Plex has a ton of problems, so I turned to the open-source rival with the funny name: Jellyfin ...

Plex charges for features Jellyfin offers for free, but requires more setup. Jellyfin offers free hardware transcoding, while Plex requires a paid subscription. Plex is more compatible with devices; ...

A few days ago I heard about Jellyfin. This is mediaserver software not a world apart from Plex. So you run it on a local machine and it serves up TV shows and movies that are stored locally. The ...

Hello, Ars! Long time lurker here, first time poster. Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, so please move it if it's not. As the title states, I'd like to set up a personal media server on ...

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