On: Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Passw...

[WhiskeyJack55]

I use the free version of plex. Only pain in the ass is having to pay the ~$5 to authorize for a new android device to use the app.

It does everything I need to watch my...personal home videos.

I'm sure I could use a completely FOSS setup, but plex is convenient especially paired with...other services.

[Hitton → WhiskeyJack55]

If you want completely FOSS setup, check out Jellyfin [0], it keeps steadily improving.

[0]: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin

[emptysongglass → Hitton]

Not ready yet. Buffer interruptions are constant and the metadata scraper often tells you you have 7 seasons of the same Star Trek: TNG (for example) episode.

[stock_toaster → Hitton]

Is jellyfin any good yet?

Last time I looked they didn't really have much for client apps yet.

[awill → stock_toaster]

It is not ready yet. I hope it one day can compete with Plex, but I wonder if a community OSS project like this will take off and create high quality native apps per platform.

[stock_toaster → awill]

Thanks for the update. I'll keep my eye on it though -- maybe it will get there eventually.

[basch → awill]

isnt that sort of Plex? It came from a political fork of XBMC for OS X. Some of plex is still open source, despite it having no XBMC/Kodi code anymore.

[LeoNatan25 → Hitton]

Interesting, thanks for sharing!