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Plex To Launch a Store For Movies and TV Shows (entertainment.slashdot.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I share Plex with friends

Here, friend. Plex will send you an invite, use it on whatever device you have because it probably supports Plex

I share jellyfin with friends

Now download this app, no that one....no this one. Why does this one not work . What do you mean it doesn't exist. Now you need my help getting you going....

Sorry, Jellyfin is great if tech people but I run a Plex server so I don't HAVE to help anyone anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey friend,
the domain is: https://jellyfin.domain.com

Your credentials are:
Username: Friend
Pw: ***********

To watch search "Jellyfin" on the playstore or visit this link:
Link to playstore
Link to Windows JMP

Have fun.

Sorry but those are at best comfortable excuses of moving dependencies to another platform.

At most you'd need to train them on how to the same as before.

The only issue I'd seen so far were playback issues with non-standard encodings (audio codecs for example) and playback devices unable to work with whats reported...
But this is one of the rare uglies I have seen so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

no tv app what do you mean no tv app i mean no tv app

you've lost them at this point unless you literally do everything for them first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem I have with Plex is that default UI is bloated with recommendations, alternative sources and what might as well be ads. Meaning I need to help less technically literate (and sometimes technically literate) friends set up the UI anyway. Just so that they can actually cut through the piles of bullshit to see my server content.

Plex's default UI is ruined by it trying to shovel its extra shit onto you constantly, making it a terrible new user experience.

At least with Jellyfin you connect to the server and you're done. It's a lot more manual, but the UI is just better and easier to navigate.

I say this as an avid Plex user, mostly due to Jellyfin having somewhat dodgy support for more advanced audio and video codecs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The problem I have with Plex is that default UI is bloated...

Also an avid Plex user.

The Plex new user experience is absolute garbage. What if you just want to share a family video with your grandma? Someone better be there to do the initial app setup because it is overloaded with nonsense like Discover. Sharing Plex with a normal person? You still need to walk them through setup or they will not find your stuff, and stumble into the ad-supported streams.

Oh, and every client app is kinda different, which is terrible.

I do use and like Plex but man, I wish they would make some changes.