Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by lostlogin on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:50AM
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God. I wish they would stop shagging about with it content stuff (I don’t want their content, ever).
I would like a more logical arrangement of settings, remote setting of user resolutions (eg, please try native!).
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by malermeister on Saturday April 29, 2023 @04:01AM
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Try out Jellyfin! It's an open source Plex replacement that doesn't mess with its users.
I switched a year ago after some dumb monetization change at Plex annoyed me enough and it's just been so much better.
Imagine a product just like Plex, but without all the shit Plex tries to pull all the time!
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by 300bps on Saturday April 29, 2023 @10:46AM
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Wow. No idea this existed. I was about to set up a TV tuner with my Plex and pay $4.99 for the ability to broadcast live TV over Plex but see that JellyFin has this feature for free.
THANK YOU!
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by sbarre on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:16AM
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Do you ever need to access your library remotely or from iOS devices?
That's the one killer app for Plex for me. I can get to my library when I'm on the road (music more than movies or TV).
Does Jellyfin do anything like this? Any other caveats if you've used both?
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by malermeister on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:42PM
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I'm using a seedbox and I can access it from anywhere, just fine. I'll be honest, I'm not sure about the implementation details, but I'm pretty sure it's done via a reverse proxy like so: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/caddy/
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by sbarre on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:26PM
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Thanks for sharing! I'm reading the docs but was curious to also hear some first-hand experiences..
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by Arcuru on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:32PM
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I like the idea of Jellyfin, but I had a lot of performance issues with Jellyfin and ended up having to switch back to Plex.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by malermeister on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:42PM
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What kind of performance issues? I haven't experienced anything like that personally
Unfortunately they're removing support for all Plugins over time and have already eliminated ones that play content.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/online-media-sou...