Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

If anyone needs it: https://jellyfin.org/

  • ripcord@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Is it more intuitive to set up for remote streaming to friends…? That’s the use case here and as far as I know the answer is a big “no”.

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      17 days ago

      I got Jellyfin set up and available for streaming in less than two hours. Plex kept demanding that my friend buy a pass to download something, so I was like, nah. Jellyfin works flawlessly and is (in my opinion) a far superior option. I constantly had issues with Plex.

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      17 days ago

      If you have a static IP it’s super easy. If you don’t, it’s less easy, but you should configure Plex the same way if you don’t want to use their proxy, which lowers the speed anyway.

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        17 days ago

        Vs “just install Plex on any NAS from its built in appstore” that’s like 42 steps too many for the regular user.

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        17 days ago

        Lol

        Edit: honestly, I could start itemizing why this person’s response is terrible, but all it feels like it deserves is “lol”.