PLEX vs Emby vs Jellyfin - What is the Best Media Server?

In this video I overview many of the features of some of the leading media server clients including PLEX, Jellyfin and Emby. I go over my experience trying them all out and why I settled and on the free and open source solution.

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[grenburl]

Jellyfin developers did NOT get the open source code from Emby to then start Jellyfin. Some of the developers from Emby were not happy with the decision to start charging for something that was always meant to be an open-source free software project. So those developers took THEIR code, rightfully so under the GNU licensing, and started up Jellyfin as a true open-source software that will always be free. This is even stated on Jellyfin's about us page.

[Mascotabaco]

32 comments... Almost 2000 views... and nobody told you that the mobile versions of plex are not free (Free version will only let you stream 1min of video)?! Ayayay!!!

[eakinj]

I just updated an old Laptop to Win 10 and installed Jellyfin and was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. I have not try it with any clients away from the laptop as of yet, but I really think it's the way I'm heading with this. I look forward to any future videos you make on it. thanks again

[TaylorConroyT]

Awesome video! Always love the content and your take on projects - would love to see your Jellyfin setup! :D

[rudypieplenbosch]

I had Plex 2 days, was not bad, but i started to get hints about a payed version. So deinstalled it and got Jellyfin, its great. It looks great, easy to configure. Very happy with it, thanks for your info.

[gauravbhalerao]

Man I totally see your channel blowing up in a few weeks. Its amazing to see how many newer people have taken interest into linux and you're doing a great job to explain basic stuff to newbies and intermediate users. Thanks a lot for the hardwork!

[lqlarry]

Thanks for the video and I would love to see a Jellyfin video.

[marshallhyasi]

Congrats on 100k !, looking forward fot Jellyfin tutorial!

[rectify]

I have just spent hours setting up Jellyfin and it’s finally working very well.

Great video, thanks

ps on Linux

[luigybetis]

I would love to see a Jellyfin set up tutorial!

[losbigoslocos]

And now I have two more to test out! Thanks for the vid!

[smjure]

Always great topics, enjoying watching your videos, thanks 🙏👍

[yrn_q]

For File renaming, I use Filebot - a small charge associated but it lets you bulk rename for both TV and Movies

[ibd]

I've recently dropped Plex due to its inability to stream content with DTS audio. Now with Jellyfin and am pleased to report that DTS audio can be played even though its trancoded back to dolby digital for surround sound. The audio quality and emersion is still very good.

[DhruvSondhi]

Awesome Videos !! This is a Gem Of A Channel !!

[jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

Small correction: you have some parental controls for free in Plex and can have a few profiles. However, they're not customizable and you only have young child, older child, teen, and adult profile types to choose from, which determine whether they can watch pg, pg-13, or r movies, and similarly rated tv shows. You can kind of work around this by manually changing the rating of your movies and shows, but that is tedious work, especially depending on the size of your library, and of course won't work on live tv or streaming services.

[bradleystevens]

Great video. Checking out Jellyfin, myself.

[darXcore]

Thanks, very interesting, please do the Jellyfin dedicated vid, thanks a lot.

[frankguarneri]

Great video on your choice of media server. I am also thinking of installing Jellyfin on Mint. Please provide a tutorial for this. Thank you

[justjeepin]

I also am a longtime Plex user who's been trying Jellyfin. I like it so far and would love a Jellyfin setup video as I may learn something from your setup. Also, any hints on accessing it from outside the home network would be very helpful (that's where I'm stuck and Plex excels at).