When comparing Emby vs Jellyfin, the Slant community recommends Jellyfin for most people. In the question“What is the best home media server?” Jellyfin is ranked 1st while Emby is ranked 5th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to use and configure
But with tons of advanced configuration options available for those that want them.
Pro Awesome support
Active and lively support forums where the developers and other users engage to quickly resolve any issues you may experience, which will be few and far between anyway.
Pro Live TV and DVR functionality
Add the Premiere option for around $5.00 per month and you get a full featured DVR that will play and record Live OTA TV, IPTV, Cable or Satellite signal and a great EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
Pro Open source
Pro Completely private
Doesn't phone home.
Pro Easy to set up
Setting up tv series and movies take little effort to set-up.
Pro No hidden costs
It's FOSS and doesn't require you to spend money to do anything.
Pro Good emby fork
It is a fully open source fork of emby.
Pro Portable version
This version runs on systems with a .NET Core runtime.
Pro Less intensive/more flexible options for transcoding
More control over transcoding and seems to transcode far better on lower spec hardware (eg SBC) than other packages (eg Plex).
Pro Standalone, no third party servers
If you stream outside of your local network, there are no third party servers involved.
Pro Direct streaming
If you stream outside of your home network, it is a direct connection with no third party servers involved.
Cons
Con Streaming outside of your home is complicated
Unless you enable unPnP which is a security risk, you have to manually port forward or setup a remote server yourself. And unless you know what you're doing, you might open your network to potential hackers. Make sure to read up on reverse proxies or how to set up a vpn with Jellyfin.
Con Some poor clients
The AndroidTV-client is terrible.
Con No free services
It has no free with ads services like Plex.
Con Less features than Emby
Con Slow web interface
For large media libraries, on lower spec hardware (eg SBC), images can take some time to initially load when changing pages/sections (v10.6.4).
