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veeeThe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> app redesign for iPhone and iPad is objectively worse in almost every way. It’s like they saw the Sonos app disaster rollout as a blueprint, not a warning.

Ethan ShollyThis Week in Self-Hosted (11 April 2025)Hoarder's new name change, software updates and launches, a spotlight on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Streamystats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Streamystats</a> -- a Jellyfin statistics-tracking platform, and more in this week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a> recap!<a href="https://selfh.st/newsletter/2025-04-11/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://selfh.st/newsletter/2025-04-11/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhost</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newsletter</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeserver</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tailscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tailscale</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jellyfin</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#app</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

Andy Warburton ❌❌❌Hey folks, my cranky old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Synology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NAS</a> is getting full and I'm thinking about upgrades. I don't think I want to buy another commercial NAS and I have an AM5 motherboard doing literally nothing. Sny opinions on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unraid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unraid</a> vs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truenas</a> ? (I mostly use for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> streaming and local backups) but may consider moving my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> install to the box too in the future). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelab</a>

BLACKVOID ⚫️<a href="https://mastodon.social/@box464" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@box464</a> Haha if it goes down we always hear it right away!I have decide to keep my two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> servers on both x18 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Synology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NAS</a> and offload other services to more up to date models with Plex content on a completely separate 12bay unit. Glad to hear pass through worked for you!

The VHS Wizard 🦝📼🧙If you use <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> and you're also hoarding media now because you're paranoid about the internet just sort of... disappearing... one day, you might want to take a look at this handy guide that shows how to run Plex with only a local network<a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/303282/how-to-use-plex-media-server-without-internet-access/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.howtogeek.com/303282/how-to-use-plex-media-server-without-internet-access/</a>

みやくモードanother <a href="https://social.miyaku.media/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> annoyance, this time server-side: i had voice activity detection set to run as a scheduled task but it seemingly just never would and never has. set it to run on media add as well and that should solve the problem for new media. but for old media that hasn't had it run, apparently when you bulk select and do "analyze” it ALSO doesn't do VAD for some reason. only if you go into the item and do analyze. so of course instead i figured out how to do it via the plex API and now just have to make an analyze call for every single movie and TV episode to force VAD

みやくモードuhhh <a href="https://social.miyaku.media/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> ios update broke spacebar to play/pause on ipad?? :facepalm:

Andrew Mark McCallEnhance your budget smart tv experience:1. never let it connect to the internet 2. by a lenovo m900 mini computer at least 6th gen intel 3. Install any linux operating system or media os that is free and open source 4. Feel free to pirate any media from companies that are known to change the terms of the sale after the sale 5. Remember folks: if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/smarttv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarttv</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/os" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#os</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/buying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buying</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jellyfin</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infosec</a>

MikaMy <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Helm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Helm</a> chart for a complete home media/streaming stack, Flex has been updated to version 0.2.0 🎉 Previously, it supports <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Plex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> as the streaming service, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Bazarr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bazarr</a> for automated subtitle downloads, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Flaresolverr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flaresolverr</a> for bypassing web protections/challenges, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Jackett" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jackett</a> as proxy server for <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/torrent" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torrent</a> trackers, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Overseerr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overseerr</a> as an interface for requesting media, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/qBittorrent" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#qBittorrent</a> as the torrent client, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Radarr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radarr</a> for downloading/managing movies, and <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Sonarr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sonarr</a> for downloading/managing TV shows. Now, to reduce reliance on Plex and lean towards a completely <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/FOSS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> stack, I've added in support for <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Jellyfin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jellyfin</a> as a drop-in replacement for Plex, <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/JellyPlex-Watched" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JellyPlex-Watched</a> for syncing watch states between Jellyfin/Plex servers, and <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Jellyseerr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jellyseerr</a> as a drop-in replacement for Overseerr, which not only works with Plex but also Jellyfin. I've been using this for over a year at this point and it works perfectly. For me personally, I have everything supported deployed using this on my <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Kubernetes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kubernetes</a> cluster except for Jellyfin, Plex, and qBittorrent, which I've deployed as individual VMs instead on <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Proxmox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Proxmox</a> cos I find it less resource/bandwidth taxing on my cluster that way - this shouldn't be an issue if your cluster is a lot beefier. During non-peak loads, the (Flex) stack uses up a total of only ~0.19 CPU core and ~1.6GB memory. 🔗 <a href="https://github.com/irfanhakim-as/charts/pull/136" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/irfanhakim-as/charts/pull/136</a>

