PLEX or Jellyfin? MY PICK using both for Years!

Let us talk about Plex and Jellyfin. The two best options for running your very own home media server! We will talk about why I prefer Jellyfin, but am using Plex.

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00:00 - Media Streaming
01:47 - Installation
02:37 - GEEKNUC (sponsor)
03:19 - User Experience
04:37 - Cost
05:15 - Hardware Encoding
06:37 - Clients
08:10 - Sharing Media
09:29 - Other Tools
12:05 - Final Thoughts

[knozos]

I started to dislike Plex when they started to get pushy with their own content years ago. I currently use Emby, but Jellyfin would be my second best choice.

[oscs]

For Apple TV, I use infuse as my Jellyfin client. Can also be use for Plex too.

[ericaceous]

I have both pulling from the same library. Prefer Jellyfin and use it at home, but run Plex for remote access after several failed sessions of trying to get Jellyfin working via caddy or similar

[phclfil]

Jellyfin with Tailscale works perfectly if you want to share your library with friends/family. It's very secure too.

[professormoriarty]

Run both I have all of the kid friendly libraries on Jellyfin because of the access issues when service provider is down. I scale down the videos to helps with traffic. Plex is great for traveling with a few gsm unlocked tablets. Most countries have prepaid services. 😂😂I travel a lot and always get a sim if I’m staying more than a few weeks

[onlyzach]

Good video all around. When my Plex server crashed and had to rebuild it form scratch, I first tried out Emby and Jellyfin. I was like 90% there on both of them, but couldn't figure out remote watching on both. It's just WAY easier on Plex. Gave up on both and went back to Plex. Bought the lifetime pass on one of those sales for that price, well worth it.

[Smedley]

One of the things we do with Plex. We're fans of an NFL team in another state. To get around the high cost of NFL Sunday Ticket, I set up a small NAS, HDHomerun and TV Antenna at a location in that state. It's worked great for years.

[homelabsmart]

I use Jellyfin with Kodi. Jellyfin as central progress and metadata library and Kodi as a player on my devices. Kodi has support for all the media standards and a very powerful interface, addons and general player. This has been the perfect setup for me at home and on the go. Kodi can also download videos and sync progress back once you have internet/connection to Jellyfin again.

[phclfil]

The feature i really want for jellyfin on androidTV is to be able to browse through your library by the year/decade. You can browse by genres and letters, but not by the years. That sucks.

[mattwhite]

Thank you for the video. The one thing this video, as well as others, seem to neglect is comparing the recording and playing of over-the-air and cable TV shows. Plex often misses a recording of mine and I would be interested to hear how people have found Jellyfin in that regard. It's been hard getting info on Jellyfin's capability and reliability in that department.

[evanmarshall]

Do you have a guide on how to setup plex/jellyfin and hardware transcoding for docker plex/jellyfin container on proxmox? I already have it setup to GPU passthrough from your guide for that and Windows 11.

[fyuckya]

What affordable cloud storage works as a plex media server for streaming? I'm always on the road and setting up a stationary server isn't a option for my lifestyle. I'm always on the road due to work. Please any feedback would be appreciated

[nezu_cc]

Personally, I prefer Plex due to the fact that they have apps for literally any platform without any weird hacks or third-party ones but recently plex has been going downhill so I might run both and see how they stack up.

TLDW powered by the youtube transcript and chatgpt:

The person prefers Jellyfin. They mention in the transcript that they have multiple years of experience with both platforms, but they personally prefer and love Jellyfin. However, they also mention that they are currently using Plex on a daily basis, possibly for some specific reasons like client-side applications and external sharing convenience. But overall, their preference and love seem to be for Jellyfin, which is a free and open-source media server platform.

[konstantinzinchenko]

I really liked your solution. Could you please tell me what hosting system you use? Proxmox, or CasaOS or etc?

[billloveless]

Are you running this on a Raspberry Pi? If so which pi and how much memory on the pi? Any settings for the pi? Thanks.

[ShawnPitman]

1:30 - are we going to pretend we didn't hear "lye-berry"?

[scuzzyhoulihan]

I tried adding an m3u to iptv service on jellyfin and the guide loads very slow. Got any recommendations?

[StitchesLovesRats]

I have a 4.3" waveshare touchscreen, Pi4 and DAC.
I hate music streaming because sooner or later you lose signal when you need it.

Can you recommend something free that functions as a player for a small touchscreen?

[manumartinezkcxu]

anyone out there where this can be used to stream audio: thinking of using old computer and use Unraid and place plex and or jellyfin to broadcast music. can this be interfaced with azuracast (an open source audio streaming)

[dkemil]

A plus about jellyfin is that if you're a switch owner, there's a homebrew app.