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Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by otters_raft@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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/

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[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I dunno what you were doing wrong, but Jellyfin is a strong alternative to Plex that has feature parity. The only reason to use Plex over Jellyfin is if you want the streaming channels Plex has. Especially since many of the features Plex has are locked behind a paywall, whereas on Jellyfin they are free.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use consoles because I have kids. Ps5 doesn't have jellyfin but does have plex in its store.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

This is a big part of the problem. You can use Plex on PlayStation, xbox, Roku, apple tv, iPhone, android, etc...

The apps are ubiquitous, the coverage is complete. In just about any situation, Plex is a workable option.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What about remote streaming, to other users...?

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

what about it? anyone who hosts a Jellyfin server probably already has a reverse proxy set up. if not, then that is another 2min setup required, if you don't know what you're doing.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think the situation under discussion is converting plex users to jellyfin though. Most plex users won’t have a reverse proxy setup because it’s not needed.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 0 points 6 months ago

this is the selfhosting comm. I'm willing to bet that virtually ever person here who has a home server of some kind, has a reverse proxy or VPN set up that they could access Jellyfin from.