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  • |IlI|lIIl|IlIll|Il|IllI|@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription PlansEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Like… say if someone hypothetically had an extremely high bitrate file that includes DolbyVision + HDR10+ on the video codec side… and Dolby TrueHD ATMOS or DTS-HD MA 7.1 on the audio side and an .ASS only forced subtitle track.

    Let’s also then say someone outside of the original host network only has an older HD LCD panel with no HDR and no receiver to decode any modern / high-quality audio codec formats, so there would be a need to be able to transcode both the video and audio down to something like an SDR tone-mapped 1080p 20mb/s video track with those .ASS subtitle tracks hard-coded into the video stream and an AAC stereo audio track.

    Can Jellyfin auto-configure for that or can someone manually choose some set of preferences based off of that…?

    Also, would notably un-savvy users outside of that home network have to configure some esoteric set up with special side-loaded clients for playback and Tailscale so that they could securely access said media?

    …Hypothetically speaking?

    …Because if the answer is “no” or “it’s not THAT hard to set up” is even close to the answer to any of those questions, then it’s a non-starter.

  • |IlI|lIIl|IlIll|Il|IllI|@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription PlansEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I haven’t checked in on Jellyfin for a while now, but don’t they still have issues with hardware transcoding support?

    Not to mention the lack of software clients on other platforms for just playback that Plex has been established on for years and even multiple device generations like with PlayStation, Roku, Fire Stick, etc.?

    Also you have to configure your own reverse proxy / Tailscale set up to securely access a content library remotely, right - as opposed Plex’s relatively simpler remote access configuration?

  • |IlI|lIIl|IlIll|Il|IllI|@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription PlansEnglish
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    1 day ago

    At this point, I think we all can see the critical tipping point of enshittification writing on the wall for Plex.

    I know everyone says Jellyfin, but given how easy Plex still handles hardware transcoding on many common current standard NAS configurations as well as the somewhat non-standard network configurations needed to otherwise easily yet securely access content remotely from external locations, not to mention the decent UX and deep integration across all client platforms whether web, iOS, Android, Smart TV, and even things like PlayStation and Xbox hardware, but do others here have some any thoughts on how to jump ship to get 1:1 features here at some point?

    Many people have been on Plex for more than a decade and have seen it slowly try to reposition its business model to one that is leaning toward something more akin to a streaming subscription rather than a simple personal content library software… but I still have yet to feel the need to switch… at least not yet.