Well this is cool. Now time for me to a media server again.
I use Jellyfin - music, shows, movies… it’s open-source and has a lot of features Plex doesn’t including, not having to create an account. It’s your’s to do what you want.
That’s not really a great feature, but, is the user experience easy to use for sharing? Meaning when I have my tech inept family members watch at their home from my server, can they use it as easy as Plex?
The sign-in experience is where you’re going to get a lot of friction. Your users are going to need your server address. They’ll have to log in to devices with username/password including TVs unless they have signed in once already somewhere else on the network like a desktop. Then you can set up an Easy PIN code or use Quick Connect, but those are hidden behind the user settings menu.
The amount of work is on the server side, but they are forks of the same code. The sharing side is not as complex. Plex has hit an impass on remaining solvent as a business. Emby is even in a better situation than Plex is and quite frankly, I don’t see a reason to use them when Jellyfin is an option.
Actually there is a Jellyamp which works with Jellyfin although not as feature complete as Plexamp
Plexamp is one of the main reasons I continue to use Plex. Does Jellyfin have anything close to how awesome plexamp is?
