• ArugulaZ
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    102 years ago

    Jellyfin? What is that, some computer based television network you populate and schedule yourself? Because I totally would want that. That would rule.

    • @devdad@programming.dev
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      52 years ago

      Unsure if your asking seriously (if not, whooosh to me), but it’s an open source alternative to Plex.

      Plex is a media server that you run to host your TV shows and movies. Think of a self-hosted Netflix.

    • @Whom@beehaw.org
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      82 years ago

      It’s a FOSS alternative to Plex, if you’re familiar with that. Less like a tv channel, more like a streaming service you populate yourself.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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        62 years ago

        more like a streaming service you populate yourself.

        The most concise description of Plex/Jellyfin that I’ve seen

      • Rikudou_Sage
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        12 years ago

        As a long time Plex uset who loves the ease of use of Plex, is it for me? Also there probably aren’t apps on that many devices? My main concern is Android TV and the Tizen thing by Samsung.

        • Lena [she/her]
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          22 years ago

          The advantages ofjellyfin are mainly its open source nature, and lack of needing to pay to unlock features such as downloads. It may be a little more effort to set up but still isn’t too difficult. Once set up, it works pretty much flawlessly, except for the occasional hiccup which can be resolved pretty easily.

          It has an official app available for android TV, which is in the store, and as for Tizen OS, there is an official app (on their github), however it is somewhat more difficult to install from what i’ve seen.

          If you want to check availability, there is a list of clients at https://jellyfin.org/downloads/clients/all/

          • @aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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            12 years ago

            yeah, i switched over to jellyfin from plex after i hit a paywall on plex. They wanted me to pay to watch my 4k mission impossible (1996) movie. Afterwards, i’m like “fuck nah,” literally the reason why i torrent was to not pay for shizzle