Choosing the Best Media Server: Jellyfin, Plex, or Emby?

Dive into the ultimate showdown comparison between the titans of media servers: Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. From user interface and ease of setup to customization options, security, and pricing – we've got you covered. This comprehensive comparison breaks down everything you need to know for the best media server solution.

Summary Table of Comparisons: See end of video.

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🚀 Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Foundation and Initial Release
1:21 Mobile Apps and Web Interface
1:50 Media Playback, Live TV & DVR
2:22 Hardware Transcoding and Offline Syncing
2:49 Customization and Community Support
3:14 Security
3:51 Pricing
4:15 User Experience and Accessibility
4:44 Extensibility and Plugin Ecosystem
5:19 Media Management and Advanced Features
5:55 Remote Access and Sharing
6:26 Future Prospects and Community Engagement
7:13 Summary

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[hawks]

I used to be a big Plex fan, still have my lifetime license from many years back but have decided to move to Jellyfin. It’s open source, built by the community, for the community and stands for all things FOSS. There are some areas where it lacks behind but am ultimately very impressed with the project and look forward to all the future development

[try-that]

Jellyfin for me, true open source, no tracking, the app works on my firestick and I use kodi on a rasPi. With the rest of the *arr containers it all chugs along nicely.

[ados]

Would just like to correct a statement at 3:45 regarding phoning home.
While Plex and Emby do this (Emby less so) for licensing, Emby does not require this for login.
This one of the big reliability benefits to using Emby or Jellyfin over Plex, there's no cloud reliant authentication.
Emby offers both a cloud connected login which functions like Plex called Emby Connect.
However, this is optional and local accounts can be setup.
Additionally, Emby supports LDAP for those with a local authentication server and OIDC is in discussion.

[stiibunyozomita]

Some more backstory about Plex, which was actually a fork of XBMC which is now known as Kodi

[nickydeeney]

I don't know why but not many people seem to try Emby. I went from Plex to Jellyfin then finally settled with Emby, I was with both Plex and Jellyfin for a few years. Emby hands down is the best of the three. I recommend people to at least try Emby and see for themselves.

[caedis_]

Used Plex for awhile, but I went Jellyfin a couple years ago to have fully local auth control and not having to pay for hardware transcoding and intro skipping (plugin)

[InsaiyanTech]

I’m trying to add iptv to either jellyfin or plex but there’s not really much info on it I’m trying to make it my one stop shop all in one build

[alexsinbb]

I think a comment on player availability on various televisions and streaming sticks would’ve been interesting too

[TheJediBendu]

Good video, I've personally been using Plex and am enjoying it but I could see trying Jellyfin again down the road. Would love to see you do a video on setting up cross-seed in unraid

[surgical_]

Some feedback: I think one point where this video is missing the mark after the info dump, Is giving examples or situations where one would be a better choice than the other two. That with the info gives the user all the information and examples to make their own choice for what would work best for them.

[examen]

Jellyfin, it's free, it has the support of the community, I can use it with authentik and it sits happily in a lxc container, on my proxmox server, with hardware passtrough enabled.

From family member to my own tv where it streams 4k. with dolby vision and dolby sound, all work flawless.
My only issue is with the subtitles, sometimes it fails, but it always works after 2-3 attempts.

[GrillerGT]

I ended up going Plex with the pass hosting on a Windows server for ease of use, mostly. I may try Jellyfin again once I get a Google TV device where I can install the Jellifin client.

[utopiate]

I'm running plex with arr's on a synology box. Thought about giving emby a shot. Anything to consider running both side by side?

[Renegade]

Plex adding in licensed content to stream from their servers leaves me with big concern that someday they'll take steps to prevent less legal content from being served by their software.

The opt-out share my watch history 'feature' they launched a little while back really rubbed me the wrong way too.

But it's taken me years to finally get my media stack tuned just right, so I haven't pulled the trigger on a migration yet. Someday though.

[AkhiSyahmi_]

I tried Jellyfin and have a "source error" when trying to play some file. Not sure what seems to be the problem.

[Sebastian-xfje]

Jellyfin was so buggy for me on Android TV and quite slow. Emby has been flawless

[leftywhat]

Could you please do a comparison of the UI between the three for 2024. Mainly the home screen and when you're in Movies and TV Shows. For some reason, Emby website lacks screenshots. I want to choose one, but this is coming from a long time Kodi user, as KODI imo has the best UI with Aeon MQ9 skin. But I do want to be able to continue videos from multiple devices, so Kodi may no longer suit me anyone with a new family / kids etc. Right now, without looking, I'm leaning towards Plex on a Synology NAS and be done with it, but I'll see how hard the other two are to setup I guess.

[MonkWithoutACause]

I use Plex heavily with a huge collection and 2 remote family homes as clients. I'll be able to switch to Jellyfin (which I want to do) when there's some near turnkey solution for remote family. I'm 65 and stuck with the "it just works" solution. Figuring out the DIY remote accessibility for jellyfin has seemed too steep a curve the first several times I've looked at it. If someone came up with a remote connection plug=in for jejllyfin I'd be all over it.

[djlucasd]

Yeah I've tried Plex, then I tried Jellyfin for a few days, then moved to Emby. Night and day difference, even with having to pay for Emby. It's worth it.