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Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Open source
Pro Completely private
Doesn't phone home.
Pro No hidden costs
It's FOSS and doesn't require you to spend money to do anything.
Pro Easy to set up
Setting up tv series and movies take little effort to set-up.
Pro Good emby fork
It is a fully open source fork of emby.
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 Portable version
This version runs on systems with a .NET Core runtime.
Pro Can install on several devices
Apple TV (jailbroken), Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Xbox, and more.
Pro Open source
Not a freemium software.
Pro Lots of plugins available
Pro Free
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 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).
Con Poorly optimized
Often not a fluid experience.
Con Terrible navigation
Menus over menus with dozens of submenus.
Con For some devices it requires them to be jailbroken or similar
Con No official AAA addons for streaming services
It does not have any official AAA addons and fully relies on the community which result in often broken packages/addons.
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