• @tomkatt
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        9 months ago

        Plex is also a much better music player/streamer if you have plex pass with plexamp. Jellyfin’s audio renderer is pitifully bad by default, and only marginally better if you modify the factory file to use something like MPC-HC. Also, Jellyfin’s album and artist sorting is pretty mid.

          • @tomkatt
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            19 months ago

            I’m guessing Symfonium doesn’t have custom DJ modes and automatic music mixes based on your local library and past listening habits? Their website doesn’t mention.

            The DJ modes and track/album radio and artist mixes are what sold me on Plexamp.

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                9 months ago

                Probably can’t, I’m on iOS; it looks to be Android only. Airplay is also a fairly important feature for me, since Airplay and DLNA are the main ways I send my music to devices.

                Re: DJ modes, Plex does a full sonic analysis (ala Musicbrainz) of your music and uses this for mixes and DJs, for doing things like adding sonically similar songs into your set list or doing a sonic adventure every few tracks. It also uses metadata for stuff like playing tracks from the same artist, or same era (e.g 1990s).

                The features make for very dynamic automatic playlists that work well and flow smoothly both within and between different genres.

          • @ChillPill
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            19 months ago

            Plus one for symfonium. I’m just wondering how to deal with my 5 star music ratings in plex. I typically listen to playlists based on a star rating of 3-5 stars and sometimes I’m only in the mood for 5 star songs so I have like 3 or 4 playlists. I would hate to have to individually rate songs all over again. Also seems like jellyfin only has a like system…

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        29 months ago

        How so? You can use tailscale/wireguard or just port forward to remotely access.

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            29 months ago

            Port forwarding doesn’t require VPN.

            Does Plex Sharing not open up ports either manually or via UPnpP?

            • @douglasg14b
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              9 months ago

              You shouldn’t be opening up access to your Jellyfin server to the internet, that’s why.

              Not only are there known vulnerabilities that can, and will, be abused by bad actors (Not even humans, automated systems). But it also provides a convenient way for media entities & your ISP to target you in mass piracy crackdowns.

              Nevermind the undisclosed or unknown vulnerabilities that may be exposed by Jellyfin.

              Having it behind a VPN protects you and your media.

              • @PrettyLights
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                19 months ago

                Plex sharing also opens up the ports, and is what the user is using already.

              • @PrettyLights
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                19 months ago

                Likely upnp or nat-pnp. Enabling "Enable automatic port mapping"within Jellyfin will accomplish the same thing without needing a paid Plex subscription.