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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Why would anyone even used Plex since we have jellyfin?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

Jellyfin subtitles now work flawlessly and you can finally select colors compatible with HDR.

Migrated to Jellyfin a few months ago and I haven't looked back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It was there first and you can share it with friends more easily. For Plex you just register with the central server and share your username with your friends or w/e. Jellyfin has nothing like that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

And now, that feature costs $240. Suddenly, jumping through hoops to configure Jellyfin's external SSO plugin becomes a lot more rewarding.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Plexamp is (or at least was) pretty awesome. It requires plex and plex pass for its full features. Jellyfin doesn't have anything remotely comparable (though you could always just run Lyrion).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Have you tried Symfonium? I liked Plexamp too, but I think Symfonium is even better, and it's compatible with just about any music server.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Been looking for a Plexamp alternative for a minute, I’ll check this out. Appreciate the recommendation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

See my previous comment, I'm 100% on board with Lyrion server and client these days.

I only use Plexamp now for local music when I'm driving.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Was does it do better than say 'Symfonium'?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Disclaimer: Plexamp used to be great, but it's stagnated badly. It was a good reason to buy plex pass at one point, though I don't think it's worth it now.

I'm not familiar with Symfonium, but the major defining thing with plexamp is the DJ features for exploring your local music library.

Unfortunately, some months back Tidal support was removed from Plexamp and that was kind of a deal breaker because now it's only local library, and its "killer app" feature was using the DJ mixes in conjunction with Tidal to do real time mixes with your local and streaming music together.

I've switched to using Lyrion instead, along with the Blissmix and "Don't Stop the Music" plugins with LastFM support. It integrates with Tidal, Deezer, or Qobuz (and I think Spotify, but not sure, I only use hifi streaming services). They work similarly, and in some ways better because you have full control over Blissmix's functionality for chroma, timbre, tempo, album and track repeats, and more. Also, Lyrion can stream directly over DLNA to a client, whereas Plexamp was just Airplay/Bluetooth/Google Cast (I have Apple stuff, but Airplay is terrible quality).

It's sad, but plexamp is just my "local download" player now on my phone for when I'm driving, since it downconverts flac to Opus at higher quality than MP3 and at smaller sizes.

I highly recommend trying out Lyrion. I've used nearly everything for music in the past, including even having a year of Roon, but Lyrion has replaced pretty much everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That's what Symfonium can do:

And has these sources:

Your app sounds interesting though.

What I quite like about Symfonium is how much configuration freedom it gives you.
Might check yours out as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Holy shit. I can have mega as a back end and I dont even need to store the files on my server?!?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

the PS4/PS5 app was one of my deciding factors when I used it