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Plex or Jellyfin for my Raspberry Pi? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, all. So I want to set up a media server using my Raspberry Pi. It will be used by me and my partner, who is very much tech illiterate. She knows how to use Plex, but I'm tempted by the open nature of Jellyfin. How steep is the learning curve there? Should I just go with Plex and keep it simple? Or is Jellyfin manageable if I set it up for her?

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[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Speaking of third party apps, here's some recommendations:

Android: Findroid
Works absolutely great, it's very rare that I even find a bug.

iOS: Swiftfin
I don't use iOS but this is the one I installed on my friend's phones.

Linux (and maybe Windows): Delfin
This is a GTK 4 app for Linux and maybe it has a Windows build too but I didn't check. It's not perfect, there's bugs here and there but it mostly works fine. The developer isn't very active (which is understandable), so it would be nice if someone, who has the time for it, would help out.

Here's also the official page with Jellyfin clients: https://jellyfin.org/downloads/clients/all
It doesn't seem to include Delfin though.

[–] Profligate_Parasite@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Finamp was pretty good, but offline mode and playback had some quirks/struggles for me. Maybe its cuz im on graphineOS. The true winner for me on my pixel8 is symphonium. Its a one time purchase, with a free mode... absolute knockout. Zero bugs, great, easy UI, smart playlists, scrobble integration for discovery, etc etc etcccc

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

But those are just for music, that's why I didn't list them. I assume most people use Jellyfin (or Plex) for video content.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Why should I download an app instead of using the web interface?