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[AJUMP23]

That is a 200% increase in price.

New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing

Hey everyone, Today we’re announcing an important pricing update. Starting July 1, 2026, the price of a new Lifetime Plex...

www.plex.tv

I bought mine when it was $75. But I have to use Jellyfin a lot because plex does not work when the internet is down.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

I never paid for it, what do you get if you do?

 

[jshackles]

The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin

The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

jellyfin.org

 

[AJUMP23]

I never paid for it, what do you get if you do?

Plex Pass: Features and Benefits

What is Plex Pass? What benefits and features do you get for spending your money buying Plex Pass? Find out here if Plex Pass is right for you.

www.plexopedia.com

Some customization and other stuff.

But when they removed no playback or internal playback without an external connection it basically killed my love for it. It has a better interface than Jellyfin. But Jellyfin just works.

 

[rkofan87]

That is a 200% increase in price.

New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing

Hey everyone, Today we’re announcing an important pricing update. Starting July 1, 2026, the price of a new Lifetime Plex...

www.plex.tv

I bought mine when it was $75. But I have to use Jellyfin a lot because plex does not work when the internet is down.

 

[666]

What the f.. Bloody hell?

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

I almost FOMO bought it before the last price increase, or maybe the one before that. I don't really like Plex's vibe that much. Never heard of Jellyfin but I'll check it out. Mostly I just watch stuff locally on my computer and don't have need of any of this stuff. But every once in a while when I'm traveling I do feel that lack of a proper streaming setup.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Glad I bought this back in like 2015!

Some day I'm going to cash out my lifetime Plex pass and my gaming PC internals, so I can finally buy a house.

 

[AJUMP23]

I almost FOMO bought it before the last price increase, or maybe the one before that. I don't really like Plex's vibe that much. Never heard of Jellyfin but I'll check it out. Mostly I just watch stuff locally on my computer and don't have need of any of this stuff. But every once in a while when I'm traveling I do feel that lack of a proper streaming setup.

Jellyfin is great. Used it last night to watch some Shows when my internet was out.

 

[jshackles]

I almost FOMO bought it before the last price increase, or maybe the one before that. I don't really like Plex's vibe that much. Never heard of Jellyfin but I'll check it out. Mostly I just watch stuff locally on my computer and don't have need of any of this stuff. But every once in a while when I'm traveling I do feel that lack of a proper streaming setup.

I have Jellyfin set up locally on my NAS at home. I've ripped my DVD and Bluray movies and TV shows to it. I have their Android TV client on my two Nvidia shields. Great for TV especially since it keeps track of which episodes you've watched with a handy little "watch next" row, and it sorts TV shows into their own section by season etc.

I've also got it set up with an HDHomeRun for local live TV and some IPTV channels that have local feeds from Japan.

When I travel, I have an Android tablet with tailscale that connects back to my home network, and I can use that to load up Jellyfin and watch my shows. It's got automatic transcoding settings server-side, so even if your internet isn't fast enough to stream your files at full bitrate, it'll transcode them on the fly similar to Youtube videos going lower bitrate. Super handy software.

 

[cormack12]

Did Nvidia buy them out

 

[eddie4]

The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin

The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

jellyfin.org

There's always a free and open-source alternative, like Jellyfin.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Great for TV especially since it keeps track of which episodes you've watched with a handy little "watch next" row, and it sorts TV shows into their own section by season etc.

Not a big fan of those features, are they easily disabled? Issue being is that I don't want to use the player when watching locally. I'm used to PotPlayer, it's got all my settings dialed in, it seeks really quickly, I have all the keyboard shortcuts I need memorized, etc... So if I'm off streaming from somewhere I'd rather navigate to what I watch manually. A to Z folders, no Netflix style bullshit. It just ends up recommending episodes I've already seen outside of the app.

 

[Billbofet]

I have been using the free version for well over a decade and love it.
That said, it's buggy depending on what device I use (Shield TV, Xbox, LG tv app), and I would never pay money for it.

One thing I have noticed that bugs me, and others have commented on, is that the sound seems muted and soft, and I have to crank it way up on my receiver.
Does Jellyfin do a better job?

 

[Dural]

That is a 200% increase in price.

New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing

Hey everyone, Today we’re announcing an important pricing update. Starting July 1, 2026, the price of a new Lifetime Plex...

www.plex.tv

I bought mine when it was $75. But I have to use Jellyfin a lot because plex does not work when the internet is down.

I've been a Plex user since pretty much the beginning and thought that it wouldn't work without internet, but this morning my internet was out and I was still able to put Smurfs on for my kids. Not sure how that worked, but it did. Glad I bought the Plex Pass back when it was $75, there's no damn way I would ever pay $750.

I've tried Jellyfin, still have it running on my server, but I wasn't digging the interface and ran into a few playback issues so never really tried it again.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I made the move to stremio with realdebrid a while back and cant say I have used plex ever again.

 

[nbcjr]

Jellyfin is 10x better and infinitely cheaper (0 USD)