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Try Jellyfin For One Month
- For January, disable Plex and run Jellyfin to test it as a Plex alternative for a month.
- Use the challenge to find client, transcoding, and admin gaps and help grow Jellyfin's userbase.
Use Drives Project Momentum
- Running and using an open-source alternative builds community, finds bugs, and helps sustainability.
- Without active users and contributors, projects like Jellyfin will struggle to mature and compete with polished commercial products.
Validate Hardware Transcoding Early
- Test hardware transcoding (Quick Sync, NVIDIA) early because it's a common failure point.
- Ask other users to report results for different GPUs to identify platform-specific issues.



