Comment by ignoramceisblis

I did this for a while, but there are some features of things like Jellyfin that attracted me and I've gotten value out of. A major one is maintaining a record of your progress. Depending on your viewing habits, including how many devices you may use, as well as other aspects, this can be very useful. For example: watching a video on a desktop computer in one room and resuming its playback in another room.