Post #39748

2025-12-07 21:45 UTC

3 Things stope from using jellyfin 100% of the time. 1)TV tuner is janky and loading a guide for local channels is garbage. I like watching the morning local news and jellyfin just does not cut it. 2)I want sub accounts. They used to have something similar but took it out for security reasons. I want to log all my TVs into one account but then have each user select their profile. So I can easily have a restricted profile for say kids then another for my parents then one for me then one for SO under the same roof. It will track each persons watched profile so when someone watches ahead it doesn’t mess with someone else’s. On the same note, controller/ HTPC remote configs feel janky. I know its there but its not a smooth and easy as Plex. This goes along with above for anyone who says just make another account. You try entering half decent passwords with small HTPC remotes or controllers. If they could fix these things I would ditch Plex all the way. But as it stands I use Plex for my TV and jellyfin for my phones, tablets, PC.

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@modus@lemmy.world 2025-12-08 01:20

TV tuner is janky and loading a guide for local channels is garbage. I like watching the morning local news and jellyfin just does not cut it. I DVR local stuff with Plex and play it back in Jellyfin.

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@h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-08 02:13

You can already do number 2 (with some restrictions). You have to set up your networking tab correctly, use blank passwords, and uncheck “allow remote connections” for the “local” accounts. i have things set up so that external users are forced to log in and local users just pick a profile. If you also add your external users’ IP addresses to the LAN Networks box, they’ll be treated as an internal user too (though how you keep that up to date is a bit more challenging). It’s not precisely the Netflix experience but it works well enough for us

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@NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2025-12-08 04:32

Jellyfin has local channels? Why don’t you just watch local channels?

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