what media server/player software do you use?

[remixedcat]

I personally use jriver media center it's the most comprehensive server and player!

But I'm curious about what yall use!

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I need to get my Jellyfin server up again - I lent the machine to a friend for a bit so it's been out of action.

For media playing, it's primarily VLC. For music, I either use Spotify or our own member's Dopamine music player.

[Xenon]

Plex for movies, musicbee for music. 

[Skyfrog]

Serviio for my media server (and a Beelink Mini running LibreElec for my TV) and Media Player Classic HC for playing media on my PC.

[Max Norris]

Used to use Plex but got fed up with the paywall crap, moved to Jellyfin and haven't looked back.  For players I've been using Dopamine for audio, MPC-HC for videos. 

[Sulphy]

Have had Plex running for years... since they went more paywall, am running Emby & Jellyfin now as well side by side with plex... still comparing / testing... so far, Emby takes the lead... just annoyed with a few bits that arent configurable... but am hopeful some nice bits that Plex has get introduced in the next major build of Emby... 

So mostly use either of the media server types i have installed for movies/tv shows & music on thier respective apps. Occasionally use Winamp (mainly to see how the new winamp is coming along 😛 ) 

[Som]

On 05/04/2026 at 08:28, Sulphy said:

Have had Plex running for years... since they went more paywall, am running Emby & Jellyfin now as well side by side with plex... still comparing / testing... so far, Emby takes the lead... just annoyed with a few bits that arent configurable... but am hopeful some nice bits that Plex has get introduced in the next major build of Emby... 

So mostly use either of the media server types i have installed for movies/tv shows & music on thier respective apps. Occasionally use Winamp (mainly to see how the new winamp is coming along 😛 ) 

Recommend moonfin as an android TV client for jellyfin

[+Spark99 Subscriber²]

I store my movies full size on the local NAS and play them on the TV with Infuse on AppleTV or modded Ugoos player for Profile 7 FEL from Kodi. For video on the PC usually CyberLink PowerDVD and for Audio usually Audials. Video on Mac is Video Village Screen.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

Been on a Plex Lifetime plan since the day they released them. Never had any of the problems that a lot of people complain about.

[Circaflex]

On 06/04/2026 at 05:29, LittleNeutrino said:

Been on a Plex Lifetime plan since the day they released them. Never had any of the problems that a lot of people complain about.

Same here

[+Raze Subscriber²]

Jellyfin server for music and movies   Jellyfin client on the Fire TV Cube

MPC-BE with LAV Filters for movies on my PC

Dopamine player for music on my PC

 

[dipsylalapo Supervisor]

Yeah like a few others, I'm using Plex for both server and playback (on an Apple TV). Bought their lifetime access a few years ago and haven't looked back since!

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

I use Plex for the media server and Kodi for the front end.

To give a bit more detail I'm using PlexKodiConnect to integrate my Plex library with Kodi.

I have a couple of mini PC's that run LibreELEC, so essentially boot really fast, directly in to Kodi and are then controlled by the Windows Media Center remotes Microsoft used to sell.

The Plex backend is much better than trying to keep Kodi in sync with SMB shares and a MySQL database, however I feel Kodi is a better frontend compared to Plex's HTPC software. So best of both worlds

[+Eternal Tempest MVC]

Plex Server & Plex Client(s) - Own life time pass when it was on sale years ago.

Also - "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" that's bundled with the klite codex.
https://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

To be honest, the "new" Windows 11 audio & video player apps are pretty solid, especially when you add all the free Media Foundation codecs for the Windows Store- https://codecguide.com/media_foundation_codecs.htm

[TheReaperMan]

Synology NAS Backend, Running docker containers for Emby server and other related stuff, it store all my movies, tv and tuner setup(dispatcharrr).

Clients are android TV with the Emby client or kodi using the 1080p theme as it is quite user friendly. I also use the emby's, kodi plugin to sync the content and it works great.

It a lot less power hungry and easier to use than what I had a couple of years ago with windows media centre and windows server!

[remixedcat]

wow I'm still the only one that uses jriver