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Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 month ago by KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jellyfin is nice that even a noob like me can struggle a bit but get it working. :)

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Now guide your parents through installing Jellyfin on their TV so they can connect to your instance.

That’s why people get Plex.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 7 points 1 month ago

It's exactly the same steps for both Plex and Jellyfin. There's just one additional field when you login, which is your server address. That's it.

I'd say Jellyfin is even easier than Plex, because when you create an account it's nice and clean, while Plex pushes you to see their own ad-riddled content. Cleaning up a new Plex profile takes time and it's annoying.

[–] sixty@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the hurdle?

Input server, input credentials, no?

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah exactly. It's just one additional thing you have to write. That's it

[–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And then for extra credit, try doing it on whatever shitty "smart" TV OS that their TV uses...

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago

Shitty? Man even try installing on Samsung.

No no, preconfigure some fire sticks and then mail them out. At least we have quick connect for when logged out.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm still learning what I need to do in order to get up and running on the internet, but I think my plan for my dad to connect to my Jellyfin is to build him a Raspberry Pi and just hand it to him.

[–] stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's really pretty similar either way. Install the app, put in login details. Jf just has an additional login detail of your URL. Yes, that's slightly harder. No, it's not a big deal