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FFS Plex, the server is on my local network (no.lastname.nz)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by BlueEther@no.lastname.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Well I already have jellyfin running in a container, just have to figure out how to get mum's TV to work with it I guess

log in on a local IP and not the network name and it's working again. but I'll be moving to jellyfin from now

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

I used Plex about 12 years ago. The first time my internet went down, and I couldn't use it, I stopped using it. Garbage. Not what I wanted.

I used Windows Media Center as long as I could, I loved it. But, eventually, I had to leave Windows 8 behind. Now I use Jellyfin and SABnzbd, it works okay most of the time, but I don't serve media to the outside, so I don't know if it works for that.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Jellyfin or Emby.

What’s plex better at?

[–] quid_pro_joe@infosec.pub 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think the GUI is more refined and the initial setup a bit easier for casual users. I'm a Jellyfin user, because my online entertainment budget is exactly $0.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah it took me a few hours of research and plugin setup to get feature parity with Plex, and then even so I don't have anything to replace plexamp yet

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I know Plex is a business that has to make money, but if I hadn't bought a lifetime pass for $50 a decade ago, I'd have dropped them at this point.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I paid too, but consider that you basically paid $5 per year for 10 years and I'd say that good. You don't need to feel guilty if you decide to leave, you got your money's worth.

(And I mean, I have a sneaky suspicion they're coming for the lifetime users sooner or later)

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

People often involved with piracy probably love entering personal information in that context...

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (19 children)

Ah the weekly "Plex should be entirely free even though it's commercial software!"

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plex is entirely free and completely local, but only if you don’t use the features that make it so convenient (the relay server they offer, authentication and authorization, etc). Things I’m pretty sure jellyfin doesn’t provide at all. If people spent half the time reading as they do trying to convince people to get angry at optional features then maybe we wouldn’t have so many posts like this.

[–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Jellyfin does offer authentication and authorization. Relay can be done via nginx iirc?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

The authentication is lacking 2fa and has a half hearted attempt at fail2ban

If you try to properly implement either of those, the standard device clients won't work anymore.

Plex provides default SSL.

The relay is actually a bit more useful.

You can be on a carrier grade NAT with no real external IP.

It's more akin to running a VPS somewhere and SSH tunneling your home server through it.

They also cache* the entirety of the TVDB and EPG Services.

I'm not sore about most of this with jellyfin, and I am trying to primarily use it, but I really miss some of the features. But realistically, adding 2FA to the clients would be a huge benefit. trying to replace 2FA with wish.com fail2ban feels particularly dirty.

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[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

User error, at least you figured it out. It’s always free to stream in your own network.

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[–] SunSunFuego@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

y'all don't use jellyfin???

for music: navidrome

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I would go with jellyfin, but my stupid old Samsung TV has tizen and can't find a way to install it.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

You could plug in a firestick or something similar as jellyfin has an android app.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You need to setup a developer account so you can install apps from local sources

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