#streamyfin — Public Fediverse posts

Every time I see people complaining on the #Plex subreddit about their deteriorating exp, which is all the time, and now seeing people complaining abt the ridiculous increase in price of their one-time payment plan (which to my recollection was already increased super recently) - makes me grateful I hadn't decided on paying for Plex to stay on it, but rather migrate away to a #FOSS platform which was #Jellyfin.

I understood people's decision to stay on Plex because it was 'better' than Jellyfin - at least OOTB, but I swear to god the margin wasn't a lot, and now the margin's decreased to almost nothing and in a lot of aspects, Jellyfin IS better, tho it's not without its own issues but that applies to Plex too. Trust me when I say I'm not biased just bcos Jellyfin is FOSS lol, I really am saying the way it is (for me).

The only issues I had (when migrating from Plex) or I'm still having on Jellyfin (that I didn't on Plex):

- Subtitle desync: does happen for certain media/under certain conditions - this is infuriating when it happens, but fortunately, does not happen all the time and can often be worked around

- 'Non-ideal' web UI: easily fixable/customisable using custom CSS you could grab online - applies globally too (i.e. to all users)

- 'Non-ideal' clients: no longer an issue with the plethora of amazing third-party clients we have like #Streamyfin on #iOS/#Android, and #Wholphin on #AndroidTV (the best of all of em, better or at least on par with Plex). I know that this space is still severely lacking on #Apple TV and maybe the more obscure platforms like game consoles but I hope that changes soon enough

- Media files in symlink dirs not being served/discovered: still an issue for me, but likely not an issue/necessary use case to most people. It did work on Plex tho which was nice

- Metadata management: is a little confusing at first compared to Plex which was more PnP, but there are guides out there (including my own) that gets you set up once and you're golden forever

Otherwise, everything else dats straight up better:

- Insaneeeee wealth of custom plugins that's straight up upgrades your Jellyfin server for the freaking better in any aspects you could think of

- Skip intro support in all clients and it just freaking works

- Hardware transcoding support for absolutely free

- Downloads for offline viewing a la #Netflix and such on your mobile clients, for free, and it actually works (unlike Plex). You could even choose the quality, audio, subs etc. to download for your media

- Being able to still access your Jellyfin server and watch content 'online' when there's no internet cos it's completely local - unlike Plex OOTB

- User management is a lot simpler since it's local, with plenty of customisation support like enforcing age rating on media per-user etc.

- Able to login using a randomly generated code from any of your logged in devices - set a 'PIN' even for each 'profile' on your TV a la Netflix

Plenty more, honestly.

Testing out a newly released #Jellyfin client on #AndroidTV, #Wholphin, and so far, so good - very good actually. It's def a lot more pleasant looking and intuitive than the official Jellyfin client. I especially like the option to combine the 'Next up' and 'Continue watching' sections, which I've always found a bit odd that they're not combined in the first place on Jellyfin.

If my experience continues to be the same, Wholphin will be my top recommendation when it comes to #Android TV. I'm not sure if #AppleTV has much alternative, and a client that is just as nice/good (even as an #Apple user, I'm just doubtful Apple TV is a good option when it comes to app availability, like #SmartTube). On #iOS/#iPadOS and Android, my main choice is still #Streamyfin - not perfect, but really good and the best I've found.

No, or not as many choice on desktop but I think the web UI or the official desktop client works fine in a mouse/keyboard setting. Kinda nuts how there's seemingly a lot of choices in terms of Jellyfin clients recently on Android TV. Hopefully Apple TV would get the same treatment.

@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:

On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)

On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.

On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.

None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.

Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.

edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay!

@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:

On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)

On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.

On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.

None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.

Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.

edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay!

@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:

On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)

On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.

On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.

None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.

Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.

edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay!

@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:

On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)

On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.

On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.

None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.

Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.

edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay!

@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:

On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)

On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.

On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.

None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.

Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.

edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay!