We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I deleted Plex from my barely functional home server.

I'll give Jellyfin a try. I just want to be able to access my music away from home

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Use Finamp for offline Music from Jellyfin

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[–] FoD@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I want to switch to jellyfin, I selfhost but I don't want to open a port directly to my server. I don't understand how everyone else figures this out and I'm apparently an idiot.

Also do people expect all who use my server to start a VPN each time? What if they leave it on and their other streaming services are using my bandwidth.

I don't understand and I have looked it up but I don't see a consensus.

[–] amldvk@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I just use Tailscale when remote streaming.

From their docs:

By default, Tailscale acts as an overlay network: it only routes traffic between devices running Tailscale, but doesn't touch your public internet traffic, such as when you visit Google or Twitter. The overlay network configuration is ideal for most people who need secure communication between sensitive devices (such as company servers or home computers), but don't need extra layers of encryption or latency for their public internet connection.

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[–] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

Thus to all proprietary software!

[–] blink@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was planning to switch to Jellyfin but having to sideload the app in my Samsung TV is a headache for me. But guess I will be doing exactly that now.

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[–] Krusty@feddit.it 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I'm actually using Jellyfin but I hate the fact that there's no easy way to install a client on Samsung TVs (Tizen OS) :(

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[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plex has been on a downward spiral for awhile now. This will really kill the service for a lot of people, wonder if Plex sharing will be a thing of the past and people switch to jellyfin sharing

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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Charging for remote access is dumb as they are not being the one hosting the contents nor relaying them (if you have it properly set up).

If they want to charge for it they should have inbuilt tunnels to solve CGNAT (like their relay but not stupidly capped).

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