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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Plex, running locally, on my server: “You should add a server!”

Plex, running locally, on my server: “Claim 10.0.0.10!”

Plex, running locally, on my server, after claiming my server: “You should add a server!”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Let's be honest though, the Android app for jellyfin is so so buggy. My partner can't even use it because there are certain orders of starting a video, casting, closing the app, reopening to starting subtitles, recasting, just to get it working

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use Shotcut instead of Premiere Pro for work. It's much lighter and simpler.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Jellyfin would be great if only you could change subtitle colors. With HDR content, having pure white subtitles is eye-scorching.