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Plex Security Incident

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104 points andyexeter | 3 comments | 08 Sep 25 22:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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whiterook6 ◴[08 Sep 25 22:54 UTC] No.45175178[source]▶
I am a faithful Plex lifetime user and have never had problems.

That said, I shouldn't be blinded by convenience. I hear jellyfin is a good alternative. Can someone share

- how easy is it to administer for clients outside of my network or possibly even outside my country?

- how good is the app support? I transcode all of my media to AAC and h264 for compatibility

-what about for streaming music? I really like Plex amp

- what do you like the most about jellyfin

- what do you miss most about Plex?

Thank you.

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1. ktm5j ◴[08 Sep 25 23:01 UTC] No.45175247[source]▶
Not sure about jellyfin, but I really dig Emby. Just as convenient as Plex. I can't even remember why I switched to Emby over Plex, but I never looked back.
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2. paulryanrogers ◴[08 Sep 25 23:03 UTC] No.45175271[source]▶
Emby performs better than Jellyfin IME, at least if you need it to work on older TVs. Though IDK if they still offer a lifetime (pay once) subscription.
3. platevoltage ◴[08 Sep 25 23:17 UTC] No.45175395[source]▶
I've been a paid user of Emby for years and it's been well worth it.

I think the final straw was Plex artificially blocking transcoding on Raspberry PI, even though it would work with a ton of work arounds.