Well I already have jellyfin running in a container, just have to figure out how to get mum’s TV to work with it I guess

<edit> log in on a local IP and not the network name and it’s working again. but I’ll be moving to jellyfin from now

  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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    7 days ago

    Honestly, I lowkey hated plex when I was using it. We never used it because it wasn’t very good at the one thing it was supposed to be fore.

    It was trying so hard to get me to use their media, when what I wanted was to watch my media. By contrast, jellyfin just shows me my media.

    If you have a few bucks, the chromecast with android TV is what I’d recommend. The jellyfin app for android TV looks and works great – as good as any paid streaming service imo. I got my wife using it daily, and she’s not a tech person at all.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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      7 days ago

      At one time it was great. Because it’s just become slowly shittier over the years. As any for-profit product becomes.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Plex does not show me anything but my media at the forefront. 🤷‍♂️ But it’s slow on my TV.

      • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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        7 days ago

        By default for me it seems to really want me to get off of my server altogether and get onto their servers, and it seems to really want to get me off of my media and onto their half-baked streaming service.

        Really complex compared to just having my media show up.

        • ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.caEnglish
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          7 days ago

          When you first set it up it asks what you want to see, you probably just kept everything. Seems odd to purposely keep all their stuff, then complain about seeing all their stuff.

          If plex is “complex” to you then I don’t know what to tell you, my parents can use it with zero issue, and that’s saying something.

          • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            7 days ago

            Definitely sounds like a human error, for sure. Somebody messed up during installation/configuration.