Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by eddythompson80 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @11:40AM
(#36381232)
“Libraries” is what Plex calls “collections” I think Emby/Jellyfin use the same terminology, but don’t quote me on that.
After you create a Plex instance, you still need to go and create a “Movies” library, a “TV Shows” library, maybe a “Music” library, an “Audiobooks” Library and so on. Those are the ones that show on the left panel in the Web UI, TV App etc. It’s how you manage your media in general
During initial setup, Plex will show you a list of “Default Libraries” that have names like “Discover”, “Web”, etc. You can unselect them. You can also remove them from your Library list later on.
I would have loved to go through the setup again and see where exactly I got confused. For this purpose I uninstalled Plex and re-installed it. Sadly for the last 20 minutes it only shows:
<Response code="503" title="Maintenance" status="Plex Media Server is currently running startup maintenance tasks."/>
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by lostlogin on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:54AM
(#36389194)
> You can unselect them. You can also remove them from your Library list later on.
They respawn.
I just looked this up in the iOS app, and you can just un-pin all libraries except your own in the hamburger menu.
It's been a while since I last tried setting it up, but I can't remember anything during the setup talking about external streaming libraries. I tried setting it up in the way I expected it to work based on my previous knowledge.
> If you don’t know which library on the list to click on or drag around, maybe you’ll have a hard time in general.
I didn't see anything in the UI on my TV mentioning different libraries, or giving me the option to switch from the external Plex library to my own. At a certain point these things stop being user problems and become UX problems.