Looking for suggestions for an app my family can use to “stream” entertainment from server to TV/computers while staying within the home network.

I know of a guide to redirect Plex so it doesn’t have to go to the internet, but I haven’t been able to get it to work.

Any recommendations?

  • redwoodglacier@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You should try a few and make up your own mind; like Emby and Jellyfin.

    I have all three installed in my cluster, and jump between them now and then to evaluate how they work for me/my family.

    For us, after Plex and over time Emby have been a much “better” experience than Jellyfin; in terms of performance/load/transcoding, how features like sub titles or media scanning or whatever to bugs and crashes.

    It makes me sad because I really do wanna go with something more open, but I have to use what works at the end of the day.

    • vesuveusmxo@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, Definately will do. I’ve spent a decade with Plex, built a library and family knows the interface. So if it’s easiest to change some settings, I’ll stay with Plex. If not, I’m going to try JF and emby