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after almost 15yrs my plex server is no more. jellyfin behind nginx with authentik is running very nicely.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm also 90% done migrating to jellyfin. I've had the instance running for 6 months now, the cultural change to watch jellyfin is complete, except for my wife's iPad.

Heck, I should just retire Plex. That will force the change.

These are the thoughts of a cold and calloused sysadmin. Didn't get the email about the change? Too bad.

[–] meh@piefed.blahaj.zone 25 points 11 months ago

yeah it took me about 6 months with jellyfin to feel like i was ready to finally kill plex. the thing that finally did it was getting an email from plex asking if i'd like to check out whats streaming on hbomax.

[–] virku@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

What are you using to watch jellyfin on iOS?

[–] DownByLaw@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In order of personal preference:

  1. Jellyfin Mobile
  2. Infuse
  3. Streamyfin
  4. Swiftfin

Maybe just try them all out and find the one that fits you best. You could also use more than one (which is what I do).

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Maybe, Streamyfin? its the only iOS App with Downloads and Offline-Mode

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 5 points 11 months ago

Can also use the web client

[–] meh@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Swiftfin is what I'm using for Plex on my Apple TV

It's perfect for me because it supports direct stream and decoding of the file for playback on the Apple TV - because the Apple TV is capable enough to do that.

This is ideal because my NAS server is a venerable but now very long in the tooth HP Gen 8 microserver from 2014, so it doesn't have the chops for reencoded streaming anymore.