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[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 54 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Me eating 🍿 and reading the comments of Plex users arguing with Jellyfin users, while myself being a user of Kodi which has it's own problems..

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Kodi ain't a self host tool, nor a server though but it is a great player, and I happily use the big 3, Kodi, Stremio and Plex (I'd add Cloud Stream as a runner up).

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Right. Personally I don't stream and only access my library from my TV at home. So Kodi is all I need for now. Though I'd like to try Jellyfin one day when I don't have so much other stuff to do. I actually don't know what exactly I'm missing out on.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

If you want to sync watched state, resume position, that sort of stuff outside of your house, Jellyfin would be a good tool for that. And it integrates seamlessly into Kodi. Plex unfortunately doesn't, you have to launch an addon from Kodi, so it's not as nice.

I haven't set up Kodi, but I would assume the go-to here would be a minidlna, samba, or nfs server w/ Kodi providing the FE.

[–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Kodi and mythtv for me. I feel like I am the slowpoke meme.

[–] Getting6409@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Library scans and picking up added/removed media, kill me. I love kodi, but how such a basic function can be so squirrely I'll never understand. Maybe it's just a quirk with NFS back ends.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I let Radarr and Sonarr handle that (including creating NFO metadata and fanart files), Kodi now only parses/syncs that local data.

This change was a huge improvement for me, though I am using SMB and not NFS. (But I assume NFS would be more robust than SMB.)

[–] Getting6409@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Same here regarding *arrs handling the data movement/layout and nfo files. I even have the "Connect" sections for each set to trigger rescans, but it seems especially for files that get replaced by a more optimal version, a duplicate is left over in kodi alongside the new one which only goes away when you try and play it. I tried switching to a dedicated mysql instance for shits and giggles, no effect. Some day I'll actually dig in the logs.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I use the Kodi plugin for Jellyfin

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I have absolutely no experience with Jellyfin, what does the Kodi plugin do?

Or do you mean you have the Jellyfin addon installed in Kodi, so you can accsess Jellyfin from within Kodi?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

I can access my Jellyfin library just like it was native kodi

[–] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago

there are dozens of us!

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I've never seen Plex users argue in support of Plex. only comments along the lines of, "I use it because...."

the jellyfin users are generally the ones getting bent or upset because people still use Plex for their own personal reasons. they then accuse the Plex users of not contributing to jellyfin because they still use Plex. "if only you used jellyfin, xyz feature would be magically finished because you are a part of the community!"

point is, the only people arguing here are jellyfin users. Plex users are gonna Plex.