Setup for Plex isn’t just easier, its basically non existent. Run the exe, point to folder, done. HW encoding just works, transcoding just works, metadata gathering just works.
remote streaming. No need to setup an elaborate VPN scheme and install a client for it on every device you want to have remote access. It just works and even punches through CGNAT and the like
Clients. Plex has a client for every system under the sun. No need for sideloading or anything like that, they are everywhere
UI. Plex has a sane and good looking ui for the streaming client and the admin interface.
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Jellyfin is not bad, but its just not a replacement for Plex. And the way the devs are acting, I doubt it ever will be
(Assuming you have a Plex pass):
Setup for Plex isn’t just easier, its basically non existent. Run the exe, point to folder, done. HW encoding just works, transcoding just works, metadata gathering just works.
remote streaming. No need to setup an elaborate VPN scheme and install a client for it on every device you want to have remote access. It just works and even punches through CGNAT and the like
Clients. Plex has a client for every system under the sun. No need for sideloading or anything like that, they are everywhere
UI. Plex has a sane and good looking ui for the streaming client and the admin interface.
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Jellyfin is not bad, but its just not a replacement for Plex. And the way the devs are acting, I doubt it ever will be