I want to be a developer and help out the jellyfin community. I started with plex but it felt wrong trusting a corpo with my movie collection, and on top of that I am allergic to paywalls, so I switched to jellyfin and never looked back.
I have someee programming experience, but i’ve never had a real job as a programmer. Where can I start?
There is a link about how to start on the git page. The initial work is fixing compiler warnings and other easy bugs.
I’m thinking to learn more to help with the Google TV app.
There is a nomination process https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-meta/blob/master/policies-and-procedures/new-team-member-nominations.md
I’m the same though, would love to learn, and have some experience. But never a real job, not sure how to start.
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Ooops, Plex just banned the server provider you were using, guess you’ll have to migrate it all at the drop of a hat.
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Nope, but they did make it so I get suggested streaming providers before my own bloody media. That’s why I switched to Jellyfin early this year. It’s rough around the edges but it’s functional.
Also, if you think this take is edgy, you clearly didn’t read the article. They literally brought up this exact thing coming up on social media. They’re actively making a call for developers to help.
Nope, but they did make it so I get suggested streaming providers before my own bloody media.
You can disable this entirely.
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Some people host their plex on a VPS (basically your portion of a server on a cloud that you can do whatever with) server and Plex recently banned a really popular one suddenly.
Wait, do you store your plex media in the cloud? I didn’t even know that was an option…
Some people store their plex on a vps server, and plex recently banned the cheapest super popular one because some people were selling access to Plex servers on that host.
It’s a very attractive option if all you want to host is Plex. What the average self-hoster pays for hardware + electrical would buy a lot of VPS time. It’s also money that’s spread over a longer period of time vs a large upfront cost.
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You realize this is the free and open source software community right? Replying to a call for development support with a commercial closed source product isn’t very helpful.
p.s. despite its “lack of developers” I’ve personally found Jellyfin to be superior to Plex with respect to its core functions.
It’s hacktoberfest and I guess I can find some time to solve some easy issues on their repo. Thanks!
Did my part and submitted about 300 translation entries yesterday. Not sure I am proficient enough in C# or JS to help with code, more of a Java and Go person.
The biggest improvement I’d want to see is the AppleTV app. UI/UX are mostly fine, but it has such a hard time actually getting the streams, or it will freeze if you try to scrub, or the quality will be awful. It’s mostly not usable. Wish I solid with Swift dev, I’d love to jump in on that one.
Have you tried Swiftfin? It’s 3rd party open source. I find it works much better than the official Jellyfin app.
I’ve been running a Jellyfin server on my homelab (with cloudflare tunnel to internet) for a while now, so I may actually look into helping out with this. Jellyfin is fantastic, and has been much easier for me than Plex.
