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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6302705

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[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kinda, Plex still changes my homepage with their ads once in a while

[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One of many reasons to use Jellyfin instead of Plex.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is there a media server that allows accounts to have groups of profiles?

Even emby, or jellyfin don't support this. Really wish they did. Then I can give each household a single account for their device and have a netflix like experience

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm not really sure what you mean by "groups" of profiles, but you can definitely set up multiple different users on Jellyfin

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I wonder if what they're asking for is some sort of RBAC? All members of house A can all access content A and cannot access content B. But each individual retains distinct viewing history.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

yes. My kids have an account that can only see kids stuff (and they are not admins either of course). I have admin rights. My wife can see everything but no admin rights. If you mean "I need a KIDS group where I can put all my kids' accounts so they inherit the same permissions" then no.

[–] cygon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You can set up different user accounts and grant them different levels of access and functionality (i.e. disallow CPU-hogging transcodes). Users can also be restricted by MAC and hidden from the login screen unless you know the exact login name.

I have Jellyfin on my NAS and the "TV" user with which the living room TV is logged in only has permission to see certain folders of my movie library.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I want them to have one account to log in with, and there are 4 profiles within that account. No need for every person on the server to have their profile on one huge page like plex

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I would pay for someone to have a server that tracked who watched something. Not just assume the "account owner" watched it but the other people sitting next to them too.

Apparently the creators of these apps are all loners.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Given that I have a lifetime Plex pass, what are the advantages that jellyfin would give me?

I got the Plex pass years ago when they were on sale, and it’s nice that Plex has apps for mobile devices and smart TVs.

[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well certainly no ads on the homepage like the comment I was directly replying to.