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I've feel like I've used Plex forever. I also feel like every couple years I try Jellyfin to see how it's going. Recently I tried it again because of Plex restriction on more than one user.

Well, I just tried it again and it's substantially improved! This time it actually properly detected most of my library!

Also the Android TV app is AWESOME! No more glitches, lagging, and freezing trying to play my stuff like Plex did. It is butter smooth.

Wow! I'm impressed and I just deleted Plex. Good riddance.

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[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I set Plex up as an inexperienced selfhoster in 2020 and it was easy.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I would bet that the problem is with Plex being inside docker. Might be one of those situations where being more experienced causes issues because I'm trying to do things "right" and not run the service on my server directly or with root or on network host mode.

But being inside a container causes these many issues I can't even begin to imagine how it would be to get it to do more complex stuff like be accessible through Tailscale or being behind authorization.

[–] SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Bullshit. Docker Plex is easy af. You calling yourself experienced is the real joke here

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ what do I know, I only do this for a living plus manage a couple of home servers with dozens of services for almost a decade.

[–] SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And you are still so bad? Wowzer. Fake it till you make it I guess. Try to overcome your fear of containers, it will help you with your work.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Oh no, a random on the internet who can't read the list of issues to understand they are all service and not deployment related, with no qualification whatsoever and who reads like an angry teen thinks I don't know about a technology I've been using since before he knew how to talk. I'm devastated.