Re:End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
by lnxg33k1 on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:25PM
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If you can write what about plex do you miss, I could also suggest you emby, if that makes sense. I also grew to dislike Plex, the UI detached from the base system, the continuous bugging, (it was also very slow for me, and buffery), but I got a lifetime license for emby and never looked back, I wasn't using anything in particular from Plex, but I also have IPTV + integration with the kodi "filesystem", and auto subtitles + conversion + own music streaming, but yeah if you have anything in particular missing I can maybe help, I kinda like Emby so I'd like to help them grow
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Re:End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
by Isthatablackgsd on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:28PM
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Jellyfish is a fork of Emby.
I think it’s the other way around? But emby went the paid way?
Jellyfin is a fork of the Emby code back when they were OSS. They stopped being OSS, and Jellyfin forked.
Mh are you sure about that? I use emby because I like open source but I despise free stuff (at least when one can afford to pay), and I've seen that their server is definitely release under GPL license? But is paid? https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/blob/master/LICENSE.md
Afaik I am not sure anymore who forked who but I've seen convos on IRC back then and the issue was solely the fact that emby devs wanted to be paid
Aaaa you’re right I just noticed that the last tag is <3.6
Re:End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
by tomnipotent on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @04:22PM
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Making a project open source doesn't mean you can't close-source it later on and cease distributing updates, like what Emby has done. Jellyfin forked from the last open-source version of Emby that was available under a liberal license.
Yeye I just didn’t notice the last tag on GitHub
It is unfortunate they did not just do the paid route and keep it Open Source.
Yeah it is a shame agree
Re:End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
by tomnipotent on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:55PM
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Which is why Jellyfin forked from Emby, and why you'll find 540 references to the word "emby" in the source code.
Re:End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
by jabroni_salad on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:41PM
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admittedly it has been awhile since I tried it, but a good amount of the stuff I acquire is anime and plex handles it better than anything else, with the AMSA plugin at least. Anime can be a little weird with a different naming formats, multiple language audio and subtitles, fansub preferences, and sequel seasons sometimes having a different name from the first.
I also need to be able to set a language preference for both audio and subtitles since I am one of those subs>dubs weirdos. If I have to set the audio track every single episode I am just going to hook up my laptop and play it in mpchc.
Whenever I look at open issues for emby or jelly I get the impression that anime is annoying to deal with so I'll just stick with the plex plugin that already works.
I have a ton of anime and it indexes it quite well. Its organized by Sonarr though
Mh yeah sorry I have never watched anime so I am not sure how emby would handle that, it's a segment I have no experience with, but about setting default language for sub/audio it's possible, but not sure how much would it help ^^
I've got about a dozen (yeah, I know, not a lot) anime series on my Jellyfin, and also prefer subs in nearly all cases. I've had a problem with them. But, if someone's got something that's already working, they should probably just stick with that.
Re:End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
by Isthatablackgsd on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:26PM
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If you are open for suggestion, there is a software that would work for you. Shoko Server[0] would be best for managing Anime. I like them since they made my anime folder easily to be managed. And they uses AniDB as their anime lookup. Basically it is a cataloger, file manager, file renamer, database lookup, file tracker software.
They have a plugin for JellyFin, ShokoFin. And I believe they do have a integration with Plex.
This replaced my previous setup and it works amazing with my Kodi.
Oh good lord, I meant to write "I've not had a problem with them." Jeez. Too late to edit now. That is, Jellyfin's been fine for me but it might only be because I've been lucky, since I haven't tried a ton of anime on it.