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Plex or Jellyfin for my Raspberry Pi? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, all. So I want to set up a media server using my Raspberry Pi. It will be used by me and my partner, who is very much tech illiterate. She knows how to use Plex, but I'm tempted by the open nature of Jellyfin. How steep is the learning curve there? Should I just go with Plex and keep it simple? Or is Jellyfin manageable if I set it up for her?

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[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but it doesn't auto connect on a lot of devices. So if you restart the device you have to reconnect. Tech illiterate people struggle with this concept.

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Have zero knowledge of Roku but for example with AppleTV boxes it is totally fire and forget, Tailscale is always on in the background and apps will find my media servers through it.

And I’ve noticed even tech illiterate people will learn to become literate when there is some motivation, like a huge movie archive :) Flipping a preference like VPN on if they want to use certain app is certainly within realm of possibility.