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Alternative to Plex? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by vesuveusmxo@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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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?

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[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I switched to Jellyfin 6 months ago after a few years of Plex and did not look back.

Pros:

Free, no paid client or subscription
Entirely self-hosted, no account on a centralized server
"SyncPlay" killer feature for remote watch parties

Cons:

Media identification not as good as Plex's, needs some massaging
Native clients not as widespread and less mature