after almost 15yrs my plex server is no more. jellyfin behind nginx with authentik is running very nicely.
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i have a lifetime plex pass, but I'd consider moving to jellyfin when their closed-captioning support reaches parity with plex. i regularly spin up a jellyfin container to try it out, but i still run into issues. And jellyfin's android apps are mediocre (in particular android auto support), especially for music compared to plexamp
I find Jellyfin’s subtitle search much better than Plex’s. Bonus for leaving a subtitle file right along with your file, instead of buried somewhere else so you can’t easily edit it.
Get Bazarr so you never have to worry about subtitle searching again.
https://www.bazarr.media/
For android auto, I use symfonium as it can hook into my jf library
This. I use symfonium for my audiobooks. Great app.
that's about where i was at for a long while. manet finally replaced my apple carplay functionality from plexamp and plex lost it's last advantage for me. i definitely got my moneys worth from that lifetime plexpass though.
For some reason I get permission errors on jellyfin every time I use it. Never with Plex. I've gone through the steps to fix it before. But when you change your shit as much as I do. I just stay with Plex because it's plug and play. And I have the pass. I don't have the time to fuck with stupid shit with jellyfin.