2025-04-04, 02:21 AM
I'm a Plex survivor and current Emby user. I like Emby, it was a breath of fresh air after using Plex for years, but I'm brushing up against its limitations.
Downmixing: How well does Jellyfin handle downmixing 5.1 surround sound to 2.1 stereo? The audio boost setting on Emby doesn't work that well and I constantly have to double/triple the volume on my Klipsch speakers.
Recursive Discovery: I have an elaborate folder structure to organize my TV shows that I refuse to deviate from. All of the file paths for my TV episodes end in Series Name\Season#\Series Name - S00E00 - Title. But, every series is in a Genre folder which means I have to manually add each genre folder to my TV Library in Emby. Then I have to do the same thing for my Anime Library. If I rename a Genre folder or add a new one, then I have to manually add them again. It's demoralizing. I want to add 1 folder to a library then Jellyfin discovers every TV show regardless of how many nested folders I use.
Tree Node Sidebar: I want to see each of my libraries in the sidebar and I want to see a carrot dropdown that reveals the library's genres and their respective media.
Custom Top Bar: When you select a Library in Emby, there's a horizontal menu that has buttons named Shows, Movies, Genres, and Folders. I would like something similar, but I can control the options or maybe replace it with a genre menu.
Multi-Star Rating: The one thing I miss from Plex is the 5 Star Rating feature. In Emby, you can only Favorite something which is objectively dumb.
Write Tags to Files: I know this one is a long-shot, but it would be great if I could write ratings and basic tags to music files. No expectations here.
Thanks for any help!
Downmixing: How well does Jellyfin handle downmixing 5.1 surround sound to 2.1 stereo? The audio boost setting on Emby doesn't work that well and I constantly have to double/triple the volume on my Klipsch speakers.
Recursive Discovery: I have an elaborate folder structure to organize my TV shows that I refuse to deviate from. All of the file paths for my TV episodes end in Series Name\Season#\Series Name - S00E00 - Title. But, every series is in a Genre folder which means I have to manually add each genre folder to my TV Library in Emby. Then I have to do the same thing for my Anime Library. If I rename a Genre folder or add a new one, then I have to manually add them again. It's demoralizing. I want to add 1 folder to a library then Jellyfin discovers every TV show regardless of how many nested folders I use.
Tree Node Sidebar: I want to see each of my libraries in the sidebar and I want to see a carrot dropdown that reveals the library's genres and their respective media.
Custom Top Bar: When you select a Library in Emby, there's a horizontal menu that has buttons named Shows, Movies, Genres, and Folders. I would like something similar, but I can control the options or maybe replace it with a genre menu.
Multi-Star Rating: The one thing I miss from Plex is the 5 Star Rating feature. In Emby, you can only Favorite something which is objectively dumb.
Write Tags to Files: I know this one is a long-shot, but it would be great if I could write ratings and basic tags to music files. No expectations here.
Thanks for any help!