Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 week agoYou can still just forward a port. Just expose the web ui port to the world, the same way Jellyfin does.
You can if you pay. I’m not sure what about this is so difficult for you to understand.
Revilo62@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can if you don’t pay. The only thing they’re blocking is traffic through their servers. If you expose the port to your local instance, they have no control over it. I’m not sure what about this is so difficult for you to understand.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, you can’t.
Once again, this is wrong. They are blocking traffic to your server even if you don’t go through theirs, unless you pay.
You cannot do what you’re suggesting if you don’t pay.
Revilo62@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes you can. If you know what you’re doing with networking, the Plex instance will have no idea whether you’re remote or not. You can make every remote user look like they’re internal to your network. Plex would have no way to stop that. They could incorporate more intense DRM, requiring things like same GPS location, but even that could likely be spoofed.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’re saying two completely different incompatible things. In your last comment you said “You can just forward a port”. You can’t “just forward a port” or do any of the other things you suggested with Plex for free. Period.
The second thing you’re saying is using a VPN to trick Plex into thinking you’re local. You may be able to do that, but that’s entirely different from “just forwarding a port” or using a reverse proxy, or any of the other normal, easy ways to remotely stream over Jellyfin. It’s not only more work than sharing Jellyfin, but it’s also very limiting based on your users devices. For example, many people are streaming Plex, Emby, Jellyfin on RokuTVs. RokuTVs have an app for Jellyfin that can just connect directly, but it does not have a Tailscale client. So if you want to trick Plex into thinking they’re local, you’d now have to pay money to get them a new device, and then you’d have the configure the VPN on it, and troubleshoot that when it breaks. A lot of people are going to just opt for Jellyfin which is much easier and doesn’t require buying new hardware.