I’ve got to admit that I’ve never used Plex (I’m a cantankerous open software fanatic), but how do you get your media on there? You’re hosting your own server so presumably you’re downloading the media somehow. Are you doing it manually? If so, you can do the same with Jellyfin. Is it automated with some tool built into Plex?

I’m only sharing access with a few friends and family, so I don’t find it cumbersome. Usually I make their account using the Jellyfin app on my phone. I do sympathize with not wanting to do support, which is the main reason I don’t even ask for help with the hosting costs. I don’t want to feel any obligation.

I’m surprised by the resistance to Jellyfin in this thread. If you are using Plex, you’re already savvy enough to use bittorrent and probably the *arrs. If you can configure that stuff, Jellyfin is absolutely something you can handle. If you like Docker, there’s good projects out there. If you’re like me and you don’t understand Docker, use Swizzin community edition. If you can install Ubuntu or Debian, and run the Swizzin script, you’re in business.

Uh, my parents are over 80, and I have jellyfin set up on their firestick. They have no problem using it. It’s just an app they open like anything else.

I have Jellyfin running on a VPS. I used Swizzin Community Edition to set it all up. It is available online.

Some people seem to really hate down votes. I don’t give a shit either way.

There are some instances that disable downvotes altogether!

Damn that looks cool. I’m disappointed in how many projects are only for Docker though :(

I think it’s better to keep it simple for new users. Tell them it doesn’t matter which server since that is theoretically true in a general sense. No need to overwhelm them with all the asterisks. Once they start engaging, they’ll learn the nuances and can change instances.

Damn that sucks :(. Seems to me I have to disable my VPN in order to discover devices, but I can re-enable it afterwards. I use it mostly for clipboard sharing between devices.

I use KDEConnect. I don’t know about iPhone but it works with Android, Linux and Windows.

I don’t have the time right now to get back into it, and it’s been a year since I last tried, so I don’t recall the specifics.

I’ve been using Linux daily since 2007 (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn). I’ve learned a lot, and there’s some things I’ve never learned. Docker is one of those things that has been a problem. I also don’t do a bit of programming.

Homie, I have been there. I spent days. I found it confusing. I don’t recall all the details, but I wasn’t able to get it all working. I will try again some day.

I appreciate your confidence (and your docker evangelism), but I don’t have the bandwidth to tackle a docker project right now. I don’t believe I was ever building containers, as I was leveraging projects like DockStarter designed to make things more painless. I’m sure I’ll try again sometime, but that time isn’t right now.

Yes, complete lack of understanding. That is a problem when it comes to working with something. I don’t understand python and venv either, but I got it working anyway in about 10 minutes. My experience with docker is that it had too many moving parts, particularly when it came to networking. It obviously seems easy to you and lots of other people, but it hasn’t come easily to me. I’ll probably need someone in the room with me to ever understand it.

I have a system that’s been working well (except for this new thing I’m trying to add) for a couple years now. I am not looking yo replace it with docker (something that I have failed with in the past). Maybe next time my system breaks I’ll take another look at docker.

I guess I must be stupid, because I’ve tried a few times and never understood it. I tried projects like DockStarter.

I’ve tried a few times, and have yet to fundamentally understand it. Been using Linux since 2007!

Every couple of years I try docker again. I just fail to wrap my head around it. I have a local friend who got it up and running though, so maybe I’ll have him hold my hand through it.