Plex issues but not on Jellyfin : piracy


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[+] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It seems it was direct play when I checked Tautulli

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's probably a codec issue where Plex thinks something can direct play but it can't. I've had similar issues a few times over the years especially with audio codecs like EAC3 for example. Easiest thing to do is to just find a different version of the file and try to avoid that codec for the time being.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I will monitor if it happens with certain codecs and then blacklist them.

[–] alucard@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

You can also use Handbrake to encode your files

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I do have tautulli set up so will check that. I can provide more information if needed.

Transcoding sound like it might be that as I had recently setup Nvidia GPU and enabled hardware transcoding but when I was testing and watching something it didn’t transcode as I was watching in the format I had.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

You can force a transcode by dropping the quality of the video in the player settings. Perhaps something is misconfigured with HW transcoding and that's the actual reason why your videos aren't playing (and not the codec issue I mentioned in my other comment).

[+] land@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I do use both. I included that detail in my post.

[–] fennec@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Jellyfin is avaliable on almost everything as far as I am aware (excluding games consoles). Havent used Plex much but I know for Jellyfin the majority of my users issues relate to iOS. Id check your encoding of the specific file they have issue with M series macs can be weird with certain encodes of h.264 for example or a specific audio type. Here is a decent breakdown of codec support by client/browser https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/codec-support/

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Jellyfin isn't available for Samsung TVs or Hisense TVs. Yes, this can be solved by any Android TV box but they likely don't want to.

I've given someone a FireTV stick and they still used the built in OS until I gave it to someone else. (And then they wonder why I can't do anything about ads for them, but that's besides the point.)

[–] wjs018@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Most of my plex users stream via Playstation, an area where Jellyfin has essentially been locked out. I let my users know how they can access my Jellyfin for the upcoming loss of remote play, but almost all of them opted to just pay the $2/mo to keep using their Playstation client.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use my PS4 all the time with Jellyfin with no issues. Just have to open it in the browser.

[–] wjs018@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

Ah, I'll have to try that out. I kind of forgot that the Playstation even has a browser.

[–] Tregetour@lemdro.id 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A gram of convenience for a ton of privacy :(

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