Comment on Tools to migrate from Plex to Jellyfin?

octobob@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• capybara@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The entire point of jellyfin is being able to remotely access media (with an good interface and functionality). What do you mean by remote access?

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  • octobob@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As in watch the media not on my own network or have other users do the same from their homes.

    Music is another big one that jellyfin can’t compete with Plex with in its current state. I currently have 718 GB of music that I stream with plexamp when I’m driving.

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    • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You may have to use port forwarding or a reverse proxy but the end result is functionally identical to plex. IMO the server detection feature of Plex is overengineered for what it is, and I just sit it behind my reverse proxy and connect to it that way.

      As for music and apps yeah Plex is pretty nice, but even for audio you could use other services if Jellyfin didn’t fit your needs like Navidrome

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    • capybara@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You simply expose jellyfin to the internet like you would with any other service. Why did you think it specifically wouldn’t work over the internet for jellyfin?

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• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It does, just not thorugh their servers like Plex does.

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  • octobob@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you have a guide somewhere on how to set it up? I’ve poked around online and didn’t see anything short of tailscaling your container to a web browser which I don’t want to do for a few different reasons (opening ports / security mostly)

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    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tailscale doesn’t require any ports open, or using a web browser with a container, it’s just a VPN which is a good way of doing it.

      Or you can just open it up with a reverse proxy like any other web server, but I prefer not to do that.

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      • octobob@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I get that it may be technically possible but that is leaps and bounds different than having my senior dad make a Plex account on his fire stick so he can watch movies with his niece, or my fiance’s boss is in the hospital with cancer right now and is watching things on his iPad.

        I already have a hard time getting people to just make a Plex account and watch on my server and that’s the “easy” route.

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    • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I use nginx proxy manager and expose it behind a subdomain entry on cloudflare (though you can use any DDNS service i bet). NPM handles the security so I get HSTS and HTTPS on Plex and Jellyfin without either needing it set themselves.

      From there anyone can access Jellyfin/Plex via my subdomains (plex.mydomain.com or watch.mydomain.com at the mo)

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