Sidehistorik
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But, this time I though of how do I easiest view movies - and the though of a Media server came to mind.
So, I could have used Plex, but decided to go with JellyFin. Could also have been Emby, Plex or Kodi or a lot of other alternatives... one advantage of Jellyfin seems to be the support for Symlinks.
You should be aware of a few differences:
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Personally I have abandoned Plex totally for Jellyfin after this article as I find it clumsy and wierd. But - there are clients for many devices, including Samsung TVs. Update Marts 2025 - I have actually used plex for it - again - due to having Plex elsewhere, and the being able to share the Camera Libraries with my normal Plex account. But as a stand-alone solution JellyFin is best. |
Again, very easy to spin up an Jellyfin server in a docker container:
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