You don't need JELLYFIN, EMBY, OR PLEX
So you want a media server? And everyone says you should be using Jellyfin, Emby, or Plex. But why? I show you a simpler approach, that’s free and easy to do.
I also have it written out on my blog to make it even easier:
https://grafick.art/super-simple-streaming-media-server/
by Grafick
linux web server
Will this work if I use just a Mac computer? Raspberry Pi's are too complicated for me at the moment lol
EDIT: I wanna work this to watch stuff on my TV using my FireStick and this is all within your Pi.
Jellyfin is a media server. Kodi is a media player. They're absolutely different and incomparable.
Kodi is absolutely terrible for mobile. And in general it looks like a game console UI.
Just, no. No thank you.
My library consists of a range of different containers and codecs from MKV, AVI, MP4, etc, with MP3, AAC, AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS-HD, DolbyTrueHD, Dolby Atmos, DTS-X, etc and most of which of my library is archived in RAR files. Before having a Smart TV i utilized either Peppermint linux server box to host my files and mainly used Kodi, VLC, MPC:HT on a PC with HDMI connection to my AV receiver or a RaspPI via LibreElec over HDMI configured with passthrough Dolby, DTS and their HD successors to the receiver and also AAC to DD. I recently changed to a Fire TV and been having trouble getting a media player that can do all that as well as access the video in the archives
A bad idea on just about every level. Get your head out of your ass.
I agree, I just tested all 3 and found them to be a waste myself
Kodi isn't available on Roku which really sucks if you're trying to put together a projector setup on a budget since quite a few late 2000s projectors are still pretty good to this day but they have no audio output and Bluetooth audio can be way too unreliable
you can always transcode separatly and save it transcoded to a format tha will work for everything if you want plex or jellyfin on a lower power host device
Plex is less complicated than your solution.
guy never had a watch party before
With Plex or Jellyfin you don't "just serve files". They can transcode (which wont work on your orange pi), organize, find subtitles, etc…
This video is pure trash.
FUCK! KODI is shit. NO luck.
So can u eli5 why I need to do ol this? I installed Kodi backing the days and Jellyfin today (both reccs by LTT)
But I don't understand the need outside of the Webui and everything lookin pretty.
I generally use Windows SMB on my laptop and CX file explorer to browse everything.
My client side aka smartphone is prolly more powerful than the laptop. I don't think it drops any frames even on 4k60fps and I play the files on VLC player.
Is there something I'm missing?
You can't really stream a 4k bluray over a 4g connection. That's why we need transcoding. Until 6G comes out anyway.
increase font size when doing tutorial in terminal.
I don't trust Kodi for this, it's always been too unstable for me.
Back in the day I would just enable my upnp server and put files there. This is all I need to be able play videos in my phone or my TV. But the thing about Plex is that my parents can use it. Also true with emby although not that well.
No one is using Plex to just play videos on their devices. Plex is for sharing your library with users that are used to just browsing netflix or youtube. Plex is the best tool at that job and it's not even that good at it. But if I told my parents to use kodi, my library would never see any use.
A great solution!
Kodi is a joke. By the time you configure Kodi to have the features of Emby it is as slow as a turtle.
kodi sucks and your average person cannot set it up plex is the best wake up
Kodi via NFS on orange pi 3 from NAS.. sooooo easy