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after almost 15yrs my plex server is no more. jellyfin behind nginx with authentik is running very nicely.

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[–] Surp@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (13 children)

I just wanna get rid of Plex so bad but jellyfin isn't going to work for my grandma....

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The people asking why confuse me...y'all acting like jellyfin is easy to use on an off-site tv when it's literally not for non tech savvy people. I don't understand why jellyfin just doesn't nut up and make an samsung tv client or something?

[–] Xanza@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My 67 year old Mother has been using Jellyfin for years via Chromecast. Change the TV input to Chromecast and pull up the Jellyfin app. And that's it. She never leaves Jellyfin and the Chromecast is never shut off, even if the TV is.

It's amazing to me that you fanboys pretend like Plex is easy to use but Jellyfin is somehow not. It's generally the exact same interface.

I don’t understand why jellyfin just doesn’t nut up and make an samsung tv client or something?

Because application development is expensive, and they're open source--not funded by corporate interest like Plex. What exactly about that is difficult to understand?

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Lol bad day huh

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