I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.
It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.
What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?
EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into “smaller” instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can’t remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.
I want jellyfin, but the number of devices I’d have to manually setup around my house, tvs etc, is daunting and terrifying.
Why would you have to manually set them up? Most smart TVs have a Jellyfin channel/app you can install, and failing that there should be some kind of general media server app you can get on them. There’s a mobile app for Android (though someone else here says it’s pretty trash) and probably for iOS as well. The only device to configure is the server, the app can find a local network server automatically.
I use the Jellyfin app from the store on my Chromeplay, and there’s a couple of Jellyfin iOS apps that work great. Once the server is up, you’re gold.
What are you talking about? Install the app, enter your server address and log in.
Which of the default settings don’t work for you for this to be terrifying?
There are a great many devices in my house, and everytime I change things like this I basically have to hold a workshop on using the TV. It’s frustrating because it’s not like I live in an old folks home, just young people who don’t want to deal with tech, and expect everything to always “just work”.