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Every once in a while I knock around the idea of migrating off Plex and onto Jellyfin. For a long time it was that sharing libraries with friends was a pain, but now literally the only thing stopping me is that they don't have a ps5 app, and that's how one of my friends uses my plex server lol. If they get one, it's all over for plex (in my friend group).

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Keep in mind that you don't necessarily need to "migrate" all at once. There's nothing wrong with running both Plex and Jellyfin pointed at the same media library, and using whichever one has the better client for a particular platform.

This is a good point. I did this for probably 6 months before switching over completely.

I tried this but using two servers means you lose or fragment all your watch history. If I have to remember where I am in a series myself, I might as well just use VLC.

There is JellyPlexWatch, which will sync the databases between jellyfin and Plex. I've been using both next to each other for a while with that setup to sync watch history. Honestly I haven't been able to move over to Jellyfin after the drama around the integration of skip intro, but I hope things get better.

https://github.com/luigi311/JellyPlex-Watched

> the drama around the integration of skip intro

what are you referring to?

A project to integrate additional "media segments" to identify introductions and end credits for auto-skipping.

There was something that worked, going forward the core team decided to focus on a tight stream lined core and decruft 'features'.

Discussion:

https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1dbiw90/skip_in...

https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-intro-skipper-project-dead

Seems like a temporary (indefinite) suspension and a storm in a teacup from those attached to the feature.

This isn't that important a feature most of the time, because you can just press the skip-ahead button and skip the next 30 seconds. You might see some of the intro, but big deal

There is one big exception though: if you're watching Star Trek: Enterprise. The "skip intro" feature is invaluable so you don't have to be subjected to that truly horrific opening song.

More at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43064585

We contacted Sony asking about creating an app. The TLDR of that conversation is they said "Don't call us, we'll call you". Open source never really mattered, they're not interested.

Really? I assumed you'd just license an sdk similar to creating a game. They only allow certain apps?

Ps5 Web browser with a bookmark?

But I hear ya, console support tends to lag behind because of the rules and costs of app dev for them

I mean I could also just tell him it's 2025 and there's 700 ways for him to use plex on his tv, but it's also just kind of funny to me so I keep it going.

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