I compared the screen reader #accessibility of #Emby, #Jellyfin, and #Plex, and sadly Plex is way ahead of both Jellyfin and Emby. Not surprising that both are below average because Emby is really just a fork of Jellyfin, but regardless, I guess I'll be sticking with Plex for the foreseeable future.
Uninstalling #Jellyfin for the final time. Tried my best to like it, alongside #Plex, but it's just so horrible-looking, dysfunctional with absolutely no incentive for me to switch. The client apps for it look abysmal by comparison with Plex (and no, I'm not even using Plex Pass, just the free version) The AppleTV app in particular is janky as hell, the poster icons mode for shows literally overlap the titles of each show like the CSS is broken or something. Plex client is easy to install and set up, good looking and simply works.
Far as I'm concerned, IF and when that happens I'll reconsider. For right now it's way more polished than JF and simply works better for this household and its five TVs.
@NitP Absolutely not keen on switching now. However, I'll never know if something is better without trying it - I've actually spun Jellyfin up, and uninstalled it, a total of three times, including using the JF client and #SwiftFin on iOS along with Infuse. #Emby once. I constantly run comparisons because I'm just personally driven to use the most optimal "things" in my life - dun matter if we're talking apps, vacuum cleaners, smartwatches, televisions, cars or coffee machines.
You're right in that #Plex asks for online auth. I don't have a problem with that, and I likely will IF it goes away. But it hasn't and I'm not big on crystal-balling. I'm using the core of Plex right now, self-hosting and local streaming 100% with none of the other integrations used.
I guess my favorite game of evaluating software and hardware has ended for a while and I have to start sigh actually playing games and consuming media.
For some reason I can’t remember why, after running #Jellyfin, #Emby and #Plex all at the same time, I shut down JF and E in favour of Plex. Why did I stop running Jellyfin? Hmm. I am not going to install it again to remind myself.
I am not. I am.. n.. (hand jerks marionette-like toward mouse)
Took out the #AppleTV for one last ditch effort to try and force myself to like it. #Netflix app played a 4K movie but then stepped down in quality - like I had lower bandwidth or something. Endtasked it, started again, same deal. Endtasked and this time it played in proper quality. For at least 30 min. Googled the issue and apparently it’s a known and longstanding problem, NF and Apple have some sort of feud going on and NF doesn’t play nicely with Apple’s ATV app. Knew that already.
Next, installed #Emby on my Pc and tried the Emby app. Sort of worked but did not display Dolby Video file. The usual green/purple tint. Ditto #Jellyfin (aka “#SwiftFin” on ATV). #Plex works. Cannot try #Kodi because unavailable on ATV.
I cannot like this thing. Went to #GoogleTV built into my TV. Interface is just as fast. JF plays #DolbyVideo. Weirdly Emby goes into trial mode, it’s supposed to be free but I don’t care because it is not better than JF.
#netflix and #youtube and #plex and #emby have all shown us that it isn't a technical issue to have a giant video jukebox online.
They've even shown that various payment mechanisms can work to pay creators and producers.
It's the copyright and licensing and rent seeking systems that keep us from having nice things.
I want "all the things(tm)" in one interface. I'm happy to pay for it. I want it to be a global service, with a mission like @internetarchive for all the things.
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