MikaMy <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Jellyfin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jellyfin</a> and <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Plex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> setup are pretty similar, i.e. on <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a>/<a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Ubuntu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ubuntu</a> VMs with a mount pointing to my <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/SMB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SMB</a> share from my <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/NAS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NAS</a>, using native installations rather than <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Docker" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Docker</a>, etc. I just noticed though, that there are some of my media folders that I currently have setup using relative symlinks.. for example: <pre><code>MyMedia -> ../Videos/Media</code></pre> and the videos within them (of which are mostly also relative symlinks) are not appearing/discovered on Jellyfin, when they do on Plex. The result is, based on my example, my media library on Jellyfin, which is pointing to a folder that contains various other folders including "MyMedia", is not able to discover the "MyMedia" folder - it only displays folders that are actual folders and not symlinks. Can someone tell if this is expected, and something not supported on Jellyfin? I also have instances where I have movies stored in my Movies media folder, then have a (relative) symlink pointing to the movie from, for example, an anime's "Specials" folder so that users can discover/watch them as a standalone movie, or alongside their TV series progress - I'm wondering now if those files are also not appearing too since they too are symlinks. On the server itself, both Jellyfin and Plex, the mount is configured exactly the same, and simply using <code>ls</code>, it doesn't seem either of them have difficulty or different behaviours following the "trail" from the symlink to the target file or folder. --- Edit: From what I've found so far, it seems that Jellyfin straight up ignores symlink files, which is... ridiculous. I know I can prolly use hardlinks, at least I expect I can, but that's just so stupid and not what I want. A lot of my home videos are organised in such a way that relies heavily on relative symlinks, so that one video can be linked to several folders (i.e. my personal folder and my family's etc. if it's related to them), and that they're easy to trace. I even do this for photos, so I can link a single photo into multiple folders (i.e. who's in them, the event that took place, etc.) without taking up additional space. I also use relative links, instead of absolute links, so that they can be read/followed on no matter what system of mine I'm using that has the SMB share mounted - regardless of their mount point (i.e. <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> and <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/macOS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macOS</a> have different file structure etc.). Ngl out of all hitches I've encountered in my migration from Plex to Jellyfin, this might be the most bitter pill I'm to swallow - cos I don't think I can work around this, reasonably, without making changes to my SMB share that I'm not only using for Jellyfin, but a lot of other things as well for me to even consider tailor/catering it solely for Jellyfin and potentially break the workflow of a lot of other things I rely on. 🔗 <a href="https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-can-t-read-symlink-files" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-can-t-read-symlink-files</a> 🔗 <a href="https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5521" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5521</a>

Tobias HellgrenDid you know? One of the best ways to support your favorite artists is still by purchasing their albums. Even if they received 100% of the royalties from streaming, it would take at least 10,000 streams for an artist to earn the same amount as from a single album sale.When was the last time you listened to anything 10,000 times?<a href="https://mastodon.chuggybumba.com/tags/GoPhysical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoPhysical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.chuggybumba.com/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> <a href="https://mastodon.chuggybumba.com/tags/Jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jellyfin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.chuggybumba.com/tags/Emby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Emby</a> <a href="https://mastodon.chuggybumba.com/tags/Kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kodi</a>

みやくモードuhhh the <a href="https://social.miyaku.media/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> ios update breaks the ability to zoom pillarboxed 4:3 content on 4:3 devices like uhhh ipads

Ethan ShollyThis Week in Self-Hosted (4 April 2025)<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AprilShowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AprilShowers</a> bring new projects, software updates and launches, a spotlight on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BookLore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookLore</a> -- an ebook management and reading platform, and more in this week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a> recap!<a href="https://selfh.st/newsletter/2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://selfh.st/newsletter/2025-04-04/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhost</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newsletter</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeserver</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jellyfin</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#docker</a>

Lime BarSo I see the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> android app has been updated to remove the photos features... Those moved out to a separate photos app (just like music is moved out to plexamp) ... But that photos app needs an update soon. I only ever got the initial preview release about 6 months ago

Gene CowanPublic service announcement: if you use the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> app, do NOT update to the new version. It’s so buggy that it is unusable. Literally. You are warned. And there’s no support or bug reporting mechanism in it, either.

MikaOh lol, it's one of those things where people say "so and so" is amazing!!! Works perfectly for me so it must for you... then you realise immediately after giving it a whirl that something as basic as subtitle support on your media, regardless if transcoding or direct play (why that'd even matter, honestly?) is broken on <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Jellyfin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jellyfin</a>. I'm eager to switch to Jellyfin bcos I always knew it was the platform to be on, not <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/Plex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> (since <a href="https://sakurajima.social/tags/FOSS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> and all), but I am perplexed how Jellyfin supposedly is not able to deliver on this seemingly very basic feature - support subtitles (properly). 🔗 <a href="https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-subtitles-out-of-sync" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-subtitles-out-of-sync</a> RE: <a href="https://sakurajima.social/notes/a633ncz6ta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sakurajima.social/notes/a633ncz6ta</a>

Jiří Fiala Total LandscapingiPad using my iPhone's LTE via tethering. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jellyfin</a> connects and plays without any issue, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> doesn't even connect. How is that possible? Isn't easy and reliable connection the point of Plex?

ShadowWhelp, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discord</a> is now pushing ads through it's desktop app.If this shit keeps up will have to find another program that hasn't been hit by enshitification.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> is probably the next one to get the shoulder with their new phone app.

RxBrad<a href="https://zirk.us/@japipes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@japipes</a> Don't let its looks fool you. Legend says that, in 2017, this old HP office PC killed a guy in a bar fight in Utah. The dead bugs on the floor that fell off the spider web under my disk enclosure? Those are a warning... <a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plex</a> <a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a>

Jiří Fiala Total LandscapingWhy is the new <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plex</a> app shoving Apple TV down my throat when it's not enabled in Streaming Services? Why is it showing a persistent Live TV button in the navbar when I don't have a tuner and don't plan to?Is that innovation?

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