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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Although the headline focusses on a obvious category of media, it really can go wrong on a lot of other categories as well.

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[-] Vexz@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Imo only in terms of privacy. I tried it a few times over like two to three days but I always went back to Plex. Jellyfin is a nice piece of software though. I can imagine my switch will happen in a few years.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Its better in terms of basicly everything for me. Plex is a pain and simply isn't as polished

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

You must be kidding? Jellyfin is years behind in every aspect except being free software. The best part is that you can't disable transcoding, which is either insane, malicious or plain incompetent. As soon as that's an option we can start talking about the rest of it

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago

We clearly have had very different experiences. Transcoding is optional and you can change it in the media player settings. (It works a lot like YouTube)

Also transcoding requires very little overhead on Intel systems so I would just transcode to the resolution of your device.

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org -3 points 1 year ago

Well sure, I meant disabling transcoding and having it play anything. And it's not about overhead, it's just that I want to decide what my hardware does - I don't want transcoding at all, ever, never ever. Not even when I'm using mobile data. The problem was always that jellyfin simply can't play files which any player can play. I understand I didn't really say what the issue was, sort of thought playing media files should be the bar

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The problem was always that jellyfin simply can’t play files which any player can play. I understand I didn’t really say what the issue was, sort of thought playing media files should be the bar

Please open an bug ticket!

I've used Jellyfin for years and not had any issues with playback, let alone every single video file.

Additionally, I've been a programmer on the Roku client for over a year and again, never heard of someone having an issue playing every single video.

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Not every single one, just the ones I tried. My tv can play anything using videolan or nova player, or anything else for that matter. I have to install jellyfin again, will do. It's been very strange for me, with people praising jelly when it just never worked for me. And I avoided plex like the plague, but for some reason it works. Anyway, will check and file

[-] deeply_moving_queef@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is how you disable transcoding.

this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
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