I miss the days I only needed 2 tb
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I've had to start trimming things, but I can't get rid of hard-to-finds. It's mostly new shows, I'll only keep recent seasons.
I can't lose shows like Captain Star or Duckman, but I probably don't need every season of Westworld.
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For me, that would have been over 15 years ago. Even my NAS from 2014 was pushing 16T or so.
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Jellyfin? What is that, some computer based television network you populate and schedule yourself? Because I totally would want that. That would rule.
It's a FOSS alternative to Plex, if you're familiar with that. Less like a tv channel, more like a streaming service you populate yourself.
more like a streaming service you populate yourself.
The most concise description of Plex/Jellyfin that I've seen
DIY Netflix is the one I like.
As a long time Plex uset who loves the ease of use of Plex, is it for me? Also there probably aren't apps on that many devices? My main concern is Android TV and the Tizen thing by Samsung.
The advantages ofjellyfin are mainly its open source nature, and lack of needing to pay to unlock features such as downloads. It may be a little more effort to set up but still isn't too difficult. Once set up, it works pretty much flawlessly, except for the occasional hiccup which can be resolved pretty easily.
It has an official app available for android TV, which is in the store, and as for Tizen OS, there is an official app (on their github), however it is somewhat more difficult to install from what i've seen.
If you want to check availability, there is a list of clients at https://jellyfin.org/downloads/clients/all/
yeah, i switched over to jellyfin from plex after i hit a paywall on plex. They wanted me to pay to watch my 4k mission impossible (1996) movie. Afterwards, i'm like "fuck nah," literally the reason why i torrent was to not pay for shizzle
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It lacks some of the functions found in plex, most notably the sync feature. That being said, it's still a very good free alternative to plex. It does run on android tv
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Unsure if your asking seriously (if not, whooosh to me), but it’s an open source alternative to Plex.
Plex is a media server that you run to host your TV shows and movies. Think of a self-hosted Netflix.
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didn't take me long to go from 2tb being a lot to 100tb being not enough.
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When the time comes for them to watch, they have their own version of our favorites - remake or remastered, adaptations or whole different series.
Now the collection is for the dads' nostalgia.
Have you seen the recent remakes of disney Films?
Let's just say, they won't become timeless classics like the original animated movies.
Fair enough.
They also have their own classics e.g. Frozen
Recently Coco and Elemental are also really great.
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Maybe a dumb question, but how is this better than having your files on a nas? I have a nas and just play my media files from there on my tv and laptop. What do I get from having jellyfin?
A slick interface with nice title cards and pictures, feels like your own personal streaming service with no drawback
Kodi/XBMC has been providing that for like 20 years though...
What jellyfin does provide that Kodi doesn't is on the fly transcoding for watching on mobile device and remote access. If you don't need that, Kodi might be a better choice providing a far wider array of features.
Personally I prefer jellyfins interface. Plus its easy for my bon tech familyyto use jellyfin
That's fine, but it still doesn't do a tenth of what Kodi can do.
I also don't really see how it's easier in terms of browsing. It's a list of movies and tv shows...
You're not wrong but there are still drawbacks to Kodi where Jellyfin ends up being better. In my use case, with 5 tvs in the house, 2 are hooked up to Nvidia shield tvs but the other 3 are Chromecast w/ Google TV which have very limited storage unless I want to spend a fortune in hubs for each one to add a USB drive or micro SD.
With kodi installed I would regularly hit the storage limit of the device and have all kinds of weird bugs. Just as an example I had my daughter set up with a kids only account, but account switching would cause Kodi to become unresponsive for anywhere from 30 seconds to having to do a hard reset of the device. Jellyfin gives me the same access to my library with a lighter, more streamlined, persistent interface across devices and with easy and fast profiles. It still allows me to keep a pi as the host so the whole setup is low power (important for me as we're on solar, every watt helps!)
I don't really need the Kodi plugins I used to have if the main purpose of streaming my local content isn't smooth and simple for the family. This is coming from a long time XBMC user, I've been running it since my original modded Xbox in the early 2000s.
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I just recently set up jellyfin as a way for my family to access the stored media outside of my house. Our current Networking setup doesn't play nicely with VPNs so this was an easy way to do that.
NAS vs Jellyfin isn't really how to look at it. You still need to have the files stored somewhere, and Jellyfin can just access the files from wherever you store them. As others say, Jellyfin adds some convenience. Think of it like Netflix but for your local files. You can install an app on your phone, laptop, tablet, or just access Jellyfin's built in web interface on laptop/etc... It pulls down thumbnails and show information automatically, and you can set up different accounts/profiles to track show progress and favorites for multiple people.
