Vote for no Republicans. No excuses. No exceptions.

Well, I can tell you how Jellyfin differs from a directory full of files, but I can’t help you with understanding that other people have different preferences and desires than you which are neither “conditions” nor “addictions.”

You’ll have to make it to that one on your own.

You are imagining how to use a computer filled with video files.

Now imagine having your own personal netflix available on a variety of devices, using just that one computer full of video files.

Emby

Jellyfin exists because Emby was only open source until it wasn’t convenient. Some of their own devs pointed out they were violating the license, and their response was… non-ideal.

So Jellyfin was forked with the last fully open-source Emby code.

At least that’s my recollection several years down the line.

I decided then that no amount of headache from Jellyfin (and let me say that I was an EARLY jellyfin adopter AND former Plex user) would be enough to get me to use Emby. (Because things like that are important to me, though I realize they aren’t important to everyone.)

And reading this thread I’m apparently a super-genius because I have my Jellyfin behind a reverse proxy and serve it to my elderly parents with a simple login and an app they were able to install, and never found it to be a headache. (Which, if I’d read this thread only, I’d conclude was just not possible without voodoo magic)

No headaches along the way, and whereas Plex had already begun the march to enshittification when I left, Jellyfin has done nothing but steadily get better.

Anyhow, longer answer than intended, but I’d go back to Plex before I’d go to Emby, just on principle.

Odd, since my Jellyfin sits behind a reverse proxy.

Oh there is no worse shift. I feel you.

Such my fucking mood right now. Last half of the last day of the holiday weekend was ass, and sleep was absolute ass, as if the world conspired to ensure I could not be allowed to start the week with a good night’s rest.

As a result, after several interruptions, have been awake since long before my alarm went off, and just sitting here with a black cloud over my head. In precious few minutes, the weekly grind will begin.

I wouldn’t want it as a primary monitor but I’d love love love it as a secondary.

Every time I use my ereader I just luxuriate in the eink screen, warts and all. The very moment I can get an extenal eink display for my computer that is both of reasonable resolution and also not exorbitantly expensive, I’m doing it. I wouldn’t want it as a primary monitor but I’d love love love it as a secondary.

I definitely want an eink phone, but I doubt I’ll have the bucks to be an early adopter, which is fine.

I mean, we can probably just find/replace asbestos for Covid - it will be the same people making the same crazy claim.