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If you can write what about plex do you miss, I could also suggest you emby, if that makes sense. I also grew to dislike Plex, the UI detached from the base system, the continuous bugging, (it was also very slow for me, and buffery), but I got a lifetime license for emby and never looked back, I wasn't using anything in particular from Plex, but I also have IPTV + integration with the kodi "filesystem", and auto subtitles + conversion + own music streaming, but yeah if you have anything in particular missing I can maybe help, I kinda like Emby so I'd like to help them grow

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Jellyfish is a fork of Emby.

I think it’s the other way around? But emby went the paid way?

Jellyfin is a fork of the Emby code back when they were OSS. They stopped being OSS, and Jellyfin forked.

Mh are you sure about that? I use emby because I like open source but I despise free stuff (at least when one can afford to pay), and I've seen that their server is definitely release under GPL license? But is paid? https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/blob/master/LICENSE.md

Afaik I am not sure anymore who forked who but I've seen convos on IRC back then and the issue was solely the fact that emby devs wanted to be paid

https://archive.ph/5Rx3x

Aaaa you’re right I just noticed that the last tag is <3.6

Making a project open source doesn't mean you can't close-source it later on and cease distributing updates, like what Emby has done. Jellyfin forked from the last open-source version of Emby that was available under a liberal license.

Yeye I just didn’t notice the last tag on GitHub

It is unfortunate they did not just do the paid route and keep it Open Source.

Yeah it is a shame agree

Which is why Jellyfin forked from Emby, and why you'll find 540 references to the word "emby" in the source code.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/search?q=emby

admittedly it has been awhile since I tried it, but a good amount of the stuff I acquire is anime and plex handles it better than anything else, with the AMSA plugin at least. Anime can be a little weird with a different naming formats, multiple language audio and subtitles, fansub preferences, and sequel seasons sometimes having a different name from the first.

I also need to be able to set a language preference for both audio and subtitles since I am one of those subs>dubs weirdos. If I have to set the audio track every single episode I am just going to hook up my laptop and play it in mpchc.

Whenever I look at open issues for emby or jelly I get the impression that anime is annoying to deal with so I'll just stick with the plex plugin that already works.

Mh yeah sorry I have never watched anime so I am not sure how emby would handle that, it's a segment I have no experience with, but about setting default language for sub/audio it's possible, but not sure how much would it help ^^

I've got about a dozen (yeah, I know, not a lot) anime series on my Jellyfin, and also prefer subs in nearly all cases. I've had a problem with them. But, if someone's got something that's already working, they should probably just stick with that.

If you are open for suggestion, there is a software that would work for you. Shoko Server[0] would be best for managing Anime. I like them since they made my anime folder easily to be managed. And they uses AniDB as their anime lookup. Basically it is a cataloger, file manager, file renamer, database lookup, file tracker software.

They have a plugin for JellyFin, ShokoFin. And I believe they do have a integration with Plex.

This replaced my previous setup and it works amazing with my Kodi.

[0] https://shokoanime.com/downloads/

Oh good lord, I meant to write "I've not had a problem with them." Jeez. Too late to edit now. That is, Jellyfin's been fine for me but it might only be because I've been lucky, since I haven't tried a ton of anime on it.

I have a ton of anime and it indexes it quite well. Its organized by Sonarr though

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