Re:A Call for Developers – Jellyfin
by horsawlarway on Monday October 02, 2023 @11:03PM
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Jellyfin lets me flexibly provide whatever video/music content I want to my family.
In an interface that is basically "Netflix" - so they can actually figure out how to use it.
You just listed like 4 applications, a linux box, and physical cables as your requirements. That is not a workable starting point for that discussion.
My requirements are "Go to jellyfin.[mydomain]" and log in. It works basically everywhere (I am currently watching content from my jellyfin server while on vacation in a different state as I type this).
Basically - you are optimizing for "low setup cost" as an admin. Jellyfin is optimizing for the entire group of people who will watch your content as users.
As an aside... Sonarr/Radarr/Jellyfin are just a different league than the old school "I'll download every episode myself" time sink. It takes some genuine effort to setup, and then everything is way better.
In an interface that is basically "Netflix" - so they can actually figure out how to use it.
You just listed like 4 applications, a linux box, and physical cables as your requirements. That is not a workable starting point for that discussion.
My requirements are "Go to jellyfin.[mydomain]" and log in. It works basically everywhere (I am currently watching content from my jellyfin server while on vacation in a different state as I type this).
Basically - you are optimizing for "low setup cost" as an admin. Jellyfin is optimizing for the entire group of people who will watch your content as users.
As an aside... Sonarr/Radarr/Jellyfin are just a different league than the old school "I'll download every episode myself" time sink. It takes some genuine effort to setup, and then everything is way better.