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  • Plex or Jellyfin?

    From Shurato@954:300/2 to Gamgee on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 13:39:00
    Plex has all of the additions and general searchability off site. Jellyfin
    is strictly on the server you're connected to. Is that the main difference?
    I don't need the extra confusing stuff and love Jellyfin. I've got a pretty big collection of Anime on mine.

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  • From Gamgee@954:200/1 to Shurato on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 20:28:15
    Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Plex has all of the additions and general searchability off site.
    Jellyfin is strictly on the server you're connected to. Is that the
    main difference? I don't need the extra confusing stuff and love
    Jellyfin. I've got a pretty big collection of Anime on mine.

    Yes, I think that's the main difference. Plex requires an outside
    internet connection to work, because I think it "phones home" at times. Jellyfin is completely local as I understand it.

    I have only a small collection of movie favorites and some international
    stuff that I enjoy (Turkish historical(ish) TV series).

    I know what Anime is but for the life of me, can't see why anyone would
    like it. ;-)



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  • From Shurato@954:300/2 to Gamgee on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 22:01:00

    * In a message originally to Shurato, Gamgee said:

    Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-


    I know what Anime is but for the life of me, can't see why anyone would
    like it. ;-)

    The same reason someone would like Turkish Historical TV Series...

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  • From Shurato@954:300/2 to Gamgee on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 00:49:00

    Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Plex has all of the additions and general searchability off site. Jellyfin is strictly on the server you're connected to. Is that the main difference? I don't need the extra confusing stuff and love Jellyfin. I've got a pretty big collection of Anime on mine.

    Yes, I think that's the main difference. Plex requires an outside internet connection to work, because I think it "phones home" at times. Jellyfin is completely local as I understand it.

    I'm running Jellyfin to watch remotely, from a Roku at a local Isekai Arcade where we have anime meetings. It works really well. I haven't gotten Jellyseer working that great, yet. I use deluge and nzbd for torrents and
    news groups.

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