alt Hacker NewsQuestion for Jellyfin users - how's the support for non-tech people that were using your library? Like my parents use my Plex, and getting them switched to something else is going to be a hell ride.
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Its pretty simple to use and manage. I actually ended up creating an android tv (and phone) app that mimicks windows media center for live TV, and an on demand section that serves the jellyfin library. This has given the family I give access a more familiar interface. https://imgur.com/a/oUDr1Gu
If anyone is interested I may do a post about this app, but I figure in the AI age you'd probably rather I keep it to myself!
It's pretty easy and straight forward, the login UI is similar to netflix where you can have profiles per user and have them shown on the login screen, etc. They get placed straight into the view of your library, from there they can simply click play.
I'm not up to speed on transcoding, but I do notice my web users always have to transcode, assuming due to their native browser playback support for codecs. Local installs of the Jellyfin player seem to avoid this on most systems.
It's usable, but there's plenty of room for improvement. Never got started with Plex since it's not free software. No matter how much better Plex was it would never have been worth it down the line. I learned that lesson by using Opera circa 2012.
I've had no issues getting my friends and my parents setup. Its easier than Plex, since it's all setup in Jellyfin (user admin).
Send them a hostname, username and password. Jellystat is a nice companion app if you like seeing metrics.
this is my main blocker to Jellyfin too. if it were just me, no problem. but my (divorced, over 60y/o) parents and my sister's family use my plex too. each of them has some mix of LG, Samsung, Roku, Android, and Apple devices. they all live half way across the country.
every time i've checked in with Jellyfin, the ecosystem has been way too fragmented to consider migrating.
Even easier to use, from what I've experienced. Feels like a middle ground between Roku and Plex's interface.
>Question for Jellyfin users - how's the support for non-tech people that were using your library?
As much as I hate what Plex has been doing in the last period, here Jellyfin is not as good as Plex. Plex tablet and TV UX feels simpler and easier than OOTB Jellyfin, unless you tinker with it or use alternative clients. My parents far prefer Plex's UX.
Also, what grinds my gears the most is that most movies and shows I download, Jellyfin can't detect what content it is, and instead just lists them as raw video files in a folder since it expects a strict naming convention which most torrents don't follow. Plex seems to have a much better content detection engine, probably based on fingerprinting, since it rarely misses, regardless of how fucked the naming convention is.
Also 2, I noticed transcoding on Plex is somehow more power efficient than Jellyfin. When I monitor intel_gpu_top on my 12th gen NUC, Plex hammers the iGPU with far less interrupts than Jellyfin, resulting in noticeably lower power consumption.