Big JellyFin fan here. Love it. Once Plex started forcing me to "login" to their app I bailed. Prefer staying offline and only connecting to my LAN so everything is well fortified.
Great video. I have a Qnap Nas, and I have used all 3 of these applications. For me Emby is my favorite. I am a person who loves customization. I want to visually change as much as I can, and craft it the way I want it. I loved Plex, but Emby exceeded my expectations of available customizations. For that reason I don't mind paying the price for premiere. Just like a lot of services, and applications, it comes down to what your wants or needs are. All 3 of these are good, but for me Emby is my number one.
I'm still a Plex user (with liftetime I got on sale a lonnng time ago) but slowly starting to explore Jellyfin. Setting one up to slowly test it out. Plex has been slow to roll out some things and seem to be focused on the wrong features for me. Example plex still doesn't work with latest over the air codec but seems Jellyfin might be able to work with some tweaking. Without any research video is already working, just not audio.
I have a Synology DS-923+ just getting it running. Can you use a Zimaboard for hardware transcoding on Jellyfin and Emmy? I saw a video using Zimaboard with Plex. Love your videos.
I've used Emby for about three years, and while the server is competent, the clients have their problems. The version for Android TV, in addition to being paid, had a horribly optimized interface. I never considered paying for premiere because my NAS didn't have the capabilities to take advantage of the extra features of the subscription. When I changed my NAS and it had such capabilities, I realized that it wasn't worth paying for the only feature I wanted to use, transcoding. So I opted for Jellyfin. So far I'm finding him superior to Emby. Transcoding works fine and clients are better optimized. My only gripe is with the subtitles. Advanced options are only available when I choose another player (default is ExoPlayer) and subtitle options don't always work well. Strangely, the Android mobile client works perfectly.
ExoPlayer (assuming that is the default one on AndroidTV) is crap, as it will always force a trnascode no matter what if PGS subtitles are enabled. libvlc will Direct Play anything you can throw at it in my experience.
Yep would not touch Plex with a barge pole, jus too intrusive, nosy and if I understand right needs Internet access to function. Happily paid what worked out to be £99 GBP for lifetime. It is a bit annoying that have to pay for premiere to watch on iOS and Android but I would not say the cost of premium is that bad if paying for lifetime. Jellyfin needs docker on Synology which kind of puts me off a bit.
I tryed jellyfin, and i can't access to it outside my home and the help is non-existent. Did emby is the same when trying to configure remote access to my content? Did i have to configure third-party software or reverse proxy, dyndns or anything else?
I have Emby and do not pay anything. Any of the paid options are not something I need. When I watch a movie on my phone, I watch it at 480p instead of e.g. 4K to save data. No problem ever. I also do not need to pay the app on my Android. So not sure what that 5USD is about. The best is to see if you actually need the paid things. Because it might well be that you do not need to. I know I do not need it. The only thing that is a bit of a downer is that I can not download subtitles when I am watching the video, but I can when I go to the file before I start it.
I think most people that desire/seek transcoding so so out of necessity/'just in case they need it's, than to actually choose it as an AAA+ feature. The odd train journey, the week away for work, the odd file format or compression that is a right pain to play native...that sort of thing. The percentage is probably higher than you might think, as often transcoding can be happening on things like audio without your knowing on a simplified client app on a TV etc
Jellyfin is way behind in terms of features and things that are implemented does not work reliably on every device. For example the Android app is unusable on most phones I tried it on - it doesn't matter if I use web player or integrated player, if the video even starts playing, it is choppy and unwatchable. Emby is worth every penny if you don't want your media server to be a chore instead of entertainment. I switched from Plex to Jellyfin and It was the worst decision I could make - I spent more time dealing with issues than watching my media. Also no option to download transcoded version for offline viewing is a dealbreaker for me.
@@Quettesh The "Jellyfin" Android app is a wrapper for the web player, so it's crap. Findroid is a native client and works fine. I just don't have any desire to watch anything on a tiny screen, so I have no real reason to use it or care about it besides testing to see that it Direct Plays and doesn't force a transcode.
Not in 100% of cases. With an Nvidia Shield Pro, which supposedly doesn't support AV1, Jellyfin with libvlc is the only one of the three I've found that will Direct Play it.
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Big JellyFin fan here. Love it. Once Plex started forcing me to "login" to their app I bailed. Prefer staying offline and only connecting to my LAN so everything is well fortified.
This makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the perspective.
Great video. I have a Qnap Nas, and I have used all 3 of these applications. For me Emby is my favorite. I am a person who loves customization. I want to visually change as much as I can, and craft it the way I want it. I loved Plex, but Emby exceeded my expectations of available customizations. For that reason I don't mind paying the price for premiere. Just like a lot of services, and applications, it comes down to what your wants or needs are. All 3 of these are good, but for me Emby is my number one.
jellyfin for the win
Good in-depth analysis of the differences between the two
This video is the best comparison for these two apps. Thanks a lot!!
I'm still a Plex user (with liftetime I got on sale a lonnng time ago) but slowly starting to explore Jellyfin. Setting one up to slowly test it out. Plex has been slow to roll out some things and seem to be focused on the wrong features for me. Example plex still doesn't work with latest over the air codec but seems Jellyfin might be able to work with some tweaking. Without any research video is already working, just not audio.
Jellyfin is a typical open source project with some good ideas but nothing is really finished. For example Android app is just unusable.
jellyin for the win
@@Quettesh android app is way better than plex shite
Just as a curiosity does Emby pay money/support upstream ffmpeg ?
