• kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      26 days ago

      Jellyfin Is completely open source, fully self-hosted, and free. With Plex the software still has to phone home to a central server for authentication and some features are locked behind a paywall.

      No streaming software is going to find movies for you (without paying for content they’ve licensed) because that would be a sure fire way to get the project taken down for copyright violation.

        • kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          22 days ago

          While I don’t have much experience with Plex, I can say that it’s really not hard to set up Jellyfin for streaming across the internet.

          I’m running a docker container using the linuxserver.io image and all I had to do was forward the HTTP/S ports. I will grant that when a third party has to make an easy-to-use container for a service, there’s a problem to address… but if I remember correctly, Jellyfin is easier to set up on bare metal where it can use uPnP.

    • swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      26 days ago

      It’s a FOSS plex alternative… yes you will need to stock your own library Then install SonArr, RadArr, some other Arr 🏴‍☠️just learn Linux nub. Jk but not really

    • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      26 days ago

      It’s Plex but free and without a central login server handled by a third party

      It’s also got a few fewer/not as functional features and no live TV (whoopty do?)

      The Arr Suite are what you’re looking for to find content, works with either Plex or Jelly in (or others)