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i gotta ask... why so many plex over kodi users? (moist.catsweat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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ive been using kodi (xbmc was better moniker) since google killed sagetv. i recall attempting plex, but it seemed to lack some open/extensibility (its been awhile).

i have a side project i want to make as a modular plugin generating a cable layout with original air orders and networks/channels... kodi seems most optimal, but ill admit its been a long while since i looked at plex.

so why plex over kodi?

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[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kodi is horrible on touch devices. I also don't want to have terabytes of files on every device I want to watch something on. Sure, there are workarounds, but I could also just use Jellyfin. Yeah I don't use Plex, I use Jellyfin.

But it's really just mainly because I dislike the UX of Kodi.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don’t need to have local copies of all your media with kodi. A NAS works just fine.

[–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Streaming a full 4k movie rip takes more bandwidth than most people would have available on the go. Plex/Jellyfin can offer transcoding on the server for such usecases.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you talking about on mobile? I don’t think people are hosting kodi and their content on their phones.

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 1 year ago

Because streaming on mobile is a huge usecase for many people

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah ik, I'm still not gonna use it anymore. Jellyfin is so much better for a lot of things.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I agree completely. Plex and jellyfin are just much, much easier for almost everything and work better too.