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Do you use all your self hosted services? Are there any you found to be not worth it after installing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by nodsocket@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've always been conservative about what kind of services I host because it takes time to get them set up. For example, there's no reason for me to set up music streaming when I only ever listen to music on my phone and all my music files are already on my phone. On the other hand, it's a good learning opportunity to set stuff up and have to fix it when it breaks. What do you think?

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[–] HReflex@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's pretty much exactly what I have done. I've hosted Plex, and Matrix in the past. Plex I will host in the future but Matrix was too much for me to host on my own, but the experience of setting it up myself was definitely worth it.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recommend checking out Jellyfin instead of Plex. Open source, fully self hosted.

[–] generalEdo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found jellyfin easier to setup then plex and the dashboard is much nicer. I also love the quick connect option when logging into new devices.

[–] KelsonV@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same here. I tried both on a Raspberry Pi, and JellyFin was easier to set up and seemed to work better, at least within the LAN. I uninstalled Plex as soon as JellyFin was ready to go.

[–] HReflex@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm definitely keeping my eye on Jellyfin. Basically waiting for the mobile/tv apps to have more of the features that I personally want, especially on devices like my AppleTV. But it's definitely a good project that I want to see improve.

[–] benoitb@mas.to 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@HReflex Have you tried using Swiftfin on the AppleTV? I also use Infuse and its been great with the family.

https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin

[–] HReflex@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

I haven't yet, but when I rebuild my homelab I'll probably install both Plex and Jellyfin and compare them and see which one I like more. Currently without either as the laptop I was using as a server I no longer trust to be stable

[–] Shortcake@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

i'd switch to jellyfin if plex wasn't so polished. i ran into so many issues with jellyfin but plex just worked, even downloads haven't been an issue for me. im sure jellyfin will improve, but I think it needs more time. Plex also has more client apps available.

i love the idea of more FOSS where i dont need to hit someone elses server to log in so here's hoping!

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