The files are still stored on a NAS.
But, Jellyfin/Plex has the advantage you get a nice pretty "app" that works on your TV/Roku/AndroidTV/etc. It handles transcoding if needed, keeps track of what you have watched, and lets you know when new things pop up.
It keeps track of which files you've played (e.g. to automatically pick the next episode in a series), it automatically downloads metadata and cover art so you have a nice browsing interface, it manages multiple profiles so that e.g. you can limit your kids' access to only G and TV-Y or filter out genres a user doesn't like, it lets you set parental controls to limit the amount of time watched in a day (or disable it at certain times of day), etc.
I use both plex and jellyfin and my files are on a nas. Previously truenas but now synology. I just mount my collection over smb to my Intel nuc with quick sync so that Plex/jellyfin can provide me and my friends a slick UI as well as transcoding (can store stuff in hevc, flac, 5.1 or 7.1 dts hd ma and not worry about codec support on each device), a nice web player with subtitles /audio track selection, and nice apps on every device to access the collection.
But yeah NAS and jellyfin aren't mutually exclusive, many people use them together.
Jellyfin/Plex/Emby turn your media collection into your own personal Netflix. They have apps for multiple platforms, you can setup user access controls, parental controls based off age ratings, track progress through shows and movies, search and organize based off genre and tags, and much more. Also, they can handle on the fly transcoding of the media, so if a device doesn't support a specific codec or container it can be converted into another, or if the user is on a poor Internet connection which can't handle a 4K video, it can downgrade the quality to make it easier to stream on the poor connection.
Overall, they just provide a better experience when consuming media.
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Goes through hard drive with kid
"Everything the light touches, is our kingdom!"
What about that encrypted from file named jdhshjxjjxjd
kid, that file is off limits
It's really satisfying having someone to share your collection with. I moved in with my now-fiancée late last year and it's so fun watching it grow to suit us both. Currently still using Plex since there isn't a Jellyfin client for the Xbox One and we have yet to get a Shield or something else superior to it, and I don't feel like figuring out the networking side of things until we're at our next apartment.
It’s really satisfying having someone to share your collection with. I moved in with my now-fiancée late last year and it’s so fun watching it grow to suit us both.
Ditto. I started my Plex server about 11-12ish years ago for myself and my wife. Nowadays we're sharing 30TB to almost 20 of our combined friends and none of em pay for subscriptions anymore lmao.
Yuuuuup, same. I do wonder though how much longer we’re gonna be able to get away with it though.. the sharing I mean. I know my wife and I can always have things here locally, but we’re definitely at the mercy of Plex eventually shutting down their sharing capabilities
Technology and piracy always will find a way. Even if Plex goes tits up, we have options with Jellyfin and Emby. Sharing may not be great or even possible in some or all circumstances, but I'm sure if Plex shuts down today they'll go into overdrive to bring things more up to speed since there'll be a real need for it. If not, someone else will come up with something to replace it, or something new.
Hell only reason I started using Plex in the first place was because I was using Universal Media Server and was tired of putting up with it's shit. Only reason I was on that was cause I was tired of Playstation Media Server beforehand, and if I hadn't smoked my brain cells away I'd tell you the same thing for whatever I used before that too lmao. We'll always find new ways to pirate, and to share that content. Plex just became so commonplace cause it's so damned easy and (..mostly..) works well.
shux. Roku has a Jellyfin channel so I got lucky :)
I have a small 1tb collection ..love jellyfin and it's UI but I miss kodi when it comes to scrapping metadata and playing all formats ...I use jellyfin mostly because of its ui and because my crappy TV can't handle kodi very well
Why not use the best of both worlds? https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/
I use Kodi on my HTPC and the Jellyfin client on my phone and PC.
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How does one get a NAS without spending an arm and leg these days? I started pirating because I was broke, I don't have triple digits to spend on hardware.
How does one get a NAS without spending an arm and leg these days? I started pirating because I was broke, I don’t have triple digits to spend on hardware.
An old PC with a bunch of hard drives (they shouldn't be NAS drives necessarily) + TrueNas. The main cost will be the hard drives which is about 20$/TB
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I just ordered another 12TB for my NAS
There's a large possibility that your kids will be apathetic towards the media that you watch now. When's the last time you listened to a song or watched tv from the 50?
(I can hear you typing right now; yes, I myself even watch the Adams Family and listen to psychedelic rock every now and again, but that's not typical.)
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