Comment on Sharing Jellyfin

Chocrates@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How does that work with Roku/smart TVs?

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  • Chocrates@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Probably doesn’t. Might need to use the router to get the whole network on th vpn

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They could route it though a different device

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I have my smart TV access it over my local network. If you’re using a friends instance, you could set up a WiFi SSID that tunnels everything over your VPN.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah I want to completely switch off of Plex but neither is a good solution for my non tech family members. Mother in law is in a retirement center where they use wifi provided for the condos so I can’t access her router. And I would expect her ip to occasionally change on reboots etc. I might try IP ranges or narrow geo blocking.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yeah, an IP range totally works. Figure out the subnet info and add that to a whitelist. It’s a pain, but it should keep the script kiddies at bay.

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You configure the VPN in the router the roku connects through.

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