Same! Pluto TV, Tubi, and live tv on Plex are all ‘good enough’ replacements for me. They’re even quickly becoming my replacement for the hours of YouTube I used to watch a week. It may be a bit ironic but YT seems to plop commercials in the middle of someone speaking and then you’re stuck. At least with Pluto, you can flip over to another channel during a commercial. It’s just like actual broadcast television, but for free; which is kind of nice. I’m at the point with YouTube where I’m unable to watch more than a third of a video.
If you’re just starting out, skip Plex and go right to Jellyfin. It’s a bit less powerful and less polished, but FAR more reliable.
There’s this thing in Plex called the “Plex dance” (https://www.plexopedia.com/plex-media-server/general/plex-dance/) that you have to do every once in a while because something went wrong and you have to reset your library. But it also means you lose any customization you’ve done on your library, like setting specific covers (e.g. matching TV season posters) and you lose all your watched/unwatched data. I got sick of doing that and moved to Jellyfin. Haven’t had to do it since.
Isn’t Jellyfin something that I have to run through a computer, phone, or tablet? My living room TV is just a Walmart special with a Roku box. I’m too lazy to get more technical than that.
Edit: I stand corrected. I see it on Roku. I’ll see what it does. Thanks
I don’t know about that side of it, I just run it as a docker container and play it on my PC or cast it to my Chromecast from my phone to play on the TV.
Same! Pluto TV, Tubi, and live tv on Plex are all ‘good enough’ replacements for me. They’re even quickly becoming my replacement for the hours of YouTube I used to watch a week. It may be a bit ironic but YT seems to plop commercials in the middle of someone speaking and then you’re stuck. At least with Pluto, you can flip over to another channel during a commercial. It’s just like actual broadcast television, but for free; which is kind of nice. I’m at the point with YouTube where I’m unable to watch more than a third of a video.
Today I learned that Plex exists, so thank you!
If you’re just starting out, skip Plex and go right to Jellyfin. It’s a bit less powerful and less polished, but FAR more reliable.
There’s this thing in Plex called the “Plex dance” (https://www.plexopedia.com/plex-media-server/general/plex-dance/) that you have to do every once in a while because something went wrong and you have to reset your library. But it also means you lose any customization you’ve done on your library, like setting specific covers (e.g. matching TV season posters) and you lose all your watched/unwatched data. I got sick of doing that and moved to Jellyfin. Haven’t had to do it since.
Isn’t Jellyfin something that I have to run through a computer, phone, or tablet? My living room TV is just a Walmart special with a Roku box. I’m too lazy to get more technical than that.
Edit: I stand corrected. I see it on Roku. I’ll see what it does. Thanks
I don’t know about that side of it, I just run it as a docker container and play it on my PC or cast it to my Chromecast from my phone to play on the TV.