Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by ryanmcbride on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:13PM
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Every once in a while I knock around the idea of migrating off Plex and onto Jellyfin. For a long time it was that sharing libraries with friends was a pain, but now literally the only thing stopping me is that they don't have a ps5 app, and that's how one of my friends uses my plex server lol. If they get one, it's all over for plex (in my friend group).
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Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by bhaney on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:20PM
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Keep in mind that you don't necessarily need to "migrate" all at once. There's nothing wrong with running both Plex and Jellyfin pointed at the same media library, and using whichever one has the better client for a particular platform.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by loughnane on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:21PM
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This is a good point. I did this for probably 6 months before switching over completely.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by walthamstow on Saturday February 15, 2025 @08:21PM
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I tried this but using two servers means you lose or fragment all your watch history. If I have to remember where I am in a series myself, I might as well just use VLC.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by theossuary on Saturday February 15, 2025 @08:26PM
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There is JellyPlexWatch, which will sync the databases between jellyfin and Plex. I've been using both next to each other for a while with that setup to sync watch history. Honestly I haven't been able to move over to Jellyfin after the drama around the integration of skip intro, but I hope things get better.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by jillyboel on Saturday February 15, 2025 @10:03PM
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> the drama around the integration of skip intro
what are you referring to?
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by defrost on Saturday February 15, 2025 @10:31PM
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A project to integrate additional "media segments" to identify introductions and end credits for auto-skipping.
There was something that worked, going forward the core team decided to focus on a tight stream lined core and decruft 'features'.
Discussion:
https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1dbiw90/skip_in...
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-intro-skipper-project-dead
Seems like a temporary (indefinite) suspension and a storm in a teacup from those attached to the feature.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by shiroiushi on Monday February 17, 2025 @02:58AM
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This isn't that important a feature most of the time, because you can just press the skip-ahead button and skip the next 30 seconds. You might see some of the intro, but big deal
There is one big exception though: if you're watching Star Trek: Enterprise. The "skip intro" feature is invaluable so you don't have to be subjected to that truly horrific opening song.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by dbetteridge on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:17PM
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Ps5 Web browser with a bookmark?
But I hear ya, console support tends to lag behind because of the rules and costs of app dev for them
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by ryanmcbride on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:55AM
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I mean I could also just tell him it's 2025 and there's 700 ways for him to use plex on his tv, but it's also just kind of funny to me so I keep it going.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by crobibero on Saturday February 15, 2025 @08:36PM
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We contacted Sony asking about creating an app. The TLDR of that conversation is they said "Don't call us, we'll call you". Open source never really mattered, they're not interested.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by ryanmcbride on Saturday February 15, 2025 @10:39PM
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Really? I assumed you'd just license an sdk similar to creating a game. They only allow certain apps?