Post #3414468
2026-06-26 22:05 UTC
@ajroach42@retro.social @kevin@mastodon.km6g.us
Interesting thread.
I'm currently using Emby (call it a Jellyfin fork). I have a few libreelec and nvidia shield boxes around, and when I want to play music I open my phone app and tell the server to play to the le box. I think it works with video as well (dlna). I don't really have to care what the interface is on the player. If I don't want to use my phone the emby app is cromulent enough.
I'm a nerd but non-nerds at home seem to get by ok.
Is Jellyfin not as polished? I've stayed on Emby mostly due to inertia and low maintenance.
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@fwfy@fedi.pregnant.horse 2026-06-27 00:25
@FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange @ajroach42@retro.social @kevin@mastodon.km6g.us jellyfin is actually a fork of Emby! ive been using it for years now - started just for myself but now family and friends use the instance as well, and quite heavily at that - and it's been rock solid, no complaints here. i even have Jellyseerr set up and connected to Sonarr & Radarr, allowing end users to search for and request new movies, series, etc. once i approve the request, it gets automatically sent to Transmission for downloading, and then Jellyfin pulls it in, pulls in metadata, and voila!