I use infuse from FireCore as media player. Just stream backed up videos from nas.
I have a Synology DS-923+ just getting it running. Can you use a Zimaboard for hardware transcoding on Jellyfin and Emmy? I saw a video using Zimaboard with Plex. Love your videos.
I've used Emby for about three years, and while the server is competent, the clients have their problems. The version for Android TV, in addition to being paid, had a horribly optimized interface. I never considered paying for premiere because my NAS didn't have the capabilities to take advantage of the extra features of the subscription. When I changed my NAS and it had such capabilities, I realized that it wasn't worth paying for the only feature I wanted to use, transcoding. So I opted for Jellyfin. So far I'm finding him superior to Emby. Transcoding works fine and clients are better optimized. My only gripe is with the subtitles. Advanced options are only available when I choose another player (default is ExoPlayer) and subtitle options don't always work well. Strangely, the Android mobile client works perfectly.
jellyfin
ExoPlayer (assuming that is the default one on AndroidTV) is crap, as it will always force a trnascode no matter what if PGS subtitles are enabled. libvlc will Direct Play anything you can throw at it in my experience.
@@praetorxyn jellyfin
Yep would not touch Plex with a barge pole, jus too intrusive, nosy and if I understand right needs Internet access to function. Happily paid what worked out to be £99 GBP for lifetime. It is a bit annoying that have to pay for premiere to watch on iOS and Android but I would not say the cost of premium is that bad if paying for lifetime. Jellyfin needs docker on Synology which kind of puts me off a bit.
Which is the most useful for a family who is on the apple ecosystem. Don’t wanna pay apple for iCloud storage
I tryed jellyfin, and i can't access to it outside my home and the help is non-existent. Did emby is the same when trying to configure remote access to my content? Did i have to configure third-party software or reverse proxy, dyndns or anything else?
I hope you will be discussing Kodi. I only use Kodi.
Kodi preloaded movie covers and interface cache is extremely fast. The other media servers are to slow for me.
When are you going to talk Gen 5 NVME drives? Some read and write up to 13 GBps.
Coming relatively soon! Here is a video on this from a little over 2 weeks ago - th-cam.com/video/wuceDsI5uxI/w-d-xo.html
I have Emby and do not pay anything. Any of the paid options are not something I need. When I watch a movie on my phone, I watch it at 480p instead of e.g. 4K to save data. No problem ever. I also do not need to pay the app on my Android. So not sure what that 5USD is about. The best is to see if you actually need the paid things. Because it might well be that you do not need to. I know I do not need it.
The only thing that is a bit of a downer is that I can not download subtitles when I am watching the video, but I can when I go to the file before I start it.
I don't pay for Emby either and never noticed anything bad about it. Does the premium offer subtitles though?
Jellyfin server and kodi as client works perfect.
I’ve used jellyfin, Plex and others. Plex is by far my pick.
What percentage of nas media streamers transcode? Personality I hate it.
I think most people that desire/seek transcoding so so out of necessity/'just in case they need it's, than to actually choose it as an AAA+ feature. The odd train journey, the week away for work, the odd file format or compression that is a right pain to play native...that sort of thing. The percentage is probably higher than you might think, as often transcoding can be happening on things like audio without your knowing on a simplified client app on a TV etc
Jellyfin. Emby has a lot of weird limitations even if you pay for it.
jellyfin for the win, always!
Jellyfin is way behind in terms of features and things that are implemented does not work reliably on every device. For example the Android app is unusable on most phones I tried it on - it doesn't matter if I use web player or integrated player, if the video even starts playing, it is choppy and unwatchable. Emby is worth every penny if you don't want your media server to be a chore instead of entertainment.
I switched from Plex to Jellyfin and It was the worst decision I could make - I spent more time dealing with issues than watching my media. Also no option to download transcoded version for offline viewing is a dealbreaker for me.
@@Quettesh The "Jellyfin" Android app is a wrapper for the web player, so it's crap. Findroid is a native client and works fine. I just don't have any desire to watch anything on a tiny screen, so I have no real reason to use it or care about it besides testing to see that it Direct Plays and doesn't force a transcode.
@@Quetteshfunny, the app is shit on IOS too lol
@@cenunix It’s only shit when it works. The rest of the time it doesn’t even work lol
You have to pay for Emby to be usable, but it is worth every penny - it is years ahead of Jellyfin and less nosy than Plex.
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I payed for Emby lifetime and I'm happy, it's pretty slick with the promise of more going forward, so for the price it's worth it.
Yeah I tried Jellyfin for a few days, then moved to Emby. Night and day difference, even with having to pay. It's worth it.
Emby just works, Jellyfin always has some problems to fix which ends up wasting a lot of time in my life.
Direct play and format support in Emby is superior to Jellyfin and Plex
Not in 100% of cases. With an Nvidia Shield Pro, which supposedly doesn't support AV1, Jellyfin with libvlc is the only one of the three I've found that will Direct Play it.
@@praetorxynchrome/chromium support VP8, VP9, AV1, H.264, H.265, MPEG-4.
Web client is better.
funny how people feels good about JF being open source dispite a much worse quality and execution.
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@@Georgevideocliper jellyfin owns all the others, easily
@@ajv_2089 pay the license.
If you are ready to quit wasting your time customising and using it watching, then Plex is for you.
Came to watch the latest video and dying for your input on the just announced Qnap TS-855eU!
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