effort since I already have a Plex server running, but I could see going through that if I didn’t.

Been running Plex with a lifetime pass for around a decade. Worth it for me for sure.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I've run both, and I found both required about the same level of technical understanding for an in house setup.

I started with Plex as it worked nicer with my remote, then moved to Jellyfin when I picked up an Android TV. It was the hardware transcoding (without having to pay) that sealed the deal for me.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The dealbreaker about plex for me was having to use their auth servers and having to route traffic through them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't used Plex but Jellyfin is as easy as throwing this in Docker:


***
version: "2.1"
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=192.168.0.5 #optional
    volumes:
      - /path/to/library:/config
      - /path/to/tvseries:/data/tvshows
      - /path/to/movies:/data/movies
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
      - 8920:8920 #optional
      - 7359:7359/udp #optional
      - 1900:1900/udp #optional
    restart: unless-stopped
(from [linuxserver.io](https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin))
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you like Ansible and docker, check out saltbox. It's a great project and if they don't have what you need, it's in community. They also use authelia sso. I've contributed to their community repo.

https://github.com/saltyorg/Saltbox

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you use Linux Mint, its a one click install from the software manager GUI and the config happens in a web browser. I use a VPN to connect and play videos from it on my phone. I like it and have it set up everywhere I can.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The only thing I can think of when people say jellyfin is more technical. Is there you have to set up port forwarding and some kind of DNS for your server for remote access.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s really easy to set up if you use Docker.

I want to use Jellyfin, but the clients just aren’t up to par with Plex and last I checked Jellyfin won’t transcode downloaded media.

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

Jellyfin does hardware transcoding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last I checked, if you wanted to download media to a mobile device to watch later, you could only do that at full quality. Has that changed?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ah I see, I have misunderstood. I checked and you are correct that it is not possible to download anything but the original file.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s weakness is client side apps. Most are web apps and not native. It’s getting better but in comparison plex has native apps on almost everything.

I’m a lifetime plex pass user since 2016

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I personally dislike the Plex apps, but yeah its native support is unmatched. The official Jellyfin app for Android gets the job done but isn't native. However, Findroid seems like the future to me on Android and I use the Kodi plugin on my TV (which is amazing).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even as a lifetime plex pass subscriber, I have ditched it completely in favor of Jellyfin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This. I use game consoles as my base so I can stream and play games from one place.

Jellyfin for xbox is using the controls to move a cursor around

However Swiftfin and Findroid are making slow but steady progress for mobile devices.