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If it was just for me inside my house then I never would have left XBMC now called Kodi and a file share. I still run it with a special set top box to play 4K disc rips with full Dolby Vision / Atmos support.

Plex is dirt simple to get a reasonably secure setup for remote streaming with virtually no effort. User management and password resets are mostly managed by Plex and not me. I just have to setup what libraries I want to share with them.

I have a lifetime pass that I got for like $70-80. As long as it’s not broken, I see no reason to switch. Sure they keep adding garbage that I have to turn off but for the most part I can turn it off.

I can't make my family members use Wireguard, they are stubborn, what can I say?

Secondly it's the guides I saw for some specifics things I wanted, almost everything was with Plex in mind.

Thirdly I just liked how quick it was to set up and intuitive to use compared to Jellyfin.

Fourthly the Users are really easy to manage and create from Plex without me having to manage everyone.

Finally many smart TVs come with a specific subset of apps and Plex usually makes the cut while Jellyfin does not, again, family members, I can't control what TVs they buy.

I run both, I got the lifetime license for under $100 and it is much easier to have my various family members install the Plex app and then login than to get them on my VPN to access Jellyfin.

Grandma ain't installing Tailscale

I got a lifetime pass for cheap ages ago and while the company isn't doing so well, Plex itself isn't getting any worse. Its just not getting better.

As long as that continues, then I'm fine with staying. I only really use it for Plexamp anyway.

I've actually switched, so I'm not really who you are asking, but the last hurdle was I really don't like how it filters the movie list when you pick a letter instead of jumping to that place in the list. Anyone know how to make it work like Plex?

Plex clients arent great, but they are better on many TVs compared to jellyfin. Also the wife is used to it, so I don't really want to retrain

I'm in the throes of attempting a migration from Plex (lifetime pass, here) to Jellyfin, and my main issue is echoed elsewhere: It's a headache to set up secure external access. My users would either need a new account through some auth gate I'd have to set up & manage, or I'd have to wire everyone up through wireguard or something they'd have to remember a password for and blah blah blah.

Plex is the only thing my home server is sharing. I don't have anything directly exposed to the external internet. In any case I can think of, doing this "right" means extra steps (on top of new steps) for my current users, plus new security concerns & added user management for myself.

I got a lifetime pass a long time ago and have no reason to switch. I'll consider it when it's worth considering.

I have a lifetime pass and multiple TVs used by multiple people obver 10k km away from me that are not tech literate.

The UI didn't support remotes on console and use tiles. Really amateur shit. No need to set up a reverse proxy. I have a lifetime, zero need to switch.

Ive been using Plex for a few years. No pass. Desktop all the media is on, tv with a Chromecast. Android and iOS phones, both with Plex apps where I cast to the tv from.

The old app worked fine.

The new Plex app has issues with this. Some titles just won't cast, you press play and it goes back to menu. I have to go to the desktop and cast from the Plex server page to the same tv and it works.

It's frustrating.

Life time subscriber since a very long time. So no need, but I would have switched if there was a decent Xbox or LG TV app.

Plex works for me, Jellyfin doesn’t because of missing apps 🤷‍♂️

Jellyfin crashes when living next to Plex in Docker, something about grabbing the same transcoder or something - I forget I’m pretty removed now.

But if I can’t run in parallel, I can’t eventually make the switch, since I can’t get started. And it’s not a great time to pick up a second box just for testing.

I started with Plex because it was an installable app on my NAS. It worked great with a Roku stick that was given to me. Same for a TV that had the Plex client. It works well for the others in the house. I got a Plex pass on sale a few years ago.

I'd like to switch to Jellyfin, but would need to find the client for 2 TVs and deal with the complaints if it doesn't work exactly like Plex.

I absolutely love jellyfin and frequently take advantage of its features. But the client absolutely suck butt. When I can hardly get my mom to remember which app on her TV lets her watch what, I can't also have her fucking around with play buttons that don't do what they say, a "continue watching" list that's often haunted by episodes that have been marked as watched, or inscrutable menu icons mashed into the top-right corner of a media browser.

And don't get me started on getting people logged in on the client.

The Apple TV client is basically unusable. Otherwise I would have switched already.

Last time I tried it, it wanted my media in a specific file structure, so I ended up having multiple instances of the same show. I could reorder everything but I got a plexpass when it was dirt cheap so I'm not that inclined to reorder everything.

If I was just starting out, I'd probably use Jellyfin but haven't mostly due to inertia.

I have a lifetime pass from many years ago when it was cheap. So I'm not in a huge rush to convert and want to do it right. But I am on the path to converting. I decided to make a major change to my home server infrastructure and it's still in an experimental stage. Moving from a really old standalone computer I've used for. HTPC purposes over the years, currently dedicated to Plex combined with a few raspberry pi's of various generations for the little stuff, and a single, good NUC for my router, to adding two additional NUCs and eventually upgrading the Plex computer with a more modern processor and video card for ML stuff for Immich and a few other systems that I plan to start using. I'm not just moving from Plex, but also a lot of Google and Nest products.

My dilemma has been Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes. I was trying to set up Kubernetes in a way that is easily repeatable and self documenting, but ended up with lots of manual steps required to install things and lots of things that I had to write my own helm charts for as well as the scripts to install and set up Kubernetes itself on each of the servers. Lots of custom stuff. Docker Swarm would be way easier, but the issue is I'm worried about Docker getting so proprietary these days and swarm mode getting so little attention, and Podman quadlets aren't self balancing across multiple small servers like swarm. So that's why I haven't switched to Jellyfin yet.