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  • M [email protected]

    it's just what i'm comfortable with. started playing with linux servers before docker existed. i've got frigate and authentik running in docker, but if i have the option to run something outside docker i still prefer that.

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    #66

    To each their own man. I just would not have enough memory on my potato servers to run all those VMs 😅

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    • M [email protected]

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

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      I've been using jellyfin for years.

      My best recommendation is DELAY UPDATES and back up before you update.

      I have a history of updates breaking everything so you should be careful about them.

      All software recommends backing up before an update, but for jellyfin the shit is real, you really want to back up.

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      • russjr08@bitforged.spaceR [email protected]

        Oh interesting, it's been a while since I have tried to use Apple TV (roughly 7 years or so - I don't use any Apple devices anymore), this wasn't available at the time so I'm glad to see there's finally some native support.

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        there's been a LOT of progress on jellyfin, especially the past year or so. i've been using plex since it forked from xbmc, it ran on the bottom half of a laptop connected to a mostly working projector, both rescued from a dumpster. it's been a fantastic platform for a long time. but i've also wanted off plex since they rolled out the plex account req. jellyfin is finally there for me at least.

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        • D [email protected]

          I've been using jellyfin for years.

          My best recommendation is DELAY UPDATES and back up before you update.

          I have a history of updates breaking everything so you should be careful about them.

          All software recommends backing up before an update, but for jellyfin the shit is real, you really want to back up.

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          Jellyfin still so buggy though. The UI is garbage too. I want to love it... I run both lol.

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          • M [email protected]

            I've heard jellyfin has a lot of security issues, which I don't know if that's accurate or not. But the BIGGEST issue is lack of a proper tvOS app. I really don't feel like using Infuse or some other app just to use my library. Year after year I hear about people switching and yet, the gap is simply still there.

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            I’ve heard jellyfin has a lot of security issues

            The biggest known stuff I saw on their GitHub is that a number of the exposed service URLs under the hood don't require auth. So, it's open-source with known requirements, you can tell easily from the outside that it's running, and you can cause it to activate a LOT of packages without logging in. That's a zero-day in any package that can be passed a payload away from disaster.

            AS far as TVOS, I'm kinda surprised swiftfin doesn't service you.

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            • M [email protected]

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

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              Unrelated but why a full VM for Linux stuff, lxc is much more efficient

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              • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comC [email protected]

                Their last UI changes

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                And my god, it's amazing how each UI iteration gets worse. How is that even possible? My shits never been so buried in menus.

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                • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zoneC [email protected]

                  i love jellyfin i just wish there was a nicer way to highlight collections so you could make themed weekly or monthly collections of movies and shows that also still show up in the regular folders.... almost like netflix.

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                  That is coming, I saw a PR for that. Just need to be patient.

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                  • russjr08@bitforged.spaceR [email protected]

                    I think they meant Apple's "tvOS" - which powers the Apple TV set top box.

                    There's no client for it, if I had to take a guess it's likely due to the costs of doing so.

                    Edit: Whoops, it appears I'm a bit out of date on this.

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                    Oh lol, of course apple just calls it TV OS

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                    • V [email protected]

                      Thanks! Don't know how I missed the Authentik docs for this.

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                      #75

                      oh! thank you!

                      though thus does make me want to grab a cheepie intel card for that sweet, sweet AV1 and just transcode everything i own......

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                      • S [email protected]

                        https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/codec-support/

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                        oh! thank you! this is the answer 😞

                        though... it kinda makes me want to buy a cheepie intel card just to get that sweet, sweet AV1

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                        • candyman337@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                          Jellyfin is a lot better than it used to be, to get feature parity with Plex you will probably need to install some plugins but I literally searched "best Jellyfin plugins reddit" and the list in the first thread I found was all I needed. The webOS, Android, and Roku apps are very good, I'm not sure what the situation is on Apple TV but I think they have an app

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                          ...and Roku apps are very good

                          🤘

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                          • J [email protected]

                            For android auto, I use symfonium as it can hook into my jf library

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                            This. I use symfonium for my audiobooks. Great app.

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                            • M [email protected]

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

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                              This is probably the wrong post to ask this question, so sorry in advance.

                              I have a dual boot Linux + Windows. Jellyfin runs wonderfully on muy Linux partition with docker-compose. Anybody knows how can I clone it in my Windows partition, such that configs, metada and accounts remain the same? I've failed to do this, and only the media volume remaines identical on both OS.

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                              • M [email protected]

                                Unrelated but why a full VM for Linux stuff, lxc is much more efficient

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                                honestly every explanation probably just ends at 'this is what i learned on and it works'. same way i religiously use nano and try to do everything in bash first. or how a couple coworkers can't stop explaining their vim workflow and defending python unprompted like it's a trauma response for them. my current homelab is also running a r9 with 64gb ram and 30tb storage. if i were paying for remote hosting, still using salvaged hardware or being paid, i'd invest time learning newer processes. but containers haven't caught my interested and this set up takes basically no effort on my part to maintain, so i can focus my limited free time elsewhere.

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                                • candyman337@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                                  Host Jellyfin either by running their easy setup script or by hosting it on docker, in order for it to be publicly accessible you will need to either port forward and give people your external IP or you need to have your own website. It's very easy with a docker container to get it running locally, you literally just spin it up, the same as Plex.

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                                  Jellyfin us easy to run, but then when you are running it it just doesn't have your files. Are they in the incorrect folder structure? Who knows

                                  I literally just run Kodi and it just works, I can browse my folders and watch stuff

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                                    Jellyfin us easy to run, but then when you are running it it just doesn't have your files. Are they in the incorrect folder structure? Who knows

                                    I literally just run Kodi and it just works, I can browse my folders and watch stuff

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                                    I use sonarr and radarr, they automatically structure the folder system, and you can also have the same issues with Plex. I had an issue where Plex would not no matter what detect the newest episode of a show and Jellyfin picked it up no problem

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                                    • M [email protected]

                                      I've heard jellyfin has a lot of security issues, which I don't know if that's accurate or not. But the BIGGEST issue is lack of a proper tvOS app. I really don't feel like using Infuse or some other app just to use my library. Year after year I hear about people switching and yet, the gap is simply still there.

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                                      To be fair there is a tvOS app in development but progress is slow because the whole project is maintained by a small handful of volunteers. They’ve put out a call for help and the maintainers post updates here

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                                      • D [email protected]

                                        I've been using jellyfin for years.

                                        My best recommendation is DELAY UPDATES and back up before you update.

                                        I have a history of updates breaking everything so you should be careful about them.

                                        All software recommends backing up before an update, but for jellyfin the shit is real, you really want to back up.

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                                        #84

                                        I've been using jelly since just after the emby fork and never had an update issue on docker. Automatic snapshots every 5 mins (amoung other backup tools). means I don't need to worry much if it does.

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                                        • D [email protected]

                                          This is probably the wrong post to ask this question, so sorry in advance.

                                          I have a dual boot Linux + Windows. Jellyfin runs wonderfully on muy Linux partition with docker-compose. Anybody knows how can I clone it in my Windows partition, such that configs, metada and accounts remain the same? I've failed to do this, and only the media volume remaines identical on both OS.

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                                          This may not be the answer you are looking for, but one method would be to use WSL on windows to run a Linux distro with Docker installed and just migrate everything over, basically 1-to-1. Then set WSL to auto start when you boot up windows. If you install Docker Desktop on Windows, it will also pick up that you're using Docket via WSL and allow you to manage shit from the client. I don't do that though, I'm a masochist old-school.

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