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?

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    1 year 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.

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      1 year 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.

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        1 year ago

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