--- title: Jellyfin finally replaced Plex for me, and the migration... description: A practical account of migrating a household media server from Plex to Jellyfin, covering the key steps and trade-offs. The author ran both servers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jellyfin-finally-replaced-plex-for-me-and-the-migration-took-less-time-than-i-expected-ffqfbhbwf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Jellyfin finally replaced Plex for me, and the migration took less time than I expected | daily.dev og:description: A practical account of migrating a household media server from Plex to Jellyfin, covering the key steps and trade-offs. The author ran both servers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jellyfin-finally-replaced-plex-for-me-and-the-migration-took-less-time-than-i-expected-ffqfbhbwf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FfqfbHBWf.png og:image:alt: Jellyfin finally replaced Plex for me, and the migration took less time than I expected og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Jellyfin finally replaced Plex for me, and the migration took less time than I expected **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical account of migrating a household media server from Plex to Jellyfin, covering the key steps and trade-offs. The author ran both servers simultaneously on the same Proxmox hardware, pointing Jellyfin at the same media folders mounted read-only. Watch history and in-progress positions were synced using the JellyPlex-Watched Python tool. Hardware transcoding — a Plex Pass paywall feature — is free in Jellyfin, as are scrub-preview thumbnails (trickplay). Remote access requires more manual setup than Plex's built-in relay; options include Tailscale or a VPS running Pangolin as a reverse proxy, with split-DNS recommended to avoid hairpinning traffic. The overall migration took less than an evening rather than the expected weekend of work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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