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AdamJacobMuller ◴[] No.33579654[source]
Plex seems to regularly add new features which I really have no use for but makes it relatively easy to turn them off if you want.

Every month or three when I login to the web interface there's Some New Thing which I need to disable.

Recently I needed a 100% offline-capable media player (and while Plex would probably work, it's not 100% reliable) and tried with Kodi.

It's a very unfluid experience, requiring multiple plugins and a setup process which was complicated even for me. It wasn't terrible, and it did work and I'm glad it exists but it's not something I would ever use on a daily basis, Plex just works better.

I'll admit I haven't tried Emby or Jellyfin (yet), and, I'm sure I will some day. Plex will probably add something which is truly objectionable or otherwise not disableable and I'll be compelled to switch but for now I'll stick with the fluid experience, even if it requires me to occasionally disable their new "features".

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1. pdntspa ◴[] No.33580058[source]
The thing with Kodi is you set it once and then you pretty much forget about it. I'm not sure what plugins you need because for playing media off a SMB share or local drive it has everything included out-of-the-box. There is some configuration but, once again, its a one-time thing.

I've installed it on dozens of devices over the years (OG xbox, windows boxen, an nvidia shield, raspberry pi clones) and it is and has been amazingly consistent and low-maintenance.