Update: I don’t like it on iOS either.
My libraries are buried, switching between them sucks, and instead of seek controls on TV episode playback, we get skip controls‽ FOH
Either Plex is not serving me anymore (likely) or this is an extremely early look at something that’s malleable (maybe) or it’s just trash and nobody has told them yet (unlikely).
@caseyliss FWIW, I switched from Plex to Channels a few years ago to manage my local library of videos and things have never been better. I've even made my own Jeopardy! channel from all the espisodes I've DVR'd...
@caseyliss First 1P and now Plex? What’s the next domino to fall—Synology, Sonos, or Lutron?
(Of those three, if I had to make a guess, my money would be on Sonos)
@sean @caseyliss It has.
My larger point didn’t make was that when a company continually squanders its goodwill, it risks turning their super fans (or “evangelists”) into just regular users.
@caseyliss it seems to me that Plex is on a downward slope, and Jellyfin is on an upward slope.
Jellyfin is still WELL behind Plex imo, but unless Plex changes their strategy (which they won’t, because FAST channels and VC money), it’s only a matter of time before Jellyfin becomes the better product
@lexfri It's the client apps that are the issue, big guy.
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Would it be possible to build your own client app? Stick with an older version?
@caseyliss As someone who was on the Sonos TestFlight and told them they had glaring problems only to see them release the app anyway to disastrous results...
I think it’s pretty likely that Plex were told about the problems, and released anyway because of reasons that they made in the first place but decided they couldn't change. For reasons.
@caseyliss Beta or preview?
Preview is the new UX.
Not a fan, Not. A. Fan.
@caseyliss it’s a total clusterfuck. I hope it’s a super early beta and they change a LOT of thing.
There are some Apple TV alternatives tho, with Plex as backend.
@caseyliss you already have a bunch of replies. Infuse... don't fight it.
(I'm ride or die Emby/Infuse... let's just say that the plex server I was using kept dying. Don't have that issue with Emby for some reason... but Infuse is such a reliable client compared to first party Emby, esp with things like subtitles)
@RickWilliams UDP magic.
You have to ensure your Plex **client** has "Advertise as Player" turned on. And then wait a while and cross all fingers and toes.
Channels uses Bonjour. Plex's stuff is so ancient it uses raw multicast UDP and it's hilariously brittle.
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