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I've feel like I've used Plex forever. I also feel like every couple years I try Jellyfin to see how it's going. Recently I tried it again because of Plex restriction on more than one user.

Well, I just tried it again and it's substantially improved! This time it actually properly detected most of my library!

Also the Android TV app is AWESOME! No more glitches, lagging, and freezing trying to play my stuff like Plex did. It is butter smooth.

Wow! I'm impressed and I just deleted Plex. Good riddance.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's still terrible for music. There's not even user-based star rating...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wrong tool for the job ! Use Navidrome with your music library. There's even a new scanner rewrite in the working which will even further improve how good it is !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I used to use it. But I had so many services running it was a pain to maintain. It didn't have a TV app aswell. And Navidrome looked kind of abandoned at the time. Maybe I should go back though. Is there a way to migrate my playlists? I think that's the one thing holding me back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It really depends on your metadata/ directory structure. Even though navidrome doesn't care of your directory structure it's better to have everything neatly separated !

You can spin a docker compose (if you're a bit acquainted with it) and simply point to your external drive containing your media, just to give it a try and see how it performs with your media files.

Just give it a try and see how it works, however I would wait for the new scanner update before upgrading fully to navidrome which would give some new long awaited functionalities like VA list of all artist.

But I had so many services running it was a pain to maintain.

Are you talking about docker containers? You should take a look at what's up docker to maintain and keep track of your containers. I have approximately 20 containers and It was easier to keep track this way. If you're more in the 50/100 range... Yeah this sounds a lot ! :o

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Plexamp being behind a paywall stopped me from using Plex for music. Went with Navidrome and it works great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True, also no support for cue sheets, search is bad and no lyrics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It always says there is no lyrics, do I need to do something for it to work?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if there are none locally, you can use the lrclib plugin to find lyrics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Doesn't seem to work, maybe I'm doing something wrong.