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EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

You can forward a port in your router like you would with Plex, or you can use a reverse proxy, or Tailscale Funnel if you want to get jazzy wit it.

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Revilo62@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

like you would with Plex

And that’s the point I’m making. The work required to expose Jellyfin to the world is the same work to expose Plex. This change to Plex just charges for the relay servers, you can still do free remote streaming in the same way Jellyfin does. So if feels a bit ridiculous to claim Plex is dead and everyone should switch to Jellyfin, when Jellyfin isn’t actually providing anything Plex doesn’t still do for free.

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- EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  You’ve misunderstood Plex’s announcement.
  
  This change to Plex just charges for the relay servers, you can still do free remote streaming in the same way Jellyfin does.
  
  This is not correct. The change to Plex affects all remote streaming, regardless of whether you’re using the relay or direct streaming.
  
  To be clear,
  
  You have configured Plex for remote streaming without a relay - You will need to pay for Plex Pass or the Watch Pass
  
  You have configured Jellyfin for remote streaming the same way as you would with Plex - Free.
  
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  - Revilo62@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    It still works with internal streaming, and if you configure the networking correctly it won’t know the difference. If you setup Tailscale, you can still do Plex remote streaming for free. You just can’t rely on plex.tv to relay your connection automatically.
    
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    EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ok so before when you said:
    
    The work required to expose Jellyfin to the world is the same work to expose Plex.
    
    What you actually meant was the work required to expose Jellyfin to the world is entirely different from the work you have to do to now expose Plex without paying. And the simplest solution of forwarding a port will no longer work for free, and anyone you share it with now also has to connect their device to Tailscale (if they even can on their device) even if they’re non-technical?
    
    Where as with Jellyfin you can remotely stream without having to do ANY of that for free…
    
    Are you starting to understand why this might make people just switch to Jellyfin?
    
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