I was just forwarded this someone in my household who watches our server. That’s it folks. I’ve been a hold out for a long time, but this is honestly it.

They want me to pay to stream content that I bought from my hardware transcoded also on my hardware.

I’ll say it. As of today, I say Plex is dead. Luckily I’ve been setting up Jellyfin, I guess it’s time to make it production ready.

Edit I have a Plex Pass. More comments saying “Just buy a plex pass” are seriously not getting it. I have a Plex Pass and my users are still getting this.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Ok, how do you access Jellyfin remotely?

    Well you have to setup wireguard or a vpn tunnel to trick your device to thinking it’s on the same local network as your server.

    Ok, how do you think you can avoid paying Plex’s remote streaming if you really really don’t want to just buy a lifetime Plex pass?

      • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Yes, now keep going with that train of thought and imagine what would happen if you put Plex behind the same wireguard setup. Specifically whether or not Plex would consider that local or remote streaming.

        • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          8 months ago

          plex should consider that local, because now your traffic goes through that network, and reaches computers and services on that network. except if it relies on broadcasts, because wireguard does not forward broadcasts, but even with jellyfin that only affects automatic server discovery and DLNA, if you type in the URL it will work

          • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Yes, so then OPs issue with Plex charging for remote streaming are irrelevant.

            By nature of setting up Wireguard for Jellyfin, you’ve eliminated the entire purpose of switching to Jellyfin in the first place.

            • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              8 months ago

              you’ve eliminated the entire purpose of switching to Jellyfin in the first place.

              if we are only looking at this issue, then yes

              • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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                8 months ago

                Outside of ideological reasons or fears of further enshittification, is there anything Jellyfin does better? (Honest question)

        • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Apologies I neglected to the read your entire comment, all in all I suspect it’ll be a logistical nightmare for Plex.

          • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Yeah, my only point is just that if you’re going to switch to jellyfin because of this, you’re going to have to setup wireguard, at which point you’ve circumvented the original issue that made you go to Jellyfin.

            If you really can’t stand Plex on an ideological basis that’s one thing, but I dont think most people here realize the above about wireguard.