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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf -2 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Jellyfin was one of the easiest things to set up though.

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't know why you're getting downvoted. I set up Jellyfin like a month ago and it took about two minutes.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 36 minutes ago

Great; now stream remotely. And setup an app on an AppleTV.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I see plenty of comments suggesting it's not the set it and forget it that Plex is.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world -4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I have set up both. Honestly Jellyfin was MUCH more easy to setup because Plex requires a very specific way to setup the network otherwise it craps its pants and refuses to work on LAN.

But after figuring out those pain points, both are set and forget. The main differences are privacy concerns vs wide access outside of LAN and on more devices.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 36 minutes ago

Great; post your guide/instructions showing how easy it was.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

The fact that Plex does not even have settings for hardware encoding, besides on/off, tells me that's bullshit

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe but the process is really annoying. I have to backup my 4tb library, make the switch, if it doesnt work I have to revert.

I don't have a spare 6tb drive either so i would need to buy one.

Besides, i already have a plex lifetime membership so most of the new changes do not affect me.

I could just risk it and do the upgrade raw, but I would be pretty upset if I lost my data due to the switch.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

What? Just point Plex or Jellyfin at the same media library