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Plex is overhauling its apps with a redesign and under-the-hood upgrades (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 month ago by simplejack@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Saltarello@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've liked the sound of Plex forever but after it taking years for the wife to finally be comfortable finding her way around Kodi I couldn't really try it.

Just last week I fancied a tinker & I'd heard Plex has potentially begun to enshittify so I ended up putting Jellyfin on our htpc just to test it. As well as all the usual groups, it was simple to create additional collections for stuff only the wife wants to see rather than things we'll watch together. Within a day or so she's already flying round it so we've pretty much moved to Jellyfin. It doesnt seem to like IR remote control like Kodi does which is a shame & I'm struggling a little with the live TV aspect which was also very straightforward on Kodi but I havent looked too closely into it yet.

Overall very impressed with Jellyfin.

[–] vardogor@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i use threadfin for managing m3u for jellyfin, if that's how you're doing live tv. as for the remote, I was looking into one of these FLIRC USB receivers recently... if i do it i'll let you know how well it worked

[–] Saltarello@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You made me do it, ive ordered one. Having spent money I guess that means we're all in on Jellyfin now ...but if its no good I'll be sending the boys round for a full refund lol.

Will keep you posted, might save you some money if you can hold out, cheers

[–] vardogor@mander.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago

haha cool, i only waited because i'm out of town for work at the moment. definitely curious about it! i've spent so much on hard drives i'm already all in, lol

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

Thanks for the info, I'll look a little deeper into the live TV side of Jellyfin. Ive not heard of FLIRC USB before. Very interesting, I'd love to know how that goes, thank you