ive been using kodi (xbmc was better moniker) since google killed sagetv. i recall attempting plex, but it seemed to lack some open/extensibility (its been awhile).

i have a side project i want to make as a modular plugin generating a cable layout with original air orders and networks/channels… kodi seems most optimal, but ill admit its been a long while since i looked at plex.

so why plex over kodi?

  • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I believe that Kodi, Emby, and Plex are all forks of XBMC… Not sure about Jellyfin but it wouldn't surprise me to find that it also was.

    • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Plex originally was a fork of XBMC for MacOSX and had the name OSXBMC, but I doubt they nowadays use a lot of code from XBMC

      Kodi is the new name of XBMC

      Jellyfin is a fork of Emby, but Emby isn't a fork of Kodi/XBMC. It's even written in a completely different language. People were mad that Emby went closed source, so they forked the latest open source code and called it Jellyfin.

      • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Interesting… I was confident that Emby was an XMBC fork but it looks like you're right.