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
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
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Be prepared for a barrage of "Jellyfin" in your comments.
But yea seriously, use Jellyfin.
Is there something better than jellyfin? I've been using it for a little over a year, and it works for the most part, but clients are often pretty buggy (especially on apple apple devices)
The web interface is fantastic. I just use a spare laptop with a wireless keyboard and mouse
Have you tried the third party ones? I've seen recommendations for Swiftfin
https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin
Yeah that's the one I'm using on our appleTV, it's buggy as hell. "Continue" show often doesn't work and picks an episode that I've watched long ago and not the next in line, often never updating it despite watching several episode over several weeks. Aftee Pausing a show or movie and closing the app, if you want to continue from where you left off, well that doesn't work consistently either, usually it will just restart from the beginning. Switching language on shows pretty much doesn't work at all, it will either never change from default audio language, or use an entirely different language than the one picked from the list.
All these things work perfectly fine from a browser or official app on android.
Plex will do the exact same thing if you have an episode earlier in your history that didnt get marked as “watched”. But plex lets you manually tag episodes as watched which usually fixes it. Maybe there’s a similar option in jellyfin?
Jeælyfin also has this, is just doesn't work on appleTV
Was I supposed to read that with a Scottish accent?
I mostly use Infuse on the Apple TV and Streamyfin on the iPhone.
I'd be happy to pay for Infuse if the lifetime wasn't AU$150, and I just outright reject paying a subscription for an app for using something FOSS, even if it's only AU$20/year. A lifetime license that's 3-5yrs of a yearly sub is much more reasonable.
I’m no fan of software subscriptions. I have only one and it’s Infuse. Took the plunge mainly for Apple TV playback a few years ago and I’m glad I did.
It’s not just relying on FOSS through JF, but allows connection to Plex and Emby servers. And just as importantly direct NAS playback (side note - I honestly think a lot people go through the hassle of setting up a full JF/Emby/Plex server when this option would work just as well for them for single client playback). They also update regularly, and generally adhere to native OS design standards so it feels at home - https://firecore.com/releases
Back to the point, I pay the cost of a McDonald’s meal a year and I’m happy. IMHO it’s fantastic value. And I’ll continue to wait patiently for the official Jellyfin Apple TV client rework (Swiftfin). If it’s great and ticks the boxes I need I’ll cancel the Infuse subscription, if not we get enough value for £8.99 a year to make it a no brainer decision to continue.
I use Emby and it's flawless, might be worth swimming upstream?
Same, though I can't get remote access working while running a vpn on my machine and it's driving me nuts
Yeah, the way things at going I feel like I should protect myself further with a VPN, but it does break some of my services' access. Just another hurdle in the track to net independence that will be overcome! Heaven knows we've overcome many to get where we each are.
No need to bust your brain trying too hard - you'll find an answer eventually!
Infuse is so good on Apple TV it’s worth the money
I refuse to support companies with subscription based business models.
I can't say I've given Jellyfin a proper try (as in using it and the clients exclusively for a long period) but we have been using Emby for quite a while before I knew it existed.
If I'm not mistaken Jellyfin is actually a fork of Emby so they're pretty similar, but one is a bit older.
Jellyfin forked from Emby in 2018 when Emby chose to switch to a closed-source model. Because of this, there are many similarities, but the projects continue to become increasingly different from one another as time goes on.
I was probably using Emby already by then, had bought a lifetime license since it didn't require bouncing things off and outside server like Plex did (or was it that Plex was a renewing subscription, I forget) , so it just stayed out of inertia.
I'm pretty happy with Emby, but it's not open source.
infuse is a good jellyfin client. there's a free tier but im not sure of the limitations.
The free tier limitation is that it doesn't work with jellyfin
What's an "apple apple" device? 😁
Yea, Jellyfin on iOS hsed to be buggy. Seems much better these days, and there's also Finamp for music
I mean, with a post like this, I'd call it baiting
btw i use jellyfin
lol crap, it's the new arch!
We need a name for lemmy users running arch on their pc that they’re using to watch stuff on their Jellyfin server
I did try and preempt that in my comment - but it's hard to switch from plex when there are 5 other people with everything all configured and history etc
That's exactly what Plex wants you to say
No it's not. Tell them to learn to switch or lose access. It's your server, do what you want.
How to migrate your watch history, apparently: https://www.florianjensen.com/2024/08/21/how-to-migrate-from-plex-to-jellyfin/
I wanted to move to Jellyfin, but there isn't an app for it on the LG WebOS library like there is for Plex, so I wouldn't be able to watch stuff on my TV, which sadly makes it useless for me :-(
I don't have the money to be going out and buying extra add-ons for my TV to watch stuff either, sadly. So, Plex it is for now!
Root your TV and install the homebrew channel on it.
Yes, this is real.
The Homebrew Channel for LG WebOS is got three pieces of absolutely essential software:
A YouTube app modified with built in ad blocking and sponsor blocking. The Jellyfin app. The Moonlight app.
With these three plus the toggle to block system updates your TV gets 1000% better for free.
now I need to find a Wiimote, damnit
You can use the Smart remote which is basically the fusion of a wiimote, a tv remote and a computer mouse
When was the last time you checked? A client was added to the WebOS store maybe 2 or 3 years ago for recent models, and support for older models (like my C9) came months later.
Yes there is, I literally have it installed on my two LG WebOS TVs. Plus there's a web browser app that you can create shortcuts for, which works for Dropout so I would assume it works for Jellyfin as well.
Yes there is. I have it on my tv.
https://us.lgappstv.com/main/tvapp/detail?appId=1030579
USE JELLYF-
Oh.
Jel-ly-fin, jel-ly-fin, je-ly-fin!