• Justin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Server to host media. Super easy to set up and can run on a Windows client. Don’t even need an independent server to run it on. https://jellyfin.org/

    https://kodi.tv/ (or https://libreelec.tv/ for an OS that boots to just Kodi)

    Application to watch through Kodi https://github.com/jellyfin/jellycon

    Client to run Kodi on: MeLE PCG02 Mini PC Stick https://a.co/d/1EGnekO

    If you didn’t want to install LibreELEC to the PC and just want to keep Windows, you could run Kodi in Kiosk mode and it would boot directly to it just like LibreELEC.

    I have not watched normal TV in years, let alone an ad on my TV. I spoke to my neighbors one day and figured out they were paying ~$60 a month for all their streaming services, and they’re STILL getting ads…

    Stuff like this is unacceptable, and I refuse to partake in the lunacy and delusion that is modern television.

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      Also Plex as an alternative to Jellyfin with a way better UI and better app support

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            Since he mentions enshittification, I assume he means Plex.

            However I am pretty sure both will have some bugs. I use jellyfin, so I can only speak about that. But one annoyance is that the androidTV app sometimes doesn’t have the best subtitle support. However it allows you to open movies in external players, which is a workaround.

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          I bought a lifetime plex pass once and have no issues since. HW encoding works out of the box, the scanners do their job and I can use their apps on every platform. I had to disable the Plex offered free movies once, the horror. Don’t act like Plex is some Google level shit of annoyance or ‘enshittification’.

          Jellyfin on the other hand has atrocious UI that basically screams the absence of any sort of UI designer into your face, the HW encoding is a mess to set up and the apps are a jungle of different 3rd party apps…

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              What streaming services is plex pushing? They offer integration for other services you subscribed to like Netflix or Disney and they also offer free, ad based services that you can permanently hide with one button. And the UI? Jellyfin is so convoluted, especially the settings.