plex-mpv-shim VS jellyfin-server-freebsd

You could also use something like https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim

My best client experience is nvidia shield, and using plex-shim-mpv. It uses mpv as the client and supports every format I watch, specifically ASS subtitles for anime get direct played.

I found this thread: https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim/issues/31 It seems that changing the config to use http (insecured connection) may solve this issue. I have remote access enabled and I'm signed in to the Plex server, so maybe that's why I didn't have those issues.

I just don't worry about it until I try and watch the movie and it has black bars, then I just use plex-mpv-shim to watch it, and handbrake it after.

Have you tried this? I use it all the time when watching stuff on Plex. It direct plays every thing I have minus 4K. Note it doesn’t offer the Plex gui. Instead I used my phone to find what I wanted using the Plex app and then cast it to the player

The plex experience in a browser was never great for me, whether it was transcoding or subtitles. Once I started using plex-mpv-shim, all those problems went away and it's a fast and seamless experience with directplay every time.

On the server side, I'd actually recommend TrueNAS Core in a ZFS RAID-z2 to allow for two drive failures. https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd/blob/main/Installation_TrueNAS_GUI.md

Look at the troubleshooting section of this guide for the plugin, it might be helpful.

I used the "Advanced" section of this guide.

I can't speak with first hand experience on the TrueNAS Core issue. But it took me 10 seconds and the first Google result to find this: https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd

1) https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd