Ahoy mateys, it’s time to setup Jellyfin if you prefer not to pay for the privilege of self-hosting your own content.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27204525

We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 hours ago

    This, also a recurring thing I keep hearing from people moving from Plex to Jellyfin is that not all media get recognised correctly.

    Which is probably because Jellyfin is less forgiving on file structure, file names. So check their site first for what Jellyfin needs: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows

    It’s not unreasonable requirements just seems somehow Plex didn’t care about structure as much.

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          14 hours ago

          How so?
          I am outside of the states and have absolutely no issues with recognition. Not for TV, movie nor anime.
          And it’s usually available on tmdb or tvdb.

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            14 hours ago

            Should have clarified. It’s not an option if you want to use it to get content that is not in english. For german content for example, you need access to german private trackers which you only get with a good torrenting record in addition to catching the exceedingly rare opportunities to get an invite.

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              1 hour ago

              Doesnt matter.
              I download multiple things with radarr from 3 available german trackers without issues.
              Imports properly and depending on my jellyfin library settings will get either german or english metadata.

              Dunno what you are having trouble with.