Create a user-defined collection (like group of favourite movies)
Collections exist along with ratings.
Adding user-defined tags
I think you have to be admin to do that bevause it’s part of the library metadata. Shared libraries would have to use playlists or collections which are per user. I don’t use Jellyfin so I’m not sure what you’re referring to.
Filtering by tags or any meaningful filtering
Filters work well. Similar to iTunes. The filters aren’t listed in alphabetical order for some fucking reason, though.
Filtering by languages (however this could be done by using combination of 2 different plugins that add tags and create collections)
I think you can filter by movie language? Never done this. I don’t think it cares about the languages available in the audio streams.
[Important] No movie/show relations (e.g. The Lord of the Rings 1 -> 2 -> 3)
None on Plex.
No way to know if movie/show belongs to any collection
There’s automatic collections but there isn’t a UI element that shows if a movie is missing from a collection or vice/versa.
Thanks. It looks like Plex does have more user friendly features, but still no info about relations. That’s a bummer.
It is really important to know the watch order (even if I had to specify it manually). When I think about it, Jellyfin probably fails even for the simplest watch orders like The Lord of the Rings; not to mention Stargate (Movie 1 -> Show -> Movie 2+3).
This is in web browser, but the mobile app seems to function much the same way. Only difference seems to be that you have to go into the media page to click the three dot menu on mobile. As far as I can tell, this is the default UI for Jellyfin.
The access to collections is pretty obvious (in my UI), it’s at the top with the movie/shows/etc selection. I think it’s a little more complex to start making them, and I believe they’re personal instead of shared. It might also not show up until you make at least one.
Im not at home, so I cant show you a screen shot, but I’ll try to remember when I am.
I never had the chance to try Plex, but how does it compare to Jellyfin? What kind of features does Plex have and Jellyfin does not and vice versa?
Examples of basic features I’m missing in Jellyfin:
given they finally finished their database refactor, maybe they’ll finally start adding some of these
(copium)
I use Plex
Collections exist along with ratings.
I think you have to be admin to do that bevause it’s part of the library metadata. Shared libraries would have to use playlists or collections which are per user. I don’t use Jellyfin so I’m not sure what you’re referring to.
Filters work well. Similar to iTunes. The filters aren’t listed in alphabetical order for some fucking reason, though.
I think you can filter by movie language? Never done this. I don’t think it cares about the languages available in the audio streams.
None on Plex.
There’s automatic collections but there isn’t a UI element that shows if a movie is missing from a collection or vice/versa.
Thanks. It looks like Plex does have more user friendly features, but still no info about relations. That’s a bummer.
It is really important to know the watch order (even if I had to specify it manually). When I think about it, Jellyfin probably fails even for the simplest watch orders like The Lord of the Rings; not to mention Stargate (Movie 1 -> Show -> Movie 2+3).
You can filter by audio and subtitle languages. Most of my movies have more than one language track and it identities them correctly.
Oh neat
You can’t make collections in Jellyfin? It’s available on my server
Maybe I have missed it somewhere? The UI is pretty confusing.
Here’s what I see regarding collections:
How to get to them:
The context menu that allows you to add them:
This is in web browser, but the mobile app seems to function much the same way. Only difference seems to be that you have to go into the media page to click the three dot menu on mobile. As far as I can tell, this is the default UI for Jellyfin.
Thanks. I did miss that one. I was looking for a “Add to this collection” button inside a selected collection.
However I’m not sure if this collection is visible only to a user that created it, or an admin has to create it and it is visible to everyone?
Once you click “Add to collection” it will give you the option to either add it to an existing collection, or create a new one.
The access to collections is pretty obvious (in my UI), it’s at the top with the movie/shows/etc selection. I think it’s a little more complex to start making them, and I believe they’re personal instead of shared. It might also not show up until you make at least one.
Im not at home, so I cant show you a screen shot, but I’ll try to remember when I am.
Maybe some apps don’t support that? But I don’t think Plex app does that either
Kodi has movie group/collections. I don’t remember about Plex, it’s been a long time since I used it